The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-30
OPENING OF THE
GREAT EISTEDDFOD
Concert at the Armory Last Night at Which
Notable Artists Appeared To-day the
Prize Contest will Take Place.

| Scranton; Liederkrantz society. of Scran-
| ton; l.iederkrantz society of lionesdale;
Saengerr,inde. .of Scranton: German Sing
ing society. of Wilkes Barre.
Ladies' Chorus tprizes $500 and Sloo)-
Ceciiuns. of ttica; Ladies' Choral union,
of Scranton. Cecilians of Wilkes Barre'
| NOrraids. of Bangor.
OTHER COMPETITIONS.
| In the other musical competitions the
! number of entries are as follows:
| Quartette, 49,; duet, soprano and con-
! tralto 12 duet tenor and bass, IA:
| soprano solo. 90: contralto solo, IL;
tenor solo. IA; bass solo. III juvenile
chorus, 6.
| In the quartettes duets and solos no
| more than three OF each set of contest
ants will be permitted to sing in the
esteddfod. The three TO appear before
the audience will be selected by pre-
iminary contests. which will begin at
$3.50 Il. m. These prcliminaries will be
conducted by j. w. Parson Price and
Jenkin Powell Jones in the rooms of
Companies l. and + at the extreme
northerly and southerly ends of the
corridor on the main floor of the ar
mory. In case the preliminary COM
petitions cannot be completed by 1890
a. M, the Quartette preliminary and
| other unfinished work will be resumed
at 1.3O p. m. No one will he allowed in
the rooms during these competitions
except the competitor and the examiner.
In the literary competitions the en-
tries are, comparatively. as numerous
as in the musical contests. Fifteen es-
says. of 5000 words each and ten novels
| OF 10000 words each. are among the
| contributions. All told there are 14G lit
erary competitors. The Denver eistedd-
fod. held in 1897, which was the largest
up to the present. had only SS.
This mornings session will open at
10 o'clock. Hon. l.. A. Watres will
preside. The competitions scheduled
for the first session are: Tenor and
bass duet, contralto solo. juvenile cho-
rus German Glass c male chorus. Ad-
publications will be announced in the
competitions for the Scranton Times
prizes for the best two essays on Com
pulsory Arbitration"; the Scranton
Truth prizes for best three essays on
the theme "The Song of Labor" and
the S. prize for the best "Englyn." The
eisteddfod will be opened by the audi
ence singing Hen Wlad fy Nhadau."
Congressman William Connell will be
the president of the afternoon session.
which will begin promptly at . O'clock
The afternoon competitions will be:
Soprano and contralto duet, for the
Judge Vosburg prize; bass solo, for
the d. NJ. Reynolds prize; quartette,
for the Mrs. Joseph O'Brien prize; the
Glass 3 German male chorus, and the
open male chorus.
Adjudications will be announced, in
the afternoon, in the competitions for
the w. r. Lewis prize for the best
Welsh novel, and the John r. Jones
prize for the best Welsh descriptive
poem. The Arion society, of Brooklyn,
N. y, will sing "Fruhlingsregen" at
the afternoon session.
The evening session will begin at $50
o'clock sharp. ExSheriff Charles Rob-
inson will preside. The evening COM
petitions will be as follows: Ladies'
chorus for $4OO prizes; soprano solo,
for the DR.. John O'Malley prize; tenor
solo, for the DIR. j. j. Roberts prize,
and the chief choral competition, for
prizes Of $1,000 and $3.50.
Announcement will be made at the
evening session of the adjudication in
The Scranton Tribune prize poem con-
test In MISUNDERSTANDING There