The Oregon weekly., December 07, 1908, Image 5

Football P a y s $2000.00
Ralph lh M cEw en, m an ag er of foot-
. U* for 1908, has alm o st com pleted
1,’is report and will file it w ith the a u d ­
iting committee th is evening. In d i­
cations are th at the football season
ha< closed with a net profit of over
two thousand dollars.
A b n o rm ally
heavy expense this y ear h as cut dow n
to these proportions w hat w ould o th e r­
wise he a reco rd -b reak in g su rp lu s,
fifty-seven men had to be fitted o u t
witli football gear d u rin g the season.
The trip to seaside was a n o th e r a b n o r­
mal item, necessary to th e success of
the team. T he E u gene g am es paid
expenses only. T h e P o rtla n d gam es
gave Oregon a gross am o u n t of near-
h- $5000.00 as its share of g ate-receip ts.
The report in full will p ro b ab ly be
published next week.
G erm an Club T akes Name.
M oore is Now a V oter
"G e rm a n ia ” is the recently adopted
nam e of the new G erm an Club. East
T uesday, the club met at the Kloshe
1 illacum house. A fter a business ses­
sion, the m em bers sang G erm an songs.
A n u m b er of new m em bers were ad­
m itted .
A G erm an C hristm as festival is the
form th at the next m eeting of the club
will take. A large C hristm as tree will
be filled with gifts brought by the
m em bers, each gift being labelled with
a bit of appropriate G erm an verse,
which will be read by the person re­
ceiving the gift.
T he place of m eeting has not been
selected. It will be announced in the
W eekly next issue.
H arvard C. Moore, 09, was the guest
at a pleasant surprise party given by
the seniors of the D orm itory at 12:15
this m orning, the occasion being his
tw enty-first birthday anniversary.
Som ew hat surprised by the appear­
ance of so many visitors at such an
unusual hour, Mr. Moore soon recov­
ered his equilibrium , and enjoyed the
entertainm ent prepared in his honor.
A lter the custom ary D orm itory con­
gratulations, accom panied by ex tracts
from the Look of M ormon, the com ­
pany repaired to the banquet hall
where the following novel repast was
served: Pickles, "pineapple sandw ich­
es,” roast chicken a la T rew , shrim ps,
cookies, cider, cigars. F lashlight pic­
tures were taken at various stages of
the proceedings. Those present were
H arvard C. .Moore, R. U. Steclquist,
Don Lewis, A. S. 'Frew, H ow ard H ar­
rold. V alter M cIntire, Earl E. S trong,
Jesse 11. Bond, Geo. T albert, P. \\ .
Reid. J. Le Roy W ood, and Earl Kil­
patrick.
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P R E L IM IN A R IE S A P P R O A C H IN G
A P leasan t P a rty
Clarence S toddard w as h o st to a
number of friends on S a tu rd a y even­
ing at his a p a rtm e n ts on T h irte e n th
Street. Mrs. Z im m erm an and M iss
Gertrude 11 amble received th e g u ests,
who spent a delirditful ev en in g at
games. Several new g am es w ere in ­
troduced. the m ost in te re s tin g bein g
the "laughing-crying g am e,” w hich
created much am u sem en t. In a gam e
of "Xo ves or no.” first p rize w as won
by Miss Vera S an d erso n and M P s
Fay Clark. Cocoa and w afeis w ere
served by the host.
Seniors M eet W e d n e sd a y
J. 11. Pond, p resid en t of the senior
class, has called a m eetin g of th a t body
to be held in P rofesor D e C ott’s room
next W ednesday afte rn o o n at four
o'clock.
The class will discuss th e m a tte r of
the senior play and elect a m an ag er
for it. O ther topics for co n sid eratio n
will be: caps ami gow ns, class pins, a
gift to the U niversity, b ac cau lau re ate
sermon and class p arty .
Y. W. C. A. a t S p iller H o u se
The Y. \Y. C. A. will m eet th is week
at the Mary Spiller H ouse. E ach girl
is expected to b rin g one of the C h ris t­
mas presents that she is m aking. A fter
a short devotional m eetin g , th ere will
he a sewing bee. All g irls of the U n i­
versity will he welcom e.
Doctor Schafer will ad d re ss th e Y
yl. C. \. F riday ev en in g upon the su b ­
le t, "M arcus W h itm an and E arly
Missionary W ork in th e N o rth w e st.'
Doctor Schafer is an a u th o rity upon ah
<|Uestion^ p ertain in g to th e early his-
y of the N o rth w est and his address
,s anticipated with in te re st.
pleasant d an cin g p a rty w as giv-
on Saturday ev en in g by the Sigm a
• n traternitv. A lth o u g h som e of the
P-uis w , re changed at th e last m inute,
11e at:air was none the less enjoyable.
Spiller H all w as th e scene of
an inf- nnal d an cin g p a rty on S atu r-
na.v evening.
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allowed ten m inutes to present his own
individual constructive argum ent and
then three m inutes to refute the a rg u ­
m ents of his opponents. In both trv -
outs the speakers on each side will a l­
ternate, first an affirm ative and then
a negative speaker, and the reb u ttal
will follow in reverse order.
O n F riday afternoon, Decem ber 18,
the prelim inary to the intercollegiate
oratorical contest will he held in which
six o rators will he selected to enter
the final contest. The orations are lim ­
ited to eight hundred w ords in this
tryout and should he accom panied by
typew ritten m anuscripts.
pro f . e . h . M c A lister
T he com m ittee on oratory and de­
P re sid e n t of the New F aculty Collo­
bate
has com pleted the entire schedule
quium
of public recitals for the year and will
post a copy on the bulletin hoard for
F acu lty Colloquium
the convenience of interested parties.
P rofessor D earborn and Dr. J. II.
G ilbert were speakers at F aculty Col­
loquium on T uesday evening.
1 he
m eeting was not open to students. A
large num ber of faculty m em bers
were present. T h ey thoroughly en­
joyed the tw o scholarly addresses. An
open m eeting will probably he held
in the near future.
D ebate a D raw
Philologian
At the last m eeting of the Philolo-
gians the m em bers who are going to
take part in the try o u t for in terstate
debate, were given an o p p o rtu n ity for
practice. I he subject for debate was
the progressive income tax. Shangle
and Nicholas. Jr., were successful in
defending the tax against N icholas and
H oisington.
In an extem poraneous speech, Carl
B. Neal presented a novel and original
thought, the form ation of a com m er­
cial club in the U niversity. A recita­
tion was given by Alfred Pow ers. Do-
bie, Shattuck and Shantou were ad ­
m itted to m em bership._____
At the Laurean Society on S atu r­
day nig h t, the question for debate was
Resolved. T h a t the judges of the state
suprem e court should he appointed by
the governor subject to the consent of
the legislature and should hold office
d u rin g good behavior.
I he affirm a­
H arold A. Dalzell. 10, has been el­
tive was upheld by Earl Jones, Fred i ected treasu rer of the Y. M. C. A. to
S tro n g and C ornelius Beebe while succeed E arl K ilpatrick, who resigned
C laude D ow ning. Fred W illiam s and on account of the press of o th er work.
C. A. O sterholm spoke for the nega­ Mr Dalzell is a man of experience in
tive Good preparation was shown by business m atters an l will undoubtedly
both sides. The decision of the judges j
do m ost efficient work.
w as a draw .