Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-06-05
TEACHERS At MADISON
Pupils from All Over the State
Also at Wisconsin's
Capital.
BANQUET GIVEN TO TEACHERS.
Professors OF the University of Wis
consin DO Themselves Proud
in Entertaining.

ers and pupils from all over the state
last week. The young people com
peted in sports and determinations and
the teachers held study conferences
with the university professors, who
gave them banquet attended by some
200.
The competition in defamation Is
well worth hearing, as each one who
speaks there were Is Friday earns
the right not only by yanquishing the
good speakers in his or her own high
school, but in all the schools in his dis
trct--perhaps dozen schools The
judging at such contest is not easy,
there being so many contestants. Rev.
DIR. Updike of Maids on is a favorite
judge and has officiared at ten such
contests this spring. Not only must
the three best speakers be determined,
but IL was necessary to grade the
whole thirteen comparatively. On this
occasion there were five judges. These
are placed in chairs about the hall and
not allowed to compare markings.
Naturally there are always wide diff
ferences of opinion. One Judge is
moved by oratorical power; another
lays stress on enuneiation; another on
noble bearing. One young man rccited
the scene from Quo Vadis. where Ly-
gia is bound to the back of a bull and
Ursus. the giant, her protector, in the
arena before Nero. grapples the brute
and twists his neck until the creature
dies. Now to one who has never heard
this fearful scene narrated 1t is ire
sistihle 1t is exciting. it kindles the
hearers to terror expectation and en-
thusiasm; but while the young man
from River Falls recfted it powerfully
the cold hooded judges gave him
fourth place, and this he tied with a
! Milwaukee girl who had similar piece
the Eruption Of Yesuyius. The first
honor was given to Il German girl
| from West Bend. whose selection was
| a quiet story of young Scotch ply
sician who goes to London and makes
a great hit. When his old, shabby
| mother comes to visit him he is
ashamed of her and she in her lonely
despairs leaves the house during the
night, not. however, without stopping
| TO tuck her Laddie in once more as
| she used to do when he was child. 1t
! is heart tale: but the girl did 1t with
| ont affeetatien, simply and well. 1t Is
| gratifying to see such selections hon.
| ored with prizes as 1t Is temptation
/ In such prize contests to put forward
! dramatic selections for which often
| the immaturity of youta Is not equal.
| It was a pleasant dinner that the
| professors gave the visiting teachers,
| One of the cleverisms that crept out
| IN conversations win bear repetition,
| 1t was I'm the nature of conundrum:
1--WE have germs from Germany; para
sites from Paris, and what do we have
from Ireland?" The answer 10 MI
crobes"
4 Kind Word for Rockefeller.
And a college woman gave us a
| happy turn from Wellesley College, to
which the Rockefellers have given a
| good deal of money. The last gift, 1t
will be remembered, met with opposi-
ton on the ground that the money was
the fruit of monopoly. One of the pro.
fessors went so far as to write mag
aZine article on the subject of whether
II Is right to take money from such
sources. One of her principles was
that money from dead men, however
earned, is legtimately received for
educational or other good uses. But
to revert to the quatraln perpeTated
by a Wellesley college girl. 1t Is
parody on the doxology:
Praise John. from whom oil blessings
flow.
Praise him oil creatures here below:
He gives to us both quail and toasti
| Praise John and Bill-but John the
most.
/ Fear Carnival Excesces.
There is talk of another carnival
| EEL In. htIf N
tiop Is vigorous, especially among the
women, Many of the merchants about
the square who disapprove heartily OF
the unspeakably bad shows that die
business at the last carnival admit Q
crowd helps business: and the Forty
Thousand Club" which has moved
for the second carnival, pledges that
the obiectional features shall be left
out. but many of the citizens ars
afraid TO try II. Last time the use OF
the streets wae granted by the com
mon council, but there will be warn
opposition to this again: and as t
granting a vacation to the schoo
children. 1t might even follow that in
junction suits would be started. 1t il
not pleasant 10 block merchants wht
seek to promote business, for what
prospers them. prospers all; but Mad
ison got such dose of filth and Chi
cago's degraded overflow last timt
that Il is unlikely any repetition vi!
be tolerated
.'Great' a. the Thoughtful Define 1t.
The late Rev. Franklin b. Doe, OF
Ashland, was not great man, as tn,
world has IT, but il order. morality
the school. the church and the HON,
! are the foundations of our liberty
prosperity and what we call advanced
: civilization as Fourth of July orators
} tell us, then Doe and his fellow-work
eFs are among the great Of earth. HI
5 graduated from a d0wn-east college
} and one can imagine his dreams o
greatness. as collegians dream II; ant
{ he studied theology In Bangor, Maine
{ where Is seminary that still gradu
3 ates men OF the earnest orthodox type
4 Mr. Doe was an Appleton preacher Il
g 1855. but most of his life has beer
s given to starting Sunday schools
which often grew into churches. II
4 has aided i'll organizing 80 churches il
| Wisconsin. Visit a small place In
e northern city and note what a powe
r the little church is In the life of III
| community Then think of sweeping
into eternity with record of fift,
such influences started In one com
monwealth. How does il compare wit
, influence in one legislature, or eve
: two? Which is the more influential
, I We are talking now of laying founds
: tiCnS-aD ordinary congressional @
4 reer or the builder of 10 churches an
g an hundred sunday SchuolSI And VI