The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-03-24
FORENSIC CONTEST.
Medal Awarded Mr.. Hey
man Yesterday After
Interesting Pro-
gramme.

The Forensic Society of the Jersey City
High School held its annual medal con-
test yesterday afternoon in the assembly
room of the High School. 1t was the
twenty-fifth anniversary of the Forensic
Society, as the president. Mr.. John Duffy,
stated in his opening address when he ex-
tended "ten thousand glad welcomes to
the audience.
Following the presidents address was
piano solo by Miss Catherine Lee, and
| then came the first oratorical contester,
Mr.. William Heyman, who spoke on 'Ihe
Partner of Ambition" His subject was
good and his delivery excellent, the best
of the three contestants, according to the
judges, Mr.. Peter James, Mr.. Brockhurst
and Miss L. G. Farrant.
"Au things from the cradle to the
| grave are uncertain quoted Mr.. Hey
| man, and then commenting in his own
words, 'sand it is this uncertainty that
| factor which is the partner OF ambltlon
| in some and its substitute in others. The
desire to penetrate and yet the fear to
| enter that great unknown moves some
to rise in the morning, perform their
| daily work and lie down again at night
to live over the life their fathers lived
/
| while it impels others to dare, to risk and
to hope for better things. This is the un-
certainty which moves the world. With
out uncertainty we lose ambition and
without ambition uncertainties is
naught"
! MIR. Leo. S. Harvey, the holder OF the
medal from last year was next upon the
platform He did not give an oration bus
read Gatherings" a paper containing
humorous personal hits on other mem
1 bers. Then came the second Grafton by
young man, Mr.. I. Edward Gluckmann,
who strove to prove that poverty was
blessing by drawing attention to Rock
| afeller Carnegie and few other mil
| lionaires who had succeeded through
poverty and probably would not have
done so had they been born rich.
Next came an address to the society by
Mr.. James Luby, on 1.-THE Greatest Plea
sure in Life I'VE make out of life" !"
said he, what there is in life and drew
attention to the elderly people who had
led active lives but felt they had lost
their leasehold and consequently lost in
terest, settling down to inactivity, while
| others led in the ring to the end.
| The speaker further said we are apt to
establish for success wrong ideas such
as political place. power and social stand
| ing but that these were mere mechanical
standards s4True success" he continued,
lis in ourselves. We are ourselves the
one thing we can enjoy-our own devel-
| opment. Other things are only means
/ to our own development. l am not go
! ing to preach. Though morals should be
unprofessional, will leave them to the
/ clergy. acknowledgment is not labor,
/ 1t is a thing that grows in the mind in a
| most easy way and is always a pleasure.
| Perfect development depends on an atti-
tude assumed in youth which must never
be checked. Everything in school is fill
ing you with this development The
| speaker here used several illustrations.
| One was the theatre where the youth saw
pictured character which went far to
guide his own conduct
Of reading he said:-"Anyone who lets
| it go throws away the best means of
self-development'' and concluded by say
| ing:-'HTo self-development there is no la
bor. 1t is easily cultivated, more easily
| than grubbing for dollars. Every effort
| makes the next easier AS you grasp one
thing after another you feel your mind
develop. 1t is your duty to accomplish
self-development, the greatest pleasure in
| life.'
] Mr.. Lloyd Evans here gave violin
/ solo, accompanied by Miss E. M. Schultz.
Mr.. Lawrence Bennitt gave a reading, "A
/ Sisterly Scheme" and then came the third
and last Grafton, tOur Future" by Mr..
John Duffy He spoke brightly of the fu-
! ture, saying that the new century gave
promise of higher learning, higher criti-
/ cism and broader humanity. His delivery
| was good and free from all awkward ges-
lures. In speaking of Jersey City in par
| ticular, he said:-
| TN Jersey City the municipal authori-
| ties have been considering for the last
| new High School The time for con-
| sidering is past, the time for action has
! come so that the students of the future
| can have suitable accommodations and
| the teachers convenient arrangements for
| the diffusng of knowledge, and then Jer-
Sey City will remain in the front rank of
| educational cities in the United StateS.,'
| Mr. Victor Gaffney gave a recitation in
Dutch dialect and the judges were ready
| with their decision. Mr.. James made the
presentation speech awarding the medal
to Mr.. Heyman, while the other contest
! ants looked ruefully al the place prepared
| for it's reception on their coat lapels and
fficked off a grain of dust.
Miss May Madden concluded the pro-
| gramme with a piano solo.
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