St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-10

line. The chapel was well
filled with the students and friends of both
universities. between which there is
in many directions considerable rivalry.
The audience was very appreciative one,
all of the speakers receiving an ovation
both on being announced and on retiring
from the rOstrum. Several times the dem
Onstration amounted to a disturbance. es-
pecially in the gallery, which was filled
with school boys SAID by the Hamline stu
dents 20 be from the state university. This
was carried TO such an extent that the presid-
ing officer was several times obliged
to call for order. These contests are not
under the direct management of the college
authorities, but are arranged and carried
out by the state association, which is COM
posed of students of the two universities.
The president of this association, f. w.
Hart, conducted the program, which was
made up of the following orations, music
by an orchestra being introduced at inter-
walls:
The Destiny of the Republic. :. o. E. Barrett
Self-Governed Cities. ...G. 70. BurneII
Labor and Capital. ..............F A Cone
Inc Negro Problem. N. NJ. Cross
Immigration. .:.................A.Z z. Drew
Democracy and the Money-Makers. f. N. Stacy
Each of the speakers was confined, under
the rules of the association, to an address
OF 2, 600 words and all the orations approx-
mated that limit. The average time occu-
pied in delivery was about fifteen minutes.
and the orations were of a character to give
them high rank among college produc-
lions. The first pictured a glowing future
Tor this government. the second set forth a
scheme for the government of cities founded
upon the principle of modern growth of
having all the cities of the state conducted
UNDER A GENERAL CHARTER
which should be incorporated in the consti-
tuition, the third was an exposition of the
present condition and relation of labor and
capital. Mr.. Cross discussed the probable
ties of race contest in the South when the
blacks became numerically the strongest.
Mr.. Drew explained the natural laws gov
erning immigration and the benefits derived
from it, while Mr.. Stacy's Grafton
was a setting forth in artithesis of the
condition of the rich and the condition
of the poor, his idea being that as long
as congress passed laws in the interests of
capitalists, the capitalists would spend
money to control congress. Beautiful
baskets of flowers and boqnets were pre-
scented to most Of the speakers as they left
the rostlnm. w.
At the conclusion of the speaking. Presi-
uOh0 huib dhlOunceu UilaJ the secretary of
the association would collect the slips from
the judges and strike the average in
the markings, thus arriving at the
standing of each speaker i'm the con-
test The orations were Judged ON
thought and composition" by Ignatius
Donnelly, Rev. L. A. McCurdy and Gen.
A. b. Nettleton, this work having been
previously done by mail, copies of the ora
tons havin G been forwarded to the Judges.
Located in different parts of the hall during
the evening were Hon. j. NJ. Berry. Bishop
Ireland and Prof. DIR. Forbes who were
the judges on delivery, and each had marked
the speakers separately.
After a few minutes spent by the secre-
tary, j. w. Follensbee. in striking the ay-
erageS,
THE DECISION
were announced as follows: First place.
n. NJ. Crois, state university; second. f.
n. Stacy, state university: third. L. A.
Cone, Hamline; fourth, A. l.. Drew. Ham
line; fifth, y. K. Barre. t, Hamline, with G.
E. Burnell, state university. The decision
was greeted with deafening applause in the