The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-03-14
PROHIBITION -0RAT0RY
r. w. Ingroldstad Wins Contest at
Holiness University.

4 e. = 81
The sixth annual Prohibition Con.
test, which was held In the Central
Holiness University chapel last even
ling, was won by Fred w. lngyoistad
| with the GRAFTON The Legalized Out
law" Second place was won by
Emory Smith, with the Grafton
The True Function of Government"
and the third and last honbrs by Hen.
ry F. Bailey. with the Grafton THE
Pivot Issue" -. .r. ..
/ The first Grafton delivered was
THE Real Issue" by Chas. G. Ellis,
who said that the negro question,
divorce problem, capital and labor
and all other questions that affect
| the best interests Of our country all
depend upon the liquor problem.
Mobs are formed in saloons; and il
| is the foundation of all the evils and
the Prohibition party is not narrow
as 1t strikes at the root of this prob
lem" go &~ "a, r.
| The second speaker was Henry F.
Bailey, with the grafton 1.-THE Pivot
Issue" which won third place, and
many had him ranked first. He stat
ed that complicated questions have
arisen ever since our government
was founded and the government has
settled all these questions in the
right, the liquor question is now the
great question before us. Federal &C
tivity supported by party policy and
this supported by an awakened citi.
zenship will solve the issue"
THE Compromise of Principle" by
Preston Lane, came next on the pro-
gram in this grafton. Mr.. Lane said
the greatest issue before us is shall
the government compromise with the
liquor traffic? One solution to the
problem and that is National Prohi.
bition through the National Prohibi-
ton. Party
The next speaker was A. J. Schmidt
with the Grafton The Cause of Prohi'
bition," who said that Our nation
{ has also risen to its place by many
years of slow progress
The True Function Of Govern
ment" by Emory Smith, who won sec
ond hoDors, came next, and one Of
the things stated by the speaker was
that the preamble of our constitu-
! ton sets forth the purpose of our
government Can our nation protect
its citizens with one hand and sup
port the saloon with the other? IL
was tho saloon that nodded the bui-
lets that struck down Lincoln, Gar
! field and Mckinley.
The last speaker was Mr.. Fred w.
4 mgyolslad, who won first donors
with the Grafton, The Legalized Out
law" who said that the saloon is
the root of all disorder and there
| fore Is against the best welfare of the
people, the saloon is an alien to jus.
tice, is the arch enemy OF tranquility.
| IL has no. constitutional right to exist
and therefore has no governmental
right to exist"
Every Grafton was rendered in ex'
cellent fashion and the judges found
/ it very difficult to delect the win
ners. The orations were all well
written and showed that much time
had been spent In training. The
chapel was well filed as a large num-
BIER of town people, as well as the
students and the people of the com
munity were in attendance.
The winners Of previous contests
were, Arthur Ayers, who won the
state, interstate and third in the ma
Itional; A. A. Heath, George Tripp,
who won second in the state; John
Ralston, who won third place at the
state contest last year, held at the
University. The winner this year,
Mr.. Ingvolstad,. will represent the
University at the state contest held
at Penn, March 1923, where he will
met the representatives of twelve
other schools.
The piano duets by Mrs. Geo. Os-
born and Miss Ella Ballou, were ex.
cellent and enjoyed a great deal by
the audience and were encored. The
male chorus, consisting of eight
voices, has been organized lately but
made good and was appreciated by
the audience and heartily encored.
The judges on Thought and Com
position were Hon. c.. Durant Jones,
noted prohibition worker, of Perry;
E A. J. Walsmith and F. +. Gordon, of
[ this city, on delivery; Hon. Frank
Nash, DIR. J. F.. Fleener and Prof.
John A. Spyker. Prof. Spyker at the
close of the program in a concise
speech awarded the prizes, which con-
, sisted of $50 first prize; $40 second
| and S. third. Much credit of the sue
cess of this contest should be given
to Prof T. Bell Chambers, the head
of the Department of Oratory, who
E trained each one so carefully and well
t and upon whose shoulders the entire
burden of the contest fell, and did so
much towards making the contest
the grand success that il was.
Mr.. Iugvolstad is strong speaker
and has all excellent Grafton. He
7 should do well at the state contest at
Penn College.