The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-02-07

On Frl0ey evening We FlSlteu tnos IhoA
tuition that has become 50 favorably known
The Literary Society. The size Of the
audience surprised US and went to show
that the people of Bottineau take lively
interest in education, and the literary ad-
vancement Of the young The entertain
ment as given already shows the benefit
that arises from such q society. For the
most part those who participated in the pro-
gram were calm and collected and this is
the first great step towards the ultimate end
"A platform speaker. However there are
many things for the society yet to learn.
First it is necessary for the president to ges
more volume to his voice so that people
present may know what is going on. Fur
ther, some better system Of conducting busis
ness would be we'll 50 as to expedite mat
ters, and some better way of maintaining
| order for at times the confusion was very
great, but circumstances compel us to admit
that the noise came from visitors as we'll as
members. The debate as debate was Q
failure. As the occasion for the reading of
number Of essays on diversified subjects
such as literature, education, civilization,
the press, war, it was good, some Of the
thoughts advanced being very fine. In the
debate proper the leader of the negative WAS
the only one who tried to debate. 1t may
be he did not make as good q showing as
some of the others, but the very fact that
he tried shows that he has determined
effort to succeed, and if he only persevering-
ly sticks to it he will ultimately reach the
top he may not be at the summit, but he is
on the way. The day that he follows the
advice of the critic and stands up there to
read his little composition, he will make a
cad mistake. The>leader Of the affirmative
in his closing speech broke loose from the
restraint of his manuscript, and debated
with good deal of power, the question that
was under consideration. For q young
man he did remarkably well-in him are
the elements of speaker, and it is too bad
that he should spoil himself by clinging 50
tenaciously to piece of paper when he can
do SO we'll without. He will find it much
easier to become real debater by starting
| right, that after the habit has been formed
of reading his arguments. There is not 80
much objection to q young lady reading
her speech, if confined to them we would Of
fer no comment, but to see young men do so
is tiresome in the extreme. But we have
devoted enough space to the debate. The
referees were Messrs. Dinwoodie, Ferguson
and --- -. After plenty of time
for mature reflection, they gave their decis
ion in favor If the sfirmative-The pen 10
mightier than the sword.
Considerable time was devoted to an arti-
Gle published in this paper last week and
signed "a Parent" Prof. Cathro took ex.
ception to the letter rs alsodid Miss Thomp-
son. A committee on resolutions was aI-
pointed by the chsir. Their resolution Is
passed by the members will be found else
where in this edition. ..
After the debate (so-called) long and
interesting program was given. The prom
inent features Of it were Is follows: A
quartette and chorus-"Give Me Home
by the Sea-" an essay by Miss A. Burr on
"The benefit Of the Literary Society on the
individual, and the effect Of the individual
on the Society," which was good aud we'll
worthy Of, thought. BY special request
Misses Thompson, Russell, Nellie and Gus
sic Hawker. gave ''Tell me ye winged
Winds" ''One more thought and have un-
DONE" It would be we'll II the committee
Of entertainment would look after those boys
who recite and see what kind Of piece
they are going to give. Owing to the large
audience present, It was suggested that the
committee Of management look up some
larger building for the meeting on Friday
night, Feb. 18th. s