Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1905-05-11

NOVoA AutcrCO1Ae0lHVe ASHOCI0tkOn h4~
ready C0nducts the Largest System
OF Local, State, Intcrstntc and M.
tfonal Oratoricnl Contest. Ever Put
In Operation - National HeaduuaH.
ters In ChicaEO-Thc OGcers.
Especial Correspondence.l
Chicago, May 1.-The enlistment Of
young men and women for life pug
pose against the liquor traffic" is the
hey word OF the college Prohibition
movement as represented by the In
tarcollegiate Prohibition association,
whose busy national headquarters are
found at $50 The Temple, Chicago.
The monthly magazine exponent Of the
association, the Intercollegiate States
man, is rapidly growing in popular e.
tsem and now reaches a widespread
constituency OF college young man and
women.
In Twenty stateS.
The college movement has already
spread among the universities and col
leges Of twenty states, from California
to New York and as far south as Tex
az. 1t includes bands of students
studying the liquor problem and de-
batting upon how to remove It and pre-
pairing to have part In removing It
In colleges, universities, state universi-
ties, normal schools, agricultural COZ
leges. theological seminaries and some
nj <ho h vb<,. rn
inaries in nearly all the leading states
Of the country.
In the theological seminaries the
young ministers are studying the ques-
ton broadly and in practical way SO
they may be active leaders Of their fu-
ture congregations and speak to the
point against the traffic. In the state
institutions, the classical colleges and
other schools the students are prepar-
ing to be effective leaders In prohibi-
ton sentiment and organization In
their future capacities as business men,
teachers, lawyers and wherever they
find field Of usefulness
Eight Hundred OratiOns Last Year.
The association conducts the largest
system of college oratorical contests
over put into operation, and every ora
ton Is a solid Prohibition speech. They
are not mere declamations, but original
work prepared by the speakers them
selves. Last year over 800 orations
were prepared by college men and wo-
men and delivered In this series.
Each orator many enter the local
league contest, where cash or scholar
ship prize ranging from $40 to $35 Is
given. Then the victor enters q state
contest, where the prizes are from 500
to $3.50 in cash and scholarships. These
winners then meet In three great inter
state contests, eastern, central and
western, where larger prizes are offer
ed, and, finally, once In two years the
winners Of these interstate contests
come together for national honors, the
highest honors now open to college men
In the United States.
The last national contest, held at In
dianapolis, Ind, last June, was attend
ed by 5000 people and was won by
Walter r. Miles Of Oregon, who de-
feated the representatives of many of
the largest universities of the central
and eastern states.
Students In summer Campaigns.
The student movement accomplishes
the most with the work put into It, for
1t is training leaders and workers.
Large numbers Of men will 60 out to
do Prohibition work during the sum-
mer. The national association is con-
stantly receiving applications for men
for steady positions aud is ready to
supply them with the best Of trained
college men who intend devuting their
lie to the overthrow Of the liquor tra1-
&c.
Only about one person out Of every
1900 graduates from college, yet
from this small number come over 60
per cent of all our noted public men,
the great leaders Of social, political
and religious movements-those who
make public sentiment what It is. To
enlist these for Prohibition means an
early overthrow Of the saloon.
IT has been said "one-third of college
men are just ordinary; one-third 60 to
the devil; the third third rule the
world" The aim Of the Intercollegiate
Prohibition association is to get hold
OF the third third for Prohibition.
Carried on by College Boys.
The college Prohibition movement is
carried OH by college men. In the
twenty states aud the hundreds Of COL
eges where it is now doing steady
work the students conduct the offices.
both in the local league and in the
state. They thus get the training that
makes them ready workers III open
fields later. The national association
employs Il few men of special ability
who are but recently out OF student
life as It's fed and office workers.
The plans of work involve practical
and broad study of the liquor problem
as the chief aim. r1ring the present
year series Of studies In "The Social