The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-03-28
CORNELL ORATOR
WINS DEBATE
Miss Laura N. Chsssel Carried Off
First Honors.
kAlO0SAsECOND AND FOURTH
intercollegiate Prohibition Contests
Attracts Large Crowds and
Arouses Much interest--CIose
OF Annual Conference.
Winners In Debate.

| winners IN Depate.
First place. Miss Laura NJ. .Chas
sell, Cornell College. Mt. Vernon
Subject, "A Second Slavery"
Second place. Fred w. Ingvold
stad, Central Holiness University
Oskaloosa. Subject, THE Legalize'
Outlaw" ...r.
Third place. George T. Becktolt
I.eanderC Clark College, Toledo. Sub
ject, The Sacred Heritage in Peril.
Fourth place. r. f. Mendenhall
Penn College. Oskaloosa. Subject
The Notification of Law"
Penn College, Leander-Clark Col
Ilege and Central Holiness University
tied for second place with the final
ont come of the difficulty fixed as
above.
The Annual Contest of the Iowa
| intercollegiate Prohibition Associa
ton was held at Penn College Friday
night. Miss Laura NJ. Chassell, Cor.
nell, won first, and Fred w. Ingvol.
stad, Central Holiness, second. There
were eight colleges represented and
every Grafton was delivered eXcep'
tiCnally we'll. This was the first time
that a girl has ever won the state
prohibition contest and Miss Chas-
sell is certainly to be congratulated.
There we're three ties for second
place. Central Holiness, Leander
Clark and Penn, but when the per
cent was figured c. II. U. led over
Leander Clark by l per cent, with
Penn very close. The three ties for
second showed how close the contest
was and it took long time for the
executive committee to figure up who
the winners We're. The orations were
all well written and showed that
for the contest.
The last speaker was Miss Laura NJ.
ChasSell, winner of first hOnOrs and
the prize OF s75. Mis- CHASED had an
excellent Grafton and delivered it in
4 pleasing manner. Some OF the
things she said, Scarcely more than
a quarter OF a century ago we had
the great slavery problem before III.
The slave traffic was traffic in hui
man life, and so does the liquor traf'
fic. but the liquor traffic binds mind
and soul as well as body. America
has failed 10 realize the enormity of
the problem and as a consequence
methods have been inadequate. Com
promises failed to solve the negro
problem and compromises are failing
to solve the liquor problem"
While the judges were making up
their decision and at the opening OF
the program the Central University
Quartette. OF Pella, entertained the
audience with sever l selections and
were heartily encored. College spirit
was high, yells and songs were given
by the various colleges. The chapel
was packed and everyone thoroughly
enjoyed the program and when State
President Rosenberger announced the
decision of the judges the crowd vent
ed its enthusiasm with their yells.
And then 4 good rOusing cheer for
Cornell, the winner, was given.
The other contestants, all OF whom
acquitted themselves exceptionally
well, were:
Carl f. Smith, of Morningside Col
lege, Sioux City; subject, THE Anar-
chism OF the Liquor Traffic"
William L. Canady, of Highland
Park College, Des Moines; subject,
The Call to Arms"
Hal E. Norton, of Central College,
Pella; subject, THE Ultimate Solu-
ton"
o. p. Marker, OF Simpson College,
Indianola; subject, The Broken
Tread OF Onward Progress"
The Business Session.
The convention was called in bust.
ness session on Friday and a report
OF the leagues were given each re-
port showed good progress in their
league work and a discussion OF the
methods used in the various lines OF
work was taken up.
The chapel address at 9:45 was
given by National Travelling Secre-
tary Borton as Hon. II. NJ. Havener
could not be here either for the ad-
dress or to judge at the contest. Mr..
Borton gave very helpful talk on
the college work. f-....
The 1890 session was one full of
interest. The credentials committee
then gave their complete report and
the report was accepted. ...
|. The center of excitement came
when the report OF the committee on
nominations was called for the com.
mittee read on one name for each Of.
flee. There was some objection TO
that on the part OF some as they
thought there onght TO have been two
names for each Office, but the ruling
was made that the committee should
only bring one name for each Office
but that anyone else could be nomin
ated. None cared to do so and mo
ton was carried unanimously that
we cast the unanimous ballot for tH
! officers named by the committee. The
officers for the new year as the,
stand now are:
David II. GIL, Penn College. Pres.
Wayne Beck, Leander CLARK, vice
president,