The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-03-15
NEWBERG NAN WON.
OAC Got Second P1ace-State Orator
ica1 Contest-Ranting Versus
Polish.

Much improvement is noticeable in
the standard of oratory since the
state contest at Corvallis four years
ago. The orstions as whole were
better. There were no poor ones
among them. The delivery at
Newberg was much better. There
is no doubt that the effect of the
rivalry for places and honors in
these forensic struggles is for bet
ter standard, and that it ought to
be continued.
OAC took second place in the
contest. OAC has never won first
honors. 1t is true however, that
she entered the association several
years after it was in existence, and
that she has not yet had the time
for making showing that other in
stitutions have had. OAC won
second place once before. w. L.
Patterson was second at McMinn-
vile seven or eight years ago, i'm
mediate1y after the college was first
admitted to the association. Since
that third and. fourth places have
been the rule. Herman Tartar
took third position two years in
succession. In his first attempt,
he won first place in delivery. but
his paper was cut to pieces by the
markings of a judge up in Wash
ington, and his opportunity for
first honors destroyed thereby.
Guy Moore was representative and
won third or fourth place at Eugene
two years ago. One reassuring
fact is that the OAC representative
has never trained with the rear
guard, but has always managed to
make fairly good showing.
A Newberg man won first place,
Withycombe, OAC's representative
beat him two points on delivery,
and beat all others in the contest
on delivery by larger score.
Withycombe and Templeton of Eu-
gene, drew larger applause from
the big audience than did any 9TH
er speakers. The delivery of these
two orators was of the polished
digni6ed Websterian style. That
of the winner was of the ranting,
shouting, barn storming kind.
Many would have considered the
style of the Newberg mar rather
that of the stump speech or the
circus spieler than an exemplihca-
ton of true oratory. 1t won med
al and first honors, however, and
that is the main thing. The lucky
man is named Miles.
Next year the contest is to be
held at Albany. After that it
goes to McMinnville, then to Mon
mouth. and then comes again to
Corvallis. At Newberg, it was
held in the Friends church. That
is the Quaker church, and it is a
credit to the sect. It is larger,
handsomer and more elegant than
any place of worship in Corvallis.
1t has commodious gallery in adj
dition to tie main floor, and when
filled Friday night with excited
students and waving banners, pre-
sented an imposing scene. There
were college yells and noisy dem
onstrations before the program. but
when the play began these things
were dispensed with and demon
slrations confined to handclapping.
The judges on delivery were, Mr..
Rhodes of Portland, Ex-Governor
Geer of Salem, ahd Mrs. B. F. r.
vine of Corvallis. Those on COM
position were, Prof. Hopkins Jenk-
inks of the Portland High School,
President Baldwin of the College of
Philomath, and President Penrose,
of Whitman College. The order
of the speakers and places won were
as follows. Miles, Pacific, 1st; John
Withycombe, OAC,s and; Marker,
Willamette University, 3rd; Tenn
pleton, University of Oregon, 4th.
Sparks of Pacific, 9Th; Gowan Of
McMinnville, sixth, and Hurley Of
Monmouth, seventh. Great fea'
lures of the occasion were numbers
by the McMinnville G1ee Club, and
the banquet.
Newberg is a thriving little city
of 2,2oo or 2,4oo. It is on the
banks of the Willamette. II miles
south of Portland. It is on the line
of the railroad that used to be {
narrow, but now is a STANDARD
gauge. It is thrifty place with al
immense sawmill and variety o
business interests. It is Quaker
community, with a Quaker church
and a Quaker college, and appear
like a spot where it would be de
sira BILE to live. A. S. Hall, a form
er OAC student who graduates
| with the class last June, has been
| Sif1ca leaving COLLEGE, phnrrr, q cie