Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-04-06

|C|lBER1soN IS winner
A Most Interesting Contest for
Silver Medal in Presence of
Large Audience.
| Bonde Hall was filed to overflow
ing last Thursday night by most en-
thusiastic and attentive audience that
had gathered to witness the orator. ical
contest for the Demorest silver medal.
Every available seat was taken when
the program opened and late comers
were obliged to remain standing. The
exercises of the evening proved Of so
Interesting nature that very little
discomfort was experienced by those
who were unable to secure seats.
The affair was given under the aus
pices OF the W. c. T. e., and that or
ganiz alton may justly feel proud of
the success which attended the enter
tainment. The receipts from the sale
of tickets alone amounted to s32.
The program opened with q piano
solo by Mrs. Handy, followed by re-
marks by Mrs. Buell., who presided for
the president OF the W. C. T. T., and
then came a vocal solo by Mrs. Tor
ming, all of which numbers were most
enthusiastically received. Then fol-
lowed the first three orations, as fol-
lows: THE Way of the World,
Ray Burr: The World on Fire."
Eddie Rodlun: Liberty and Prohibi-
tion,' Elmer Peterson. This trio Ct
orators did splendidly and a loud ap-
plause went up from the audience as
each one left the stage. Before the
4 next trio Of speakers presented their
orations the audience was treated to a
vocal solo by Harold Handy, with
violin accompaniment by Prof. pmlie,
and this musical number was most
thoroughly enjoyed. The Bridal
Wine Cup,' by Maurice Jenness:
, "America's joshua by Victor knut-
) son, and Give Me the Dagger by
2 Albert Gilbertson. were orations that
received fully as much applause as
r those delivered by the first three, the
E contestants all coming in for their
q share Of praise from the audience.
The young men all showed the result
J., of careful training and proved to be
S orators of no mean ability.
i The judges chosen to pass upon the
] merits OF the speakers were Mrs. So
Il phia L. Rice, Prof. Solum and Mr..
q c. A. Birch. While they were pre-
q pairing their decision three more num-
n bers on the program we're given.
II Little Martha Person rendered q vo-
d cal solo so charmingly that she was
o obliged to respond to an encore. The
piano accompaniment was furnished
by Miss Ekdahl. Lucille Young was
another clever entertainer, the little
|. lady rendering recitation in negro
n dialect that would have done credit to
= q much older person. Rev. Joseph
Il Hogg, OF Glencoe, who was present in
@ the audience, assisted on the program
e oy making brief address appropri-
|. ate to the occasion.
j. Then came the presentation OF the
p medal by Rev. Cummins, which was
Q naturally most Interesting feature
|. of the program and which the large
D audience was anxlously looking for
8 ward to. Rev. Cummins, after max
u ing few appropriate and most happy
- remarks, said that he took great
pleasure in awarding the first prize to
e Mr.. Gilbertson, and the handsome
d silver medal was handed to that
- gentleman amidst tremendous ap-
O plause. This decision of the judges
y seemed to be unanimously seconded
by all present. Ray Burr was
D. awarded second honors. The points
considered by the judges in making
their decision were voice, articula-
It tion, gestures, memory and general
"a effect.
a The entertainment throughout was q
q most pleasing one aud the friendly
}. contest engaged in by these young
a orators proved so successful that it is
T. hoped that arrangements can be made
"a for more contests later on. Enter
r. tainments of this character lend much
h to increase the temperance sentiment
ct Former Willmarite to Wed.
1t A wedding will occur in St. Paul or
ii Tuesday. April II, which will be O.
1e interest to number of Willmal
K people, inasmuch as the groom i!
80 quite we'll known here. The contract
" ing parties are MIR. Archibald G
g. Clark, son of Mrs. C. F. Clark, for
- mer residents OF this city, and Mis-!
IT. Ethel Mortier Taylor, daughter o
Mr.. and Mrs. Courtlandt Nj. Taylor
The marriage will be solemnized q
the Church of st. John the Evangelist
:. Mr.. Clark and his estimable brid
N will have the best wishes of host O
J