Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-01
WESLEYAN ORATOR WON
Glen A. Mitchell Takes First
Place in intercollegiate Ora.
torical Contest.
Kent. Of Cornell. at Mt. Vernon
Was Second...Drake's Man
Third.
Winners Subject Was 1.-The Blot
on the 'Scutcheon" SIS. His
Peroration.
to Times-Repuplican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, March Glen A. Nit
chell of Iowa State Wesleyan Univer-
sity, at Mount Pleasant, took first hon
ors in the Iowa state intercollegiate or
atorical contest here last night. The
subject of his Grafton was The Blot
on the 'Scutcheon." A. r. Kent of Cor
nell College at Mt. Vernon, took second
ton and the Union" S. G. Fisher, rep
resenting Drake University, of Des
Moines. won third honors with an ora
ton on John Ruskin."
The other orators were:
Americas First Envoy" by A. A.
Prien, of the Iowa State College.
Russia and the Slav." by Edward
Youtz. of Simpson.
civilian the Silent and the Revolt of
the Netherlands, by George Rippel, of
Coe.
"The Eastern Question" by Thos.
Greer, Of Lenox.
"Liberty--It's Abuses and Safe
guards" by A. c. Larson. of Western.
Mr.. Mitchell, the winner of the Iowa
contest, will represent the state at the
interstate contest, which will be held in
ST. Paul, May 2. The interstate assoc
citation is composed of Iowa, Ohio, 1ndi-
ana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota,
Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and Colo
RADIO.
The judges were:
Thought and Composition-Rev. H.
Francis Perry, pastor of the Engelwood.
ILL.,, Baptist church: Judge NJ w. Macy,
of Harlan; S. w. Moorhead. editor of
the Keokuk Gate City: j. W. Johnson,
editor of the Abba Union; T. v. Hart,
principal of the Knoxville high school,
Delivery-Hon. w. l.. Eaton, speaker
of the house of Representatives; Judge
H. E. Deemer, of the supreme court;
Sam e. Carroll, editor of the Perry Ad-
vertiser; Hon. Claude Porter, senator
from Appanoose; Rev. j. NJ. Hoffman.
OF Boone.
In the program at the contest music
was furnished by the Drake Glee Club,
Redmon Saylor. Miss Ruby Dale and
Miss Grace Jones. Rev. Charles Lee
Reynolds pronounced the Invocation.
The title of the Grafton delivered by
Mr.. Glenn A. Mitchell of Iowa univer-
sity was "The Blot on the 'Scutcheon."
1t was replete with clear logic and no.
bic conception. His central thought
was that the modern miasma OF law
lessness is the blot on the escutclleon,"
and that higher notion of the majesty
of the law is the remedy
THE crying need of the American
public today is not primarily the sup
preston OF anarchy, nor even the Grad
ication of the lynching evil but truer,
deeper realization Of the transcendant
majesty of the law. The time has come
when every school, every church, ev-
cry home must preach INCREASINGLY the
gospel of the law--holy, sacred, inviol-
able. We need sentiment that shalt
despise mob rule, a sentiment that shall
demand Justice regardless of color, a
sentiment which shall proclaim every
lyncher a murderer and every cowardly
official an accom2lice. We must have a
sentiment that shall say: Mob rule is
disi>spect for law, disrespect for law is
and anarchy will not be toler-
ated
And when that sentiment permeates
our body polite the escutcheon of
American viii be spotlcss No mc-e
barbarous lynchings; no more mani
acal murders. The living voice of the
starry banner, reconsecrated emblem Of
a free people, will again thunder: Lib
erty under law. With uncompromising
to the principles of republic
conism, with answering fidelity to ey-
cry duty, with indomitable conviction
of glorious destiny and abiding con-
fldence in a cloudless future America
will once more send echoing and re-
echoing thru the ages that exalted SEN
timent. that sublime slogan: Liberty
under law, liberty under law Faithless
no more, apostate no more, lawless no
more, we shall conquer"
MORRISON DENIES 1T.