The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-04
THE INTERCOLLEGIATE CONTEST.

THE CHAMPIONS OF HAMILTON AND WILLIAMS
COLLEGE WIN THE ORATOR PRIZES.
brilliant audience fairlv filed the Academy OF
Music evening to witness the intercollegiate ora
torcal contest Prominent among hose tho s,ago
were Mr. Biyard Taylor. Colonel Higgnson. Dr. e. II.
Chaplin, Dr.. Prime ana Mr.. J. r. hawiey, while
number OF eminent professors were noticeable among
the audience The colleges represented werc the CuI-
versi,y OF New York. Hamilton Collsee. st Johns OF
Fordham, Northwest University Of Illinois, Cornell,
Rutgers. College OF the CITY Of New FORK, Williams.
Princeton Lafayette. Tho orators OF the evening
were as tollows:--
THE CONTESTANTS
Frank II. Scott, of the Northwestern University,
subject, thine the judge" G. W. Terbush OF Lafa-
yette College, subject ''Ihe Hidden Sequel" Clarence
Hou2hton Esty of Cornell subject, 1.-The Old aud tho
New Prone ibeus;' George W. Colgan, OF 81. Johns
College subject, 1.-THE Intellectual Culture OF the
Age;' William T. Slemmous. OF Princeton, subject,
.rhc Growth Of Opinion - Samuel Douglass Dodge, Ut
Williams subject, John Milton" Frank Foster
Lard, of Hamilton College, subject, ''The Negro in
American History - T. r. vredcnburgh, OF Rutgers,
subject, .ghe Growth Of roeration;' and d. N.
Hunter, OF tho College OF the city New York, sue.
jcct, "rhc Pilgrims"
The addresses were limited ten minutes each, the
intervals being devoted TO music oy the orchestra Dr.
5. l. Prime took the chair and was saiuted by each oil
The coniestns orators as they came upon me stage.
The addresses in nearly every case sufficiently
NIX the attention oil Inc tuo
SPEAKERS were frequently and vigorously applaudod.
Tue programme faithfully carried out with the
cep,ion OF the withdrawal OF Cornc!rs champion, Mr..
Esty. who announced as unable to appear. Al the
close OF tho speaking The judges, Messrs Bayard
Taylor L. II. Chaplin and j. X Hawicy retired 10
form thcir verdict while the prizes tor
competition In other branches were awarded. The
Judges rs follows :-Judgcs Of Essays-T. Went
worth Higgnison James T. Fields Richard Grant
White; Examiners IN Mathcnatits-C ii. Davis, ST.
mon Newcomo, Peter >. Niche; Examiners in Latin
A. T. Peabody, J. II. Morse. Myton Maury; Examin.
crs in Greck-T. w. Chambers. William X. Dimmock,
Charlton e. Lewis; Examiners 10 Mental ScenGe-
Noah Porter, H. b. Smith, G. Z. Krauth
ESSAY AND OTHER PRIZES.
The comp-tition these various branches had been
privately submitted TO the judges, who AWARDED
prizes as follows
PRlzn EssAYs.--First prize to f. NJ. Taylor, OF tho
Morn University; subject, ''Hawthorncs
place IN Literature" Honorably Acknowledgment
H. Coon and y. A. Randolph, both OF Cornell Second
Charles I. Brewer, OF Cornei subject "Thc FEEDER
alisl Party in the United Slatcs.' Honorably men.
toned-Louis Claude Wilton, OF the New York Uni.
vcrsity.
GREEK CoMparr1IoS-First prize to Eugene Frcycr,
OF Cornell Second prize to Richard NJ Martin, OF the
New YORK University.
LAriS-First prize to Emil Schwedtvcger Of Cor.
nell; second prize to Henry veghte, OF Rutgers
MATHEMATICS Only two comprehensive, c. A.
Van Vclzer, OF Cornell, ana George Z. Hobrook, OF
College OF tho CITY Now York--who were nearly
equal that tho PR yes were equally divided.
MENTAL ScIENcE.--Fifst prize, Thonas Daily Jones,
of Princeton; second prize to ). N. Taylor, OF the
Northwestern University.
VICTORIOUS ORATORS.
Mr.. Bayard Taylor then announced on behalf OF the
Judges Oratory that the first prize had been awarded
TO Frank Foster Laird. OF Hamilton College, and the
second to Samuel Douglas Dodge, OF Williams College.
This with loud cheers and applause,
and while the audience was dispensing, the college
boys who had assembled outside OF the building TO
INDUCED freely in that kind Of cheering peculiar 70
coiegans.