The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-13
CARLETON GOT SECOND PLACE.
OF THE MINNESOTA INTER-
COLLEGIATE ASSOCIATION.
Third Prize Was Also Won by State
University Man-CrOwd at
Central Park.

college man was awarded the other at
the seventeenth annual contest Of the
Minnesota Intercollegiate Oratorical as
ISOLATION, at the Central Park M. E.
church last night.
Lawrence N. Booth, Of the state
University, is the winner of the first
Minnesota at the coming interstate
oratorical contest. The subject Of Mr..
Booths grafton was 1.-THE Needed Ele-
ment in Present Reform"
John w. Johnson, of Carleton college,
was awarded second prize, which gives
him the privilege of attending, as a
delegate, the convention of the Inter
state Oratorical association. Mr.. john
sons subject was 1.-THE American
Ideal"
Linaeus T. Savage Of the safe uni
versity, won the third prize by his ad-
mirable delivery of tribute to the
virtues of the late Cuban general, An
tonic Maceo. The third prize is the sum
of $15.
The state university, Carleton college,
Manchester college and Hamline uni.
versity were each represented by two
composition, were Bishop M. N. Gilbert
Hon. H. M. Knox, of Minneapolis, and
Rev. Dr. E. P. Ingersoll, of ST. Paul
Rev. DR.. Dudley w. Rhodes, of ST.
Paul; Judge Ell Torrance, of Mime
apolis, and Rev. DR.. w. r. Lord, of
st. Paul, were judges of delivery
The miserable weather did not ap-
probably affect the attendance, as
scarcely seat in the church was va
cant. The majority of the students
occupied the gallery, though a goodly
number Of them were scattered
throughout the auditorium, as was
demonstrated when the time arrived for
lndulging in the college yells.
+. G. Barnes, the outgoing president
of the Intercollegiate Oratorical associ-
alton, presided. After the Minneopa
quartette had sung Greig's "Open Thy
Window Love-" Mr.. Barnes introduced
the first speaker Of the evening, Ernest
H. Wallace, of Hamline university. Mr.
Wallace's grafton was tribute to the
genius of Napoleon Bonaparte In pic
| turesque language, the speaker dweIt
upon the highly dramatic incidents in
the life of EurOpes phenomenal war
NapOleons disastrous Russian cam
paign, closing with his retreat from
MOSCOW, was creditable effort He
| closed with a pathetic picture of the
last scene of all in this strange event.
full history" the death of the famous
Corsican amid the solitude of ST.
Helena.
The man who was destined to wear
the first prize, Lawrence N. Booth, of
the state university, was then introdu-
ced. Mr.. Booth is a tall young man
with dark hair and eyes, a deep voice
and an ecclesiastical bearing He spoke
delfberatiVely and impressively. He dis
cussed THE Needed Element in Pres
| ent Reform" Zone of the most conspic-
uous propositions of reform" said the
speaker. was the socialistic project.
But the fallacy of that doctrine had
been proven. The mistake Of socialism
served to eXemplify most of the mis-
takes of reform legislation. What was
needed most of all was the religious
spirit. The effort of man to establish
government had been a potent influence
| lifting him far above his rude and
primeVal condition A decline in the
religious element had invariably been
followed by a decline in the greatness
of power of the people. Rome, once the
majestic mistress of the world, became
but the plaything of the children of the
forest.
But why this spirit Of agitation and
discomfort today?" inquired the speak
er. 1.-The answer is inevitable. We are
trifling with religion. We are crush
ing from our lives that which, when
gone will leave them as bleak and
barren as the desert. There is a great
need in our democracy of high al
truiStic character. Today, each citi-
zen is too deeply engrossed in the sub
ject Of his own welfare. Law, which
was once regarded with respect and
awe, is now held Of little moment.
History has demonstrated that a re-
spect for the law cannot be inspired
without the working of religious in
1uences. What the country needs at
this hour is a deep-seated and manly
religion, that shall make itself heard
from the doors of our national capitol
and our state legislatures. We cannot
isolate ourselves from our fellow men.
Each is dependent on the other. The
problem is to gain control of the great
spiritual forces. The citizens must
learn that his life is not entirely his
own but must be shared with his fell
low man"
Mr. Booth closed with an impressive
appeal to his fellow citizens to practice
the virtue of unselfishness.
The Minneopa quartette followed
with a tasteful arrangement of the
'Miserere" from II Trovatore.'
THE Progress Of Peace was the sub
ject of the Grafton delivered by George
Leck, of Manchester college. Some evils
had been removed by war, the speaker
said but war itself was a fearful evil
It had no conscience. Nothing but the
end was the sole thing in view The
statistics proved the failure and fall
| lacy of war. More than two-thirds of
the wealth of nations had been ex-
! pended for purposes of war. Defeat
was frequently only temporary. 1t was
! followed by victory and vice versa.
The time had come when war could not
settle any question justly. In this age
| a great question must be settled right
ly. War was not a swift and certain
means to peace. War should be re-
! jected by the dictates Of reason, hui
mainly and conscience. War could no
/ longer be regarded as a crime; it was
an absurdity. Civilization was now
crying arbitration" 1t had already
realized the folly and cruelty of war.
| The darkness Of turbulent night was
disappearing in the frightening dawn
| of arbitration.
The chairman next presented John
w. johnson, of Carlton college, the
winner of the second prize. Mr.. John
sons subject was THE American
IDEAL America, he said, had its
ideals and its heroes. 1t was the
American ideal that created and in
spired the early colonial settlers. It
was the British spirit that would have
depressed them The tendency Of the
Tho poN1 10y