The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-05-03
A PRELIMINARY OF
COMMENCEMENT
: CONTEST
Law School Orators Debate
Sampson, johnson and
Mosby Winners.

A preliminary oratorical contest was
held last evening in the assembly hall
of the law school situated in the Cliff
ford block. Seven speakers partici-
pated and of this number three were
chosen to enter the final contest which
will be held some time during COM
nlencement week.
The speakers and their subjects
were as follows: Samuel Mosby,
THE Individual and the State; Chas.
Dieter, Character; VIM. LANCER,
THE Country Home; J. A. Smale,
THE Rise of the Negro; Viggo John
son, Graft; ]. j. Sampson, Rise of
the Slav"; Fred j. Graham, Heroes If
the Revolution"
Rev. Burleson, Professor Kelly, ].
H. Bosard, Samuel Torgerson and L. E.
Birdsell were the judges, and after.
taking into account the general effect
OF each Grafton both as to style and
delivery, the winners were announced
in the following order-Mr. Sampson
first. ViggO Johnson second, and Mr..
Mosby third
Mr.. Sampson, the winner, had for
his subject The Rise of the Slav."
After dwelling briefly on the great
struggle of races and of nations for
power. he turned his attention to the
historical tracing of the territorial
acquisitions of Russia. and the de-
velopment of the Slavonic race The
speaker pictured the great effect of
western influence upon the masses in
Russia with the result that great po-
ltlcal changes are going on at the
present time. In closing Mr.. Sampson
said: All hail the day when the
Slav, liberated from oppression and
bondage, shall march with the advance
guard of civilization toward the uni
yersal brotherhood of man."
Mr.. Sampson is very natural and
pleasing speaker and well merited the
honor bestowed upon him.
Vlggo Johnson. awarded second
place, took up the vital question.
Graft" and discussed it from every
human standpoint. He followed the
course of events from olden times.
when wealth was spent in profligacy,
to the present age in which the whole
aim seems to be centered in the word
accumulation" Mr.. johnson severely
scored the looters and the grafters
OF today, showing that so great is the
area covered by their influence that
almost the first question asked of men
seeking public trust is How much is
there in it for him?" and he especially
emphasized the fact that as long as the
captains of industry continue to en-
courage these lawless acts, lust SO
long the officials dare not oppose. But
the speaker still saw some hopes for
the future with such men as Folk
Weaver, La Toilette and Roosevelt on
the firing line. He cited the awaken
ing OF Philadelphia as a shining ex-
ample of the hopes of these great re-
formers for nobler living.
Mr.. Samuel Mosby, the last of the
winners, spoke on a subject of large
dlmensions-"The Individual and the
State"
Mr.. Mosby has very fine delivery
and is right at home on the stage. In
his grafton he followed the individual
and the state from the dark DAYS of
the past to the future expectations,
when, he said. Problems will arise
that will tax the people, and it remains
for us to see if we can carve out a
course of true philosophy" The speak
er closed with the remark: True to
our age and our posterity and our
God, each succeeding century. new
born OF the nebular mists of the flu
ture, shall be the dawn of a brighter
world"