The University daily. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 18??-????, 1892-06-08
COLUMBIANs WIN.
Columbians Take Everything III Sight
"a in the Enter-S Society Contest.
The Treasury Fuller by One Hundred
Dollars Large Crowd in At
Il tendance Notwithstanding the
Inclemeney Of thesWeather.

At eight o'clock Tuesday evening,
the hour at which the society con
test was to begin, the rain was com
ing down in torrents. Nevertheless
a large audience came out. Most Of
the seats in the commodious new
Commencement hail being filled and
a few minutes after eight President
Turner introduced as the firstspeak-
er on the class of defamation, Geo.
H. French, subject, my Country
Ny Mother! My Cod" His was a
strong performance and elected
rounds of applause.
The second on this class was Miss
Lulu Carlow. Subject. The Oc-
toroon." Miss Carlow showed the
utmost seif-possession and held the
audience Ispellbound. Her voice and
delivery were exceptionally good.
After music by athe Opera House
band, G. III. Alexander was intro
sduced as The frsG essayist, subject,
"The Equation's Resultant
This essay, with its clear cut SEN
tence well arranged, and read in a
conversational tone produced a
a pleasing effect upon the audience
as was evidenced by the rapt
attention with which they listened
to it. = ~, =.
r. E. L. Allen followed with an
essay on s'American Education Mr..
Aliens performance showed that he
had considered, and had considered
well, education In all its phrases and
practices. His essay was very well
received,
The first orator to take the floor
was /. G. Herndon, subject, The
Permancy of Our Government
| Mr.. Herndon's Noration abounded
in we'll selected figures OF speech,
was a new and specially happy pre-.
sentation of a not verynew question,
and both in subject matter and de
livery was decided success. q
&c. McWhorter was the second
ON This class, his subject being, IAN
Unjust Prerogative."
This speaker in an earnest land
forcible manner delivered well
written Grafton against capital puns
ishment, producing some powerful
arguments in supporter his position
Tue question for debate was, Re
solUed, That all church creeds should
be abolished. (By creed is meant
any system of doctrine, ordinances
and laws prescribed by ecclesiasti
cal authority for belief, practice and
government of all churches under
such authority
Lin M. Jaco championed tht
affirmative Of this question. His
presentation of arguments on this
side Of the question was strong and
the arguments themselves we're logi-
cal and seemingly incontroyertible
Geo. NJ. Ford was introduced te
uphold the negative of the question
He first tersely defined each tern
used in the statement, then in cleal
cut logic set forth his argument:
and finally answered, in detail, th,
arguments of his opponent.
Mr.. Jaco, being allowed by th,
rules governing the contest to re
serve FIVE minutes of his Lime til
| after the negative had been heard
used the time to deliver an i'm
passioned peroration.
The judges, Hon. Frank Woods
OF Baltimore, Hon. G. w. Lynch, o
Clarksburg, DR.. Z. III. Hood, Of IVES
ton and John T. Harris, of Parkers
burg, after being In consultation 70
item minutes returned to the hall ant
/ the chairman announced their de
cission to be in favor of Miss Gar
/ low on defamation. Mr.. Alexande
on essay, Mr.. McWhorter on ora
ton, Mr.. Joco on debate. Th
speech of chairman Woods was
happy one, and full of humor.
On the whole the performance Q
4 the twenty third annual contest com
4 pared favorably with previous one
and the societies are to be congratu
lated that they had such able reI
/. resentatives.
The orations delivered At the Sc
ciety contest are printed in this il
sue.