The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1905-06-07
THE CONTEST At SAC CITY.

On Friday occurred the annual contes
| of the Northwest Iowa Oratorical Associ
alton at Sac City. A delegation of twenty
teachers and students from the college
were in attendance under the genial care
of Professor Van Ness.
The delegation was met at the station
in Sac City by Principal Lee and some Of
the S. c. l. boys. Professor Lee was
friendly and cordial in his greeting ane
the attitude of the students during the
morning was courteous though they held
themselves aloof.
The morning was supposed to be giver
over to the tennis match but the Sac City
players failed to appear. The singles were
played out however with a young mar
wnom our boys supposed to be stnden
of the Institute. Later Developments
showed that he had no connection with
the school. However the victory came
to MIR. Cole.
In the afternoon occurred the tri fielo
meet between Sas City, Ruena Vista, and
Denison. Sac City won the greatest num-
Der of points; our boys winning two events
the hammer throw by Mr.. Sandstrom and
the broad jump by Mr.. Cole.
This was not altogether discouraging as
we had only four contestants and the
the other schools had from eighteen &c
twenty-five.
The Oratorical Contest took place in
in the Opera House at eight O'Clock in
the evening All of the orations shcwet
careful preparation and the subjects were
we'll handled.
Mr.. Garner of Sac City who won frs
place on "Burns the Poet" has fine
voice and good stage presence. HI:
delivery was very excellent and his inter
probation of Some of the sweet sentiments
Of the "bonny Scotch man" were very
touching and tender. All we're agreed
that first place belonged to him; but ther,
was much dissatisfaction manifest at the
decision announced for second place
The young lady contestant from Sac City
who received second was in our judgmen
inferior in delivery to almost every other
speaker and her thought and composition.
while given fist by the judges, seemed te
lack the vigor and originality of mum
Der of the other orations. Third placs
wsnt to Mr.. Davis of LeMars. His
ubject The Triangle of Civilization
was we'll developed and his delivery wa.
good
Miss Saul and Mr.. Webb were both a
their best and the Denison delegation hae
| had reason 10 be proud of their contest
ants. Miss Saul's Grafton on Woman:
! Work" was attractive in subject matter a:
| ell as in her treatment of this interesting
| topic, a little out of the ordinary il
oratorical contests. Her manner wa
easy and graceful and although she hae
the hardest place on the program. beins
| the last speaker she held her audience Il
the last
! Mr.. Webb had a we'll chosen subjec
| for his Grafton Truth Patriotism" ant
his lines of thought were strong ant
vivid Mr. Webb's voice was in excel
ent condition and his stage presence wa:
-ignified and convincing. On the whole
we feel that Denisons standing in thu
As ociaticn was good and we haye' M
/ oh hut be ct
was not ours.
During the day and half which wa
-pent in Sac City neither students no
teachers made any effort to meet nor en-
terrain any of the visiting delegations.
Two of the lady teachers from the D
| N. C. were in attendance at the contes
bat neither the Preceptress of the In
stisute nor any of the lady instructor:
accorded them the slightest welcome
They no doubt would have en- Dyed look
ing over the plant and meeting those who
must be to some extent. responsible fol
the ethical training of the youth.
About one O'Clock a. NJ the Sac Cit,
boys came to the Wardelpha to serenade
the Denison party. They sang some very
clever college songs and gave some unique
| college yells Our students were prepared
TO give them hearty applause 10 show tina
they could bury the Ratchet and accep
defeat gracefully but when the S. c. l.
students concluded their serenade by
singing in rough hwaggering style Goo
be with you till we meet again anc