Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-02-05
WILLAMETTE NOTES

Miss Daft, one of the secretaries of
the National Y. w. c. A., addressed the
college Y. W. Thursday afternoon in
the Y. w. rest room. She told them
many incidents in relation to the history
of the Y. W. C. A. This week is the
fifticth anniversary of its establish
ment in Boston, Mass, and is being
celebrated throughout the United
States.
DR.. Chas A. Bowen, of the University
church of Seattle, Wash, will be at wiz
lamette next week to conduct evangelis-
tic services. He is a man of pleasing
personality and wins students to him by
his sincereity and his eloquent thought
full addresses which have much of in
terest in them for the student. He will
remain in Salem for q week and during
that time win have charge of the chapel
exercises.
Frank Jaspar, a senior in the college
of liberal arts, won the $l5 in gold Of
fered as first prize in the Walter Il.
Keyes Oratorieal contest held at the
chapel in Waller hall last night with
his Grafton "The Invisible Devastation
of Strife. -
Harold DOxsee won the second prize,
$40 in gold, with his oration, CATER
trisOn, What -
A fair sized audience heard the con-
test, although there were not as many
students present as such contest
should draw forth.
Miss Leila McCaddam sang "The
Hills 0 Skye and was loudly ap-
plauded.
Miss Louise Benson sang two selec-
tiOns, I" AT arting" and Nothing But
Love" both of which were much appre-
ciated by the audience. Owing to the
sickness of several of the members of
the club, the ladies' glee club did not
appear as scheduled.
The oration delivered by Mr.. Jaspar
showed great thought and much hard
work in preparing it, 1t was out of
the ordinary in that it dealt with an
abstract subject matter, and yet the
presentation of it was so clear and so
fOrceful that he had the entire inter.
est of his audience from the beginning
to the end. The idea developed in the
oration was tnat physical accomplish
"' ''' "iN HO1 t'lN GREATEST uuI spirit
ual. In the present war the physical
devastation is visible, but the destruc-
ton of high ideals, grand emotions,
high principles, kind hearts and sympl-
thetic minds is invisible vet it is work
ing its effect. Mr.. Jaspar will rep.
resent willamette in the state oratori-
cal contest to be neld at Monmouth
on March 10 and with the oration
which he has he should rank high. Mr..
DoXsee's Grafton "After Prison,
Waat!' was i plea for second
cnance for the eX-convict, who. when
released from prison is automatically
put into a class by himself by the os.
tracism of society. He advocated gov
ernment help for the bettering of con
ditiOns for the ex-convict.
Mr.. Blatchford s oration on ''Pro.
hibltion and aNtona1 Efficiency, )"
dealt with the pointing out of how bel.
ligerent nations have accomplished in
war time wnat America has failed to
do in a time of peace, namely the pro-
hiblting of the drink evil.
a nation S chief work is to pro.
mote the welfare of its inhabitants
said he. " Employers of labor in econ
omic industries are demanding abstin-
ence OF their employees to increase
efficiency Following the contest.
Attorney Walter +. Keyes, who is the
originator of tne contest, spoke a few
words He stated that ne was deeply