The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-02-19
TARTER WON.
But Had a Close Second-Many Were
There-The Oratorical Contest.

But Had a Close Second-Many Were
There-The Oratorical Contest
The local oratorical contest oc-
Cured Friday night. 1t was a
good contest, the best of the sort
that has been held at the college,
The general average Of the orations
Was better, the delivery was better,
and there was more enthusiasm.
Last years state contest, held in
the srmory, has left its impress.
The honor of representing the col
lege will not soon again go beg.
ging as it has sometimes done in
the past.
Many attended the contest. Al
most every student was present
That alone meant an audience o1
more than 400, and to this was
added 800 or 400 townspeople. In
all 700 or 500 people sat in the ar
mory while the struggle went on.
The auditorium was handsomely
decorated for the occasion. The
chief ornamentation was the co1ors
Of the various soci. ties, draped ar d
festooned about the ceilings, gal
lery, lights, stage and elsewhere.
Ranged about the room, we'll to the
front, were the members of the con.
testing literary societies, in sections.
They we're deeply interested in
the outcome and lost neither time
nor opportunity in making their
feelings known. Their yells were
about as frequent and perhaps full
ly as noisy as were the visiting del
egations from the various colleges
in the state contest last year, when
1900 people were in the building.
The scene Friday night only differ
ed from the former IN that the at
tendance was not so great.
The first speaker was John E.
Smith of the Philadelphians. His
subject was "Co-operation inevita-
ble." His theme was socialism. His
paper was strong-one of the strong
est presented. His delivery was
fair, and as a whole, he represent
ed his society with credit.
Herman Tartar, O A Cs repre-
sentative last year was second on
the programme. His subject was
"Our Mission to the Negro" and.
a plea for the education of the col.
ored race. His delivery was better
than IN the state contest last year.
His paper was fairly good. He
won out, in score that will be
seen in another column, along with
the grades of other speakers.
Miss Mabel Able spoke third,
representing the Pierians. Her SUBJ
ject was Lafayette Our Pilgrim
Warrior" She painted the service
rendered the cause of liberty in
America and elsewhere by Lafay-
cite, and drew very pretty pic
ture.
Edwin johnson spoke for the
Jefersonians. He had the same
subject as Mr.. Smith but treated it
radically different. finding in inev-
liable CO. operation justification for
modern trusts. He had good pa
per.
Miss Gertrude Ewing represent.
ed the sorosis society and took sec
ond place.. lacking but one and
one.ha1f points Of tying Mr.. Tartar
for first. Her subject was "Chin.
ese Exclusion which she advo
Gated with force.
Miss St. Germain spoke for the
Eutopians on the subject of "Sci-1
entifc Education" and made good
as did Kerby Mclean,
who represented the student body.
Mr.. MacLean's subject was "The
of the Conscience.
Prizes, hung up by the various
literary societies were taken as fol-
lows: Herman Tartar, gold medal
and SIS; Miss Ewing, gold and sill
yer medal and So; Edwin Johnson,
silver medal and $6.