The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-06-30
,,ost popular and favored day wit

,bapel door. Opening file, reversing ends,
~. 80 robsd unon the rostrum, keeping
pace to the beat. of the old base drum.
j. NJ. Oliver, the first speaker, owing 10
he iuelemency of the weather, OF some
other cause failed to appear IN the eontes'
The next speaker on the programme was
J. d. Brown, of HaZlehurst, MISS,
spoke selection entitled brecken
and showed that he had been well drilled
w, n Perry al Steens Creek, Miss, was
as the next speaker, and was
greeted with continued applause ana re re-
cited the grand old selection, ben nun
an the South" which has been noted ~
ha;nr the speech that never fails to lace
the gold, making quite a favorable impress
sion on The audience. +. h. broughei, %
jackson. Miss. one of the favoritcs among
the students as a declaimer, took the ros-
trum AMID the wild cheers OF his hearers.
He delivered "The Spanish LORD ne
vengen in magnificent and impressive
manner. His delivery was almost per
feet, and judging from the continuous
shouts of applause given llm at the ci9s1
of his speech, he Is elassed AZ nheu"'
man.
"Cataline's Defiance" the sarcastic and
defiant old Roman words. fell from the
Iins Of r. A. Meek, of Black Hawk, Miss,
who scored in the hearts Of the audience
medal mark. and it only remains TOR the
iudges to confirm the sentiment oil ms
hearers and then his wateh-chaIn or MS
Girl will "loom up with Soph medal.
The girls pet, r. P. Wendell, OF Aber-
deem. appeared on the programme as the
next speaker. and when he stepped to the
front. applause, wilder and longer than an,
shook the very walls of the chapel ai'er
which things were so quiet that pm
might have been heard TO drop on the
floor, when the speaker recited, ~ ari, the
Martyr" He is one OF the best ana most
distinct disclaimers in the University, and
II Won don't believe he is a medal man,
lust shake your "cart-wheels" at MS
| friends. The next and last speaker was
John Lehman, of Memphis, Tenn, the
dramatic and affecting character OF the
Sophomore class, who recited to perfection
| "The Raven" Though quite ditncult
selection, he had thoroughly mastered 1t,
and with his clear voice, nice position and
beautiful gesticulation won, in Judgment OF
| almost the entire audience, the name OF the
Souh's first medal man, and nothing else
| i expected than that the old adage, "theiast
shall be first" will be the decision OF the
Judges, and he will wear the choicest gut
| of the University for 1886. Alter music
the Chancellor announced that the Miss
| Isom medals would be delivered when the
entire class was called, but only a few went
nm The medals were then delivered to
| Mr.. r. E. Halsell, of Enterprise, and Miss
Fiddle Wheess. of Oxford, when the aud
| fence was dismissed.
| MONDAY NIGHT - ANNUAL DEBATE BE
TWEEN HERMEAN AND PHI SIGMA.
In oIden times Hermes and Apollo held
af.a.f r.
| With the Immortals for hearers contests
with the gods for judges contests, the
orizes of which were the smiles of Venus,
the favor OF Juno, the prudent counsel o
Palas, the approving nod OF Jove, the hrs
place at the entertainments of the dweilers
on Olympus. These contests in which the
beauty. grace, elegance, skill, eloquence
and transcendant power, were pltted agalns
the tricks, the knavery, the rascal
tty. the shrewdness of the Unborn cunning
of.the winged messenger of the gods, were
sometimes decided for the one, sometime
, for the other, but more often the open can
dor of Apollo was overreached by the deeI
laid schemes of Mercury. In latter days
the yotaries Of these two Olympic deitie
have held contests for the first place as de
baters. Now, we should go on and SAY
that never was there closer, more excit
|
contest held than that of last night. \,
doubt, this would tickle the vanity OF tbs
participants and please their friends, bu
=, Unfortunately there is still a lingerIn;
relict of regard for facts in our stultitied
minds. We must cay in all candor an'
with all due Difference to the abilities o
the contestants, that it was the longest
dryest and most boring debate We hav
ever had the doubtful pleasure of mot lis
tening to. 1t was intended to be a join
meeting of the two societies with Mr.. Ii
NJ. Sullivan as Honorary President. |
was opened by prayer from DR.. Lipsey
then the President introduced Mr.. W. II
Berry, the Sophomore Salutatorian for tn
: occasion, who welcomed the crowd with
very graceful flourish, but then seemed t.
forget his prepared talk and pitched on
into extempore speaking, praising tn
speakers-who certainly needed it,-anC
t spouting Latin with great effect. Then tn
debate was opened by Mr.. r. B. Haughton
! from Hermean, for the affirmative of tn,
, question Resolved, That the United
States should admit the Indians to tn,
rights OF citizenship and abolish thei
. tribal relations" A good part of hi
speech was taken up with figures gathered
t from statistics, which had very somno
lent effect on the audience. He was fol
t lowed by Mr. j. d. Milsaps, from PHI
Sigma, for the negative, and his speed
would have had the same effect il he hadn'
spoken so loud. He tore Haughton's fig
ures up until as, Mr.. Sullivan happil,
said, "They wus all swunk up" Then Mr.
, E. H. Woods, from Hermean, for the af
firmative spoke with a good deal of sar
casm of the arguments of the negative, bu
seemed to come very near forgetting that i
! is the part of the affirmative to bring uE
the argument. Last was Mr.. c. p. Gilmer
from Phi Sigma, for the negative, whC
made the prettiest, most argumentativt
speech of the evening. The second rounC
, was but a repetition of the first Then tn,
Freshmen medals were awarded. Thos,
of Hermean going the people though
they should, to Halsell LIST, Anderson I'd
Phi Signals I'd went, as many thought i
) should, to Lewis Fitzhugh. But to tn,
surprise OF nearly all, the LIST was awarded
to S. III. Kimmons. Next the Societ,
diplomas were given the graduates. TheI
the judges, consisting OF Judge Peirce
! Hon. Ill. l.. Muldrow, Col. Patterson, DIR
Lipsey and q. w. Smith, came in and de
| cided the question in favor of the affirma
tive, gave Hermaan's medal to f. ii
Woods, and Phi Signals to j. d. Milsaps
} thus leaving the man who made the bes
, speech without medal on the losing side
Twas ever thus" etc.
We have since learned that several o
the Trustees and other distinguished gen
tlemen nave asked Gilmer Tor the manu-
script OF his speech for publication.
TUESDAY MoRSlNG-JUNIoR EXHIBITION
DAY.
J A little before 10 o'clock, Tuesday. tn,
Board of Trustees, the Faculty and tn,
Junior speakers assembled in front of tn,
J Lyceum, formed In line and marched t.
the Chapel, where they opened ranks, re
J versed their order, and marched into tn,
already crowded building. Gen. Stewart
IN his own peculiar, happy, graceful sty lie
introduced the speakers. The first wa,
Walter Malone, of DeSoto county, who haC
selected for his subject, the "Woes of PoIanc
and Ireland" but his ability as a write,
and thorough knowledge of history are toe
we'll known to make our feeble words oil
commentator necessary. Sufficient to say
he did himself credit and added to his
rapidly growing reputation. 1t has beer
some time since we have been so moved a.
we were while he was portrying in vivid
coiors the wrongs of unhappy Ireland and
wretched Poland. Then, J. VI. Sullivan
of Como. Miss spoke ably and at length
upon "True Success in Higher Education ;,
1t was not only appropriate and instruc-
tive, but was we'll written and entertain.
ing. But, unhappily, he did not have it
memorized perfectly and was compelled to
pause several times, which were more
painful to the audience than they seemed
to him. Then, j. l.. johnson, of the Uni
verslfy OF Mississippi, made an eloquent
plea for the Knights Of Labor" Now.