The Oregon weekly., October 12, 1908, Image 5

LA CRO SSE
G A M E IS P O P U L A R
O ffers R ecreatio n for S tu d en ts w ho do
not P lay F o o tb all or go on
the T ra ck
L acrosse will be a p o p u lar sport
am on g the U n iv ersity stu d en ts in the
future, if present signs are an accurate
index. So far th is year, on account of
the lack of lacrosse sticks, only a few
men have been able to test thé m erits
of the new gam e, but those who have
tried it have been very m uch a ttra c te d
to it. A rran g em en ts are now being
m ade to place it upon a solid footing
in the U niv ersity . T w o dozen new
sticks will be o b tained as soon as pos­
sible, a place to practice will be found,
and the gam e will then be taken up in
earnest. P hysical D irector Ila y w a rd
is in tro d u cin g th is new form of sport
so th at it m ay su p ly exercise and di­
version in the fall for those stu d en ts
who do not care to play football, and
in the sp rin g for those who are not
track or baseball men.
I he gam e is played by opposing
team s of tw elve men. T h e object of
the gam e is to send the ball th ro p g h
goals six feet sq u are set at each end
o t the held, every goal m ade co u n tin g
one point. T h e team s pass the ball
down the held from m an to m an in
much the sam e style as th a t of b ask e t­
ball, try in g to get it to the p lay er who
is in the best position to throw a goal.
1 he players are not allow ed to touch
the -ball w ith th eir h an d s; but m ust
use the lacrosse sticks alto g eth er for
catch in g and throw ing.
I'he gam e is
played by m any of the colleges in the
E ast, but at present it is unknow n
am ong n o rth w estern colleges.
Mr.
1 lay ward purposes to arran g e for in te r­
class contests, and if possible, to e sta b ­
lish it u ltim ately as an intercollegiate
sport in the n o rth w est.
D odson E lected
Ralph D odson was elected p resi­
dent o f the ju n io r class at a m eeting
held M onday, O ctober 5. I'he u n su c­
cessful candidates fo r'th is office were
M erw in R ankin and H arp er Jam ison.
I'he voting on several of th e offices
was very close, although the m eeting
was en tirely devoid of factional feel­
ing. For vice-president Pearl J. H aw ­
th o rn e was elected by a slig h t m ajo r­
ity over F rances O berteuffer. T he con­
test lor the office of secretary was p a r­
ticu larly close, Ruth D uniw ay w inning
by only four votes from G race L aB rie.
C hauncey C u n n in g was m ade tre a s ­
urer, his rivals being W ilsh ire B ristow ,
Pete W h ittlesey , R obert B. M cK enzie
and N. R. C harm an. A rth u r V an D u­
sen, after being unanim ously selected
for serg e an t-at-a rm s, thanked the class
in a few brief but b u rn in g w ords.
A very good ju n io r annual will be
published this year. Officers for it will
be elected T uesday.
PLANS TO R E PL A N T O Y STERS
S w eetser, as S tate B iologist, M ay R e­
stock Coos Bay W ith B ivalves,
W hich F orm erly A bounded
P rofessor Sw eetser, as state biolo­
gist. is at present engaged in in v esti­
g a tin g the possibilities of restocking
Coos Bay with native o y sters. Al­
th ough there are at present no o y sters
in that vicinity, it has been proven by
the shells throw n up by the d red g er
used to m ake the channel there, tin
there were at one tim e large beds of
them in the bay.
I'he reason why
they have ceased to exist is unknow n ;
but it is probable that at som e tim e in
the past a great d istu rb an ce or c a t­
astro p h e has occurred and destroyed
them . T h ere is an Indian trad itio n
to the effect that the great fire which
once dev astated the ( )regon coast line
for hundreds of miles, was responsible
for the d estruction of these o y ster-
b eds; but being founded upon merelx
an Indian trad itio n this supposition is
not accepted as en tirely satisfacto rv .
P rofessor Sw eetser believes a m ore
probable theory is that a g re at storm
has occurred which has sw ept large
q u an titie s of mud into the bay thus
b u ry in g and d estro y in g the oysters.
lie has been m aking su rv ey s of the
bed of the bay in order to find a s u it­
able place for the purpose of re -in tro ­
ducing native oysters. If he is suc­
cessful in his a tte m p ts Coos Bay will
before long be once m ore populated
with nourishing oyster-beds.
P rospects B righten
I'he past week has been a busy one house which the freshm en had decor­
'I'he U niversity Band held several
socially. M ost of the stu d e n ts have ated b eau tifu lly with the vines of the rehearsals this week. N early all o f
Prof-
go tten well sta rte d in th eir class-room wild hop and trailin g cucum ber. 'Pile the in stru m en ts have arrived.
work and are ready to tu rn to social p atro n esses were the house-mothers of lessor Glen is in te re stin g him self in
T he drum corps,
the four so ro rity h o u ses; M rs. Duff, the organization.
activities.
M iss Jo h n so n , M rs. M acintosh and co n sistin g of Van Dusen and C ooper,
P rom inent am o n g th e m any affairs M iss B arter. At the b eg in n in g of the has been tu rn in g out to football p ra c ­
was the d an cin g p a rty given by the evening cards were given to those tice. It is expected to have the entire
m em bers of the T an Pi so ro rity . T he present on which to get the sig n atu res band ready for the alum ni gam e on
so ro rity g irls have recen tly had th eir of the o th er m em bers of the class. Mr. O ct. 17. D irector Powell says th at
floors refinished and w ith the wide H ixon received a nobby foot-ball pic­ the q u ality of talent in the band ju s ti­
doors of the low er room s th ro w n open tu re as prize for the larg est num ber of fies the hope for a band second to none.
had a splendid and beautiful place for sig n atu res obtained. T h ro u g h o u t the
H old B usiness M eeting
dancing.
evening delicious punch, pepperm int
I'he E u tax ian Society held its b u si­
M iss M abel K uykendall m ade a and w intergreen w afers were served by
ness
m eeting F rid ay afternoon in
ch arm in g hostess, at h er hom e which the M isses R uth Gibson, Pearl M cK en­
was a rtistic a lly d eco rated w ith g o r­ na and Louise G rey. As the pleasant which plans for the new y e a r’s work
geous au tu m n leaves and the b rig h t evening advanced, peach ice-cream was w ere taken up and discussed e n th u si­
red berries of the wild rose.
H e r also served, several of the boys ac tin g astically. Ju st at present the outlook
guests w ere the m em bers of the K loshc as w aiters to assist the busy girls in is auspicious for a successful, flourish­
1'illacum C lub and M iss C laire D unn. charge. All th o ro u g h ly enjoyed th em ­ ing year. A nother m eeting to discuss
M iss P auline P o tte r assisted M iss selves and great credit is due to the im portant m atters was called for four
K uykendall in serv in g refresh m en ts in en terta in m e n t com m ittee and Miss o ’clock, M onday afternoon in Miss B ur­
g e ss’s room in the basem ent of the
the cheerful dining-room to w ard the Stanfield.
librarv.
end of the evening.
( )n F rid a y afternoon the Beta E p si­
T he y o u n g people of the B aptist lon S o ro rity en tertain ed th eir friends
Professor Enel la Clay C arson, Dean
church e n terta in e d the m em bers of the and the m em bers of the faculty at a o f W om en, has announced talks to th ■
freshm an class on W ed n esd ay evening. ch arm in g reception given in honor of women of the I niversity to be given
F rid ay ev en in g was a round of e n te r­ th eir new house-m other, M iss B arter. by her this week. O n W ednesdav a f ­
tain m en t. w ith the F resh m en ac q u ain t­ T he stu d e n ts and those in terested in ternoon she will address sophomore ■
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ance p arty , the B aptist Social to all the stu d en t affairs are very glad to w el­ and sp ecials; on 'I'hursday, ju n io rs; and
stu d en ts of th e V arsity and H igh come M iss B arter and hope to keep O n F rid ay , seniors.
School and the reception to U n iv er­ her am ong them for a long tim e.
B asketball will be resum ed as a r ■ -
sity stu d en ts given bv the y o u n g peo­
At the dance given by the T an Pi ognized sport at the U niversity of
ple o f the E piscopal church.
girls last week, the refresh m en ts were W ashington this year.
T he F resh m an acq u ain tan ce p arty stolen in the early part of the evening
Mr. ( has. W . h'rskine is once m ore
was very successful and the m em bers and the girls had to send out for more, enrolled as a stu d en t of the Unix
o f th a t class w ere out in full force, it th u s c re a tin g quite a stir of pleasant sity.
He spent m uch of his s u m r v r
was given at the Beta Epsilon so ro rity excitem ent.
tt N am pa, Idaho.