The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-09
FLIGHTS OF ORATORY
Indiana College Representatives
Will Enter a Contest Tonight.
Brief Sketches of the Young Men
Judges Chosen from AbrOad-A
Young Lady to Speak.

The buoyant college boy, with his deaf
ening yell. will come to town to-day. The
grown-up young man, with the weight of
his senior year on his shoulders and the
envy of the undergraduate, will be here.
flying the colors of his college, and ex-
pounding the merits of his representative
College men of all grades and fraternitieS
will be in this morning to attend the an
nual oratorical contest, which is TO be held
tonight. The exercises will be held at En-
glishs Opera House, at 8 o'clock. Frank
Martin, H. w. Berger and c. l.. Little,
officers of the oratorical association, ar
rived last night, and have completed all ar
rangements for the contest. There are sew
en- contestants for the honors conferred by
the society. r. 3. Mccain, of Hanover
College, has been accorded the first effort.
Mr.. McCain's subject is The United States
Senate" He has gained some prominence
as an orator. having won the Voris fifty
dollar prize offered by his college in re-
cent contest. The young man is in his
senior year, is a member of the Beta Theta
Psi fraternity, and resides at Bedford.
Hanovers colors are scarlet and navy blue.
L. F. Dimmitt, who is second on the list,
represents DePauw College. He will dis
cuss '"The Humane Spirit in Modern Civil
ization" Mr. Dimmitt is perhaps the old
est of the contestants. He is a married
man, and few years ago occupied one or
second place in the DePauw contest of 1891.
DePauw'S representative is a Delta Epsilon.
The colors are old gold. =
announced to speak of Tine Problem of the
Children" Mr. Kahn's home is in Indian
apolis, where he graduated from tn the s; cry
second base in the University Glee Club. he
Is a young man of fine personal appear
ance.
Leslie Overstreet, the representative from
Franklin, has chosen the subject, THE
Power of Personality" He is known to
be exceptionally good in delivery. The
Phi Delta Thetas claim him member.
Franklin's men will be known by colors
OF gold and blue.
of Earlham with the subject, THE Reign
of Jusoce" Mr. White is a junior, and it
is claimed that he will rank high G in eompG O.
nOnfraternal. Her representative lives in
Claud Travis, the youngest of the con-
testants. is the representative of Wabash
College and resides at Charlottesville.
THE Hero of the Reformation" is an
of the brightest of Wabash men, and in
addition to a natural talent for Oratory, he
is at the head of the athletic movement at
Wabash. Mr.. Travis is the son of Charles
NJ. Travis. past department commander Of
the Indiana G.. a. X. Wabash will swing
to the breeze the flaming scarlet
University, is the last of the speakers Miss
Calvin is a sister Of the young lady who
represented Butler at last years contest.
claimed for her. The youny lady is
Kappa Kappa Gamma, and wears the blue
and white. Her subject is Louis the Four
teenth."
THE JUDGES SELECTED
An unusual degree of interest is being
shown in the contest among college men
all over the State. Nearly all of the in
situations are prepared to claim the honors
for their representative, but it is generally
conceded that the man from DePauw has
much in his favor. Six judges have been Sc
lected to preside tonight. The three gen.
tlemen who will decide the contest as to
composition and thought each represent the
chair of English literature and rhetoric in
their respective institutions. They are as
follows: Prof William p: Trent, University
Harvard University; Prof. A. 5. Hill, Cor
nell University. The judges on delivery
are the Rev. DIR. Dewhurst, of Plymouth
Church.; Prof. George w. Hufford, of High
School No. l, and attorney John L. Grit
fiths.
The orator ranked first by four more
judges will be awarded first prize. If no
orator is so ranked, the orator the sum of
whose grades is least shall be awarded first
prize. In case Of a tie In ranking the or
ator receiving the highest grade average
snail DE aWaTueu llTSl prize. III Ease VI d
final tie, the orator having the highest av
erage grades in delivery shall be awarded
the first prize. The second prize Will be
awarded in the same manner, the grades of
the first orator not being counted, and the
grades of the remaining orators being
ranked as in the former case.
Many of the fraternity organizations will
have their reunions tonight, and numerous
entertainments have been arranged for the
"frats." At o'clock this evening the Beta
Theta Psi society will dine at the CONNER
cal Club. At 2 o'clock this afternoon the
State association will meet at the Denison
Hotel for the annual election of officers.
This session is expected to be productive
of much warmth The present association
officers are as follows:
President Ebert Russell, Earlham; vice
president, William Miller, State University;
corresponding secretary, Charles Baker,
Butler: recording secretary, Frank Martin,
Franklin; treasurer, G. S. Little, Wabash;
Interstate delegate. H w. Berger, Hanover;
executive committeeman, Thomas Crowder,
DePauw.
The Earnings of Mulligan's Wife.