The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-27
SPECIALS TO TAKE
DRY STUDENTS TO
GREAT CONVENTION
Much Interest Is Manifested In
Gathering Of I. P. A. To Be
Held In Lexington, KY.
BRYAN IS EXPECTED
TO BE BIG OPENER
Oratorical Contest Will Be Star
Feature of Biennial Meeting;
Eight Young Men Will Con-
tend For Honors.

Chicago, ILL.,. Dec 2s.-Interest in
the National Student Convention of
the intercollegiate Prohibition Asso-
citation. to be held in Lexington, KY,
curing the mid-winter holidays has
Increased to such an unexpected de-
gree that plans are being made to
charter at least two special trains to
carry the student delegations from
the colleges Of the Middle West to
the convention city. In addition
many special cars will be chartered
from central points in the Eastern,
Southern and Middle Western States.
| According to present plans special
trains will leave St. Louis and Chi
cago Wednesday evening, December
~. arriving in Lexington about 1890
Thursday morning. In time for dele
gates to complete their registration
and be ready for the opening session
OF the convention on Thursday after
noon. A national secretary Of the
association and a rSilroad representa-
tive Will accompany each train and
take charge Of all arrangements. A
third special from Knoxville. carry
Ing delegates from the southeastern
States. is also under consideration
Delegates from South Dakota. Mon
| tana, Nebraska, Kansas, western
Iowa and Missouri will reach the city
! of Anheuser Busch by converging
lines in time to leave aboard the con-
vention special Wednesday evening
over the Southern Railway. One or
more special cars will he made up
at Kansas City. leaving there at 11:10
A. NJ. for ST. Louis over the Missouri
| Pacific. Delegations from Oklahoma
and Texas will either join the special
train party at st. Louis or be routed
via Oklahoma City and Memphis.
Special cars from Minneapolis, car
rying the delegations from Minnesota
colleges. will be expanded into spe-
cial train when they reach Chicago.
| after picking up Wisconsin conven
! tionists at various points along the
line of the Chicago. Milwaukee & st.
Paul. Northern Illinois and eastern
| Iowa delegates will assemble al Chi
cago and join the convention special
l1:55 p. NJ. At Cincinnati the size of
the party will be more than doubled
| by the accession of big delegations
from Michigan. Ohio, New York,
Pennsylvania and Indiana. A special
sleeper from Indianapolis to Cincin-
natl will be provided for delegates
from the northern half of Indiana
Enthusiasm is High.
| Ever since the opening Of the COL
| leges in the fall !. p. I. national secre-
taries have been in the field. reach
Ing nearly every part OF the country
and stirring up interest in the big stu
| dent gathering. As result enthu-
siasm is reported to be the highest It
has ever been. and the Lexington con-
vention is consequently expected to
break all previous records for at
tendance ana results accomplished. A
thousand delegates is the goal set by
the national ofncsrs and II interest
continues to grow there 10 no doubt
that the attendance will be we'll up
| toward the thousand mark.
According to the tentative program
former Secretary OF State william j.
Bryan will be the opening attraction
on Thursday evening, the opening
night Of the convention. Mr.. Bryan's
recent espousal OF the cause OF ma
tional prohibition and the energetic
personal campaign he 10 making to
induce the Democratic party to beat
the Republicans to an espousal Of the
prohibition cause has resulted in
| come back" which has astounded
even his most ardent admirers. The
man who has crowded r. r. and
Judge Hughes OF the front page Of
the big city dailies will be given
rousing welcome when he appears be-
fore the rAh-rAh convention in Demo-
cratic Lexington. A banquet tn honor
Of the distinguished Commonsr is be-
Ing planned by q committee of dry
/ Democrats.
The national oratorical contest. the
other star feature OF the biennial con-
vention. will probably DO reserved for
Saturday night. although 1t has here
tofore been the opening number. The
contest VIII come a. the. climax Of
result tho interest Of the delegates and
the rivalry between the backers of
the eight picked orators will be at
the highest pitch whom the gravel
falls. for the opening Of the orator.
cal struggle. Tho eight contenders
for national honors VIII BE-:
Earl W. Foster. of 0sorgstown Col
i man. Of the Southern Presbyterian
Seminary. kentucky; Bernard C.
C1ausen. Of Colgate University. New
York: DeLoyd r. Wood, OF Ohio Wes-
leyan University: Joshua B. Lee. of
the University OF Oklahoma: Herold
r. Hustled. Of Sioux Falls College.
South Dakota, Eugene' U. Blalock. Of
and Monta c. Smithaon. Of McMinn-
willie College. Ore.
The morning programs Of the con-
| vention will be given up to business
sessions and sectional conferences on
various phases Of the student anti
liquor movement. The afternoon and
evening programs will consist Of ad-
dresses by distinguished public men.
educators, scientists. sociologists and
leaders Of various young peoples and
ant-liquor movements. Among the
speakers will be Charles Sickle,
United States Senator william 9.
Kenyon, President Edwin Erie
Sparks. of Pennsylvania State College,
DR.. Ira Landrith. George Irving,
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