The Evening critic., 1882-02-25
OUR DUMB ANIMALS,
Interesting Meeting Last Night
Award of Prizes.


A splendid audience assembled at the
Congregational Church last night in attend
ance upon the meeting of the Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and
to hear the address of the father of the so.
ciety, Mr.. Henry Bergh, of New York.
Judge Arthur Macarthur presided. Among
the prominent persons who occupied seats
on the platform were Commissioner Loring,
Rev. DIR. Rankin, Mr.. Bergh ard District
Commissioner Dent. Judge Arthur Mac
Arthur made brief speech at the opening,
in which he said that since the last meet
ing of the society its work had proceeded
with reasonable degree of satisfaction,
when il was considered how limited were
the means of the association that within
the last ten months, through the instru-
mentality of the agents and members of the
society over two thousand instances Of cruel
ty to domestic animals had been brought be-
fore the courts; that many OF these cases
had been of a character that rendered it
impracticable to secure the punishment
of the accused, but there had been
enough penalties imposed to convince the
people of the Capital that the society was
thoroughly in earnest in its work, and
meant to bring the guilty parties to justice;
that speaking for himself, he would say
that so long as the courts were constituted
as at present he would guarantee that exact
i
this character He then introduced Rev.
Edward Everett Hale, who in brief
speech expressed his hearty sympathy with
the men who are toiling for the protection
of the dumb beast. At the conclusion of
Mr.. Hales speech, Judge Macarthur intro.
duced Mr.. Bergh, who gave a history Of the
work performed in the establishment of the
first society for the prevention of cruelty to
animals.
The speaker gave an interesting account
of his experiences in carrying on this par
ticular work, and then reviewed the cruel
ties which had been perpetrated in the
name of science by the advocates of vivi-
section. DR.. Loring then addressed the
audience, and then tho report of the COM
mittee selected to award the prizes for the
most meritorious compositions, to be writ
ten and composed by the pupils of the pub
lie schools of this city, on Kindness to
Animals" and "Our Dumb Animals" was
read. In transmitting this report, Super
intendent ]. Ormond Wilson said: Il esti-
mate that the attention of some two thou.
sand school children has been drawn by
your invitation to the subject in which
your society is especially interested, and
about it they all have been conversing,
reading, thinking and writing"
The committee awarded the prizes and
made honorable mention as follows:
,
Arthur M. Little, honorable mention.
Eighth grade-Miss Mary A. Hanley, $5;
Miss Ada F. Gardiner Miss Mamie s..
Gilbert, Master H. p. Kalb, honorable
| mention.
Seventh grade-Miss Annie Leonard, S.
| Miss Helen b. Weir, Master Lowell G.
| Williams, honorable mention.
Sixth grade--Miss Mamie W. Charles,
$3.50; Miss Annie Z. Holcomb Miss Maggie
| B. Ferguson, honorable mention.
Fifth grade-Miss Madeline Blandy,
| $3.50; Miss Maud Lipscomb, Miss Minnie
| c. Durham. Master Edwin Brady, honor
able mention.
Fourth grade-Master Lorin w. Reid, 81;
Master George Alstead, Master George L.
| Nixon, honorable mention.
Third grade-Miss Isabel Pechin, 81
Master Thomas Stetson, honorable mention;
Miss Lillian M. Hertford, honorable men,
| tion.
The examining committee were Rev. J. E.
Rankin, d. d.; Rev. S. M. Shute, d. D.,
| professor of English literature of the Co.
lumbia University Prof. J. w. Chickering,
of the Deaf Mute College; Rev. d. w.
Faunce, Mrs. Admiral Murray, Miss J. M.
Seavey and Miss Mary A. McMakin.