The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-08

Next Tuesday morning, afternoon
and evening in the rockingham the
alter, an eisteddfod will be conducted
by Robert Morris lodge Of Ivorites.
The sale of seats which began yester-
day show that the attendance this year
will be better than at the previous
esteddfod in 1896 and another notice
able feature was the demand for seats
by persons who are not of Welsh eX-
traction. The singing of the big cho-
ruses at the evening session Is the chief
article of entertainment This con-
test has three entries, two chOirs from
the West Side and one from Bellevue.
The first prize is 5000, second prize,
SIS and $40 to every unsuccessful lead
en- The rest of the competitions Will
be just as spirited, In the moining,
the most charming session of the day,
the chief choral contest-for juvenile
choirs-wll be decided. This is for a
prize of $40. There are four chOirs en-
tered, one from Olyphant and three
from the West Side. This is always a
delightful contest. The song is "As
You Co."
RECITATION CONTEST.
Besides this the morning session will
be taken up with the recitation contest
for females The piece is THE Paint
er of Seville" The other contests will
be: Duet, tenor and contralto; bari
tone solo. which will be interesting;
adjudications on poem "Gwilym
| Gwent" for which there have been
twenty-three compositions received,
ard the session will be further en-
hanced by the singing of the Robert
Morris quartGtte.
In the afternoon the session will open
| with the song, The Land Of My
| Fathers" The competitions will be:
| trio, duet, soprano and baritOne reel
tation, Liberty and Union" for males;
piano solo. Pastoral No. l." cOntralto
| solo, THE Incense of the Morning."
sight reading by male quartettes; i'm
promptu speech, the most amusing fea-
| ture of the eistCddfOd. Several liter
airy adjudcations will also be made.
| In the evening, when the largest
| crowd will be present and the cOngre-
gational singing viii be well worth
| hearing, there will be competitions on
| the tenor solo; oration, Thomas JEFF
| ferson," by pupils of high schools; solo
| for males over so years of age; soprano
solo, "Out of the Deep quartette
mixed voices, and the climax to all
| the choir contest.
LITERARY ADJUDICATIONS.
Adjudicatons of literary COMPOST
tions will also be made at this session
Prelimnaries will be held on several OF
the contests to insure a select and moi
over burdensome competition. The
| places for the hold of such will again
be printed in Tuesdays Tribune.
The officers for the eisteddfod include
| many prominent men. In the morn
ing, Hon. John r. williams will be
| president Reese q. Brooks chairman
afternoon, Rev. De Pugh Griffiths, O.
Utica, president, James II. Torrey
esq, chairman; evening, Judge H. NJ
Edwards, president. The adjudicator
are:
Music-J. Powell Jones, of Plains
vile, o., musical instructor in War
rem academy and the Plainsville pub
lie schools; acted as adjudicator thVe
times at the Middle Granville, n. Y.
eisteddfods, and twice at Utica, n. Y.
eisteddfods.
Recitations-Professo w. S, Bon
bright, of PA Adams avenue, this city
instructor in elocution and the dram
dtlC ART, OIlSllldl ldClle lnetnOu o
voice culture. Professor Bonbright i
first prize gold medallist of the Ma
tional School of Elocution and Orator,
of Philadelphia.
Adjudicator on Englyn and words 70
a Welsh national hymn-Rev. d
Pugh Grifiiths, of Utica, n. Y, WHINE
of the $500 prize for the best Welsl
poem at the Denver eisteddfod.
Poetry-Theron C. Osborne, the tai
ented Greenwood poet whose nam
has appeared frequently in the bes
magazines in the country. Mr. Os
bourne will decide the "Gwent" an
Morris" contests.