St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-06
STUDENT ORATORY.
STATE CONTEST At THE HOUSE
OF HOPE MONDAY NIGHT.
WINNERS WILL REPRESENT
Minnesota at the Interstate Ora
toricaI Contest to Be Held ut
GaIesburG in May.

Among the most interesting events
of college and university life in Min
nesota are the state oratorical con-
tests which occur in the spring of
each year. The contest this year will
be held Monday evening, April s, in
St Paul, at the House of Hope church.
In this contest two speakers repre-
sent each of the four educational in
stitutions-the State university, Ham
line university, Carleton and MacaI-
ester colleges. These four institu-
tons compose the intercollegiate Ora
torical Association of Minnesota, which
is, in turn, a member of the inter-
state association. This later includes
the states of Wisconsin, Missouri,
Kansas. Illionis, Indiana, Ohio, Min
nesota, Iowa, Colorado, Nebraska.
: Every year an interstate contest is
held, III which one representative from
each of these ten states participates.
The contest for 1895 will be held at
Galesburg, ILL.,, on May 2. Who shall
represent the state of Minnesota in
that contest will be decided in St.
Paul Monday evening, when the con-
testant winning first place shall have
that honor as his reward. Tbs. orator
winning second place will accompanv
nm as a delegate at the interstate
contest. The prize for third place will
De financial compensation of $40.
NO event during the college wear
receives so much attention or ia mr.
ducuve of more good results thar tba
oratorical contest. Many of the stiio
dents in the educational institutions
are expecting to. enter professions II,
WHICH the ability of public 7snaa III.
Is OF the greatest Importance M.n1,
WIN De IN. public life and places an
Positions fos in which public address -
-asasprefe 9nfsite. oN'E' -
demands, not only of the pulnits
anu courts, but also of our nation 70
qulre men skilled in the art of sneeob
-. the educational systems nothine is
iiole Importance than to striva 10
AZ sluoents SO that they shall be ah,a
- make use OF. the knowledge acouired
ny iinpartlng it to others, and ia ex-
press themselves clearly and forciblv
to audiences. 'iy
rms is what the collage nr.tor,o,1
associations seek to accomplish. HIM
areas CT students receive great benefit
by, such contests. Coosider;np th,
the interstate association en,brs ces te,
states, that state association includes
from two to ten or twelve colleges ond
that In each college several students
saeel me nome preliminary contest, in
: sohie cases as many as twenty or thir-
w Is seen that the influence ex-
z.eilds 10 a large, number of students.
Apllity is developed both in writing
ana delivery. A general enthusiasm
is aroused in the different institutions
squirting the entire student BODY TO
eXcel In oratory. The fact is recop-
nlzed that those most experienced in
writing, and receiving most careful
drlll In delivery, have the gres test
advantage, hence proper instruction
Is provided in these lines and ALI tha
students whether entering the contest
or not are made partakers of the bene-
mt. In the intercollegiate contest the
different institutions are benefited nv
| contact with each other. And so the
influence goes on continually extend
| ing and increasing. Minnesota. ha
been part of the interstate associa-
ton for number of years. The state
| association originally consisted of the
Tour institutions which now comprise
1t. Carleton withdrew in 1889. and en-.
tered again in 1893. Manchester with.
| drew IN 1890, and entered again in 1894
! Inc honor of first place for the pas,
| TOUR years has been awarded as fol
lows: For 81 and '92, Guy Maxwell
or Hamline; for '93, to Mr.. uattee. OF
the State university; for 81 to C. E
| Burton, of Carleton;
In the contest Monday evening the
speakers will be Claire Ames and A. l.
Helbwell, of the State university
| q. M. Phillips and G. A. Cahoon. OF
/ Hamline; II. w. Fisk and F. H. Foer
sell, Of Carleton, and Harry c.. SchuIel
and II. A. Leaty, of Manchester.
In rendering a decision for places
thought and composition count
for one half, and delivery 70,
a half. The judges of the forne1
are Rev. Robert Forbes, d. D.. of Du
| luth, Rev. A. A. Watson, of Mime
apolis, and Rev. Lee w. Beattie, o.
Mankato. The judges of deliver,
are F. w. Wilson, of Red Wing; F. T
Wilson, of Saltwater, and Judge Ii,
w. Collins, of ST. Cloud. The contes
is in charge of the officers of the stat,
association, who are: President, A. W
Vance, Of Manchester; vice president
w. H. Wallace, of Hamline; secretary
w. II. Hollands, of Carleton; treasurer
Francis Ramaley, of the State univer
sity. The expenses of the association
are betrayed by the proceeds of tn,
contest, at which an admission of TWEEN
ty-five cents will be charged. TIL,
music will be furnished by the Stat
University Mandolin club, and thu
Slsi-U-Mah .quartette. A. close ant
interesting contest is expected. TIL
contest begins at s p. m, and close
with the decision Of the judges, whiel
will be announced from the platform
Sent to the Pen.
Judge Egan yesterday sentenced t.
three and half years in the Still
water penitentiary August Pruden an,