Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-02-16
is HE A PLAGIARISM
coe College Orator Accused of p'asiar-
ism in Grafton to Be Delivered at the
State Contest to Be Hold at. erinnell
Feb. %.
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Special to imes-Republitan.
Sioux City. Feb. l6.-Is the orator
from, Coe College guilty Of plagiarism
or not. This is the question that has
been occupying the attention OF he
Morning Side Oratorical Association
for the past two days. Yesterday a
resolution was passed by the associa-
ton sustaining charges against the Coe
man, but not directly charging him
with plagiarism.
For the fourth time n the history OF
the iowa Collegiate Oraa,::cal Asso-
citation Is suspicion attached to one Of
the aspirants for forensic honors. The
orntor from coe Co..ese ha. beer ac-
cused by the crat .iicll Association Ut
Upper Iowa University.
w. II. Debcniair. se...etary ecf the
Morning Sile Oratoricai Association,
received letter from the secretary OF
the state assoc alton conta!nI,g the
charges and requesting The Morning
Side Association 70 take action there
on. II the validity Of the charges ~
sustained. the Coe ora.or will be barrel
from the state confess, which is to be
held at Grinneil IN Feb 20
The Morning Side Association A.
once took the matter up and appointed
. committee TO investigate the charges,
which are to the effect that the Coe
College contestant In his grafton. en-
titled Great Britain" has followed
closely in general outline OF grafton, IN
thought, ideas and argument and in
paragraph development the winning
grafton in last years contest, which
was written under the title Anglo
Saxon Supremacy"
d. c. Hall. d. L. Young and r. r.,
Holman. az committee representing
Morning Side College. examined the
two orations. and at a meeting Of the
Morning Side Association held yester-
day afternoon submitted the following
report: We the committee Appointe I
to examine the charge of plagiarism
preferred against the orator from coe
College, do hereby report that he has
closely followed last years Grafton In
general outline OF Grafton. in THOUGHTS.
ideas and arguments and in very
few eases has followed the paragraph
development OF the grafton entitled
Anglo-Saxon Supremacy"
A lengthy discussion followed the re-
port. and 1t was agreed to sustain the
charges without stating whether or not
the charges. IL proved, constitute pla-
giarism, and the secretary was In
structed to notify the state secretary.
This action is regarded by all the
leading students at Morning Side as
diplomatic. as II will not commit the
college to any definite action when the
question comes before the business
session OF the state association Al,
Grinnell for final ratification.
The Coe orator contends that IL there
10 any apparent plagiarism 1t was un-
consciously committed.
In a communication which Mr.. Deb
enham received yesterday from the
dean OF Coe College. Professor Stephen
w. stookey. the charge Of plagiarism
against their representative Is denisd
as follows: An examination of these
two orations will show a. that both
have used the common material OF r.,e
subject which every ono knows public
speakers have been employing for
years without any suspicion Of plagiAr
ism; ~ that the general plan Of the
Grafton Greater Britain is entirely
unique and original: (3) that the Ian
guage and the sentence and paragra oh
structure are entirely different in tho
fu,o apafions"