The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-06-12
COMMENCEMENT.
RspoE4 o. the AAaaal Prise C0ste-S
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The annual prize rohtess e the Nor
NAL on Saturday night tnsngurated the
commencement exercises which win be
concluded ct that Institution On Thur
dxyniRh8. The agsendanee was large
and the program presented was one of
raze exceliehes. Il was opened BY the
eh0rus-Kellefis .sAE1eFic6a Hmm Of
Peaee.' aftsr which The Rev. Henry
Macksy delivered The invocation.
4 quaEteste, consisting Of Misses An
M Smith. Aschia Harris, Edith Miller
end Helen Whecden then rendered the
song ave Wandered by the Brookside,"
In such an acceptable manner IS 20 re
ceive hearty encore.
: The judges; for the eYening were an
'nouncsd 70 be Mrs. o. d. Swan, Mrs.
o. ". Miller, Rev. ". C.Snodgrass. Capt.
Hans. and Mr.. J. R: Graham. President
Taylor explained thst the board of
regents offered annually four prizes,
two Of which are contested for in jan
uaTY and two In June, and that the
prizes yet remaining unawarded were
those for defamation and debate. The
Contestants in defamation were chosen
from the f1rss years Glasses and the dis
putants were chosen by the literary 60
cIeties without regard to class standing.
Since the selections are % we'll known
and the judges cover the ground of
criticism % thoroughly In their report
no review will be attempted.
Miss Anna Young recited ''The Leake
Of the Dike;" Miss Ella II. Aliender
Battle Of Ivry;" and Miss Lucie Hiner
"HorAtio At the Bridge" The an.
dience showed no faYoritism. all present
seeming 70 vie with another to do honor
to the ladies who s,rove 90 well TO enter.
tain.
Prof. King next sang "Mr. Lordly
and l." The gentIeman Is 60 we'll and
fsVofably known % q musician that
praise wonld scem suEpeTfiuous.
The speakers on debate were limited
70 nfteen minutes each with a five min.
utes close by the affirmative. The de-
batOrs chosen by the Lyceum we're
Fremont Miller and Chas. A. SorIor, by
the L,tsrati, Leroy A. Wright and F. B.
Ferguson. The question was: Resolved,
that the Central Government should Con
troll the Schools" The affirmative was
sustained by the Lyceum and the neg
alive by the LiteratI.
Fremont Miller, in opening the ques-
ton, called attention to successful ma
tlODal systems IN other countries, the
evils and short eomIngs Of our schools
and how they would be benefited by
. national system.
LeroYA. Wright, of the negative, re-
referred with pride to our present sys-
tenn, declaring il superior to anything in
he world, and that the aid in land and
money now. given by the government
was better than en;ire control.
Charles A. 5ortor, IN sustaining
the Affirmative, spoke OF the
NOrthlesspess Of the schools in Soma
sections and that, teaching would be
elevated until it would command the
best talent in the naiion. a.. 8
r. B.. Ferguson in closing the mega.
tive said our success depended largely
on local enthusiasm -aad prids which
would be lost in e national system and
that the. South, where there was the
9reatestneed for national aid was rapid
~ helping Itself ..3cI.lq.-i .-. s......-.
% Miller made good use of the 1--WE
minutes allotted for the close of the sf
rmatiye and presented some strong
points In support of his position.
The debate was followed by THE Sol
dier's Chorus," which was sung Will
excellent effect by the male Quartette.
ReY. w. G. Snodgrass then presented
Plutsrch's "Lives Of Illustrious Men" T.
Miss Young Is the successful declaim-
ant, and to the representatives Of the Lit
eFatI "Short Studies on Great Subjects.
and "Llfe Of Cameron"
The following IL the judges report:
| - ON DECIAAAArION.
Miss Allender-Enuncietio 361<
gesticulatiOn, So; grouping, 35: inter
pFeIation, 40; voice. SIX; total, 1877.
Hiss Young-EnuncIstion, 500: ges
ticulation, 50; grouping. S6A; inter
pretation, 40; voice. 402{; total, 1854.
ulAtlon, 40; grouping, SAL; interpre
tatfon. SO; voice. 334 total, 1921.
- ON DEBATE
REPRESENTATIVES, 50; arrangement
3715; originality, Il; delivery. 40; total
ElWFight-matter, 364; arrangement
Se! originality, 4s; delivery, 20; total
MIlIer-matter, SO; arrangement, 81
originality, 80; delivery, 394; total
SOFtor-matter. 3615 arrangement, "a
osigiraliiy, 40; delivery, 361S; total
147.
!. -. EIAas DAY