St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-06-28
JUBILEE A
HAPPY SUCCESS
St. Charles Alumni Banquet Closing Scene Of
Memorable Event At Louisiana's
Foremost Colleges.

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the celebration of the diamond
jubilee of Louisiana's foremos
college, St. Charles, as hundred:
Of old students and friends Of the
venerable institution began pour
ing in by trains, automobiles
carriages and other vehicles or
Friday evening, all day Saturday
and Sunday.
| The second day of the exer.
cises at St. Charles College ir
connection with the diamond
jubilee, commemorating t h {
seventy-ffth anniversary of the
celebrated college was held or
Saturday night, when the col,
lege debaters opened the exer,
cises with a debate; Resolved
That the phonetic system OF
/ spelling should be adopted, be-
fore an audience of five hun
dred people from every nook and
corner of the state. Sidney
Harry, of New Iberia, who re
ceiyed his degree of Bachelor OF
Science, acted in the capacity OF
chairman, whilst the affirmative
side Of the splendid debate was
taken care Of by Lucien Mouton,
of Lafayette, and Marshall Dou-
Get, Of Grand Prairie. The neg
ative side was upheld by Xavier
Mouton, of Grand Coteau, who
was also awarded the degree of
Bachelor of Science, and Curtis
Breaux, of Carencro. The
judges were Archbishop Blenk,
Bishop Van de Ven, of Alexan-
dria. and Hon. Paul Capedeville.
State Auditor, who acted in the
place of Governor Hall, who was
unable to attend the celebration,
on account of being confined in
bed for the last week.
The opinion not only of the
judges, but of practically the en-
tire audience, was that that the
negative had gotten the better of
the arguments. The judges,
therefore, by their decision, bas-
ed upon the arguments brought
out by Messrs. Curtis Breaux
and Lucien Mouton, did not pay
any glowing tribute to the
Rooseveltian method of spelling
our English words, The princi-
pal arguments of the affirmative
side were based on the fact that
the ancients made use of the
phonetic method of spelling
words and eminent educators,
throughout the world, were en-
deavoring to have colleges and
universities adopt this method,
whilst the negative held that by
the present method, one could
tell at a glance from which of
the foreign languages any Of the
words in the English language
were derived, and consequently
could easily tell the meaning of
the word.
Mr.. Curtis Breaux was un-
doubtedly the best of the de-
baters, though ably assisted by
Mr.. Lucien Mouton, he deserves
the most praise for having
brought the laurels to his side.
Archbishop Blenk, in render
ing the decision of the judges,
commented wittingingly on the
arguments presented by both
sides. He kept the five hundred
spectators roaring the entire
time he was speaking. He
also delivered the graduation ad-
dress to the senior class, which
was composed of Sidney Harry
and Xavier Mouton. When he
arose to speak he said: Il was
requested to address the gradu-
ates tonight; do not know # I
must address only these two or
all. /, therefore, ask you,
Father Grace, what must | do?"
Address all, = came the advice
from the beloved President of
st. Charles, who was seconded
by the whole audience. The
Archbishop then proceeded to.
address all and when his perora-
tion was at an end all were, in
deed, sorry that the holy man
would not continue, as he de-
livered a most magnificent adj
dress.
Immediately after the debate
Rev. Father M. A. Grace, presi-
dent Of st. Charles. conferred
degrees upon the following:
Doctors Of Laws: Hon. Joseph
E. Ransdell, United States Sem
ator;; Theopilus Toulnin Tarlton,
A. B.. A. NJ. M. D., Grand Co
teau, La; Hon. Benjamin ID.
a. B., A. M, LII. B.,
Austin, Texas; Edgar S. Barry,
A. B., A. NJ, M. d.. Grand Co
teau, La; Francis Mouton, B.
s.. A. b.. A. M., M. d., Lafa-
yette, La. Criaque ]. Gren1illion,
4. b, NJ. d. Alexandra, La.