The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-14

| I'm their own way bui il remained for
| advancing civilization TO inauEurate An
whea the rights OF the weak shall be
| respasted as inaleBable.
Claude Travis.
Claude Travis OF Wabash spoke OF
the Hero OF the Reformation"
Luther was Of course the subject, the
orator making a bitter attack upon the
catholic church of Rome and portray
| ing in strong language the massive in
tellect. iron viii and infieXible deternina-
ton of the reformer
Miss Georgia \. Calvin.
The closing GRAFTON was by Miss
Georgia Noble Calvin. who represented
Butler and did il in "A very able man
ner Her subject was Louis NV
She dealt with his character ana brought
out into relief the false glory which the
most beloved Of the French kings oh
tanned by nis evil and selfish practices
and charac eristics.
The Judges Decision.
The iudgec retired. and an interval Of
more than haN an hour was occupied by
the college musical organizations that
were assisting in the program.
The orations were Judged from two
different standpoints. the winner being
he who ranked the best i'm the double
standard These points We're thought
and delivery. a committee having been APP
pointed 10 iuGge ri each The former
committee was composed Of William +.
Trent. professor OF Englis1 i'm the uni
YerSity of the South. ID SeWanee. Tenn;
Prof John Campbell Lee of Harvard.
and Prof \. : Hiu of Cornell. The
committee on delivery was composed Or
the Rev. r. +. Dewhurst. John L. Grif-
iths and Prof. C. ". Hufford all of this
city.
At the end Of forty minutes the result
of the Judges was announced from the
stage by President Russell who acted
throughout the evening as master OF
ceremonies Alr. Dm4nitt of DeFauw
was accorded the first prize as ranking
the highest in thought and delivery. and
Dir. Kahn of the state university was
eAven second hcuors. The result was re-
ceh-ed with ho-Vls - delight from the
DeH.9uw representation and II was many
minutes before anything could be heard
but the terrible and unearthly roar
From that moment there was no hold
ing the DePauw bqys in and they broke
for the hotels and streets making the
city echo with their triumphant yells for
hours.
The following is the complete score
given the contestants by each of The
judges. ON thought Mr.. Trent gave the
following averages. Mccain. 81: Dim
mitt. "a: Kahn. S2l2; OVerstreet. 92iR;
White. ST.: Travis. -. and Calvin 81
AR Lee gave the following: Mccain
second. DimmNt first. Kahn fourth.
Overstreet seventh, White third Travis
fifth. and Calvin sixth. Mr.. Hin, the
third member of the committee on
thought gave Ire following: Mccain
20: Dimmitt. ~; Kahn, 50. Overstreet 7O:i
White. 10: Travis, 80. and Calvin. 50
on delivery Mr.. Griffith gave the fol-
lowing averages: Mccain. SO: Dimmitt
"a: Kahn. -; Overstreet, 90: White. Sc:
Travis. ~. and Calvin. S. Mr. Dewhurst
gave Mccain 90. Dimmitt -: Kahn %.
Diversified 90, White 81. Travis 90 and
Calvin 965e. Mr. Huhord. the third
member Of the committee on delivery.
gave Mccain 81. Dimmit %. Kahn -.
Overstreet Sc, White IS. Travis 50 and
Calvin ST.
Mr. Dimmitt of DePauw. as the vim
Uer Of the contest. viii have the honor
Of representing the state Of Indiana in
the ikerstate contest which will be
held in the English opera house May 10
New Oaicers.
The Indiana association, at its business
meeting yesterday afternoon. elected the
following officers for the ensuing year:
President-(,.eorge Dunn of DePauw.
Tice-PresidsKt-G. +. Jay of Earl
ham.
Recording See-etary-John I. Boes-
niger Of BLOOMINGTON.
Corresponding Secretary-H. - Hall Of
Wabash
Treasurer-W. b. Enyder Of Hanover.
Interstate Delegate ". Caldwell
of Franklin.
Executive Committecman-Georg W.
Hoke of Butler.