Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-04-13
WILLAMETTE NOTES


Eight candidates will participate in
the annual silver medal contest which
will be held in the chapel of Waller hall
on the evening of April %, the silver
medal is offered by the local prohibi-
tion society; the contestants are not re.
quired to write their own orltiOns but
select them from pamphlets sent out by
the W. c. T. L.
The winner of the contest will be
eligible to take part in the gold medal
contest which will be held next year,
the gold medal is only offered once in
seven years SO there is considerable
honor attached to the winning Of it.
Those who will enter the contest are:
Leslie Bailey, Louis Stuart, Harry Bow
ers, Mae Thompson, Josephine Troy,
Grace Sherwood, Mabel Boughey and
Mrs. ROxlnna Mccain.
President DOney win preside at the
meeting and the ladies' glee club will
give several selections. Harry Mills
will also give several instrumental So
los. The judges for the occasion are to
be: Mrs. Sarah Brown Savage, Miss
Ida B. Davis and Rev. Carl II. Elliott.
Miss Gladys Carson, a Junior in tine
college, is the president Of the local col
lege organization and she has been
largely responsible for so many enter
ing the contest.
Willamette university debate teams
are spending a great deal of time in
preparing for the coming debate be-
tween Willamette and Pacific which
will be held in the chapel of Waller hall
on the evening Of April 81. Mr.. Harry
Savage and Mr.. Harold Eakin, who are
on the team went to Portland the lat
ter part Of last week to near A debate
at Reed college ON the same question
which they will debate Pacific in the
near future. Two teams will debate
the question the same evening, one GO
ing to Forest Grove, the other remain
ing here to meet team from Pacific.
willamette has beaten Pacific in every
contest in which the two schools have
participated in this year and expects
to keep up its enviable record through
out the year.
Herbert Blatchford, accompanied by
Manager of Forensics Smith and the
Misses Fac and Fern Wells will leave
Friday morning for Forest Grove where
Blatchtord will represent Willamette in
the intercollegiate prohibition contcs:
in the evening. There will be five col.
leges represented in the contest, Pa
citic university, Pacific college, Me.
Minnville college, Eugene bible uniyer.
sity and Willamette university.
The annual y. W. G. A. convention
will be held at Corvallis this year, be.
ginning April II, and lasting to the H.
Delegates from four other colleges will
be present namely, Albany, Oregon, o.
A. g., McMinnville and willamette. A
number Of nigh schools will also at
tend the cOnv0htion so there will prob.
ably be a large crowd present.
VINO are planning TO 90 from william.
cite are: Misses Aetna Emmel. Rosa.
mond Gilbert, Edith Bird, Addie Tobie,
Mae Thompson, Flora HOusel, Ruth
Green, Mildred Wiggins, Mabel Gar
rett, Fannie McKennon and Lyra Miles.
The semi-finals in the tennis tourna.
ment were played off yesterday after
noon and resulted in Paul Smith defeat.
ing Earl Flegel and Howard Jewctt
winning from Athill Irvine. The scores
for the first match were: 4.6, rs, GA,
in favor Of Smith. The scores for the
second match were: go, G-3.
This pits Smith against Jewett in
the finals, which will be played tomor-
row afternoon. Both Of yesterday
games were well played and the winners
had to play at all times during the game
to win.
The Willamette Alumni association
is offering a prize to the students of
the university, who shall receive the
nighest grade in Latin and History Of
the Constitution Of the United States.
The prize consists Of 500 in cash, to be
divided equally between the two who
receive the highest marks i'm these two
subjects, or in case the winner happens
to be one and the same then he shall re.
ceiye the entire amount.
The examination will be held each
year at least 10 days before the com.
mencement exercises, under the direc.
tion of,the heads Of the departments Of
Latin and History. The prize will be
awarded publicly at the commencement
exercises. No person will be allowed
TO compete in the examinations who has
previously won a prize in this contest,
The prize is to bo known as the Alvan
i. Waller prize, the alumni committee
who were the means of establishing
the prize were: Miss Sophia Townsend,
Tacoma, Washington; Mrs. J. H. Van.
Winkle and Burgess Ford. II is ex.
pectel that this will be the means Of
to some extent more inter.
est in these two subjects in the years
to come.
The board Of trustees Of Willamette
university recently decided that the
system Of awarding scholarships adopt
ed last year would be retained again