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The first on the program was H. L. Call, with an oration on "Prohibition Reform." Mr. Call might have condensed his production with advantage. The subject is somewhat worn, and his gestures are too frequent, but he deserves praise for his ease and grace on the stage, and for clear voice and good presence.
"Memories and Prophecies," by G. M. Gates, was too much in the Baldwin style of turgid rhetoric, and the articulation was hurried and indistinct.
Lucius H. Leach discoursed both eloquently and thoughtfully on "The Modern Triumvirate." This was by odds the best written speech of the evening. On account of the serious cold from which he has been suffering for some time, Mr. Leach failed to reach his well known elegance of delivery, but showed his earnestness and full belief in his subject.
G. H. McKee followed with a good oration on "American Grandeur." Mr. McKee was unfortunate in the choice of a subject so well worn. His manner is somewhat stiff, and gestures too mechanical.
Mr. Fred A. Stocks closed with a well written speech on "A Representative Man." This was his oration on "John Quincy Adams," delivered in the Oread-Orophilian hontest last year, slightly recast and given a new title. Of course the fact that the oration cad been used before made no difference, so that the production was original. Mr. Stocks spoke well and with more enthusiasm than in the morning.
The decision of the judges gave first place to L. H. Leach and second to F. A. Stocks. Accordingly, Mr. Leach will represent the University in the state contes next month. Messrs. Blackman and Jenks Miss Mabel Gore and the Amphion Quartette furnished excellent music. The state contest should be held in the opera house as it will be much more convenient for both citizens and students, and thus increase the receipts of the association. I.K.
"The Queen's Lace Handkerchief:" This beautiful opera by Josham Strauss is to be given in the Opera House Monday evening, March 3d. The Buffalo News says of the performance: "It is a decided pleasure to sit through the performance of 'The Queen's Lace Handkerchief,' as interpreted by Patterson's New York Opera Company. There is an utter absence of anything offensive in the piece. It is full of harmless pleasantry and pleasing music, and by this company is much more than ordinarily well dressed, acted, and sung The comedians, Messrs Greensfelder and Adolphi, succeeded in being very funny without in the least departing from good taste, and all the principals of the company are first-class. No one is starred, but there are several who might be made the feature of a comic opera company. The chorus is large, the orchestra is excellent, and the tout ensemble - no notice of an owera is of any good that does not contain a reference to the tout ensemble—such as convinced the audience that in Potterson's New York Comic Opera Company there is a mine of fun and innocent pleasure that is deserving of patronage everywhere.
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