The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-03
DE PAW is FIRST AGAIN
HER REPRESENTATIVE, r. w. Dun
lazy. WINS ORATORICiL PRIZE.
Butler Carries OF Second and, Earl
ham Is Awarded Third Place
Fraternity Meetings.

AT the annual contest Of the State Ora
toricaI Association held in Plymouth
Church last evening, De PAW succeeded in
again bearing her colors to the front by
carrying off for the second consecutive
time the first honors of the contest. De
Pauw's representative and winner of the
first prize is e w. Dunlavy, young ma
of prepossessing appearance and excep-
tional oratorical ability. The second prize
went to John r. Carr, of Butler. and the
third to r. w. Kelsey, of Earlham.
Plymouth Church was crowded standing
room being at a premium. In the middle
of the lower floor and the middle Of the
balcony was the De Pauw crowd. The in
stltution was probably more largely rep
resented than any of the other out-of-town
colleges. Franklin, with large represen-
tation, occupied both sides of the balcony.
In the rear of the right section were seated
the Wabash students and Immediately In
front of them was Hanover. Indiana Uni
versity was in the rear of the left section.
with the Earlham people toward the front.
1t seemed as if every student had espe-
cially prepared himself for the occasion.
Some had tin horns, others megaphones,
and scattered promiscuously were a num-
Der of fiendish instruments that sounded
like fog horns. 1t was a scene of pande-
monium in which every boy and girl pres
ent did his utmost to make more noise
than his neighbor
Every pretty girl present decorated
with the colors of her favorite college. the
flowing ribbons setting off the stylish cos
tunes and animated faces OF the partisan
Girl. who was ever ready to swa,l the vol
ume of the college cry.
Shortly after O'Clock President L. A.
Folsom began calling for order and. after
a half hour. succeeded in announcing, SO
that it could be heard beyond the fifth
row, that the evenings prog anime would
be begun with the invocation by Rev. y. ].
Brown.
BY the time the minister vas ready TO
begin the invocation. comparative quie t
had been restored, but whe-. he had fin
ished and the ladies' quartet of De
PAW. was introduced, the yell set up ty
the students of that college fairly shook
the roof, and the reception accorded the
quartet was repeated with each succeeding
number OF the programme. The young
women were loudly appldUdcd at the end
of their song and were compelled to re-
Spond to an encore.
THE FIRST OR ALTON.
The first contestant for the oratorical
prize was e. w. Dunlavy, Of he Pauw,
whose subject was 1.-The Philosophy of
| Progress" He was followed ty a. J. Eel
| ton, of Indiana University. who spoke on
| ''Bocr or English Which Shall We Sup
port?" Omar Covert. of Frankl'n. whose
| subject was 1.-The Dominant Power" was
| the next speaker. Mr.. Covert was followed
| by the University Glee Club. who rendered
| a very laughable selection entitleI Il Want
| to SneeZe" When the glse club had re-
| sponded to encore, the president intro
duced r. w. Kelsey. of Earhan, who spoke
| on Prince Bismarck Carl n. Klass, of
Wabash, whose subject was 1.-THE Mission
of the Teuton,' was followed by another
| song by the ladies' quartet, entitled "Ah,
| it's Dream Buffers representative,
| John r. Carr, spoke on the subject, 'Our
Country and Our Immigrants. The last
| of the contestants was L. S. DeibIer of
| Hanover. whose subject was 1.-THE Model
| Puritan" Immediately after the conclu-
| sion of the last address, and before the
decision of the judges had been announced
| the students of Butler rushed to the front
| of the church in a body, and. taking pos
session of the organ and the piano, began
| to sing at the top of their voices, ''Vive
| la Varsity" The students from the other
| colleges began yelling and footing their
| horns, and ii was with the utmost diff.
| fculty that the president was able to re-
| store order long enough to announce the
| decision of the judges.
| President Folsom announced hrSt the
| winner of the third prize, and when Earl
| ham became appraised that she had that
| honor the students, in transport or de-
| light, gave vent to yell that would have
| done credit to a tribe of Comanche In
| dams Butler was not far behind wher
| the second prize was accorded to its rep
| resentative, but the yells of delight com
| pletely subsidized when the president an
| nounced that the first prize had again beer
| captured by De Pauw.
The judges on delivery were Judge Johr
| A Baker, Ferdinand Winter and Rev
| Cumming Smith, The decision as to all OF
| the contestants was as follows: FIRST
| De Pauw: second. Butler; third. Earlham
| fourth, Wabash; fifth, Hanover; sixth, In
| diana University; seventh, Franklin.