The Oregon weekly., November 20, 1908, Image 1

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U N IV E R S IT Y O F O R E G O N
Vol. X.
EU G EN E, OREGON
em ploy fo o t b a l l m eth o d s team
F R ID A Y , N O V E M B E R 20, 1908
has gone on ahead fin a l
in str u c tio n s
No. S)
given
D ebaters W ill F o rm a S quad and W ill R ecuperate B etw een G am es at O regon R ooters M ake Final A rra n g e ­
m ents for P o rtlan d Gam e at
the C oast— A re all in Fine
T ra in R eg u larly T w ice E ach
A ssem bly
C ondition
W eek
Last A ssem bly hour was given
Coach R obert \ \ . F orbes took the
F ootb all m etho d s will be in troduced
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to the student-body for a final in ­
in p rep aratio n for debate th is year, if , O regon football team to P ortland on
plans discussed at a d e b a te rs’ m eeting the noon train T h u rsd ay . A ssistant stru ctio n m eeting prior to the O. A.
on T h u rsd a y aftern o o n are carried out. M anager W h ittlesey w ent with the C. gam e.
President C am pbell was the first
The m eeting w as called by Mr. S am ­ men, as M anager M cEw en w ished to
uel E liot, a ssista n t in psychology and stay in E ugene and take care of the ex ­ speaker. He advised the stu d en ts to
public speaking, w ho is to have charge cursion on S aturday. T he men who take victory in a gracious spirit and if
of the debate w ork th is year. A large w ent T h u rsd a y were C aptain F red C. defeated, not to be dow ncast in the
num ber of freshm en and a few u p p e r­ M oullen, Dudley C lark, Louis Pink- tim e of adversity.
classm en atten d ed the m eeting. T he ham , "S a p ” L ato u rette, \\ in. /K iltz,
Ralph M cEw en and P rofessor (d en
plan su g g ested by Mr. E lio t and ap ­ Me Kin lay, \\ in. Main, L ester M eans, exhorted the stu d en ts to be loyal and
proved by those p resen t, was for the W a lter M cIntire, " P ric k ” M ichael, go to P ortland in a body, not in little
body of d eb ate a sp ira n ts to form a
squads. In this way a much stro n g ­
squad, m uch like the football squad, '
er im pression would be made. "N o
from which m en for team s w ould be
loyal su p p o rter of the U niversity wdl
chosen.
M em bership in th is squad
go to P ortland on any but the ex cu r­
would be v o lu n ta ry and a sp ira n ts for
sion tra in ,” was the general opinion.
team s need not belong alth o u g h it
The clim ax o f the m eeting cam e
would be best for them to do so. T he
when Mr. "E u g e n e ” lla rto g was called
squad would take the form of a vol­
upon to speak. 'Those who heard him
unteer class in debate, u sin g som e good
were treated to a rare exhibition of el­
text book, and m eetin g tw ice a week.
oquence which they will never forget.
Most of the w ork w ould be of a m ore
C laim ing to be like John the B aptist,
a bearer of good tidings, he assured
or less th eo retical n atu re, but all th e ­
ory w ould be given practical ap p lica­
them of his confidence of success and
of his faith in the team . Incidentally,
tion in the m eetin g s of the lite ra ry so­
he paid a rare trib u te to the ( )rcgon
cieties, of w hich all m en on the squad
student-body which, he said, had the
would of course be m em bers. A s soon
best esprit-de-corps he had ever seen,
as men are ap p ointed on society w eekly
either in A m erica or in Europe.
If
debates, th ey w ould p rep are w orking
the people o f E ugene would stay be­
briefs of th eir asp ects of the question,
hind them , such a spirit could never
which would be su b m itted to Coach
be defeated.
Eliot for a helpful criticism . T he idea
as stated is not to establish a censor­
Plans for the P ortland d e m o n stra ­
ship over the lite ra ry societies b u t to
tion, in charge of A rth u r V an D usen,
aid those m em bers of the societies who
were discussed. The parade will leave
wish to develop in the know ledge of
the P ortland Hotel at one o ’clock, and
the th eo ry and p ractice of debate w ith
will contain nearly every autom obile
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the aim of re p re se n tin g the U n iv ersi­
in the city. 'The U niversity su p p o rters
ty in forensic co n tests.
P resid en t of S tudent-B ody, w ho P re ­ have reserved one section of the g ra n d ­
stand for the ( )regon rooters, and a n ­
The coach em phasized the fact th a t
sided a t A ssem bly W ednesday
o th er contiguous to it for the co-eds.
there will be v ery few experienced de­
baters in college n ext y ear and th a t Ben C handler, V ictor V oigt, V ern er A com m ittee of th irty -six stu d en ts was
a large squad will sim plify the w ork pf A. Gilles, Ralph M. Dodson, Leland appointed to decorate the special ex ­
the coach w ho will next y ear have to H urd, H ickson, Sullivan, T ra in e r H ay ­ cursion train which leaves S atu rd ay
develop a team larg ely from green m a­ w ard. Coach F orbes and assistant m an­ m orning at 7:10.
T he yells and songs in L oosley’s
terial.
ager W hittlesey.
P ractise will be had on M ultnom ah "hym n b o o k ” which have been reserved
Ju st who will have ch arg e of the new
class is a m a tte r of d o u b t, b u t it is Field. Between gam es the men will especially for this gam e, will be used.
A large brass band will accom pany
possible th a t the w ork of supervision be taken to the sea-coast to recuperate.
T he O regon team is in prim e con­ the excursionists and sit in the ro o te r’s
will be divided betw een M r. E liot and
dition, full of fighting spirit and is pre­ section at the gam e.
I)r. H . I). Sheldon.
No rally was held in E ugene as the
flic d eb a te rs a t the m eetin g voted pared to give O. A. C. a hard rub.
team w ent on ahead and everyone was
to recom m end to the co m m ittee of the Coach F orbes is confident of victory. busy with p rep aratio n s for the trip.
stu d en t-b o d y on O ra to ry and D ebate N orcross has been having secret p rac­ T he d em o n stratio n in P o rtlan d h o w ­
th at the first p relim in ary try o u t for tise at O. A. C. and som e new plays ever, will approach the n atu re of a
the in te rsta te d eb ate be held on S a t­ are expected from the A ggies which
rally. T h e tim e is one o ’clock, the
urday, D ecem ber 12, w hich recom m en­ m ay puzzle the V arsity m en for a place, the P ortland H otel. No girl.
while.
dation will p ro b ab ly be follow ed.