University of Oregon monthly., October 01, 1908, Image 6

U niversity
of
O regoît M onthly
sjAljmost every student and city association *oï 'Oregon, Washing­
ton, Idaho and Montana was, represented by from one to seven del­
egates, making a “total of 17S, including the leaders. Thé University
bf Oregon was i^ptésènted/-by Jennie 'Perry, Agnes Beach,-Ruth
Baldéree, ;f|es^ie Calkins, Blanche Ferdine, Essie Sechrist, Isolene
Shaver, Gertrude ’Hplmes, and Naomi Williamson—nine girls, the
largest studént delegation of the, conference. „¿With lamentable
Exception of field day,^Oregon was first in every conference activity-
Qür exhibit, although it did hot win the prize, attracted miich' fav­
orable attention; we'had our ,own special table in the dinin'g room.
We must not fail to mention the reception given to thé girls on the
first Mondaj&b This was the most formal and important social affair
foff the wholè. conference. -, The Oregon .girls were asked to be the
hosf^^'s, and given carte blanche as to decorations and program.
The color < scheme,of the decorations was the Oregon yellow and
green, with bunting,-,, pennants and great .quantities of the yellow
Scotch ';feb$m, the,.rooms presented a very attractive appearance.
I -InThe evenings, the Student Volunteers of theconferencem et
in The, parlor for half an hour before the. tipn^meeting, under the
leadership of Mr. La Flamme, Miss Harris or Miss Matthew. The
evening tent meetings were perhaps the best attended and .the most
inspiring of any of ,the conference,sessions ,and were addressed by
such noted speakers as Bishop- Bàddock of Eastern Oregon', the
Rev. Foulkes of Portland,, and'the Reyf^Van Horn of California.
One evening a vesper Service was held upon the beach at the con­
clusion of the tent meeting. Each day closed with delegation .prater
meetings'in the rooms of the girls.
On Association Day, each delegation gave some well prepared
stunt, either illustrative of its. college, or a take-off upon some con­
ference /incident., ‘Some of these‘were Very-ingenious and clever.
Field Day was distinguished by a bright warm sunshine: In the
meef, honors were carried off by the Lewiston and ft-h^ ¿Dallas girls.
Throughoüùthe whole conference the girls ¿entered heartily into
its spirit, and the Tead’erè were, at their be,st; Noteworthy'¡among the
twenty or thirty -leaders were Miss Reynolds,' world secretary; Miss
Hayes,- international secretary
Gage, beloved of the
wfipl^NiOrthwesU;
Flamme ,andvW^|s 'Hahris,;s&dent vohun-
teéVfse'cretaries; ’MiSs Campbell, a returned;missionary1 from Japan;
and MissMatthewJwjfosaife LpCTokyo this September.