25 Feb 1913
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Newspaper
Oberlin Review
Location
Oberlin, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1913
Page
1
Contest at Pinney Chapel features speeches on Progress and Democracy amid debate about orator delivery. Judges note uneven pacing and some passages lacking emphasis, while praising constructive ideas and regional production themes.
Katherine Burtt was elected vice president of the YWCA in a recent meeting held to correct a technical error that affected the prior selection. The vote followed the announced plan and confirmed Burtt in the leadership role.
The campus basketball schedule closed with slow games as Seniors claim the Class Championship after beating the Freshmen 23 to 10. Pay and Issue led the Seniors by fast ball movement and accurate shooting while the Freshmen improved but could not match the upperclassmen. Juniors defeated the Sophomores 25 in a low–energy contest as passing and shot selection faltered for the latter.
A large Oberlin chapel crowd applauded Dr. MacDonald as he spoke on George Washington and the Anglo American bond on Washingtons Birthday. He urged universal peace and arbitration, warned against large navies, and read To a Twelve inch Gun. He contrasted British democratic governance with the US and praised the Anglo Saxon speaking race. The Alma Mater was sung by a 72 member male chorus to close the address.
The record notes a strong favorable sentiment for the full year with $90,000 realized from the past sea.
The Y M C A election Sunday night elected James F Carter 18 as president for the coming year with 7 votes to 4 for the vice president post. The corresponding secretary race tied Brackett Laws 16 and Harold Carter 11, prompting another election next Sunday evening.
The Senior team defeated the Sophomores 11 to 8 while the Juniors beat the Freshmen 11 to 10 in a pair of tightly contested games. The Junior Freshman clash stayed close late, the Seniors led in the second, and the series ends with a Monday morning rematch to decide the Sophomore championship or a Seniors Sophomore tie.
The report recounts Columbia's failed push to revive football and notes faculty attitudes since 1906. It details an ambitious plan for an international track meet with Oxford Cambridge Yale and Harvard, and recounts hard luck and losses against Oberlin Cornell Syracuse Rochester with vivid game descriptions and commentary on refereeing and team dynamics.
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