The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-27
COLLEGE MEN AND YELLS
INDIANAPOLIS WILL BE GIVEN OVER
10 THEM TODAY.
This Afternoon FraternitieS VIII Meet
--OratorIcal Contest Tonight
Who the Speakers Are.

college men and college yells will rule
supreme i'm the city to-day tonight being
the time of the intercollegiate oratorical
contest. and hundreds of students will come
with ribbons and cheering to encourage
their respective orators. each college hoping
that it viii be the one to raise the vic
torious yell whsa the final decision of the
Judges is given The committee came early
yesterday afternoon and arranged the final
touches to make the contests pass off with
out hitch. w. A. Oldfather, the orator
from Hanover. arrived last evening, and
the other spe 1kers and their friends will
be here this morning. most of them coming
ahead of their delegations. The percentage
of active college men in the audience Will
perhaps not reach that Of last year, as sew
eral parties of students will attend the the
aters in the city. being content to hear the
result of the contest without attending II.
AS a consequence. there will be number
of seats left, and they will be disposed of at
the box office.
The contest will be of greater interest,
and a greater doubt is expressed as to the
outcome than for several years past, the
speakers being more evenly matched than
usual. The gathering of the students OF the
State on this day is used as an opportunity
for a number of state meetings and of fra
ternity conventions. At o'clock this after
| noon the athletic and oratoricaI associations
hold the annual meetings for the election
of officers for the ensuing year At
o'clock the state college Republican clubs
will hold meeting and during the after
noon three of the college fraternties will
hold state conventions-Ph Delta Theta,
Fiji Gamma Delta and Beta Theta ri. In
the evening the Phi Gamma Delta will be
| entertained at the home of DIR. Wilmer
| Christian in honor of Arthur Vernon, the
| compiler of its fraternity catalogue. At 6
| o'clock both Phi Delta Theta and Beta
| Theta ri have banquets at the Denlson.
| The Kappa Kappa Gamma Cup up ' OF tnis
| city, will receive in honor OF the Vlslti ds
| college men at the home of Mrs. Perry, $50
North Meridian street, in the afternoon
| from till o'clock. This club is composed
| of the alumni of the Kappa Kappa Gamma
| sorOrities from the colleges or the state.
/ The days programme closes with the con
/ test i'm the evening at Plymouth Church.
| The third judge on delivery. w. }; Heney,
has accepted making the list complete, with
1 J. b. Black and l.. j. Hackney. Inc IN
/ vocation will be delivered by Itev Mr.. Dew
/ hurst, of Plymouth Church.
WHO THE ORATORS ARE.
/ c. Herbert Bass, who will represent But
i Ter College in the contest has been for the
last three years in the local contest. and his
perseverance and ability will at last re-
| ceive their reward in his being the repre-
i sentative in the state contest. For several
/ years he has been minister in the Chris
tian Church, going 10 Butler to finish his
/ education before again entering the minis
/ try. Along with his scholastic duties he
has found time to fill the pulpits of
nearby churches. He is married
He is a member of the Philo-
/ lr1ircan Literary Society. in when he D0IQS
/ the position of chief critic. He will be
| graduated this year.
/ tive, was born in Ooroomiah. Persia, Oct
4 %, 1880 In 1890 his parents left the MISSION
field and settled in Hanover, where they
have since resided. Entering the prepara-
| tory department in 1892 in 95 he was initi-
ated into the Phi Delta Theta fraternity
/ Previous to the contest which decided the
| state representation in the present contest
| he was vice president of the State Oratorical
4 Association. In 1898 he was captain of the
/ football team and was also one of the win
| ners of the state tennis championship IN
doubles He is editor-in-chief of the stu
| Since his freshman year he has stood first
| in his class and has twice carried off the
| Voris prize in oratory
/ George c. lowering, of Earlham was born
i in Morrow county, Ohio, March q, 1875.
/ He is the youngest of family of ten chill
dren, four Of whom hold diplomas from
4 Earham. His mother was also student
1 at the same college and he is therefore, pre-
eminently a representative of that institu-
4 ton. Before his entrance as a freshman
he had attended both the Friends Academy
1 and MaryVille College at Maryville, Tenn.
Between his freshman and sophomore years
| he taught school for year. Although his
/ experience has been limited to writing q
/ few orations and winning a Demorest sill
/ yer medal he IS possessed of a strong pres
| ence and a good voice. He is one of the
| strongest orators sent out by Earlham for
many years.
/ was born near Madison, Ind, and now lives
/ at Jefersonville, where at twelve years OF
/ age he served as water boy on the old j.
/ NJ r. r., passing then to the stone and
/ water department where he remained till
1 he was seventeen. Having had but few
| months schooling each year during this
| tine he entered Danville Normal School,
| and IN three years prepared himself for the
| university. He has not been a regular
| terms In 1S93-94 he represented Indiana
1 University in the debate against De Paw,
/ and in '9S represented the university in the
/ Central States oratorical contest. He has
| twice been president of the university lee
! ture association. He is now a senior and
/ a, member of the Independent Literary So
ciety.
Joseph Silas Miller the orator from Wa
/ bash, was born and raised in Winchester
/ Ind, graduating from the high school of
| that place in June, '97. Since he was eleven
| years of age he has spent his vacations
] in printing office. In 81 he won second
| place in the oratorical contest of the eastern
/ Indiana high schools He is in the glee club
/ and was one of the freshmen disclaimers in
June Of '9S. He entered Wabash as a fresh
| man in September, 81. and is now soph-
| omore.
George E. Farrar, of De PAW, was born
! at Circleville, Ind, in 1875 His childhood
/ was spent on the farm of his father, the
| winter months being the only time given
| to school At the age of seventeen he went
/ to Upton. studying law in an office in that
/ place, and a few months later decided to
| enter De Paw. In his second year he won
| his first oratorical victory. In "a Farrar
| left De Paw and entered u. S. Grant Uni
| versity. at Athens Tenn, stumping the
| State in the campaign of SO. In '97 he again
/ entered De Paw and in the following year
| entered the oratorical contest winning with
| the greatest margin of any man in the his
| tory of the institution. In '9S he was elected
| editor-in-chief of the college paper. He is a
| member of the senior class and of the Delta
/ Epsilon fraternity.
/ r. ArnOt Risner Franklin's orator, is a
| Kentuckian, having been born in MagOfin
| county in March. 1872. He attended school
/ till the age of seventeen, when he ran away
/ father was unwilling for him to leave Go
/ Ind, for two years he taught school in Della
ware county. In "a he entered Franklin
| College He made a successful display of
| his oratory during the last presidential cam
/ paign, stumping several counties of Ken
| lucky. From the time he left his home in
| Kentucky, he has been thrown entirely upon
| his own resources and has made his way
| through college by preaching and teaching
/
/ Army Officers and Salaries.
There is some complaint among officers of
| the companies mustered out last October of