The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-06-28
The CONTEST.
Columbians win two and Par
thenons one event.

lhCBOIo OhC CtCAk
Decision as Announced Gives it all to
the C0lumbians-An Investigation
Shows Mistake to Have Been Made
In the Case OF Oration--Smith Really
Won by Good Lead Columbians re-
fuse to accept the Result.
The result Of the contest between the
Parthenon and Columbian Societies In
Defamation, Essay and Cratic re-
suited in the Columbians taking every
event. This together with their
triumph in the debate makes them
winner Of each of the four events the
first time for eight years that they
| have taken all the money
The stormy weather kept a great
many people away and The attendance
while large was not up to the usual
audience that assemblies to witness
the annual contests between the rep
resentatives OF the two societies.
The judges were Regents Il. X. Nc
Mahon, J. A. Campbell and p. @.
Eastman. They had some difficulty
In coming to the result reached but
finally they gave the result to the
President TO be announced. One COM
mendable feature of the announce
ments Is that they have been made
without any unnecessary rag chewing
and the audince has not been worried
by any funny talks to which they do
not want to listen.
DIR. Raymond presided and intro
duced the speakers The performers
were at a great disadvantage on ac-
count of the violence OF the storm
that was raging out side. The audi
ence could hardly hear them. This
was especially true in the case of the
performers on Essay while the Others
had it d little better.
Mr. Ira Benton Bush read an essay
on advantages Of Universal peace. ;"
This essay was very carefully pre-
pared paper and was well delivered.
The speaker was hardly we'll enough
familiar with his paper but he had a
good voice and good appearance on
the stage.
! Miss Villa Hart Butcher Of Fair
mont read an Essay on the emission
Of an Ideal" and showed the advan-
tage arising from having an ideal and
striving ever to reach it. Miss Butch
er was very much at home on the
stage and read her production in an
easy manner. She captivated the
audience completely.
Mr.. Philip Anderson Shaffer de-
claimed the fifteenth chapter Of Mich
olas Nickelby and did it in a very
striking manner. Mr.. Shaffer is one
of the best elocutionists in school and
he took the different characters in the
production and carried them out to
perfection.
Miss Orlana Ella Utt recited Scene
Two of the fifth act Of Henry V. Miss
UT was very well trained and con-
sidering the fact that she had but
three weeks preparation she made a
wonderful contest for the decision.
She too took the various characters
in the scene and handled them in a
very pleasing way.
The orations by Van Ara Barrick-
man and Gerald Newton Smith were
very fine. Mr. Barrickman took for
his subject ga typical American" and
devoted his speech to an eulogy on
James G. Blaine extolling him to the
skies for his incompatible ability and
matchless services for the country.
This Grafton was well prepared and
the gentleman was easy on the plat
form. His gestures were good and he
on the whole performed in a very
creditable manner.
Mr.. Smith took for his theme the
''Parting of the Ways He pointed
out the dangers that surround our be-
loved country on the change that it
was about to make in its policy and
uttered "a solemn warning against the
dabbling into the realm of the un-
known into which we were about to
plunge.
The audience was very much taken
with this production and cheered him
to the echo. Mr.. Smith had his ora
tion very we'll committed and deliver
ed it well. His gestures were in har-
mony with the production and the
one
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