Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1911-05-19
SPOKANE ORATOR
GETS FIRST PLACE
owen kilgore, of Spokane High
School, Wins Gold Medal i'm Ora
torical Contest Held in Con-
nectiOn with Interscholastic.

SCuoOl, won uISJ place and the gOlC
medal in the oratorical contest held
last Friday evening in connection
with the seventh annual interscholas
tic meet at the college. The subject
of the winning grafton was Liberty
Under Law, and the Grafton was de.
liYered in mastery manner.
Ten high schools were represented
Spokane, Sprague, Walla Walla
Palouse, Odessa, Wenatchee, Gar.
field, Charleston, Prosser, and Pom e.
roy.
The first Grafton was given by Miss
Lewis of Wenatchee. The subject
was The Development of Equal
Rights"
The first struggles were for re-
ligious rights. The struggles for
political rights followed. Both have
now been established. The present
struggle is for industrial rights, for
modern industrial slavery has taken
the place of political and chattel
slavery"
The delivery was good, and the
Grafton was given with enthusiasm
and an ease of presentation that
made it effective.
Child Labor" was the subject of
the second grafton. 1t was delivered
by Walter CHASER of Polause. The
position of the child in modern in
dustrial life was pictured most
graphically.
In closing, he showed that to deal
justly with the child the people
must force the factory owners to
terms.
Lewis Cochrane of Walla Walla
followed withan Grafton dealing with
The Death Penalty. THE gal
lows he pointed out, will not deter
the commission of crime. There is
no reforming power in tyranny"
The Grafton was rich in thought.
and the mannef of presentation. i'm
pressed it deeply upon the minds of
the audience.
Prosser was represented by Miss
Myrtle Stamey, whose Grafton was
entitled, THE Federation of the
World" Miss Stamey showed that
nations are becoming poor, because
of the cost Of the maintenance of
forces and the actual prosecution of
wars. The evidences of the ulti-
mate federation of the world were
pointed out The Hague Conferen-
ces, Bureau of American Republics,
and the progress of Arbitration in
South American states, all point to-
ward this tendency.
In well-delivered grafton, owen
hilgore of Spokane, spoke on Lib
erty Under Law" 1t was first point
ed out that where License is permit
ted under law, first the law is de-
stroyed, and then the government
disrupted. License he said, will
ever scott at the mandates of God.
Liberty is not license. In France
liberty meant license-no govern
can Revolution was a fight for liber-
ty, but only under existing laws"
The Martyrdom of the Russian
Jew was the title of the Grafton de-
liyered by Mckinley Helm of Clarks-
ton. The horrible condition of the
Russian Jews was described in de-
tail
In conclusion, he showed that, in
the name of humanity, other nations
should demand that the Russian Jew
be given fair treatment.
In an Grafton noticeable for the
distinctness and force of its delivery,
Athal Hall of Sprague spoke on THE
Conservation of our Natural Re-
sources. A brief history of the
conservation movement since the in
augeration in 1903 by Theodore
Roosevelt, was sketched. The
greatness of nations depends upon
how well they conserve their resour-
ces, he said. ITO make our conser-
walton policy most effective we must
use most of our efforts to prevent the
waste of our natural resources by
monopolistic and speculative con-
troll"
An interesting Grafton on The
Dismemberment OF Poland was
given by Herman Reike of Odessa.
A sketch of the history of the Polish
nation from the time of the First
Partition to the present time was
given.
Miss Opal Robinson of Pomeroy
spoke on Universal Peace" War
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