The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-28
HONORS IN ORATORY.
Miss Audrey S0oaer's Tribute to
Her the second Place-E-frst Pres
byt~riaa Church Ffllea NJ the
Annual Oraforicnl Contest for
Students Of the Cnlversity.

Arthur Clifton Crookail. OF the class OF
IS. was last night pronounced the cham
pion orator of the university. winning his
!aur~Is al the oratorfcal contest given IN
der the auspices of the King County Bar
Association at the First Presbyterian
church. Miss Audrey Blanche Souder was
awarded the second prize. The committee
was asked 10 confer an honorable mention
upon the third in excellence. but refused
10 do so, not desiring TO make any distinc-
tior.S between the other speakers. ali being
Of such merit. The decision was received
with appreciation by an audience Of nearly
i.1c persons. Mr.. Crookaifs subject was
War and .he Martial Spirit'' being re-
view of the progress of the spirit of srhi-
fratlon among nations This MIR. crookaii
handled with extraordinary good judgment
and power. and MS success. in view OF the
rejection of the greatest arbitration treaty
IN history by the United States senate. was
the more remarkable.
Miss Souder chose for her theme The
American Woman" and right faithfully
did she portray the noble characteristics
OF the woman of today-not the new
woman in the vulgar sense. which i'm
plies boomers and bicycle Swagger. but
rather picturtng the woman as a bread
winner. persevering. ambitious and aspir
ing.
Mr.. Crookaii endeavored to show that
war is a breaking of the laws OF nature.
asserting that peaceful nations acquire
the strength aDo power that make them
superior TO warjike. quarrelsome nations.
Said he. 1.-The peaceful progress of civili-
za.tion has been one of the chief factors OF
every victory our nation has won Let
other nations double their nayies and swell
their armies: we will multiply our stu
dents and increase and develop our in
yentive genius. Let them raise Bismarcks
and Napoieons from their educated mill
tary: We will graduate Edisons and Lin
coins from our farms and shops
Physical strife has had its place in the
past evolution of the world, but the time
has come when the very development of
mans genius in the production of ;nstru-
menis of attack and defense has made
war "a senseless barbarity. In the future
the contest will be between mind and mind.
battles must give Way 10 contests OF logic
and reason and the wisdom Of arbitration
will take the place OF the skill OF gen
erals
The speaker referred to Europe as be-
Ing infested with the reptiles OF war.
Look at the huge stsnding armies which
depress her energies and eat a; her vitais!
Think OF the number of strong and Wig
orous men which the trans Atlantic gov
ernments support in idleness. The annual
military expenditures of European ma
tions amount to tax of IS per capita.
To preserve peace thek Europe Of today
has chained herself to a tiger
william d. Howie followed Mr.. Crook
ALL his theme being The Saracen and the
Turk" The speaker reviewed the history
of these races, tracing the development
OF the Mohammedan religion. which to
the Turk meant a means of gratifying his
lowest passions. Forcibly he told of the
horrors of Armenia painting under the
n.t nstr qua tyranny of the despicahle Turk.
and called on the civilized nations of the
earth to blot the empire Of 1slalnism from
the map.
Miss Souder'~ tribute to the woman OF
today was couched in striking imagery
and filled With historic Illustrations.
Mr. Thomas f. Murphine's subject was
WAR and Arbitration" which he handled
With feeling and power Miss Wood closed
the programme with "A Plea for Mercy"
in which she delivered an imaginary
speech in defense OF a convicted criminal
whose poverty and the sufYerings OF his
family drove him to steal food.
While the judges. Ex-senator Alien,
Judge Jacobs and Judge w. IL. White.
were making the award. John Wiley en-
tertaiued the audience by reciting VIII II.
Thomrson's martial poem High Tide ut
gettysburg" Musical numbers We're con-
trihuted by Miss Kellogg, Mr.. Densmore
and the Brooklyn male duartette-