The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-04-30
NEWBERRY ORATOR WINS
IN The STATE CONTEST
HELD AT WINTHROP COLLEGE ON
FRIDAY NIGHT.
H. S. Petrea, Representative Of Luth.
eran College, axes the First
Medal

test held at Winthrop college Friday
evening. The decision of the judges
gave Mr.. H. S. Petrea, of Newberry,
the first medal; Mr.. Ashton H. Will
liams, of the University of South Car
olina, second, and Mr.. R. T. Wilson,
of Wofford, third.
A large and representative audience
assembled in Winthrop auditorium
Friday evening to greet young speak
ers representing the colleges which
form the South Carolina Intercolle-
giate Oratorical association. The ex-
ercises were opened by a song by the
Winthrop Choral society and the inVo-
cation was made by the Rev. Alexan-
der Martin, Of the Presty!eria church.
Mr.. e.. NJ. lindsay, of the Citadel, pres
ident of the association, welcomed the
audience and very briefly outlined the
organization of the association before
introducing the speakers Of the even
ing.
These were as follows: ga Call to
College Men" A. G. Heirs, Jr, the Cita-
del: What Remains to be Done" E.
A. Fuller, Presbyterian College; "Fu-
ture Democracy in South Carolina" R.
n Wilson Wofford college; "Preser-
vation of Representative Government" ="
J. S. McInnes, Charleston college;
"The Progress of the Nations Towards
Peace" w. Marshall Bridges, Furman
University; "The Indifferent Citizen,"
H. s. Petrea, Newberry college; I'm
tanned" David T. Lauderdale, Erskine
college; "The Needs of a Nation" D.
B. Hill, Clemson college; Behold the
Dreamer Cometh," A. H. Williams, Jr.,
University of South Carolina. All OF
the speeches were of high class and
were given the closest attention.
Newberry Wins.
At intervals there was music by the
Winthrop Choral society, the Winthrop
Glee club. Senator George Bates, OF
Barnwell; Senator L. P. Hardin, OF
Chester; the Hon. Whitehead Klutz, OF
Salisbury, n. c.; Prof. ]. NJ. Douglas
of Davidson college, and DR.. +. u
Watson, of Columbia, were the judges
and they awarded the decision to H.
S. Petrea, of Newberry college; Sec
ond, A. H. Williams, of University OF
South Carolina; third to R. T. Wilson,
of Wofford
Henry Smith Petrea, NeWberry.
Henry Smith Petrea was born in
Lynchburg, Va, November l, 1888
His parents soon afterwards moved to
Concord, n. c., where he received MS
early training in the public school.
Later he entered the Mt. Pleasant Col
legiate institute, in which institution
he won the declaimer's medal in 1901.
In the fall of 1909 he entered the
sophomore class at Newberry college,
at the end of which scholastic year
he contested for the declaimer's med
al In March, 1911, he was the orator
from the Prhenakosmian society at the
March celebration and in June OF the
come wear he was awarded the junior
oratorical medal, as also the Greek
modal and the Magazine scholarship.
During the present year he has been
a member of the Stylus staff, and was
one of the Phrenakosmian debaters IN
the March debate, as also successful
contestant for S. C. 10. A. represen-
+ation He has always taken an ac-
tive part in anything pertaining TO
oratory and upon the completion OF his
course this year he will enter the theo-
logical seminary at Columbia.
"The Indifferent Citizen"
The subject of Mr.. Petrea's Grafton
is "The Indifferent Citizen" He de-
fines the Indifferent citizen as the man
of character, the Christian, cultured
man and the one who can not be DriO-
ed He says that Civic apathy is most
prevalent among that very element OF
citizens which is most essential to the
maintenance of public purity and
high standard of citizenship" That II
is not the ignorant, selfish, corrupt and
degraded men, but the good, respecta-
BILE, well-meaning men who neglect
their civic duties. Indifference to civic
responsibility can not be justiheo:
r,b. ,oa? raason for it is that good