The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-03-05
SIMPSON PICKS PLUM.
Her Orator Wins the intercollegiate
Contest.

Simpson College OF lndianola o
first place in the intercollegiate State
O~ratorical contest held in this city
Friday evening at the Masonic opera
house. The honors were awarded to
Mr.. Roy Talley on his GRAFTON, Anglo
Saxon Supremacy"
Second honors were given to Miss
r. Belle McCord Of Cornell College,
Mt. Vernon, on the Grafton, Martin
Luther"
Third honors were awarded to Thor
waldsen Riser of Iowa College, Grin
nell, on the grafton. Hugo Grotius."
Over a thousands students and citi-
zens of Oskaloosa filed the Masonic
opera house to hear the contest. There
were very few empty seats when the
president Of the association, Mr.. Kent,
called for order. The opening of the
program was delayed until about nine
o'clock on account of the late arrival
of the Iowa Central passenger from
the north which bore n of the
judges, President Mclean Of the Iowa
State University and a company of
students from Grinnel college. When
these had arrived and the instructions
had been given to the judges the pro
gram was opened. all of the college
delegations had been placed about the
house so that the members of each
delegation might be together as near
~ as possible. The method of seat
ing was for the purpose of permitting
the yells to be given with better effect.
The house for some reason did not in
dulge the spirit to the usual extent
and It was unusually quiet and order
". The yeIls given were not loud and
there was no contest for supremacy
on the floor of the house as is gener-
ally the case at college meetings OF
this sort. The little show of enthusi!
asm by the several college delegations
was the cause of general remark.
The house had been specially decor
ated for the occasion and the old gold
and navy blue OF the Penn college
Quakers was everywhere to be seen.
1t festooned about the house and the
stage and covered the pillars hat sup
ported the gallery. Upon the stage
we're supported the flags and the col
ors Of the competing colleges.
The program Of the evening was as
follows:
Invocation, Rev. II. v. Comm.
Music, Waltz Song" Parks-Penn
Gee Club.
2-oration. "Wilberforce, Africa's
championships Grace Burgess,
Upper Iowa University.
. AF,oso tsOy1aon the uaorf 10 V0fTnp0
Buch-Miss Frances Arnold, Iowa
Wesleyan University.
4-Oration, "Hugo Grotius; His Per-
sonality"- Thorwaldsen Riser,
Iowa College, Grinnell.
5-Music, wedding March," Mendels-
sohn, two pianos-Leona Woody,
Mabel Cleayer, Bernice Miller, Luz
cile Meredith.
6-Oration, Martin Luther"-Miss r.
Bell McCord, Cornell College.
Music, Perhaps" Giebel-H. G.
Hockett, Penn.
S-Oration, "Anglo-Saxon Supremacy"
Roy Talley, Simpson College.
9-Music, Soprano Solo-Miss May
ProfRtt, Upper Iowa University.
10-Oration, Hero of a Lost Cause
Judson A. Piper, Iowa Wesleyan
University.
11-Reading-Miss Holden, Penn col
lege.
12-oration, "Two Eagles"-Dayis c.
Hall, Morning Side College.
13-Music, 1.-THE Bridge"-Lindsay,
Penn College.
Iteration, Typical American Pa
triots"-David c. Miller. Lenox.
15-oration, Twentieth Century
Problem" Arthur o. Knapp, Coe Col
lege.
The musical numbers of the pro-
gram were of most excellent charac-
ter and made the evenings program
most enjoyable.
Contest Judges.
The judges of the contest was as
follows. On delivery:
President G. e. Mclean of the State
University, Iowa City.
Senator ]. L. Crosley, of Winterset.
Senator Joe Wallace of Eldora.
DR.. A. e. Craig of Ottumwa.
Hon. N. E. Kendall of Abba was I'M
able to be present as judge on account
of illness, and Rev. Kato Kaye of this
city, was prevailed to act in his place.
The judges on thought and compost
ton were: President r. l.. Kelly,
John Cownie, j. w. Jarnagin, DR.. E.
b. Mitchell and Mrs. N. ". Macy.
The winning of the first place car
ried with it a casa prize of $4,000 and
the victorious orator is made the rep
r~esentative of the state in the Inter
State Collegiate Oratorical contest.
Second place is accorded the chair
manship of the Iowa delegation, and
third place gets third member Of the
delegation.
The decision OF the judges last ev-
ening cannot be said to have been
popular. 1t was the general opinion
of the house that the first honors
should have gone to Miss r. Belle Nc
Cord of Cornell College, Mt Vernon,
upon the Grafton. Martin Luther"
The young lady had a good Grafton
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