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VOL. IX.
LOCALS AND PERSONALS.
G. O. Virtue and brother spent last Saturday in Kansas City.
Mr. J. A. Mushrush, one of the University alumni, was in the city Sunday.
Paul Hudson came down from Topeka to attend the Oratorical Contest.
Clerk Moody, when Hadley was declared winner, promptly said "told you so."
The mill has been grinding hard all week and examinations are once more about over.
The proper thing to do is to send an enthusiastic crowd to Emporia to support Hadley.
Mr. O. B. Taylor, a former student from Leavenworth, was at the University Monday.
Mr. Isaac Moris, of Nortonville, Kan., and brother of Ohio, were shown through the University Friday by Mr. Fellow.
Some of the students whose exam's came the first of the week have gone home for a short vacation.
Mr. and Mrs. Fullerton, of Edgerton, Kan., spent a day in the city this week with their nephew, W. M. Curry.
Mr. L. L. Davis, an old student and graduate of the law department is taking a vacation in Lawrence. Mr. Davis is practicing law in Topeka.
Harvey Bear, who can arouse more enthusiasm among the University students than any other man on earth, attended the contest Friday night.
A recent issue af the Bronson (Bourbon county) Pilot, contains a well written letter concerning the University and its work by J.M. Davis Jr. If more of the students would write letters to their papers it would aid much in extending the influence of the University.
This is a specimen of puns countenanced by the faculty: a certain student had made frequent use of the expression "for to" in a translation, when the professor, one of the most dignified in the University, remarked that that was a most fortuitous translation, and the class all thought so too.
Professor Annan, the noted elocutionist of Chicago will give an entertainment next Tuesday evening Feb. 3 at Congregational church under the auspices of the Y. P. S. C. E. of that church. The Leavenworth Evening Standard says: "Professor Annan exercises a nice discriminating taste and is very successful in merging his personality completely with the intent and purpose of the author he is reading from."
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, JAN. 30, 1891.
THE LOCAL CONTEST.
Herbert S. Hadley Will be the K.
S. U. Standard Bearer at Emly constructed. He was ranked second by the judges.
A little after 8 o'clock the orators entered the hall and were vigorously cheered. Vice President W. W. Brown occupied the president's chair owing to Mr. Bowersock appearing on the program. The exercises were opened with a song by the Glee Club. Rev. H. L. Yarger of the Lutheran church then gave a short invocation.
The largest crowd ever in attendance at a local contest, gathered in the chapel last Friday night to listen to the eighth oratorical contest of the K. S. U. Oratorical Association. The excitement was intense for all the six orators were known to be strong men, and it was a mere guess as to which one of them would be the winner. Never in the history of University contests had there been more doubt as to the outcome. So strong, indeed, were the contestants that it was generally conceded that the winner Friday night would undoubtedly be the winner at the state contest. This enhanced the interest of the occasion and placed everybody on the "qui vive."
President Brown then introduced the first orator of the evening, Otis H. Holmes, who spoke on the subject: "By This Sign ($) We Conquer."
Taken all in all, Holmes had the best delivery of the evening. His gestures were effective and easy, his enunciation distinct. He, more than all the others, brought the points of his oration clearly before the minds of the audience. His oration, as a whole, was more artistically constructed. He was ranked second by the judges.
Mr. Holmes took for his text the saying of Guizot, that "the complete array of a single dominant element in a nation's civilization many produce a rapid and brilliant development of civilization, but it will also bring on afterwards a rapid decline." Germany and Spain were cited as having furnished examples at times in their history of the domination of one element. The fact was brought out that there is one consuming ambition in America. That the whole soul of the American people is bound up in the spirit of money getting literature, science, philosophy and religion are being neglected in the mad race for gold. Mammon dominates in our land. We must build up an aristocracy of thought, which shall be able to hold its own against the aristocracy of mercantilism. We must know that there is something in the world besides money. Let us do this and we shall see in the Heaven's a cross and above, the words: "By This Sign We Conquer."
The next oration was by J. W. Park, of the Sophomore class, and was entitled: "Sectionalism From a Southern Standpoint." Mr. Park showed that sectionalism still existed between the north and south, and that there was no need of it. He said that the old question of the war had been settled, and settled forever. The south was as patriotic as the north, and ready to meet the north half way in a friendly interchange of courtesies. He showed that the emancipation of the negro was the emancipation of the white man. He spoke of the industrial development of the new south. New questions like the temperance question, foreign immigration, labor problems, have arisen, which demand the attention of a united country, irrespective of sectional lines. "When all rancor and all bitterness has been removed, then let the words uttered by Daniel Webster years ago, now be raised again on the hills of New England. The plains of the Carolinas will not be slow to take them up, westward they will roll till they are thrown back by the waves of the Pacific, while sixty millions of united people send them up to Heaven in one mighty chorus: "Liberty and Union, one and inseperable, now and forever."
The next oration was, "The Spirit of Dissent a Factor in Progress," by R. D. Brown of the Junior class. The drift of this oration was to show that although the welfare and existence of society demands a conservative element, yet every stage in the progress of liberty has been won by those who have dissented from existing conditions. History can show no nation in the past that has arisen without a struggle. But dissent is the law of progress no less in matters of thought than in matters of government. The same laws free the heart that free the hand. The dissent of today does not come in war, the contest is being transferred to higher ground.
Park's oration was one of the best of the evening but its effect was marred by the speaker forgetting several times and by lack of training. The earnestness and directness of the speaker were very pleasing and showed original thought on his subject.
Brown was the most earnest and forcible speaker on the program. His gestures were effective in the man but not easy. His enunciation was not as distinct as it should have been to have placed his oration before the audience in the most effective manner. Brown received three first ranks out of the six but
The next oration was by Jus. D. Bowersock, and was entitled, "Advance the Lines." He spoke of the progress in the past, and the great necessity for a greater progress in the future. He spoke of the great evils of the present day and took the stand that America should be the first nation to remember their civilization. Civilization requires a stronger will, a clearer conscience, a higher knowledge, a greater indivuality, a grander public spirit; a will consulting itself, not only the circumstances around it; a conscience sensitive to injustice, sanctioning right, condemning wrong; a knowledge greater than can come from books; an individuality independent of governments and patrons for support; a public spirit higher, nobler than nationality—these are the things which will place us at the head of all nations.
was given fourth place in the final summary.
Bowersock had one of the best deliveries of the evening. His chief fault being that he seemed to rise to the very greatest height of his ability and he did not carry the idea of a reserve force. His gestures were easy and his manner natural. His voice was good and his enunciation clear. He received the most genuine applause of any of the speakers.
The fifth oration was entitled:
"Oliver Cromwell and Puritanism."
The oration was a splendid tribute to the worth and manliness of Oliver Cromwell, and to the Puritan influence in England. He traced the beginnings of the reformation, from a little rivulet in Germany, until it became a mighty river in England. The contest and struggle between the Puritan and Cavalier, which ended in the exaltation of Cromwell to the throne of England, was traced with great vividness. The final sequence of the great drama was portrayed with striking effect. H. S. Hadley was easy on the stage and his gestures were easy, although tending a little too much toward the "wavy-willowing flowing" style. Although suffering from a cold, his voice and ennunciation were good. With a good oration, well spoken, he received first place by the judges, and will represent K. S. U. worthily in the state contest.
The last oration was "Charles Sumner and the Kansas Struggle" by H. F. Roberts. Mr. Roberts first, discussed the slavery question in general, showing how the united south for a long time was dominant over a divided north. Slavery continued to spread till at last Kansas, the New England of the west, was applying for admission as a free state. The career of Charles Sumner was traced to its conclusion. His great works in the cause of freeing Kansas was vividly portrayed. Mr. Robert's oration was one of the most original and the best written oration of the evening but it was not arranged suitable for an oratorical delivery. It abounded in fine passages. Mr. Roberts did not have a very good voice and he showed lack of training.
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The following are the markings and ranks of the contestants by the udges:
Total ... 8
Moore ... 2 80 80 2 95 95 4 8
Rank ... 3 70 80 4 94 94 5 12
Learnard ... 1 85 85 1 95 95 3 5
Brown ... 100 95 1 85 85 1 95 95 3 5
Bowersock ... 90 95 2 75 85 3 96 96 2 7
Hadley ... 95 95 2 80 75 3 96 96 2 7
Roberts ... 90 95 2 70 85 3 96 96 2 7
DELIVERY,
Total ... 8
Holmes ... 95 90 2 80 80 2 95 95 4 8
Park ... 85 90 3 70 80 4 94 94 5 12
Brown ... 100 95 1 85 85 1 95 95 3 5
Bowersock ... 90 95 2 75 85 3 96 96 2 7
Hadley ... 95 95 2 80 75 3 96 96 2 7
Roberts ... 90 95 2 70 85 3 96 96 2 7
DELIVERY,
Holmes ... 95 1 95 2 92 92 3 6
Park ... 85 5 1 95 2 92 92 6 17
Brown ... 88 4 84 5 95 1 10
Bowersock ... 90 3 93 3 93 4 10
Hadley ... 92 2 96 1 93 2 5
Roberts ... 83 6 6 1 93 5 15
THOUGHT AND COMPOSITION.
Prince and Pauper.
One of the most beautiful plays produced in Lawrence for years will be Mark Twain's Prince and Pauper, as dramatized by that talented lady, Miss Georgia Brown. Over fifty-four people are in the cast and when all are on the stage in their magnificent costumes the senic effect is simply grand. Little Eva Brown in the dual role of the Prince and the Paucer is charming and speaks right to the heart of all her hearers. The entire cast is strong and one dramatic scene follows another in a rapid panorama of varied richness and splendor. A large and enthusiastic audience greeted the first production of the play last night and the prospects are that the opera house will be packed tonight and tomorrow night. The seats are on sale at Crew's.
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To Kansas City to hear Booth,
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