The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-03-19
AN IRELAND EVENING.
Literary Society of Penn College
Praises st. Patrick.

AAsSA"iJ SVSiCty VI rem NV1ckS
Praises St. Patrick.
The second of the many college en-.
tertainments to be given this semes-
ter was carried out by the Alethian
Society last night in the college chap.
ell in honor of st. Patrick The stage
was decorated in green and many OF
the costumes were green and all the
characters wore some of the green
and to complete all the programs
were colored in honor of Pat"
The program was divided into
three parts, the first opening with
two numbers by the girls trio, fol
lowing this was reading given by
Grace Votaw, entitled, THE Top o
the Mornin' to you. Then Miss Mar
shall related the instance of the Irish
man and his Last Snake" After
Miss Tabor enumerated some of the
sights on her way through Ireland
among which the most Important
were first, Dublin with its beautiful
streets, fine edifices and cathedral
and lastly the hne green country
with its quaint peasant life, we were
taken to view the market place in
Dublin. This was indeed very inter
esting, though we could not purchase
of the fresh butter, eggs, oranges, po-
tatoes and chickens, yet it was full
of amusement to see the Irish women
deal with the public in their ,snrewd
manner. , .,l,.
The second part opened with, an in;
strumental duet played by the Misses
Conoyer, after which Ethel Hibbs
read the story of Bridget O'Mallory
on the Chinese Question" which was
filled with much expression and
emotion. The present crisis in Ire
land was excellently brought ont by
Cora Mattison, showing the present
condition there, while the English
maintain their firm hold and also the
movement on foot to release this grip
or Ireland is lost. The new move
ment is intended to make ireland
more Irish, more selfreliant, more
progressive and more patriotic. Thus
ended the second act.
The last part consisted with a char
acterizatiOn of an Irish Tea Party"
the first scene of which was the invi-
tatiOns given out and received and
the following of the party. Following
this Miss Ada ConoVer gave three
short readings from the Irish author,
Thos. Moore. The program for the
evening closed with two selections
by the double quartette.
The Penn-Simpson Debate.
The big debate comes Friday even
ing on the question:
Resolved, That the distribution OF
power between the state and federal
governments is not adapted to pres
ent conditions and calls for readjust
ment in the direction of centrali2a-
ton.
Simpson affirms; Penn denies.
Avery Craven, John Horsely, Geo.
Worten and William Billingsley will
represent Simpson. Herbert Wat
son, Floyd Perisho, Alexander Purdy
and Wendell Farr will represent
Penn. Each team is composed of
three speakers and one alternate.
At the same hour with this debate
at Penn chapel, team Of ladies from
Penn College will meet a team of
ladies at Simpson College on the same
question, with Penn affirming and
Simpson denying.
Penn and Simpson held a similar
contest last year, but PENIS men
debated at Simpson and her ladies on
the home ground. Each college won
decision. PENIS men lost by a.
close margin on a decision of two to
one. PENIS ladies' won from Simp,
son by an unanimous decision of the
judges.
Other College Notes.
Miss Nora Perisho, ex-'l0. of New
Providence, is college visitor for the
week.
Pres. Rosenberger gave an interest.
ing talk yesterday morning on the
subject of hypnotism.
Next Friday evening will be the
first debate for this year and Penn
will contest in the chapel the repre-.
sentatives of Simpson. ",'.
Preparation is now on foot for the
musical department to give a con-
cert early after TIE vacation for the
benefit of the base ball team.
Miss Wilson, member of the
Central College Glee Club, was al
college visitor last evening.
Howard Kirk, president of the Ru-
raj Y. NJ, C. A. work, was a college
visitor yesterday.
Mr.. DeReus, a member of the Cen
trail College Glee Club, was also al