The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-14
Holds Meeting and Outlines Plans
for Year
ROY \. WOLFE IS CHOSEN PRESIDENT
Debates With w. S. c. and p,,;s.
University Among those Arranoed
college Notes.

The debate council of Whitman ~,
lege held the first meeting of the wear
las evening. Roy N. Wolfe 'O7 MO,
chosen president and George Wood.
ward 'OS, secretary and manager for
the coming year. The council 1bis
year consists of Roy N. Wolfa M
Gaius Greenslade 'O7, Walter c. EeIIs
'OS, Professor w. A. Bratton and
Professor A. w. Hendrick.
The council has large plans this
year for the work in debate and ora.
tory. The contract with Pacific mi.
versity will be renewed and Whitman
will meet that institution on the loren.
sic arena in Walla Walla sometime in
the latter part of January.
A great effort will be made by the
young debaters this year to make first
place in the tryout for this team. The
man chosen as leader of this team will,
win the fine set Of books given each
year to the first debater in school by
the class of 1906.
Whitman will also debate W. S. C.
in Pullman this year and it is strong
ly hoped that the final debate of the
series with Idaho will be pulled off
this year. This debate was cancelled
last year on account of the big fire at
Moscow which burned up the library
of the Idaho students.
To Give Stag Social.
A stag social will be given the men
of the college this evening by the
Young Mems Christian Association. 1t
will be held in association hail. Speak
ing by different men of prominence
in student circles will be followed by
the usual gathering around the big
tub of lemonade.
The association will establish read
ing room for the students in the base
ment of Billings hall this year. The
old lounging room is being fitted up
for the purpose and will be equipped
with magazines and the daily papers.
Reoreanize Choir.
The chapel choir will be reorganized
this afternoon by Professor A. c. jack
son. of the conservatory vocal depart
ment Many of the best singers in the
college have decided to join the choir
this year and it is hoped that it VIII
be even more successful than last
year.
Miss Linnie Marsh '05, who is on nef
way to Radcliff college, is spending
few days visiting friends at Reynolds
hall.
Committee Meeting.
The new discipline committee Oh
Billings hall met for the first time last
evening in the office of Professor A.
w. Hendrick. Joseph Allen 'O7, was
chosen chairman of the committee
which has general charge of the gov
eminent Of the hall. Plans were us
cussed last night but no definite ac-
ton of any sort was taken. lH0
committee was chosen last June by tno
students of the hall and the faculty u
the college. This is the first tii"0
that student government has been 'rl'O
in Billings hall for the past loui
years.
Chapel Is Held.
The students of Whitman coh'e
were strongly advised to form the ha0i'
of going to church regularly by fre'i
dent S. B. L. Penrose in a chapel '3iA
this morning. He said that the oV'
lege would leave the choice Oh
church entirely free to each sluu'"
but wished them all to go 10 gum
church at least once week.
Chapel devotions, exercises were ie'
by the Rev. Austin Rice, OF the r''0
Congregational church
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