The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-05-26
Royal Riddle is Winner Of $1,000
Prize Offered by Mr.. Kayser
"King Alcohol Theme
of His Grafton
FAVOR is WON
BY ALL SPEAKERS
Results Of Careful Preparation and
Practice in Delivery are Shown
-Four are Contestants
for the Prize

At the high school auditorium Mon
day evening four young speakers con-
tested for nonors in the annual ora
tcrical contest, the battle of eloquence
being briskly fought from start to fin
ish. All of the orations won favor with
the audience Royal Riddle, taking as
his subject King Alcohol was the
winner over three other contestants.
The winners prize was ten dollar
gold piece offered by j. W. Kayser,,
E'ho states that he will make the oc-
casion an annual affair, the prize Of
$40 10 be awarded the winner each
year.
Every Grafton delivered was excep.
tlonally good and showed that the con-
testants had put in much time and
thought both in their preparation and
in working up a proper delivery One
Of the rules of the contest are that
each contestant must produce an orig
ipal oration, all OF which was complied
with
The contestants and their subjects
were: Royal Riddle, King Alcohol z
Harold Sanders, ''The Golden Age Of
the Republic" Hazel Bennett "A Plea
for Woman Suffrage" Golden Shook.
Education and Citizenship" The
judges chosen to preside were Alger
Melton. Judge +. F. Holding and Rev
f. b Teis.
The winning oration took up the life
as lived in America at the time our
forefathers landed here II showed
the innocence and purity Of the human
inhabitants at that time and wildly
compared those virtues and conditions
with those found today after a reign
o. more than 200 years by king Alco-
hol" How his conquest had started
III a small way among the settlers and
ho~ It spread silently but surely was
held mp in the flood Of light Of de-
scription and how. at last the inhabit-
ants had started TO fight him How
laws had been nldde TO check his pro
i gress, how young men and women had
become his subjects and the results,
reducing them to states of depravity
and at last obliteration Incorporated
in the Grafton was word picture Of
the history Of American subjection by
"ISing Alcohol and the fight that Is
being made 10 stay his progress.
Miss Hazel Bennett presented a
very strong argument for equal suf-
frage She took up the conditions as
they exist in the United States and in
other countries and discte sed the diff
ferent phases and objections to giving
women the vote. Among arguments
against the question which she demol
ished was the allegation that women
could not go into the field and bear
arms in time of war that her place
i was in the home and that she should
| be contented there The argument as
whole was clever and brought mucf
applause.
Harold Sanders in "The Golden Age
Of the Republic arrived at the mea
of his subject in a very unique way
declaring that the golden age Of th'
repnblic was yet TO come He set fortl
the various conditions and processes
through which other nations had pass
!. ed. which conditions eventual,
brought about the ruin Of those ma
3 tions and showed how our 'natio
Z might follow in those footsteps Fl
1 described at length the resources a
!, this country, showed the America
4 ability as inventors, orators and states
4 men. but stated that however great W
might be in political science and il
vention. nevertheless the fact wa
that America was behind in the gm
ming in literature.
Z Golden Shook gave very prett
II laudation Of education, and demcl
It strated how II might be applied.
Il fact. how necessary it is in every wal
n OF life and how without education i
$ impossible to advance TO any degree
o efficiencyin any line. during this II
progressive age OF the human race.
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