The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-07
HIGH-SCHooL RIOTERS
oRATORICAL CONTEST BRINGS SEW
ERAL HUNDRED TO MUNCIE.
Muncie and Portland Win First
Prizes-Indian Medical Society
AdjourDs at Lafayette.
snao,al to tho 1ndiananolis Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE, Ind. May 6.-The second an
nual contest of the Eastern Indiana High
School Oratorical Association occurred in
Muncie tonight with greatly increased en-
thusiasm over the first meeting. The first
delegatino arrived from Button at 2
O'Clock, special train bringing in the con-
testant and friends from that city. Another
special train of fourteen coaches arrived or
the Big Four at 4:30 o'clock with the dele
cations from Portland, Decatur and Win
chester. Each delegation, except Winches-
ter. had brass band, hundreds of yards of
ribbons and all had high school yells From
the time of their arrival until after their
departure late tonight there was music and
yelling and the Muncie city band and yells
of the wel-organized classes in the local
school. were nearly drowned out The
bright young women and men paraded the
streets with little regard for the rain.
Mancie had headquarters where an informal
reception was held, while each visiting dele
cation had headquarters at the hotels,
Portland, with the greatest number of WIS.,
ltors, $50, being ''at home at the Kirby
Hotel. The fifteen hundred seats in the the
alter went first to the visitors, and Muncie
was left to take what was left AS a result
there were not accommodations for more
than one-half who desired to attend Once
inside there was an attempt by each town
to drown out the other with it's yelIs. Port
land had the greatest number and the other
delegations found that they were no match
and In a short time it was the entire field
against Portland. The theater was hand
soInely decorated in the several school
Golors and national flags. Miss Nellie E.
Dogs OF Winchester, made the presidents
ADDRESS after which came the speakers and
their orations, as follows:
AGAINST the Annexation of Hawaii"
LIE, MISS Eff1e Woodward taoinnnnnnun
wesley Dubois of Burton; 1.-THE Orchestra
OF LIe, Miss Effie Woodward, of Decatur;
wright AT Miss MaS Maud Lucinda
Jury System" Walter Kunce, of Portland;
+ Woman's Sovereignty" Miss Helen Hurd,
of Muncie..
test was as follows; The SWING Agnes
Schrock, Of Decatur; THE Rhyme of the
heseT PsSge W Sfa5e w Hsgn Zoe q aoo Wo Of
Muncie; Fall of the Pemberton Mills
Ethel ,L Sa 2, of Buffton;, THE Gypsy Flow
.a.Merrily Roam" Ethel King, of Decatur.
The cadet company of girle, of Portland,
gave a Zouave drill and musical numbers
took up much of the time.
The officers of the association are: Presi-
vice president Frank Sanders, Portland;
secretary, Rollin Laughner, Decatur treas
urer, DeForrest Little. Bluffton; chairman
executive committee, Dwight NJ Green,
Muncie The following were the judges for
the occasion tonight: On delivery. c.
Ware Of New Castle; F. A. Cotton. of In
diapapolis; C. S. Thomas, of Bloomington.
On mdnuscrfpt-William p. Ffshback, of
Indianapolis; Hon. Benjamin Smith, of
Rushville, and Henry Wise, of Fort Wayne
Inc programme was not completed until
after IL o'clock and at 1890 o'clock the
judges announced their decision as follows
Oration-Miss Hurd, of Muncie. first: Miss
Wright, of Winchester, second; Miss Wood
ward, of Decatur, third; Walter Kunce, of
Portland. fourth; Weslay Dubois, of Bluff
ton, fifth.
Declamation---Miss HUMPHREYS of Port
land first; Miss Schrock, of Decatur, &c
ond; Miss Iook, of Muncie, third; Miss
Hagns, of Winchester, fourth; Miss Saner
of Button, fifth.