St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-05
THE HOME CONTEST.
Several Interesting Orations De-
livered---T. q. Soares Heads the

List.
The ninth home oratOrical contest of
the University of Minnesota, held at
the university chapel last evening, was
attended by about 600people and proved
very interesting affair. Guthen's Oh
chestra furnished the music and was
repeatedly encored. The judges were:
Thought and COmpoSltiOn-HOn. r. Nj.
Wilson, Hon. d. l.. Kiehle and Rev. ii.
NJ. Simmons. Delivery-Hon. w. II.
Uustis, Hon. r. d. Russell and Rev.
George l.. Morrill, The stage was hand
somely decorated with pink and blue
ribbon and the back of the stage was
draped with large sheets of the same.
The whole presented a handsome ap-
pearance and made very pleasing
background.
The exercises of the evening were
opened by the ''Tannhauser March,"
by the orchestra. w. E. Winslow fol-
lowed with an Oration-"The Repubi-
can Emperor" Up to Napoleon's time,
he said. tyrannical despotism guided
the course Of European history. The
speaker paid high tribute to Napoleon.
and closed by quoting these lines:
Nothing can cover his high fame but Heaven:
No pyramids set off his memory
But the eternal substance of his greatness.
"The SeculariZation of Governments
was the titleof the Grafton delivered by
r. l.. Moffett. The value of education.
he said, as Il means of national strength
was never more full recognized by the
nations of the world than to-day. Edu-
cation in the United States is universal
and completely seculariZed, and is one
of the distinctive features of our civili-
cation. From the earliest ages educa-
ton has been in the hands of the clergy,
but it is a remarkable fact that just in
proportion as sciences
HAVE BEEN DIVORCED
from the church they have flourished.
The last and most important departure
was the divorce of the church and the
school. The common schools have been
completely seculariZed, and have been
placed in the hands of the people.
Clergymen, as rule, claim that our
state and public schools are ire
ligious. because they are secular,
but they fail to draw the line be-
tween morality and religion. 1t is i'm
possible to instruct in religion in state
schools, and alsosthat it would be con-
trary to the spirit of our constitution
for the state to support denominational
schools. Next to the ballot the common
school haStenS the assimilation of for
America.
K. c. Babcock followed with an ora
ton on Gladstone" England has
had many men whom she delights to
HONOR" he said, "but there is no one
who attracks more attention or is held
dearer than William E. Gladstone"
The speaker eulogized the grand old
man" as only an enthusiast can, and
completely carried his audience with
him. He detailed the good works that
Gladstone had done and mentioned the
various reforms that he had inaugu-
rated.
The next Grafton was on Bismarck
and German Unity" by H. D. Dicken-
son. 1t was Bismarck, he said, who
had raised the German empire from
nothing. almost, to the proud position
she now occupies. No man eXerted so
great an influence as he. But his grand
triumph was centered in the unifcation
of Germany, and it has forever placed
his name where it will not be forgotten
by the German people long after he has
passed away. TO bring about unity in
J Germany required master mind and a