Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-09
SOCIETY CONTEST.
The Washington Irvings and
Stewards Cross Swords.
Three Speakers From Each Society En-
terrain a Large Audience With
n Good Speeches.

The joint society contest OF the S.
w. p. University between three
members of the Washington irving
Literary Society and like number
from Stewart Society, was held at
Stewart Hall last night. The contest
was for a medal and was entered into
by the following young gentlemen:
s. L. Reeves, Mississippi, W. 1. l.. S.."......"..
........................The Influence of Money.
j. W. Abbott, Louisiana, S. l.. S........-......,,"
"The Advantages OF Disadvantages"
II. S. Bunting, Tennessee, w. l. L.S.."...,...".
1.-THE Man God and the Goldman"
II, e, Telford, Georgia. s. l.. S....,..............
.... ...................'T 1.-THE Scotch Irishman. ,,
f. r. Graves, Georgia. W. l. l.. S....................
......,,......;.. "The Newspaper Press"
j. j. Vol, Tennessee, s. L. S..,............,....
...........................,. What is Man ?"
The speeches were all interesting
and were delivered in a creditable
style by the young gentlemen. They
speak well and show that they give
their.discourses, in the main, careful
study. "The Advantages of Disad-
vantages," by j. w. Abbott; "The
Man-God and the God-Man," by II.
). Bunting, and the "Scotch-Irish-
man." by r.. E. Telford are worthy
Of more than passing mention,
while the speech "What is Man ?"
by j. j. Vol, revealed depth OF
thought complimentary to the
speaker. f. r.. Graves,sof Georgia,
on '"The Newspaper Press" of the
day assumed a position which is
vulnerable. journalism was never
crowned with higher degree of ex
cclIcnco than 1t is to-day. There Is
no comparison between the news
paper of the present and the one Of
a hundred years ago. People drift
into a common error when they as
sumo that journalism is morally deter
iorating. While MIR. Graves com
mends the journal of the dark ages for
the good accomplished, he eXcOriates
the journal of to. day for publishing
crime in "all its hideOusness." How
is a Newspaper to educate the public
against a crime unless it shows that
crime up in its true colors? Then,
the man who commits crime breads
the publication of the same as much
as he does the penalty. This is par
ticuIarIy true in the "pOlice news"
category. The newspaper is right in
publishing crime. However Mr..
Graves speech was delivered in an
easy, graceful style and was heartily
S. l.. Reeves, on 1.-The Influence OF
Money" made a good speech, not.
withstanding the fact that he was
travelling a well beaten path. He is
a strong, impressive speaker and will
be close to the man who gets the
medal.
After The contest the society
medals were delivered by Rev. Mr.,
Richardson, of Alabama. II. S.
Bunting was awarded the joint
medal for the best essay. The Wash
ington Irving Society gave its i'm
prOvement medal to W. z. Pitman,
and II. G. Topp carried off the one
offered by Stewart Society. Walton
G. Hurst, son of Jno. Hurst of this
city, won the Palmer Society medal
The benedictiOn was then pro
nOunced by DR.. Bunting and the
audience was dismissed.
TO-NIGHT's PROGRAM.
Duncan Martin, of Dover, was TO
deliver the Alumni address to day at
10 o'clock, but circumstances were
such that he could not fill the APP
hence there were no pub.
lie exercises at the University to day.
Tonight G. II. Alexander, prom
inent attorney of Mississippi, will de-
liver the annual address before the
literary societies. Rev. Jno. r. Hern.
don, of Nashville, will also read an
original poem. The medal will then
be awarded to the winner in last
nights contest. These exercises will
be both entertaining and instructive,
and Stewart Hall will likely be filled
with the best people of the city.
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