The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-22
A VICTORY TO DE PAW
SHE ADDS ANOTHER oRAToRICAL
PRIZE TO HER LIST.
It. c. NadaI Was First, state University
Second and EarIham Third
Orations Weak.

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and Earlham third was the way the state
oratorical contest of 1895 was decided.
Hundreds of college boys and girls came
| here TO attend the contest of the State Ora
torical Association held at Plymouth Church
last night. As it was nearly midnight be-
fore the decision Of the judges was an
nounced, there was little time left the boys
! for skylarking before taking the trains for
their homes, and there was rather less noise
| than usual when the yearly raid is made
on this city. However, there was time for
| the college youths to startle staid citizens,
some of whom We're constrained to wonder
| if a band of Seminoles from Indian Terri
| tory had swooped down on the Hoosier cap
ital to avenge imaginary wrongs. The fac
| lions from the three successful colleges sue
ceeded in making a portion of the night
| hideous for the average citizen and exceed
| ingly unpleasant for their unsuccessful COM
| petitors.
| Plymouth Church has never held a larger
crowd than was there last night. There
| was a woeful lack of management in the
| seating arrangement and numbers Of those
who came late with coupon tickets emitting
them to certain reserved seats were rather
| disconnected to find intruders occupying
| them. There was no one to GUST the squat
| tiers and ticket holders were compelled to
make the best of things. After they were
| settled in their seats, however, a glance
| over the audience was full compensation for
| the showing and pushing to which they had
] been subjected. Indiana has become rather
| celebrated for the beauty of her girls and
| the manIinesS and strength OF her young
men. The audience at Plymouth Church
last night fully sustained this reputation.
| A more comedy gathering of young men and
women is seldom seen. There was little
about the girls to suggest the new
| woman. Instead they were, as a whole,
| pretty, interesting and altogether Lovely to
| look upon. Their escorts appeared full of
| life. The girls found much TO amuse them
| in the antics of class leaders, who arose
and faced their factions at every instance
| to lead in some college yell with frantic
gesture and flushed faces The conditions
| Staid auditors.
THE JUDGES DECISION.
| 1t was well along toward o'clock before
| the oratons began. Nearly two hours were
taken in listening to the orations. Another
hour was consumed before the finding of
| the judges was announced. De PAW, rep
| resented by T. c. NadaI, won first honors;
Indiana University, 0. L. Reid, second and
Earlham Frederick Van Mugs third. There
was some surprise at the decision Quite
a number had picked Van Mugs for first
place and Ezra Roberts. of Butler, for sec
ond. Roberts is a colored man, and was
| loyalty supported by his colleagues.
Taken whole, the orations were I'M
interesting and spiritless even more SO
| than the average college Grafton With one
or two exceptions. the contestants chose
threadbare subjects, and presented them in
the stereotyped Evolutionary manner. There
was some living interest in what Van NuyS
had to say OF Lynch Law, and refer
ence to the growing danger to American in
situations from this evil was given point by
reference to recent slynchings in Ripley
county. His subject was treated in what
would be termed popular way by the av-
erage audience, and was characterized by
an evident sincerity that appealed to his
hearers. This was also true of the talk of
Ezra Roberts on Government and Law"
o. l.. Reid, who took second place, had
some interesting facts in his discourse on
the Nicaraguan canal, but the object was
so remote that II was dlIlcult Tor nm 70
arouse the enthusiasIn on the subject he
himself evidently felt.f This was also true
of T. c. Nadals discourse on ''The New
Patriotism" The speaker was earnest
enough his Grafton indicated deep research
into labor conditions, but it was lacking in
present interest.
In discussing sThe Principles of the Amer
lean Revolution L. c. Whallon of Han
over College, showed the deep study he
had given the political conditions that ex-
listed in this country prior to the revolution
airy war and the causes that led to that great
conflict. In "A Man among Men" G. M.
Duncan, of Wabash College, dealt with the
life and work of Henry George. e. F.
Daugherty, of Franklin College, made an
impressive talk on the topic die to Live"
~ w clo III ltS tOllC ciid CulpudSlHSQ
the doctrine of Jesus Christie that shall
save his life shall lose it and he that lose
his life shall save it,
Incidental to the orations the Mandolin
Club of De PAW University entertained
the audience with a number of choice Sc
lectiOnS.
The judges OF the contests We're f. t.
Hale, u. e. Wentworth, Rev. +. e. Dew
hurst, Rev. j. Cumming Smith, Judge j. l..
McMaster and Evans Woolen
THE JUDGES RATINGS.
The following is the table of ratings of