Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-03-11
DUKHAN GETS THIRD
Alma Is Well Represented al
Hope and Takes A Fair Share
OF the Honors

which all Michigan intercollegiate
pilgrims were iourneying. Every
college had delegation. and. no
matter how large or how small. Hope
College extended TO all most royal
welcome. Nothing that the college
and city could do TO make the visitors
feel at home was left undone. Alto
gether it was the best conducted and
strongest contest in the history of the
NJ. O. l.. and all Lonor is due to
Hope College and the orators for this
success.
One of the interesting features of
Oratorical held in the afternoon in the
Carnegie gymnasium, which was
beautifully decorated for both occasions
This is the first contest of its kind
ever held in the state and the success
of the venture plainly indicates that "A
Women's Oratorical League must be-
come permanent feature; and steps
are to be taken at once to affect such
an organization.
Six colleges, Adrian, Albion. Alma.
Hillsdale. Kalamazoo and Ypsilanti,
were represented in the Ladies' Con
test.
The winning speech was given bv
Miss Lena Weadge of Albion College
on the subject "A Peril to the Amer
lean Home Miss Weadge d discussed
the servant problem is a very credit
able manner and her delivery was
good. She secured second rank in
composition and third in delivery. A
close second for first place was the
grafton Robert L. Lee" given by
Miss Catherine Diebel of Ypsilanti.
In rank Miss Diebel tied with AL
tion for first honors, hut the place
was awarded to the latter on the
strength of larger percentage in
grade. Miss Gertrude Worden of
Hillsdale secured third place. Her
subject was Democracy and the Social
Consciousness" and received first place
As is the case with every contest
this one met with its usual share of
criticism because 1.-THE decisions were
not right. - However that may be it
is perfectly natural for every college
TO have perfect confidence in its repre-
sentative and when things do bring
the desired result criticism follows
Alma had all confidence in Miss Hoover
to win high place with her strong
and forceful Grafton on Cornell,
the Liberator which was generally
conceded to be the strongest Grafton
of the afternoon. However it was
not favorite with the Judges. who
criticised it as being too heavy ano
inappropriate for girl.
The greatest interest however. was
taken in the Mems Contest. which
was held in the evening The Jrations
were all strong and much depended
on the manner in which they were
delivered in awarding the first places
The liveliest interest was manifested
and the large hall which seats 1900
people was nearly filled
First place in this contest was also
won by Albion. The winning Grafton
was delivered by Jay A. Cakes on
the subject The Crime of Industrial
Evolution. His development of the
subject was strong and forceful and
his delivery showed tie advantages
of long training as public speaker
Mr.. Cakes right to first place was
disputed by no one. Second place
was won by Mr. Henry Hughes, of
Olivet. OH the subject, "a Problem
in Evolution Mr.. Hughes made
a strong race for first place but fell
five points behind Albion.
Third place was taken by Mr.. John
Durham of Alma. on the subject
"Mirabeau =" Mr.. Durham was the
youngest orator of the evening, but
one of the strongest for all of that
His Grafton was unique in its devel-
opement and plainly indicated vast
amount of hard work Even 10 deliv-
cry in spite of his small stature he
was able to hold his own. Alma feels
great pride in the honor which Mr.
Durham has brought upon her for
this is the first time In the history
of the college that Alma has been able
to win a place in a state contest, and
indicates. what first class training
will do.
The judges for the Ladies Contest
were Mrs. James Sutphen and Mrs,
Geo. Il. Kollen of Holland. Mrs.
Henry Hulst and Hiss Mary NJ.
Thompson of Grand Rapids. Miss
Mary Lowell of Kalamazoo Normal.
For the evening the judges were
James O'DonnelI Bennett, of Chicago
Milo q. Campbell. Coldwater: Perry
Powers, Cadillac and Rev. Lee Me-
Callister. of Detroit
After the rendering of the decisions
at midnight an informal reception
was given In voorhees, Hall: music
was furnished by the college orchestra
and delightful time enjoyed by all
the delegates and their friends. At the |
conclusion of the reception a,unanim-
Gus vote of thanks was voted to Hope