Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-03-01

0. W. Stevenson. Of Upper Iowa
University. is Given Sec
ond Place.
Special to Times Republican.
Mt. Pleasant, March 1.-THE Iowa
state oratorical contest was won last
might by c. NJ. Cavnee, of Iowa Wes
Ileyan University, OF MI Pleasant. The
subject of the Grafton was The True
Republicanism. Second place was
given to o. w. Stevenson, Of Upper
Iowa University of Fayette; third place
to S. "A. Cryor, of Coe College, Cedar
Rapids.
The winner of the contest last eve
ming will have the honor Of represents
ling Iowa at the big interstate orators
cal contest, which will be held this
year at Des Moines, under the auspices
of Des Moines College, on May 2. In
addition to this honor, the winner will
winning second place will be chairman
of the Iowa delegation at the interstate
icontest at Des Moines, and the third
man will be the third member of the
Iowa delegation to the interstate con-
test.
The contest was held in the auditori-
UNI of the new chapel and science hall
large seating capacity was sorely taxed
classical expression, the house wac
packed from pit to dome With a
cheerful, bowling, happy, enthusiastic
crowd of students and their friends and
supporters. AT intervals during the eve
ming and While waiting for the decision
| of the Judges the air was badly frac-
tured and splintered in many places
with the various college yells and songs
and accompanying noises, so dear TO the
heart of a college student and to which
the average citizen. IL he has ever been
around college town very much, is
not averse at times. The musical part
of the program was we'll sustained by
the I. w. U. ladies' quartet, the i. w. II
mandolin club, Miss Helen Culver, and
Iothers.
The program was as follows:
Invocation.
!. w. y. Ladies Quartet, Last Night.
Misses Wilson. Work, Payne. Hinsey.
The Coming Indus triaism
r. ID. Macy, Drake University. DEG
Moines.
|sCain's Question:"
II. L. Harris. Penn College. Oskaloosa.
Violin Solo, Concerto in D Major. ..I...
Niiso sEdnnkr LII ~-~s.s
The Triumph of Nationalism"-
/ o. w. Stevenson, Upper Iowa Universe
~, Fayette.
Self Adjustmen
Grace b. Erickson, Simpson College, In
dianola.
Vocal Solo. -. q. ..s.........Seiecteds
Miss Profit.
The True Republicanism
c. NJ. Cavenee. Iowa Wesleyan Jniver-
sity, Mt. Pleasant.
National Progress
H. q. Keck, Morningside College, Sioux
City.
Vocal Solo,. 80. ...... Selected.
Miss Helen Culver, Vocal Instructor at
Iowa Wesleyan University.
Benedict Arnold"
Sidney A. Cryor, Coe College, Cedar
Rapids.
THE Mission OF Government
George p. McCready, Lenox College,
Hopkinton.
March OF the Pasha's Guard ..........
...... ..s.... 1850. 80. Opera Tobasco3
I. w. U. Mandolin Club.
There are fourteen colleges in the
State Oratorical Association. those not
lrepresent ed on the program last evening
being Dies MONIES College, at Des
Moines; Cornell College, at Mt. Vernon;
Parsons College, at Fairfield; Central
University, at Pella; Iowa Agricultural.
| College at Ames, and Iowa College, at
| Grinnell. Out Of this number eight
\ speakers were selected to Represent
their schools on the program, and these
| were picked out by handing in ora
tons, and these Were graded by the
following judges on thought and conn
positions: S. w. Morehead. of the Keo-
4 kuk Gate City; Judge Smith Mc Fh.-ii-
son, OF Red Oak; Judge Emlin McClain,
of Iowa City; Superintendent E. I. Oldt,
of the Dubuque city schools. and Super
intendent A. v. Storms, OF the Cherokee
schools and these Judges selected the
speakers for the evening, except that
Parsons College secured place and.
the speaker afterwards withdrew and
let Morning Side College, Of Sioux City
on the progra m.
| The judges on delivery at the contest
were Hon. w. W. Baldwin, OF Burling-
ton; Hon. 7. G. Harper, of Burlington;s
Judge j. II. Tedford, OF Mt. Ayr; Hon.
E. %: Burbank, Of Des MONIES, and Hon
H. w. Byers. of Harland, speaker Of
the Iowa house of representatives.
Following IS the closing paragraph Of
the winning Grafton ON True Republic
caniAn:
Americas past is beyond recall.
Hands of detraction can not destroy its
lglories; tears Of repentance can not
wash away its stains. But the years
before US are an unhewn marble. We
may engrave 1t as we wish; for our
future depends not on our stars but
Ion ourselves. II this nation perishes
1T will be consumed by fire kindled
by our own hands Il it survives and
progresses, the American people must
obey the basic truth that rights inn
pose duties. Events, with trumpet-call,
summon us to clear. recognized,
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