Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-06-13

The PhilOdorian and PhilOdosiah
literary societies held a joint meetinR
Tuesday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock
whom the editorial staff Of the Cole
gian for the next school year was
named as follows: Editor IN chief
q I. Atwood: assistants, Miss NJ.
Beatty and I. II. Van Wrinkle; busi-
ness manager,I. p. Callison; assistant
business manager, j. @. Callison
Alumnus. w. p. Matthews; personal,
Miss Carson: exchange, II. w. Davis;
literary. Guy G.. Miller: Philodorian
society. 7. L. Brown; Philodoslan
society. Miss II. Field; Music, a. 0.
Garland: review editor, President W.
C. Hawley. This is certainly an able
editorial staff, and our little school
publication will prove doubly inter
esting next year.
The penant, for which the athletic
teams from Willamette university
and the Y. NJ. c. A. contended, on
May 23d, was received by the Univer
sity boys Thursday morning. and dis
PLAYED on the platform. One side of
the penant is covered with beautiful
cardinal silk, with the words, "Wil-
lamette vs.. Y. VI. G. A., 96, in old
gold letters, worked thereon. The
other side OF the penant, beautiful
gold silk. is found triangle, the insig-
MIA OF the Y. VI. G. A. 1t is indeed, a
beautiful penant, and is greatly
priced by the team who won it.
The prlze spelling match will take
place at the University chapel, one
week from tonight. The winner will
be given a prize OF S., by Mr.. A. n.
Moores. while Prof. X. A. Heritage
will present the next best. with prize
OF $50. This event promises to be
one of the most entertaining, as well
as instructive Of the program, OF COM
mencement week.
Regular examination for the fOurtn
term will commence Thursday morn
ing concluding Friday afternoon.
Commencement exercises Will cUm-
mence on the Tuesday following.
Thus another milestone will be added |
10 the successful management OF this |
pioneer educational institution. Its
future is even more bright and with |
new buildings aud modern accnBmo-
dations, which may be expected sooner
or later, our old Willamette viii rank |
second TO 80 educational nsiitut on |
on the Pacific coast.
Prof. j. T. Matthews has teen j. |
ing for the past week but wa, liged |
to leave his post Of duty Friday. j he |
professors condition was reported as
not any better Friday evening.
The Philodorians highly entertained
their friends last evening. The fol-
lowing musical and literary program,
was rendered:
Vocal Solo .......M Miss Clora POOler |
Lecture. e.........,......E Ernest Wilson !
Piano Solo. Miss Laura Sharp |
Grafton ...............A. w. Prescott |
Piano Solo. o................. II. Wilson F,
After the program, came the SPELL |
ing match, with G.. G. Miller and c. !
j. Atwood, as leaders. After lively |
contest, the members OF each side, |
dropped out as they failed to spell cor
rectly, until finally only Miss McFad-
den on the Que side and c. j. Atwood |
on the other remained. Miss McFad. |
den succeeded in Out-spelllng her op-
ponent. A general good time was
had, and this spelling match has
awakened considerable interest in a /
like contest, TO be given next Satur-
day night, for which two prizes OF So |
and $3.50, respectively, for first and |
second places, have been offered.
Our Athletic team is wrongfully |
accused of having prepared and print
ed on the covers OF the score cards for
field day, bill Of fare for Westacott |
x Irwin, whereby the Willamette
was TO furnish the rooster. Some OF
the valley papers are taunting us
about the on-materlalization OF our
rooster, adding that we had bettor set
TO work and hatch out another one.
We would like 10 assure all who take
such an interest In us, that with the
parental services OF a practical athlete
next year, our rooster may yet crow.
louder than ever.