The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-01-16
HANOVER TAKES FIRST
E. T.. PLANNETTE VICTOR IN THE
STATE ORATORICAL CONTEST.
De PAW Second and Butler Third
meetings of the Various state
College Associations.


middle We'd with each other in giving vent
to the most approved methods of student
expressions OF spirit. The house was gay
with color, yellow, and blue, and purple.
and maroon waving in festCons from the
boxes and dangling from buttonholes in an
abundance which could only have resulted
from the despoliation of half the ribbon
counters in the State.
The orators were late in arriving, but
during the long wait there was plenty of
entertainment. Various . leather lunged
youth cried loud and long the glories of
alma mater, singing her praises in an
thems and shouting them in hoarse cries
of Zip. boomi baht" and "Rahi rah, rah!"
ever and anon asking the audience the his
toric college question. "Who was George
Washington" and answering it themselves
by the usual formula, accompanied by the
time-honored stamping of feet.
De PAW had probably the largest dele
cation. fully four hundred wearers Of the
yellow being grouped in the left of the
house. indianapolis University waved her
gonfalon from the right wins and a goodly
number of Indianapolis youth gathered
about ii with their new assortment of yellS.
Indiana University, Earlham and the rest.
all had large delegations and did their
best to assist in the process of making the
air hideouS with noise.
Hanover bore off the prize when theeven-
ing's work was over, with De PAW sec
end and Butler third. The result was
somewhat OF a surprise to a good many of
the c~ollegianS, for Indiana University had
expected to rank at least in the second
place. But no one complained of the de-
cision, which seemed just TO most.
The regular order of the evening began
with the rendering of Sousa'S lei Captain"
by the De Paw Mandolin Club. They
played so well that an encore was given
them, and then the feast of oratory was
en- in earnest.
THE EARLHAM TOPIC.
B. Binford, of Earlham, was the first
| speaker, his subject being "The Galilean
| Reformer." He described the troubled pc
Rod before the coming Of Christ and
showed how. with the coming of the Cali
lean, a transformation has been wrought.
Christ brought into the world the spirit OF
| love and the brotherhood of man. Through
hat influence the family, which Christ
found the scene of slavery and drurgery,
has become a social beauty. Woman has
been lifted from her position of slavery to
be crowned with a social diadem. Men
learned TO settle their difficulties by other
means than the sword, and though In cuba
and in Armenia there is still carnage, the
spirit of war is passing away. But he said
the full realization of the Nazarene's ideal
had not been reached. The workingman
chine TO that of a man. The revolution
must come, he said, and it rests with the
capitalist whether or not the revolution will
o.. NJ. Duncan, of Wabash, was the next
speaker, taking for his subject Christi
anity in Social Evolution He held that
social evolution is not primarily intellec-
tual. Society is a confluence of many lives,
and the only force that can turn the pur-
suits of a whole people into one channel
is religion. Great nations have fallen, he
said. because they had not Christianity
Since the arrival of Christianity a new in
fuence has been planted whose social eff
feet will be eternal. He said that despite
its loss of power in being fettered by the
narrowness of church creeds, Christianity
has accomplished wondrous results in gen.
Grating the brotherly spirit and planting
the altruistic principle. 1t is the cause OF
social reform. How to balance the scales
of justice between capital and labor he
took to be the great question of the day.
1t must be solved. he said, not to the in
terest of the Individual, but to the interest
of society. Christianity gives the prin-
ciple, man must devise the method.
Here the De Pauw quartet came upon the
ing a ballad concerning the pleasures of
kissing ones sweetheart a million times or
so, and then Frank T. Brown. Of Butler,
| stepped forward to speak.
Browns subject was Cuba Libre." His
Grafton was beautiful in thought. some
times almost poetic in phraseology as he
described the natural charms of the gem OF
the Antilles. With accurate logic he ar
gued for the Cuban's right to liberty,
touchingly describing the wrongs he has
suffered under the Spanish yoke. True
and noble men have always battled for lib
erty.' he said. Many of their names have
been forgotten. but the spirit of their
mighty deeds still lives to urge men on
Then he traced the causes of Cuba's dis
content. showing a thousand reasons for
her rebellion: God made Cuba a para
made her a chamber of torture"
The speaker paid eloquent tribute to Jose
Marti, Maceo and Gomez. pleading that
Cuba is coming into liberty's glorious
temple" said he, Who shall be the first
Cheers and yells greeted the close of his
address. and 1t was plain to be seen that sc
far, at least. he had the popular vote.
THE PRIZE WINNER.
+. T.. Palmetto, of Hanover, came next
with an grafton on "Our Municipal Prob
lens He said the problems which con-
front the people are peculiarly unlike those
which have confronted any other age OIL
people. Our trouble has been that the PEG,
pie think things have been divinely ordered
as they are, and think a change would be
folly. The accumulation of great wealth by
a few individuals he took to be one of the
greatest evils of the time. The crowdine
of large numbers of people into tenement
houses in the cities he thought pro-
ductive of much crime, and the
fact of money control of politics was an.
the trouble, he thought, was selfishness and
greed. The church's neglect of the masses
also came IN for a large snare or the re.
sponsibility. He mentioned numerous rem.
edies for the municipal evils, but the most
important, he thought, was the gospel Of
love.
De Pauw's orator, r. j. Wade. spoke
next. on The Cuban Revolution" His
Grafton was similar in character to that ci
Mr.. Brown and 1T is worthy Of note thai
the two speeches on Cub won first and
second places. Mr.. Wade presented many
statistics showing the Spanish oppression
of Cuba and pleaded eloquently for recog-
L milton Of the rights of the stricken country
Fully as much applause rewarded him a.
had been given to Mr.. Brown. and the au'
dience seemed TO be made up largely of Gu.
ban sympathizers.
The Mandolin Club played again before
Endicott spoke on The Crimson Crescent
His Grafton was a plea for Armenia as the
others had been for Cuba. He scored the
Turks and their Sultan for their barbara
who. for political reasons. allow the butch
cry to go on. Only in a national agree
ment did he see any help for Armenia.
Claude Y. Andrews. of franklin deliv
cred the last Grafton, presenting a scholar
w discourse on The Unity of Law" II
held that man can only enjoy his freedom
as he lives within the stable requirement.
of the law. Strikes. riots and all kinds o.
discord are caused by the conflict or man
law with natural law.
When Judges Noble c. Butler. Evanl
Woollen and Rev. ID. j. Ellison retired t6
make their decision the yelling and singing
began again. The judges were out fol
some time, but not for a moment Was there
an abatement of the. noise.
When the decision was announced th'
Wells grew even louder. chiefly because the,
had some definite cause. The crowd serget
up the street. still yelling, and the con
test was over.
The Judges on thought, who had mad,
| +bair 1aciSian nrayiOuS to last night. were