The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-11
ILLINOIS is FIRST
C. T. Wishart Wins the Interstate
0ratOrical Contest.
He Is from Monmouth College,. +.
Dimmit, of DePauw, Is Awarded
the Second Prize.

either side of the stage. In the auditorium
colors were plentiful. The various college
colors were seen all over the house in flow
ers in the corsage of the ladies and flowing
ribbons from the lapels of coats. The exer-
cises were a little delayed, and did not be-
gin promptly at s o'clock. During the in
term the college boy had his fun. The
college yells, outlandish and hideous 10 ali
save those to whom they are inspiring. were
given with characteristic earnestness and
loyalty to college. Mixed up with them,
with even as great enthusiasm, was the
fraternity yells. The usual good will and
freedom that prevails in a gathering of stu
dents was noticeable. For some minutes
before the exercises began the doctrine of
give and take" held perfect sway, and
there was a commingling of Xxi vi, 'rah,
'rah, wash wish SSH as the different sets
Of students sought TO impress upon their
hearers the particular hideousness of their
yell. Ever and anon above the din could be
heard the cry OF some fraternity. Some of
the students who presumed TO secure boxes
came in for a goodly share of the guying
that went ON, and the audience became
convulsed with laughter when from down
near the front of the auditorium there came
a l-ong-drawn-out Well, WE'LL. w-e-l-P'
in concert as four students filed into one of
the lower boxes.
The several champions were received with
the usual demonstrations, Indiana's con-
testant being favored with more noise than
any one else owing to the number of De
PAW students on hand for the occasion.
1t was midnight when the programme was
finished. and half an hour later the de-
cision of the Judges was announced. There
was much evident disappointment among
the hundreds of Dimmitt SilnnOrtprS. who
expected him to carry off first prize, and
the announcement was not greeted with
much show of enthusiasm.
Illinois captured the first prize. The rep
resentative of that State was c. F. Wishart,
Of Monmouth College, Monmouth. ILL. His
and the prize was 500. Indiana finished a
good second. with l.. F.. Dimmitt, of De.
PAW University; as Its champion; The sub,
subject was THE Human Spirit in Modern
Civilization" and the prize $50. Third place
Of Central College, Fayette, No, was the
representative from that State. The sub
5ect Of his Grafton was The Philosophy
Following are the judges markings on
the several contestants:
On Manuscript-McConnel, SO, 100, So; VII
fey, ~, 81, 81; Dimmitt, 80, 90, 100; Wishart,
S, SO. SO; Staff, 81, SO. 70; Wetzel, So, s.. 92;
MeMullen. s, go 7ai MeKesn ga So go;
three manuscript judges, in the order Of
the foregoing markings. were Messrs. An
gel. Ormond and DIR. Cleveland.
On Delivery and Thought-Staff, s., 50,
75; Whitley, 81 $40. 80, IS; Wetzel, Sc, so, So:
Wishart, 100. 9S, 100; Dfmmitt, 81, 50, 80; Me
Connel, 80, So, 70; Burton, 81 4-1O, 81, 80; Nc
McHulien. 81 4-io, So, So The three judges,
in the order of the foregoing markings,
are: Judge Woods, Mr.. Marmaduke and
About sis all the contestants came upon
the stage and formed in a line, while DR..
Joseph S. Jenckes offered the opening
n a nnnnlrdod with n II nd.
prayer by the audience in concert. The ex-
ercises began with a song by the DePauw
Quartet. which was encored for several
minutes, till il was announced from the
stage that, owing TO the length of the pro-
gramme, the quartet would respond to no
encores.
The first grafton was by Fred Stan, of
Beloit College, Beloit, Wis. His subject
was "A God on the Stage" and he spoke
substantially as follows:
AeSchyluS and Shakespeare are the great
dramatists of the world. Living in differ
eEt countries, and separated in time by a
period of two thousand years, they stand,
as it were. on two mountain tops, and
speak TO each other across the valley that
i~ntervenes, in a language that is under
stood by both; for their minds were kind
Both deal with profound moral and re-
ligious problems: and. while their treat
m I1a1s 5 Of these nS;en problems sSa1 sf,a differs s1e the 1em s9igo
testimony TO supreme truth. Both repre-
sent the actions of men as Influenced by d.
vine power, one SHOWS MS power dS act
ing visibly from without; the other in
visibly, from within. In Aeschyius Ii Is a
God on the stage in human form; the spec
tators see his face and hear his voice. In
Shakespeare Ii is the invisible but ever
present divinity that shapes our ends"
working out his own purposes through the
agencies or men.
The Greek audience was brought face to
face with the divine power at work. They
were made to see, and not merely 10 feel
the influence of supernatural agencies in
ht1naon life Tho mrs of Justice WAS
FASTENED so that the merited punishments
or rewards overlook the characters before
only way by which the Greek dramatists
could teach the lesson of divine justice.
The Greeks were not able to draw aside
the curtain that separates the present
from the future and take a glimpse be-
hind. To them everything beyond the
grave was envoloped in gloom. The dramas
of A~eschylus have been compared 10 the
book of Job, and there is similarity; the
greatness of the subject, the sublimity of
action, and the grandeur of the style are
alike; but here the comparison ends.
Since the production of these TRAGEDIES
that absorbed the attention of Vhe Athen-
ians years have multiplied themselves TO
centuries; yet, II 1t were not for Shak-
speare, the poets that produced them would
still remain unrivaled masters Of their
art. But Shakespeare not only rivals them.
he is their superior. His rrfnd penetrated
nature. and God. Where they found chaos
he found harmony He, too, grapples with
moral problems. If he did not, his TRACE
dies would not be true representations Of
human life.
MR.. WILFLEY'S GRAFTON. .
The second Grafton was 1.-The Philosophy
of Inequality" by Xenophon P. Whitley. of
Central College, Fayette, Mo. 1t was in
part as follows.
1.-The science of society has been the prob
lem of the ages. The goal of government
during the centuries has been to establish
mans tT1lp relafiDnShin 10 man In the
progress of social evolution feudal systems
have been overthrown, the divine rights of
kings repudiated, and individual freedom
proclaimed. The question at issue in gov
ornamental theories is the extent Of the
rights of man. Monarchy has proven I'M
satisfactory because it gives one individual
rights over another, and now the cry is
raised against democracy because it allows
one man to exercise his natural endow-
ments over his weaker fellow-men. On ev-
cry hand is heard a demand for reform.
Radical methods are proposed to adjust
the factors and forces of social progress.
Modern reformers, In Seeking a solution
for the social and political problems of the
nineteenth century, have introduced theo-
ries which strike at the very foundation of
organized society. The imperative demand
OF their methods is equality in the condi-
lions of men. The discontented masses
have championed this cause and are con-
adoption. On one hand stands bold an
archy, making war upon all inequalities,
accepting no other treaty than the over
throw OF all government. The advo-
unequal distribution OF wealth as a result
OF human laws which obstruct the laws
OF nature, propose to abolish all govern
ments, and to usher in the dawn of a new
civilization by destroying present %institu-
tions, without reserve. without remOrse and
without mercy Their motto Is M family