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
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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.
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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 * *
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team will debate with some college in
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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-
.
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ill VH t I \
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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--
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..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
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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
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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