Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1913-06-05

0RAT0RICAL CON-
TESTS AT COLLEGE
COLLEGE ORATORS COMPETE
FOR PRIZES.
Splendid Orations Heard by Large
Audience.

Splendid Orations Heard by Large
Audience.
At the two oratorical contests
heard at the chapel of jamestown
College Monday night, Charles P
Geake was awarded first place, car
rying s35 and a gold medal, in the
mems contest for the Judge COFFEE
prize, while Miss Winifred F. Lar
rison won the first prize of $50 in
the young ladies' contest. Second
places were won by. William Lands
for the men and Miss Anne Buck
for the young ladies. In each con.
test the decision of the judges was
SO close that hardly point separat.
ed the contestants. Rank was de.
termined both by thought and com.
position in the original orations, and
by style and delivery, entirely diff.
ferent sets of judges making the
decisions.
The chapel was filled, many rela.
tives of the college students attend.
ing. Several vocal and piano selec.
tions were interspersed throughout
the program.
effects of Child Labor on Soci.
ety." was the title of the oration
winning the. Coffey contest. The
speaker, Charles Geake, portrayed in
an energetic and forceful manner
the i'll effects of the employment OF
children in mines, factories and 9TH
er industries. He stated it is our
duty to protect the children, and
thereby improve the citizenship OF
the country.
VIM. Landis' oration, "The Under
mining of Democracy" was handled
exceptionally we'll and called for
long applause from the audience
His delivery was both polished and
pleasing.
r. L, Colvin, the third contestant
YaGed highly for his earnest style Of
delivery; his subject was Forward
Under Prohibition"
The grafton, Dakota and I.itera-
ture," a unique, original and quite
unhackneyed subject, was delivered
by Miss Winifred F. I4arfison, win
ner of the young ladies contest, in
style smooth, clear, and with an
individual personality, winning first
place by high average both in com.
position and oratorical ability.
Miss Anne Buck was a close sec
ond; the subject of her oration was
"A Nations Responsibility" the du-
ty of the people to arouse demand
for the abolition of the practice OF
lynching, a subject handled in a very
earnest style; excellent in compo.
sition.
Miss Inez Atwood told in a pleas
ing manner, with fine voice and
stage presence, of the Social Settle
ments," and her grafton sustained
the interest of all to the end.
Miss Anna Wanner held the atten.
ton of the audience with her ad'
dress on Greatness in Men," the
oration centering around Abraham
Lincoln as the exponent of true
greatness in adhering to all the fin.
est principles; greatness, she said, is
not measured alone by popularity
Her delivery was strong and OF
forceful oratorical ability.
An oration on Florence Nightin.
gale," the beloved English philan-
thropist, by Miss Anne Jean Mac.
Pherson, the third in the young Ia
dies contest, was an inspiration to
all womankind in the audience
strong in delivery and thought.
President Kroeze presided over
the contest, DR.. G. w. Simon deliv'
ering the invocation. On the mus
ical program were Miss Duncan, Miss
Smiley and Miss Atwood. The Jude'
es on delivery we're Judge Ellis
worth, Judge Coffey, G. s. Buck and
Alfred Steel. The judges on manu-
script were Prof. B. A. Wallace, Val
ley City; Rev. w. c. Lyon, Valley
City; and Victor WARDROBE, Leeds.
The contestants were trained by
Prof. Forest s. Cartwright, head Of
the department of elocution and ex'
preston. The entire contest wat
spirited throughout, the speakers
thoroughly imbued with the spirit
of their subject, and the orationt
compared favorably with those Of
older and larger colleges.
Misc Mary nonnisOn has returned