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About The Oregon weekly. (Eugene, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1908)
TME OREGON WEEKLY accom odate a large num ber of rum ie at once. W ILL HAVE SECOND TEAM Published every Monday during the college year by the students of the i; NIVE RSIT Y OF OR EGON L I I ' 4 C 11 f \ 11| favor of c u ttin g out th is gam e, an 1 the action of the club is considered h most stu d e n ts as a han d y solution ot the m atter. O reg o n has been chared with com m ercializing athletics from the fact th at the M ultnom ah game has been in P o rtlan d every year, and has draw n large crow ds. H itherto, the stro n g likelihood of defeat has lent zest to the gam e, but as the time seems to have com e when the superiority of the U n iv ersity over the club teams has been sufficiently demonstrated, ( Iregon su p p o rte rs th in k it just as well that the effort form erly spent on the club gam e be now tran sferre d to some contest m ore stric tly collegiate. i l l v l l l I I I I I IC Under the efficient direction of AJr. Eliot, there will he unusual activity in the debating departm ent of the U ni Besides the in ter Entered at Eugene postoffice at Eugene, versity this year. state debate it is likely that contests Oregon, as second class matter. will be arranged with other colleges for both the men and women debaters. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Among those who failed to m ake the One year, by mail ....................... .$1.00 first eight in the tryout a second eight Single copy ................................. .$ .05 has been chosen. The nam es of these are: Aubrey Bond, H oisington, H u n t ington. Steel. St. John, and W illiam s. A EDITOR-IN-CHIEF tryout of these will be held on the EARL KILPATRICK ................................ 09 first Saturday after vacation atid a ASSISTANT EDITORS NO P R E L IM IN A R Y team of three men will be chosen. T his H arriet L ank ................................................’09 I I * * di ? t E " * ■■*- .. „ team will debate with some college in .. ... the .\o rth w est m the near future, O w in g to th e fact th a t there were w < \i, in ''h itm a n and the (). A. C. are being only six c o n te sta n ts w ishing to tryout « -» iate oratorical — - - — - - * V con VI1 A rthur M. G eary ............................., .10 considered. This policy is adopted in b ,r the in terco lleg order to develop a large num ber of test on F rid a y aftern o o n , the prelimi manager experienced men for the U niversity. nary try o u t was dispensed with. The DEAN T. GOODMAN ................................’10 fbe proposition of p u ttin g out a wo nam es of the c o n te sta n ts and their ora ASSISTANT MANAGER men s debating team is also proposed tions are as follow s: F ritz D ean ..................................................... ’ l l and is being considered by the U ni Jesse Bond, “ 'The W h ite Flower of REPORTERS versity authorities. A plan of form a B lam eless L ife” ; H o rto n Nicholas, O livia R isley .................................................. ’09 j ing a wom an's debating league am ong “ H ope Born of D e sp a ir” ; Cornelius E \ ri . M arsh ali ............................................... ’10 the various colleges in ( iregon has been Beebe, "'The M otive P ow er of Civiliz ALUM N l ( ORRESIMNDEXT B ert \V. P rescott ......................................... 08 suggested by Albany College. A chal ation ; E arl S tro n g , “ The Inequality lenge has been received from Pacific ot M an ; Ben \\ illiam s, “ The Dawnof 1 niversity. It is hoped that a joint P eace” ; W endell B arbour, “ Techni debate can he arranged with the U n i calities of the L aw .” Monday, December 21, 1908 versity of W ashington. fh e women 1 he final try o u t to choose the inter oi the I niversity are generally favor collegiate o ra to r from am ong these M E E T IN P O R T L A N D able to a debating team and there is men will occur on J a n u a ry 29th. excellent m aterial am ong them from 1 niversity L ib rary will be open dur For some time past there has been a which a stro n g team could he select- I ed. ing vacation from nine to tw elve in the glow ing conviction am ong those fam il forenoon and Iroin tw o to five in the iar with athletic conditions in the * niversity ot W ashington has. N orthw est that the triangular meet through its debating council, atithor- afternoon. It will be closed Christmas wliich takes place between (ireg o n , ' zed Dean Priest to arrange a eo-ed Day and New Y ears Day, nights, and W ashington and Idaho each year at debate with < Iregon. It seems prob S atu rd ay afternoons. Seattle, should hereafter he held in able, therefore, that the first debate in A new featu re of th e E u tax ian pro Portland. Seattle has had the meet which women of the I niversitv take lor the past four years and has failed p«u t will he a contest with the girls of gram was a social h o u r last Monday at to the northern U niversity, to be held the (»amnia D etta G am m a House—a » • t « give » it the a support which a it - deserves - novelty due to th e C h ristm as season. I be faci th at < h e g o n has had w on- e ith e r in S e a ttle o r in Eugene Lively in terest was tak en in the busi «iei u11\ s sir<mg iearns m hr lei i lulls tr o n g te a m s in the p ast few T H R E E SPEC IA L E D IT IO N S ness discussion and several new plans \ ears and has taken this meet as a t<>r I u tu re w ork w ere voted upon. m atter ol course has caused the Seattle I lu ce special editions of the O regon public to lose interest in their team. At a m eetin g of football men held v ecklv will be issued d u rin g the Last yea, the posters advertising the meet appealed to the people ot Seattle coining m onths. T he annual w om an’s I uesday, it was decided to buy a wed to come out and see the ( Iregon a th ed itio n will appear som ew hat earlier din g present for the coach, Rob T he Y. M.-Y. ert \\ . F orbes. w ho is to become a letes win, with the result that there than it did hist year. were only 4lG paid adm issions. On W . C. A. edition will be published im benedict at C h ristm a s tim e. Bill Hay the other hand Portland has alw ays m ediately alter the election of officers ward was au th o rized to select and pre been noted for the hearty support ol those organizations in April. As a sent the gift. --------• • ------------ which it gives to sports in general and tiew special feature, there will p ro b Louis P inkham is one of three college athletics in particular. T he ably be an issue devoted to the in te r \\ estern football planters to receive new M ultnomah field and grandstand ests of the E ngineers of the U n iv ers m ention as bein g in the all-American tuiuish accom odations for ' the meet ity. th e E ngineers have t already de- . ................................... .- «-> ill VH t I \ u e - class by \ \ a lte r C am p in his annual tb.it cannot be equalled in Seattle. The to issue tw o num bers of the ree-- .... ..I , ot I Portland I ... I i are proud , of O . re ular iilnr I I T.. niversity _n ,, B ulletin, . . •‘s article in C ollier’s W eekly. and . they people gon’s great track team. They are anx seem anxious also to have one issue M r. J. O. W a tts , the jew eler, will ious to see our athletes in action and u 1/ , / oli e,ge new spaper issued in their present a gold football to each of the would give the meet their most heart v heli,dt. These editions will all be of th irteen men who played in the O. A. support. \n d ;t is Idah o ‘V / m " ,h ?.n ¡h.c usual size, and each C. gam e. . certain that ...........- w ould welcome the change for they " ,)e edited bv a special staff, ta n d id a te s for th e baseball team are tired of losing money on the meet M ULTNOM AH W IL L Q U IT are sig n in g up at the gym nasium . I1 each year. is expected th a t the n u m b er will reach I he stlongest reason for changing M ultnom ah A thletic C lub has a n seventy-five. the meet to Portland, however' as nounced through the colum ns of the T rainer H ayw ard sees it. is the fact C. A. O sterh o lm sp en t the pa^ hat Seattle has only a narrow track, I ortland papers its desire to sever week in P o rtlan d . and must run nearly every race in heats tootball relations with the U n iv ersity while the fine new Portland track will by discontinuing the annual gam e, H arold R ounds w as called to Port here lias lo n g b e c i considerable senti- land last week on b u sin ess r
