The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-24
Heavy Attendance at /. r. A.
Convention Dec. 20.Jan. 1.
College Prohibitionists Are Ar.
ranging Strong Program.
MEETINGS IN AUDITORIUM
Delegates Will Come From All
Parts of Country.
DR.. C. T. Wilson of Topeka Is
ON Advisory Board.

Reports from the national head.
quarters of the intercollegiate Prohibi-
ton association at Chicago. state that
preparations are well under way for
its biennial national convention at To-
peka, Dec. 29-Jan. !, when delegates
from the universities and colleges OF
every state will come together for four
days.
When the convention was first
planned, the limit on the number Of
student delegates was set at 1000, but
Harry S. Warner. general secretary. re-
ports that it seems very probable that
this limit will have to be raised II all
so. When the question was 1rst offtc-
, tally presented at the state conventions
of the association last spring. the vari-
GUS state associations set aims for their
respective delegates. Thus the KAN
sas 1. p. A. slogan was three hundred
Kansas students at Topeka" Missouri
promised $50, and the other states
planned proportionately until the entire
allotment of 1000 was seen on paper.
But now the reports of the field secre-
tarieS, the correspondence from college
students and professors, and the notes
| in college papers all show an enthu-
siastic response to this rally Of the edu-
Gated young leadership of the nation
that may swell the totals considerably.
At any rate, just at present. college
students all over the country are look
| ing toward Topeka and trying to ar
range to attend the convention.
Program Shaping Well.
| AS for the program. that too is shap-
| ing up well. Business sessions and
group conferences will occupy the
mornings and the inspirational rallies
and public meetings will occur in the
afternoon and at night. Tuesday, Dec.
%. is to be given over to registration
and to preliminary meetings OF the exc
cutive committee. and the convention
will open that night with the biennial
grand national oratorical contest, the
highest rank contest Of its kind in the
world. The convention will conclude
Friday night, Jan. l. with a hnal In
spirational rally and the delegates Will
disperse that night and Saturday to
their various schools.
The program will include addresses
by many national leaders in social.
economic, educational, political and re-
ligious affairs, and while there will be
many ''professionar' temperance work.
ers in the list Of speakers. they will be
in the minority. for it has been con-
sistent policy Of the convention promot-
ers to make the addresses widely rep
lresentative Of all phases Of life and to
present our modern social prOblema
from every angle. So. unless plans mis-
carry, some of our foremost national
figures will appear in the Topeka au-
ditorium during the four days Of the
convention and Topeka's citizens will
be privileged in hearing some unique
and worthwhile messages.
But even more interesting than the
program and the speakers will be the
convention itself. This convention will
thresh out anew the social problems
Of the day. and especially the liquor
problem. with an unwearied sest and
from a new angle of vision. Quite pos
sibly these young theorists will add
no new facts to sOciety's wisdom.
Oratorical Contests.
| A far reaching series Of oratorica
contests Is conducted under the au-
spices Of the 1. p. ALL dealing Will
the liquor problem. Contests are hello
in the local colleges. the winner Of
which enters the state; the highest
honor speakers Of the state come to-
gether in four great Interstate CON
tests each year: finally, each two years
. the winners Of these interstates. repre-
senting all sections of the country
come together to compete for nationa
honors.
At the present time these contests ar
the source Of coo original anti-liquol
orations each year. During the two
/ year period leading up to the nationa
Of 1914, LOO original prohibition ora
lions were carefully written and deliv
cred. some Of them many times THREE
hundred college and university con
tests. and seven interstate contests
each representing from I'VE to eigh
states. and all sections of the country
have been held. The winner of this m
tional il the winner over LOO VIII
originally entered the race.
HI For the past fourteen years the sys
u n