The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-06-02
E|STEDDFOD ATTRACTS THOUSANDS

directors, Hon. 8. J. Williams. James
d. Owen, T. r. Williams and Hon. j.
p. Jones.
OFFICERS IN CHARGE.
The conductor of the day was t. Cy-
nonfardd Edwards of Kingston, Pa.
The adjudicators were Prof. VIM. Ap
Madoc, Chicago, ILL.,; Dan Protheroe,
Milwaukee, Wis. Prof. Iowerth t.
Doniels, Utica, N. Y; Prof. d. F. Da-
vies, Steubenville, o.; Prof M. Cynon
Davies, Niles, o.; Prof. John e. Morris,
Alliance, o.
The accompanies were Mrs. Anna
Bolus-Loichot of Canton and Mrs. e.
VI. Beck of Canton.
RECEPTION COMMITTEE.
The reception committee consisted OF
the following: Hyton Jones, chairman;
Phillip Davies, Thomas M. Evans
Harry e. Fife, VIM. J. Hopkins, VIM.
II. Hopkins, John II. Jones. John B.
Rces, A. r. Turnbull, Zeb. Whitehouse
James d. Owen, Ed Rommel Daniel j.
Davies, Phillip Phillips, Morgan Evans,
Charles H. Gibbs. Rees Hopkins, Rob-
crt Heiman, Evan Rees. Samuel
Thornburg. VIM. Whitehouse, John
Stallard, John Richards, John Rom
mel, A. f. Hieronimus, William J. Da-
yies.
LIST OF PATRONS.
The following is a list of the patrons
of the Eisteddfod:
Governor Myron T. Herrick, Hon.
| Anthony Howells, Hon. John p. Jones,
Hon. Aubrey w. Thomas, Hon. Silas j.
Williams, Hiram Doll, Mrs. Isaac Har-
ter, Hyton Jones, Mrs. w. p. Lewis,
/ Phillip Phillips, AL. G. Eynon, Harry
e. Fife, Charles II. Gibbs, Mrs. A. G.
Eynon, A. r. Turnbull, James d.
owen, J. D. Morris. Harry Ash, c. K.
Roberts, S. Thornburg, Orville T. Wit
Ter, Robert Heiman, Thomas NJ Evans,
John T. Rees, U. r. Reinhold, Morgan
H. Evans, Evan Reese, John Rommel,
John Skeeles, c. c. Baker, VIM. ]. Da-
1ies, Mrs. B. c. Egley, T. r. Williams,
Zebulon Whitehouse, Claude A. Witter
John A. Strang, John Richards, Mrs
T.. l.. Morris. Daniel j. Davies. Phillip
Davies, VIM. j. Hopkins, Mrs. A. M
Witter, Rees Hopkins. George Reeves
VIM. H. Hopkins, Edward Rommel, A
r.. Hieronimus, John II. Jones, VIM
Stallard, VIM. Whitehouse, John B
Rces
ORCHESTRAL PROGRAM.
At the morning session Emerson's
orchestra rendered the following Sc
! lections:
March, "The Cavalier (Harris)
overture, "Orpheus in der Unterwelt'
(Offenbach); selection from Faust
(Gounod); "The Jolly Blacksmith
(PaulD; march. Colonial (Dowler)I
overture, Poet and Peasant" (Suppe)-
selection from III Trayatore" (Verd)
Zenith" intermezzo Lincoln); marcl
"Semper Fidelis" (Sousa); overture
"Lustspiel" (Keler-Bela); selection
from THE Defender" (TobanD; mi
zam," a symphony from India (Jones)
r.arch, "Repasz Band" (Sweeley).
HISTORY OF THE EISTEDDFoD.
The Eisteddfod is to the nativ
Wolshman what the saengerfest is I,
the German; more than any other Gus
tom IL is representative of his countr,
and arouses his national pride Tn
Welsh claim descent from Conner til
grandson of Noah. They were the Gin
merrii of antiquity, the Cimbri of tn
early Roman period, and they are tn
, Cymry of today. The Eisteddfod i
the Oldest of their national institu
tions. 1t dates back to the prehistori
, period. Tradition teaches us that
, royal Eisteddfod was held under tn
auspices of Prydain alb Aedd Mawl
who ruled in Britain about 1900 B.
National Eisteddfods have been hel
in Wales annually for so years or NOR
anu local meetings have been hel
wherever Welshmen may be founC
even in Australia, South Africa an
Patagonia. The most notable Eistedt
) fct held on American soil was this
which convened at Chicago during tn
= Worlds Fair. The interest in this in
, stilution among the Welsh is univel
sal. Months before the event take
- place, the Eisteddfod fever become
. prevalent. What Olympia is to til
. Greeks, the Amphitheater to the RI
mans. bull-fighting to the Spaniard
g aud the derby to the English, the Ell
. 'eddfod is to the Welsh The EistedC
!, fdd in the United States has been d,
voted chiefly to choral and part SIM
ing hut literature oratory art nm
\ sculpture have not been entirely /,
n nored. 1t has thus undergone grei
u changes, but not without leaving |
impress upon the civilization of toda
:, The primitive Bisteddfod was a trib
a institution, and was the visible govern
n mont, church and college. of the ear
Cymric tribes,
Grange Meeting