Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-10-04
University Notes

university N0teS
Among the many new clubs organized
at the university to accommodate those
students desiring to live near the camp
us is that of the "Owyhee" club, a resi-.
dent home for Willamette women at
1433 State street. AS many of the
members are possessed with marked
musical tendencies, many jolly social
times are anticipated in the course of
the winter Those enrolled under the
care of Mrs. Nellie Hobbs, the chaper-
one, are: Ethel Forbes, of Seattle;
Hazel Hockensmith, OF Albany; Eliz-
|abeth Briggs, of New Meadows, Idaho;
Mary Walker, Rita Hobbs and Berna.
deem Hobbs, of Walla Walla, and Ber-
nice Kunthz, of Lebanon.
One of the most popular conveniences
for the students this year is the hand
book distributed gratis to all who de.
sire copies by members of the Chris
tian associations. The little booklet is
an up-to-the-minute directory of IN
formation of current Importance to stu
dent life and activities. As it also con-
tains the most popular Willamette songs
and yells, it has an added interest to
the booklet of last year which did not
include them. Miss Esther Carson and
Leigh Douglass were the editors.
University men are cOngratulating
themselves on the new study and social
room provided by the university for
their convenience in Eaton hall. AL
though the furnishings as yet are some
what meagre, plans are being consid-
cred by the Y. NJ. G. A. cabinet members
for the purchase of a piano for the use
of the men in the near future. A formal
opening of the new social center will
be an event of the next few weeks.
Word has just been received from Mr.
Enrol Gilkey, IA, who left for New
York recently to study under Ballet
and Horne at New York City, that he
is very much pleased with a prelimin-
ary survey of the work which he is
now taking up at New York univer-
sity.
The new rules adopted by the men,
bers of the Adelante Literary society
to eliminate the many unpleasant feat
ures of rushing each year is being rigid
ly enforced. 1t provides that every can
didate for membership must have COM
pleted at least 10 hours of college work
before she can be received into the So
ciety. Those already having 10 hours
or more are eligible for membership
the first semester. Although this rul-
ing seems to disfavor the freshmen, the
society members adopted it with the
belief that it would prove the opposite
AS it now gives students longer time
in which to become acquainted before
sisterly affiliations for the
four years.
Preparations for a big preseason
football rally and send-off to the viii.
lamette Bearcats who clash with the
University of Oregon huskies at Eugene
next Saturday are now under way un-
der the direction of Yell King "Duck"
Lyon. The affair Will be staged in the
university gymnasium Friday evening
at O'Clock. Voluminous roofing and
singing of college songs, rehearsal of
the serpentine snake dance, speeches
from the big men of the university as
President Doney, Coach Mathews, Earl
Flegel, captain of the football team and
president of the student body, Arlie
Walker, manager of athletics, and other
notables alternating around the w. U. |
campus will comprise the exciting menu
for collegiate enthusiasm as now out.
lined.
Physical examinations for all univer-
sity freshmen and sophomores are
about completed, Coach r. l.. Mathews
this morning. All men of
these classes were required to submit to
the examination that any danger of
inability to partake in cross
country running or football might be
All men unable to partici-
pate in these forms of athletic activity
will be given, systematic exercises in
gymnasium work. Physical exercise is
both for men and women.
Credit is given in the university work
for certain number of hours in such
Always an object of curiosity to both
student and passing pedestrian on State
street is the Matthews sun-dial on the
walk between Eaton hall and the street.
Here individuals may be seen determin.
ing the sun time from the shadow cast
by the brass angle on the basic numerals
of the dial at all hours OF the sunlight
day. This popular instrument was the
gift of the 1916 class who presented it
to the university with appropriate cere-
monies last June.
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