Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-05-03
shepherd College 10 the Front.


The REGISTER last week announced
that Shepherd College had sent del
egation Of contestants and "rooters
to attend the inter-normal oratorical
contest at Clarksburg. Mr.. a. G.
Wilkinson, Of Grafton, again offered
this year two prizes for the best and
second best orations to be delivered
by students of the normal schools OF
West Virginia. The first prize was
$25 in gold and the second a Web
ster's international Dictionary. In
conjunction with this contest the wo-
mans Suffrage Association Of West
Virginia had offered prize Of $25 in
gold to the normal student who should
deliver the best grafton in advocacy
of their principles. The two contests
were held in the opera house at Clarks-
burg last Friday night. For Mr..
Wilkinson's prize there were SIX con-
testants, one from each of the normal
schools Of the State. Miss Kath.yne
DonIey, the representative from Shep-
herd College, won the first prize on
her grafton, The Degeneracy Of the
Senate" the second prize, the die
tionary, going to Mr.. Bruhey, of
Huntington, whose grafton was "a
Plea for Liberty" The manuscripts
had previously been submitted to
Messrs. Cuttings and Lynch, of Clarks-
burg, who Judged them as to thought
and composition; the judges on de-
livery were DR.. Truscott, of the West
Virginia University, Prof. Frank Trot-
ter, Of Buckhannon Seminary, and
Prof. Swartz, of Broaddus College.
In the Woman Suffrage contest
there were three oratious. The prize
of $25 in gold was awarded to Mr..
Charles II. Reinhart, Of Shepherd Col
lege. His opponents were Miss Potts,
OF Huntington, and Miss Ruttencutter,
Of Fairmont.
The exercises were Of great inter-
est, and held the close attention OF
large audience from to II o'clock.
There was great rejoicing in Shep-
herdstown when telegram was re-
ceived here announcing our victory.
The enthusiasm grew each hour, and
Monday morning when school as
sembled there was wild hilarity. a
number Of our citizens attended chapel
exercises and made speeches on the
achievement of our representatives,. a
song composed for the occasion by Mr.
MuIdoon was sung with spirit and
the college yells were given with much
vigor. 1t was no use trying to study
on Monday, so the day was given up
to preparations for public celebration
in the evening. The old college campus
was hung with japanese lanterns and
the building decorated with flags and
the college colors. About dark the
faculty aud students formed at the
college, and with the victorious con-
testants leading the procession in a
decorated carriage marched through
the principal streets with banners and
transparencies, to the lively accom-
paniment of horns and bells and
liberal display Of fireworks. Many Of
the houses Of the town were hand
somely Illuminated, and the enthusiasm
was general. After the parade the
school and a large crowd Of citizens
gathered on the campus in front of the
porch, where appropriate exercises
were held. Mr.. MuldoOn presided,
and led the singing of America by
the people. He then introduced the
speakers of the evening, Hon. Geo. NJ.
Beethoven, Principal \. c. Kimler
Rev. W. l. Dice and H. L. Snyder, each
of whom made appropriate addresses.
The speeches were interspersed with
college songs and punctuated with
liberal applause, every person IN the
crowd seeming to be right in the
spirit of the occasion. At the close Of
the exercises Mr.. Arnett presented Mr..
Reinhart and Miss Donley with hand
some bouquets from their fellow-mem-
bers of the Parthenian Literary So
ciety. The college yell was then Civ
en- with an explosive force never ex-
celled, and the happy celebration was
over. 1t was a great day for Shep-
herd College