The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1909-05-13
HENDRIX BOYS
ARE INDIGNANT

HhcINUIUVHNI
An i'll natured insinuation of TN.
fairness which is said to have been
made publicly by President Henry
S. Hartzog in reference to the re-
cent oratorical contest is causing a
great deal of indignation among
the Hendrix College students, and
the matter is a constant subject oil
discussion on the campus. Presl-
dent Hartzog, it is stated, made a
statement before the chapel exer-
cises of Ouachita College following
the oratorical contest at Little Rock
on April "a, in which he openly
charged that the judges were un-
fair in their decision. Hendrix
College won the prize he is re-
ported to have said, but 90 per
cent of the audience believed that
Ouachita deserved !. and if the
judges had not been prejudiced we
would have won it," 1t is stated
that he further charged that there
was difference on the system of
grading used by the judges which
worked against Ouachita's in
terests. Although the charges
accredited to President Hartzog
were made several days ago. they
have just become known at Hen
Dirk and are said to come from
authoritative sources. A publica-
ton of similar charges in an Arka-
delphia paper has given further
basis to the report.
The Hendrix students are not
only indignant that an aspersion
should be cast upon a prize won
by their representative, but many
of them are denouncing the i'm
putation which they say has been
cast upon three of the most promi-
nent men in Arkansas who acted
as judges, George B. Rose, Lewis
Rhoton and Judge Joseph M.
House, whose reputation as stu
dents, orators and attorneys IS
equal to any three men in the
south. They further claim that
the selection of these judges was
practically dictated by representa-
tives of other schools than Hen
dirk, as the latter suggested no
names from which the Judges were
to be selected, as was their prlvl-
lege under the rules of the contest.
As final clincher they state that
w. w. Parker who won the cup,
was given first place by two of the
three judges and that no system or
different systems of grading could
possibly affect the result in such
case.
The grades are in the possession
of Prot. O. D. Longstretn, presi-
dent of the association, and The
Log Cabin Democrat today secured
from him copy OF them. They
are as follows:
Parker, Hendricks, 95, 50;
average, S3I5. Moses, Ouachita,
90, 50, 70; average, SIS.
AS one result of President Hart
zog alleged charges Judge House,
who had been accepted by both
sides and had consented to act as
one of the judges in the Ouachita-
Hendrix debate next Saturday has
declined to act. The committees
from both colleges are meeting to-
day in Little Rock for the purpose
of filling the vacancy. The names
of the judges who accept the po-
sitions will not be made public UNI
til after the debate
With the tension SO nigh between
the two colleges, three other con-
tests are to be had between them
the latter part of this week, anc
that they will be bitterly fought
goes without saying. The Ouachita
ball team comes to Conway for two
games with Hendrix Friday and
Saturday, and the debate between
re 0resentatves of the two instItu
uons will be held Saturday night
A special train from Arkadelphia
will arrive Saturday afternoon anC
probably two-thirds OF the student
body OF Ouachita win be here.