Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-02-23
CORNELL Wins PRIZE
Representative at the Intercollegiate
0ratorical Contest at Grinnell
Given First Place
Will Represent Iowa at the Inter.
state Contest to Be Held at
Des Moines.
Cash Prize Of s1oo Goes With the
Honor The Contest at
Eldora.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Grinnell, Feb. 23--Cornell's represen-
itatiye Won first honors 800 in cash and
the right 70 represent the Iowa associa-
Ition at the Interstate contest5-at the an 4
inual contest Of he Iowa Collegiate Ora
toMcal Association held here last eve
ming. Francis a. Head with his ora
tion on The Tall of Aaron Burr, was
tho representative who brought ths
great honor TO himself and his alma
mater
! Second place was Won by Max NJ.
Kann, Of Parsons College. his Grafton
being on The Crime of the Century
Third place. James o May. Simpson
/ collese, n Plea for Economic Purity
Fourth place Robin l.. WEIGH Des
/ Mones College jean Vatican
/ The CONGREGATIONAL church was
packed 10 the doors with students and
4 visitors TO hear the student orators. The
markings were close. but the verdict Of
the judges was apparently satisfactory.
Land no complaint has been heard. All of
the oraiions We're good in respect to
lcompositien. and the delivery generally
4! W d. Y NNf,itt!it-
4 The following. are the names of the
3 judges:
on thought and composition-Judge
CampbeD. Chicago: Rev a, t. Mar
4 shall. DIS Mones. Miss Charlotte La
kin. Nor;, Springs; Prof. G. W. Sam
SON CEDAR Falls
On delivery Rev. w f.. Sloane,
lSnoSvills Mir Il: l.. Wick Cedar Rap
ids: senator James j. Crossley, Win
. tetset Prof j. j. Mcdonnell, Iowa City
Rev Francs j. Van Horn. Ioes Moines.
'rile program was as follows:
organ solo AllsgroModerato (Wely).
Professor X. q. Cole
"Ihe Mission of Discontent'-W II.
ILoekhar;, Drake University.
Tie Crime ef The Csntury'-Max
Kann Parsons College.
Vocal SOLO Miss Grace LaNinia
: Clark
Daniel Webster 5. Haines Crosby.
"rhe Fan Of AARON lsuri"-Francis
A. Iieald, Cornell college.
jean valiean ROBIN L. Welah,
Dss Moines College.
Violin Soto Mazurka (Wieniawski).
Miss Laura y. Rev.
"A Plea for E,conomis Purity
tJames o'AIay, Simpson College.
The Mission OF the Great Republic
y. ID Wells, Iowa Wesleyan Unver-
stty.
THE Triumph Of Modern Missions
j. a. Davies, Morninsside College.
The eiridifoll' Arthur PhycrD, /. w
Z. Mandolin Club
sWe Meet Again Tonight. Boys
ecarn. Colo. Iowa College o;lee Club
To the Adeipnie Society Of Knox Col
lege belongs the honor of inauguratins
he movement which resulted in he or
\ ganizat;on oil the Iowa intercollegiate
oratorcal Association. This society in
lvited a number Of western colleges Z
Eengage in a contest AT t;ilesburg il
February. 1871. AT this convention
with III. g. Adams, of lowa College, il
the chair a temporary organization
was effeeted and an understanding VA:
reached by which the states represent
ed We're to organize state associations
Pursuant TO this agreement nine col
legesa and universities of the state me
al Grinnen On the first day Of May
1874. and organized the association
Z which has developed great strength
3 and has held a contest every year sine
Z Ithat time,
The annual contest has come to b.
3 looked upon With great favor by tn
colleges having membership in the as
sociltion ard is the society event Q
I, tne Year among collegians. The win
* Nor of the contest receives n cash priz
!, OF slo0 and viii represent Iowa i'll III
X !nterstata oratorical contest To be he'll
s in De.s Meines early in May. The win
!, lner of the second place in the contes
u