Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-02-08
UNIVERSITY NOTES.
Second Term closed--soeial and Personal
Notes.

Toxic, Japan, is the latest to registe
t with President Hawley. He purpose
!. taking a business course.
$ Chapel rhetoricals the past weeI
] were as follows: Monday, recitation
Warren Gilbert; Tuesday, Essay, II
/ r. Gulss; Wednesday, recitation, Ida
Harris.
Rev. Kershaw, Of the South Salem
NJ. Il church conducted chapel exer.
cises Wednesday morning.
Misses Bertha Knight, Edna Knight
and Mr.. Bert Savage visited chapel
the past week.
Prof. H. c. Tripp, of Iowa, state
lecturer for the /. o. G. T., delivered
ten minute address in chapel Tues
day morning. His remarks were well
received. He spoke Of the value Of
education, and also touched briefly on
the liquor question.
President w. G. IIawley delivered
short address In chapel Wednesday
morning. The speaker urged upon
the minds Of the students the impor-
tance Of lmprovi ng their education
One years schooling at present is
better than two years at some future
time. President Hawley also spoke of
the superiority Of the United States
over that of any other nation. 1t
adopted the first constitutional
government. 1t has no established
church. 1t has solved more hard
problems than any nation. The
slavery question was forever settled in
bloody conflict. The two factions
OF the liquor business will some time
cross and the great question of human |
EQUALIZATION will forever be settled. |
At the close of his remarks, the
speaker was warmly applauded.
Friday evening the local oratorlcal
contest" took place in the chapel.
The purpose OF the contest was TO
select delegate from Old Willamette
to represent this pioneer educational
Institution In the intercollegiate
contest to be held at Portland on the
evening Of the 2Sth inst. As only one
of the contestants appeared upon the
platf orm, IL did not require much
time for the judges to render de-
clsion. |. p. Callison was the orator Of
the evening and chose for his subject,
"The Scourge OF the East" 1t was 8
m able denunciatlon OF the Turkish '
Empire for its horrible massacre of /
Jhe helpless Armenians. The grafton l
was preceded by an autoharp solo by I
Mr.. Amsler who was accorded a ?
hearty encore. lie favored the !
audience with another selection later
In the evening. The quintet reclta- n
lion by Misses Marsh and Matt hews; u
Nessrs. Matthews, Van Wrinkle. and q
Atwood provoked much merrlment. II
The short but entertaining program O
vas brought TO successful con- p
fusion bya vocal selection by Prof.
Heritage who kindly responded TO lie
ouble encore. At the close of m
he program the students and IL
heir friends repaired to the society 10
ais where a most enjoyable even ia
ng was spent In social converse and O.,
ames. Upon entering the room each pc
erson was labeled on the back with a tf
ard upon which was written the IA
anne OF some famous parsonage. The
ard was to remain on the PERSONS P'
acR until he guessed the name. The w
blowing distinguished gentlemen pI
ere represented; President Cleve- as
md, Secretary Carlisle, Governor
ord, Ex-Governor Pennoyer, Senator WI
III. Mitchell, Senator Geo. w. Nc. S.
ride, and many Others. Senators Jo
Imon and Henry McGlnn, OF Port.
nd, were represented, while Adam.
We, Moses and other bible characters -
ere present for the evening. Oh
Thursday evening the c. G. N. G. CO.
Iuo held their regular business meet sh
g' \ short musical and literary Ia
'ogram was rendered much TO the th,
lJoyment of Il few invited guests. ore
hose present We're: Misses Bessie on
urkhart, Bessie Shepard, Dean !
itchen, Rita Rakestraw, Pearl pa
pplegate, Olive Baxter, Edna Pohle ne
lcia Cochran, Grace Long. Emile
enry' Roxy Thompson and Mrs. W.
, Odelh
Examinations for the second term
ere held Thursday and Friday and !
result a few students are TO be fur
en- with remarkably long faces. cot
he Third term will open Tuesday sto suo
orning' There will be no recitations W.
onday as that day win be entirely 2
voted to registration. A number Off
W pupils are expected TO enter the =
lool this term Several new classes
II De formed, thus affording an ex-
lent opportunity for those who I'll
sh To enter at once and begin a
lrSe.