The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-04-28
Eartern Star Chapter Gave a Very
Pleasant Card and Dancing Party
to Their Many Friends
A LADY BURNED TO DEATH
Mrs. Boyer Used Gasoline Instead Of
Kerosene and She Was Burned to
Death-Pormerly Lived Bere.

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ORATORS AND ATHLETES.
A Big Week for Mitchell Will Occur
During the Month of May.
One of the big events to be held in
Mitchell this year is the meeting of the
state oratorical association, in which
six colleges will be represented, and
the college athletic association, also
represented by the same number OF
colleges. The oratorical contest held
here two years ago gave the people an
insight into the Importance OF the
affair and the event will be heartily
welcomed again this year. The ora
torical contest will be held on the even
ing of Thursday, May IS, and the indi-
cations are that each college will send
q number of representative students to
not only cheer on the orators but to
yell for the contestants in the athletic
meet which occurs at the same time.
In the oratorical contest the follow
ing colleges will be represented: Red
field, by R. P. Loomis; Brookings, by
Ray Dillmsn; Vermillion, by Miss
Ethel Tanquary; Yankton by S. Nun
neke: Huron, by Walter K. Hubbard,
Mitchell, by Hiram A. Rodee. The
prize offered is silver loving cup,
which was first contested for three years
. ago. In May '97 Miss Winifred McVay
was the winner for the D. U. and in s98
E. T. Cotton was an easy victor for
u. U. at Brookings. Should Mr.. Rodee
!, be the winner this year, and there
seems to be no doubt but what he will
be the victor, the cup will pass into
the permanent keeping of Dakota Uni
versity with the briefest record of win
uing in the history of the association.
Mitchell people want to see the local
University win in this contest and
should give every possible encourage
ment in that direction, for itstimulates
r the orator and students and makes
them feel that the town too is deeply
Q interested in the outcome. Our Uni
Q versity orators have always stood well
z up in the contests in past years and it hal
IS come to be an established understand.
% ing in the contests that Mitchells ora
9 tor is the one to be feared the most
- The officers of the association are
l. President f. W. Sargent, Vermillion
u wi Ut
J. secretary and treasurer, J. L. Beebe
> Brookings.
Tho Athletic Contest.
When the college athletic associat
A. ion met at Brookings one year ago i
.+ was then decided to locate the meet
20 ings at Mitchell permanently, becaus
of the fact that it was centrally located
r. easy of accessibility and, further, be
10 cause of the splendid grounds main
Ar tanned by the athletic club of the Uni
a. versity. The college athletes wi
meet here at the same time that tn
oratorical association does, but tn
sports will last two days, May Is an
10. The boys at the University are q
ed ready at work on the grounds to &c
them in condition for the coming even
or The quarter mile track will be el
=, larged to half mile and the fence wi
~ be extended to enclose the new tract
nd The program as outlined will includ
of double and single tennis, bicycle race
IN shot put, 44O yard run, running hol
as step and jump, SO yard run, pole vaul
$50 yard run, high jump, 22O yard hu
die, 100 yard run, 220 yard run, hsn
mer throw, mile run, broad jump, II
yard hurdle, relay race, and sever
games of base ball The students WI
will enter these contests are practicir
every day and since the rule again
professionalism WAS adopted, where
all contestants must be bona fide stu
: ents and not previously engaged
sports for pecuniary profit, our bo
will be able to make a much bett
showing than in previous year
Owing to the backwardness OF sprir
there has been but little opportuni
for practice. No time will be lost
an practice from now until the contest
or held.
I'd. Our people will have splendid @
be portunity Of seeing some good sport
cid the two days and doubtless the capaci
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