The Oregon weekly., November 09, 1908, Image 1

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U N IV E R S IT Y O F O R E G O N
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EU G EN E, OREGON
SNi HUSTASM IS E N G E N D E R E D
Kt ¡College H o .ir W ed n esd ay by S tir­
ring Speeches an d th e N ew
Songs an d Yel.’s
M O N D A Y , N O V E M B E R 9, 1908
naively contrasted with " H a rv a rd i n ­
difference."
W lien the speaking was over, ro o ter
song hooks were handed around and
the entire student-body sang the new
football songs, under the leadership of
P rofessor Glen and the glee club. T he
ize songs, w ritten by A rth u r Van
D usen, TO, and Ralph C ronise, 11,
m ade their way into favor at once.
W nt. W ood, the yell leader of the sen ­
ior class, was the first to propose an
" ( )regon ( )skey,” which his classm ates
with the advantage of four years p ra c ­
tise, gave with a will. Van Dusen fol-
W H IT W O R T H
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B E A T S V A R S IT Y
C o lb ert’s G reat R uns win S pectacular
Gam e on Kincaid Field by
Score of 16 to 10
In an exciting though d isappointing
) egon S p irit" was the them e of all
gam e of football played on Kincaid
;he speakers at the college h o u r held
Field, S aturday last, the W h itw o rth
n \ Hard H all last W ednesd ay at the
liege eleven of T acom a was v icto ri­
-egu ar assem bly hour. T h is g ath er-
ous over O regon by the decisive score
ng of studen s, the first of five college
of 16 to 10. W hit w o rth ’s points came
jours to h ‘ held d u rin g the year, was
from three touchdow ns and one goal,
leld m ainly to aro u se in te re st and e n ­
while ( )regon was credited with a
thusiasm co n cern in g the trip to P o rt­
touchdow n, a goal, and a place kick.
land to see the (). A. C. gam e. T . R
W h itw o rth scored first, g e ttin g a
Townsend, p resid en t of the stu d en t-
touchdow n after Colbert had caught
hod., called the m eetin g to o rd er, ex­
one of M oullen’s punts and carried the
plaining the p u rp o se of th e convoca­
ball 55 yards through a scattered field.
tion and in tro d u cin g as the sp eak ers of
No attem p t could he made at goal as
the hour, i .ve G rah am , I. M. Glen,
the p u nt-out was a fizzle. S hortly af­
’94,i and P resid en t P. L. C am pbell. Mr
terw ard . ( )regon secured her to u ch ­
Graham m ade a ro u sin g speech ex to l­
down. Michel recovered ti fumble be­
ling tire ( )regon sp irit for w hat it has
hind the P resb y terian s' goal line. C ap­
d o n 1 in rh- p ast and p re d ic tin g g r e a t­
tain M oullen kicked the goal.
This
er accom plishm ents for it in tim e to
was all the scoring for the first half
con ?. P rofessor G len com pared the
and the w histle blew with the score
Ore ? n spirit w ith the sp irit of \ ale,
6 to 5 in O regon's favor. It was ap­
the lighting spirit which yet has its
parent t<> the spectators that the V a r­
has s in a deep feeling of fra te rn ity .
sity was going to miss the men who
“< Iregori sp irit," said P ro fesso r (d en ,
vere com pelled to stay out of the
“is i most w onderful th in g . It is the
game on account of in ju ries; and to
Yal spirit g. >wn large. All th in g s
this fact may p artly he a ttrib u te d the
gro v larger in the w est th an in the
reason for < )regon’s defeat, since Pink-
eas . -o it was n a tu ra l th a t the Yale C A P T A IN F R E D C. M O U L L E N , ’09 ham , M cK inley, Hixon, K estley and
spirit, b ro ught to O reg o n by its first
T h e G reatest P lace-K icker in N o rth ­ others, were unable to participate.
pre ident, should have g ro w n to he
T he second half started with som e
w est Football A nnals
moi ? intense th an the sp irit even of
change in the V arsity line-up, llu rd
Old lili. I have the w ord of o u r foot­
replacing Halley and L atourett • going
ball oacli, him self a Y ale m an, th a t lowed, leading a cheer for the juniors. in at q u arter. W h itw o rth kicked off
such i- the case. ( )regon sp irit has C. W . Robinson and Chas. Randall led t o ( )regon and the ball then see-saw ed
been the w onder and envy of all the the sophom ore and freshm an co n tin ­ back and forth, both team s p u n tin g
other colleges and u n iv ersities of the i gents, in a frantic endeavor to drow n frequently.
N orthw est. T o it th ey have a ttrib ­ the noise of the other, and the result
S udlenly the W hitw orth punter, who
ute- nr success in w in n in g gam es, ami was a most inspiring racket. Professor was doing excellent kicking, drove the
to t i “ lack of a sim ilar sp irit th ey have D earborn was the dignified m aster of ball well up to w a rd the local p lay ers’
attr huted th eir ow n d efeats. O reg o n cheering for the faculty.
«roal where it bounced badly in front
Spirit is the spirit w hich en ab les ten
of ( )regon's back field men and was re­
G erm ans M eet T om orrow
me, t o scorce tw ice a g a in st eleven men
covered bv the speedy W hitw orth ends.
in t a uty m inutes. It is a sp irit which
W h itw o rth had ten yards to go for
bui i,s up and does not te a r dow n. It
Miss Pauline Davis, chairm an of the a touchdow n.
Coach F orbes sent
is f< -pirit which w orks, for a large social com m ittee, has charge of the a r ­ C larke in to help hack up the V arsity
par unseen and u n h eard . It does not ran g em en ts for the first m eeting of the line. 'The W hitw orth q u a rte r decided
effervesce or blow the cork o u t. It recently organized G erm an Club. T'lie to buck the line, and though it took
do* ■ not burn college p re sid e n ts in m eeting will be held at the chapter three hard plunges to m ake the re­
- It is the m ag nification of the house of the Tail Pi so ro rity T uesday quired distance, the ath letes from P u ­
spi’
which will e n te r the W h ite evening. Miss B lanche H uston, ’09, get Sound had yards to spare when
Ho
on the fourth of n ex t M arch." the president of the new organization, they w ent over the line. Goal was
1 "ssor G len ’s talk m ade a pro- has announced the appointm ent of Miss missed.
A fter a few m ore m om ents of play
foil :-! effect upon his a u d ito rs. H e w as Lila P rosser, as chairm an of the m u­
foil
1 by P resid en t C am pbell, w ho sical com m ittee of the club, and Miss C aptain M oullen once m ore b ro u g h t
-It a g ra d u a te of H a rv a rd , a d ­ O livia R isley as chairm an of the lite r­ joy into the O regon cam p by execu tin g
mit
the en t i re tru th of P ro fessor ary com m ittee. A report in G erm an of one of his ch a racteristic field goals from
statem en ts, e x p re ssin g his ad- the doings of the club will be furnished ‘
(C ontinued on page 5)
n for the Y ale sp irit, w hich he to the P ortland G erm an new spapers.
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