St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-11
CARLTON is CHOSEN.
It's representative, F. M. Hub
bell, Is Given the First
Place
In the Inter- Collegiate Ora
tOrieal Contest. Held
Last light.
Smith and Pattee, of the Uni
VePSity, Rank Next in
Their Order.
NNTfJ HAllnono CoonnC In the
Wild College Scenes in the
Church as the Contest
Progressed.

F. NJ. Hubbell. of Carlton college, is
the successful contestant in the Mime
sofa intercollegiate Oratorical contest,
held last night at Central Park church
under the auspices of the Minnesota
Intercollegiate association. In addition
to local honOrs conferred upon him, he
will represent the association in the
interstate OratOrical contest, to be held
at Columbus, o., May i. The second
honor was conferred upon w. A. Smith,
OF the state university, and who will he
sent as delegate to the interstate ora
torical contest by the society. The third
prize of $40 was awarded to Z. 5. Pat
tee. of the state university.
Admission 10 the scene Of the contest
last night was by card. This means
was taken to prevent the church from
being overlooked. AS 1t was the audi
forum and gallery were filled up with
students, and the faculties of Carlton
college, the state university ana Ham
line university, and the relatives of the
contestants. The audience was a most
apDreciative and enthusiastic one. The
college girls wore their brightest gowns
and holiday hats with Sprinklings OF class
colOrs. The boys could not bottle their
enthusiasm. and many of them wore class
cOlors. The Carlton boys had their yell
low banner waving from the first, and
held up their canes tied with yellow
bows. During the intervals between
oratiOnS the several class yellS were
Civ en- with college enthusiasm, and dur
ing the hour that the audience waited
fer the decision of the judges the sew
eral wells were repeated hundred
times and mingled with college songs,
in which the girls joined with ZeSt The
students of one college would begin
with a song only to have their voices
drowned with the class yellS from hun
dreds of other Threats.
Mr.. Hubbeil, the winner of the first
prize, is older than any OF the other con-
testants. He appears to be more ma
ture in reasoning, and, as the others
were quite young. had them at some
disadvantage. His subject was The
Wandering jew" He sketched the
career of the Hebrew race from ancient
times, and alluded to the position in
commerce. banking, literature, art and
statecraft held by Jews in present
times, concluding with the deduction
that in adverse circumstances and under
persecution the Jew still stands forth
as the ''chOSen people" and the intel
lectual peer now as of old.
". 4. Smith, of the state university,
and the second prize winner, GRATED on
the American Ideal" lie is a most
excellent speaker and has rare genius.
He began by contrasting the way the
American and the disciple of Plato
would view the Statute of Liberty En-
tightening the World" One would
look at it in the light of its utility, while
the other would think of the work of
art. From this he passed to consider
| alton of the way Europe regards Amer
lea claiming that her people seek wealth
| and do not cultivate art or acquire cult
ure. Then he called attention to the
fact that if America does not have a
COLISEUM or architecture she has land
dotted with school houses and is leading
the world in railroads, electricity and
Statecraft. He declared that the Amer
lean mind is as broad as the conStitu-
ton, and the land is ready for the high
est culture.
c. S. Pattee, who was awarded third
place, is a student of the state uniYer-
sity. He seemed the most natural of ali
the speakers, and has a delivery that
was not surpassed. 1t is probable that
| the fact that his Grafton was in nara
tive form is the reason he was not
awarded better place. His youth may
also have weighed against him, but the
contestants in future orat0rieal events
| have liz him a rival that will not be
downed so easy. his subject was
wendell Phillips" He reviewed the
character and achievements of that
nOted abOlitioniSt in true artistic style,
and was listened to with delight by the
large audience. His manner was so
pleasing that it must have been a hard
| task for the committee to decide be-
tween him and tie other two.
Miss Bessie a. Durham, of Carlton
college, was the first of the speakers.
Her subject was Poetic Ideals of
Women" She is a very effective
speaker, and she made great impress
ter was arranged with artistic skill, and
she held the audience with the charm of
her manner and voice.
b. \. Wheeler,Of Hamline university,
Grated on Homestead as Prophetic of
the Future" lie has fine faculty OF
drawing a vivid and realistic picture
and did eXcellently we'll last night. His
effort showed thought and study and
would have done credit 10 a finished
orator OF matuTeT years.
w. l.. BOnney, of Hamline university,
Grated on Horace Greedy and the New
York Tribune. lie grasped vigorously
the condition in the ante bellum days.
and character OF Greedy, and showed
that he was a sublime commOner that
modelled new journalism, and will be
regarded by pOsterity as great man.
The Hamiine Quartette, consisting of
e. 4. Maxwell, u. b. kerfott, Z. n.
Tuckey and j. S. Hamilton, added
much to the evenings enjoyment by
their singing.
1t was over an hour after the close of
the speaking before the judges on de-
livery had agreed on the places to be
given the contestants. There was hon.
est room for differences, AMI it is won
der that they ever agreed. When the
result was announced by j. T.. Miller,
president of the society, the Carlton
boys monopoliZed the attention of the
audience for several minutes with their
college yells and went through the list
of all their class yellS more than once.
The judges on thought and compos-
ition were Hon. Henry NJ. Knox, John
d. 0Brien and Rev. G. B. Wilcox. The
judges on delivery were Hon. A. r.
McGil1, Hon. w. ID. Cornish and John
Nj. Miller.
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