The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-05-02
CITADEL ORATOR WINS CONTEST
South Carolina Inter- Collegiate Ora
torical Contest Held at Green
wood.

that Mr.. 4. +. Merrimon, Of the Clta-
del, with his o-atioH, The Moral IN
Politics." had Won first place Ill the
thirteenth annual O"arorica] contest,
Dauaemonium reigned for quite few
minutes, this being the first time that
the Citadel has Won this honor. Mr..
4 H. Williams, OF Carolina, with his
ora!ion, "Prac1ica! Citizenship won
second place, being beaten as the tab
ulated marks Will show by just one
point. The speeches this year were
away and above thu average, there
not being single poor one in all nine
of them, which is not usually the case
an6 not single speaker fell down.
The Rev. DR.. Jones i. verp happy
manner presented the medals to the
winners, and spoke of the difficulty
with which the decision as to the WIN
ners was reached. This fact is sub
stantiated by the fact that the judges
Were out fifty minutes before decls-
ion was reached.
The averages were as follows, COM
position being marked on a basis of
20 points and delivery so points: Cita-
del, 50, 32 1-9, S4 1-9; Carolina, 81,
SO 1-9, SO 10; Furman, 43 SO, 80 10;
Is 2-3; Newberry, 43 SO, 81 10,
IS 1-9; Wofford, ~ 2-3; SO 1-9;
rs 10; Charleston college AZ 2-3, 43 SO
75 20; Clemson, 50 1-3, 33 60, II;
Clinton, IS 2-3, "a So; 73 SO; Frs
kline, 40 1-3. 81 1-9, II 40.
Speakers and Subjects.
The speakers of the evening and
their subjects were as follows:
A. H. Williams, Jr., University of
South Carolina-"Practical Citizen
ship"
F. H. All, Clemson College-"Waste
and Conservation of the Nations HUI
man Life
". L. Newton, EIskine-"The
Search for a Man.
William Porcher Gelzer, College of
Charleston,-%A, Plea for a saner
Method of Religious Instruction in
our Colleges
A. E. Merrimon, the Citadel-"Ths
Moral in Politics.
W. V. Dibble, Woford College
<sThe Transformation of the Crimi-
nal"
P. H. Bales, Furman University
<'The Cry of the Nation"
C. P. Barre, Newberry College
eThe Employers Liability"
E. A. Fuller, Presbyterian College,
s<The United States and World Peace"
The Judges.
The following were the judges Sc
Iected on delivery, the judges on CON-
position being college professors out
side the State: The Rev. T. W. Sloan,
D. D., of Greenville; the Rev. Howard
Lee Jones, D. D. of Charleston, and
the Hon. C. C. Featherstone, Of Green
wood.
From Newberry College.
Mr.. Charles Pascal Barre, repre-
santine Newberry college, spoke On
the subject OF "The Employers Liza
bility."
Mr.. Barre's speech is a plea for an
employers liability law. After 1ndl-
eating the wonderful Industrial ad-
vance of our nation he shows that this
advance has been accomplished at the
frightful expense of the lives, limbs
and health of the laboring men. ES-
,cassively long hours and the neglect
of sanitary precautions have played
havoc with the health of American
workingmen. The lack of safety ap-
pliances has resulted in an alarming
number Of disasters in mines and fac
tories, as we'll as on the railroads.
The responsibility for this deplorable
state of affairs rests upon the employ
ers, or proprietors, who, in their
greed, have refused, or neglected, to
safeguard the lives and health Of their
operatives.
The workingmen are demanding re-
Lief from the *inhumanity of the pres
ent industrial conditions" and justly
So The employers, for the most part,
turn deaf ear to their plea. There
fore it will be necessary for the ma
tional government to pass an employ
ers' liability law, so as to force the
mill. mine and railroad owners to re-
spect the rights Of the laboring men
50 protection of health and life. In
almost all the European countries,
>,o-oh11, in E1noIan6 and GERMANY