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Vot,. VII. No. 82. THE NEBRASKAN. WISCONSIN WINS. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, MAY 8, 1800, Pkior 10 Obntb Rollo L. Lyman, of Bololt, takes First Plaoo In Jntor-Stato Contost. i H CM orn Tin nil nt' te' ITpl Him nil in 1 1 I' i for If.' up. Willi in i i tin- tip I'nllml -(K'lrti lmlooii onl In cle oi. PgO OIltllllHlllHIll lego oiiiiitiHiusm broko loose .ill Its might ii ml fury 'Friday rg lit1 (die twenty-iix'th Imtors'tato I iwl contest, lio.il 4 ii t.lm OJlvop, ,1 WIIH wlldl tilt! UVOIlls of jiuiny ck readied' tholr climax, Ton or- i lie cremii of ton states, con for oratorical honors, Koch ntatlvo wis tl winner of the outwit. In whli'li nil or nearly i lie calgcj' or tin- state par- il. i I lit time when the audience i arrive until the eurtnlu went then tie echoed nml reeci.iocd Hego yells. Most nil the scnts house wore taken, mid 1iv tin. lileh cam forth from 'the gnl uould seem Hint thnt part of iter wiih more t'huu filled. The hi, 1'iiI.hi tiiid Dellnn literary - ' 'I? 1 f i-i r.t neit.s In i he . llic Uclto Upsl.on fraternity lu front rows of iho dross clr he right. Phi Knppn Psl had mF Ihc Legislative Control of Cities." inn thought boro upon municipal jliiestlonn nriid was strongly nrgucd. He wiih deliberate, seemingly cool nml possessed nil nlmost perfect enuncia tion. HIh delivery wiih such thn't one wiih uiicoiikcIous of it and tlnw hlh i nought wns nil the more 1raughlt lioine. Mr, Ghnnilborlnln appealed' not or lens mitlonnllHin, but for purer civil- tfovornment. Ernest H. Tonn of uii'leton college, Xorthflcld, Mlnneso. tii, spoke of "Wnr us n Factor In Civ- .Izntlon." He mutntnlnod thnt wnr ,J. "' iici'HHnry factor In, the onward mlviinee of civilizing forces. Willi mi easy delivery nt first he gradually led up to iin earnest Htyle, 1I, held t.lio audience's close attention, ly his quiet but Intensely Imaginative pictures. I wcii'llonii Contury Politics" wn he subject of the oration by fi. M. ilolhidoy of Simpson college, 'indinn oln, lown. Municipal government. Is calling for men: not to die for It, but to live for It. Mr. llollndhy'a delivery '"s powerful and free nn1 nlflminrii iw, hesitated somowhnt, yet whntover orutorlcnl Ability ho displayed seemed nincd not by WINNING ORATION. The Altruism of Amorloan Ex. panslon, by R. L. Lyman, Markod First. HIKI) II, HIM., rilKHIIIENT. M-ats iii Hi back vows of the parquet on the Ion. with the Phi (liimmii Delta niiil the Mphn TJietn Chi fraternities bnek nf tin in in the dress circle. The Tnrkin delegation of eighty-six occu pied tin- front rows of the parquet. On tlit'ir left were the Ohio delegates; bai-k of i hem the Iowa enthusiasts. The theater hnd been well decora ted. Kspeeinlly wn,s the stngc pret tily arranged. The usual large seal of Mic university was suspended' in the center in front of the stage. Stretching noross to each one of Ihc third tier of boxes were streamers of the iini.iity color.! scarlet anil erenni. t non these nml nronml tin. i' ten lings, each lenring a i star, upon which was the "lie of the states represented utest. The Sigma Ohi fmfor- Hpietl a box of the first tier it. It was decoratcdi witlli in -yellow and blue. The on 'the right in the second decora tedi with the same col- K-cupied by the Alpha Tnu iiernity. The other lioxes "d in scarlet and crcanu and '. Chancellor MacLean and leans and professors of the of Nebraska ly Governor nd other friends of the. tutlon. Inisinsm of the supporters mils contestants was Intense nd the yelling for this or incessant, until' 'the con Tihc University of Ne is had a clear field' for n until suddenly the TYirkio having ii to this time nergy pent up, suddenly almost one hundired strong ill the vigor of friendly rl n'd 'to drown oiii, the rep- of the home university cnl We large v, name ,i in the e, nity on-, on the ' their c-u Uo bo tier wer ors, bin Omepi ere di oet'upie, his par. I'niver- Po.nitc, home ii Tlie of the v " time 'hat in "M lie. brush ii short i ilelegr. i kept ! hurst. f(, nml nil Jry h. rfeii.ti inh th l; fi. s. U In. 1 large 'isias-t 'nee. l SS0pini N'orthn, ' a nli. rator, hang! Hip, Ho! there, rnin or snow! lire, Tarkio! 'he curtain rolled up before md most iivtollcctunl, en- nnd BympatlhoHc nudi ''1 It. Hill, presiident of the 'i nml of Cnrleton College, ' Minnesota, presided, and mg manner announbed each ersiltv mnlo Messrs. Perkins, Sumner, Gil- ii n t cr 1,,e invocn'tton oy ur. -" minus, the univi .uartot. Messrs. Perkins. J.sP'p nu I Ropi, or, t'rfh. WiIva Will fort- 1owns 5 Free." Chancellor $Z nh wlcomed the orators and jri, 0R ln n brlo' speech. Four hun Zl l "iWTBlty of Neornskti students !.,!! t,,( Interstate nssoeintion ten jD . ? "R- Todny t-wo thousand pay itL n?"lnK0 lo e sister stntCR of the "WMlKsissinnl vnltev. .Tolhiil A. GhI?V.r,n,n " Danni'son university, " nun or i, Gville, 0., eh ose for his loplc ill luivn invmi nttni.wwi .......1....11.. i... , ' , "",....., Kitiiiuiiiti Uy i -A'iu3iiv.i; ami training. In '"llie Dignity of Obedience" Mr. f'lnM.; M. DisnidorlT of the UnlvcrNi ty of Denver showed 1mw it he safe guard of tllie nntlon must lie uueoin promising oliedlcnec to law, for all government is 'bnscd on Inw and only under law can the rights of society ex iM. haw necessitates the excrciwe of reason and judgment, not passion. Mr. Denrdorir jiossesses a rosoivan't voice, n plcnding and hnrmm lions de livery. Miss Hugeinn (let nor, so popular to Lincoln audiences, snug "Iliwiiimn," which ea'llcd forth loud applause. 0. D. Talbot for the University of Nebraska delivered the oration, "Wil liam Lloyd Gnrrison," so well known to iitudents of the home university. Mr. Talbot's marked charnctarisltlo is his iiwoinpnrablo coolness and ihisibold penetrating features give him a splen did stage appearance. He earnestly showed how Garrison was itiho power belaud tihe throne in ilhe &itruggle against slavery. Mr. Talbot was warmly greeted by his many admirers and when he hnd finished .ne stormy applause which greeted his departure from the stage betokened a Qiigh jihice for him in the markings of the judges. Hollo Lu Verne Lyman, '09, of llel oit college, Heloit, Yis., folloied with "Altruism of American Kxpam-ion," lieing the first oiv the program to -touch upon issues growing out of the late wnr. The thesis of his topis was the duty that we owe to ourselves, to 'the islands under our protection, and to the world. It was' a most emo tionnl discourse on altruistic princi ples. Strong climaxes marked his oration throughout and his delivery was jiccullnrly dramatic. ..i.nvn.s.. like n rock he stood on 'the platform and seemed to Unirl his invectives nt the nudicnee. Mr. Lyman wns long ami loudly npplaudcd and he bid fair to wim the honors of the evening up to this time. Miss Edith Shaw rendered a piano solo which was hoarti.y applauded. The Tarkio delegation loudly greet ed their representative, Dudiley -II. Fcrrell, of Tnrkio college, Missouri, who jpokc on Retributive Justice. Jus lice maintains the iKikince u human affairs. His delivery -was polished and diramatic, showing much 'training. Mr. Ferrell closed with a splendid' climnx. A. C. Northrop of Knnsns Weslcynn university, Snlinn, Knn oratel on "The Ohanging Policy of the United Stntes." Mr. Northrop mnin'toined tlimt tihe policy of 'the United Stales must run in chnnncls ditTerent from nnd more progressive than those to which it 'hns been accustomed in past yeiiTS. Tiv closing Mr. Northrop quot ed from Kipling's "Take IT" ,.ie White Man's P.nrdon." His delivery wns stern and 'bold. The university quarte'ti hero varieil the program 1y singing "In Al)s?nee," 1y Puck. Mr. Harry G. Hnrward, 't"lie native horn Anstrallnn. of Eureka college. Eureka, Til., eulogized "The Grand Old Man." Around a few great lives linvc grown the -world's political and social progress. Of such -.neiv wia Gladstone, whose guiding star wns not politicnl expediency but tHie welfare ojhe people. Mir. Harwnrd' enrnes't ly orove home the thoughts which, he presented, nnd notwithstanding tlie lateness of the hour he "hefld the nu- dience's attention. The Delta Upsilon fraternity of 1ilie home institution wnnmly velcoined the appearance of tflie memHier of 'their national order, George E. Far rar of De Pauw university, Greencos t'le, Tnd. He spoke oiv "The Coming King" love. 'Mr. Fmrrar's dellveiry Continued on pa'jre 2. two plwiwH of imtlonul policy hn,v over eontonded for Mipremacy ln. the 'hiistory of the United Slates con Horvntlsm nndi llbcnillwiiK In evciry proulum uiion, 11m correct solution of which has depended imtlomul life, 'the mnturo Judgment of our eltizeim litis been ntUiiiitod by n rational llberalr iwm. 'I'wico before, nt least, when fears of limxpedlonoy and faillur had Alehlcdd to the prompt inigs of n clnrlfying civic oonmclenee, 'the United Staites has taken her 4i.ml Hipiiirely on the side of enlarged ii'alioiml idieals. ln 1770, wlhon it wis u question of national liberty, nnd. ngnln ilm 1801, when H wns a question of mi.tionul in tegrity, our faidhera dared to enter upon nn untried public jwlley. And now, in 1800, we nre bmugliil.' face to nice wiiii nnoiiiier ix1Tcdi of nn- llonnl respoiiHiblllty wildoh shall be the crucial twt of our lovalty to the principles of our genesis", leieause it concern, not only tlie nation's wel fare, 'hut, also tlie destiny of the world. The impending problem Involves a weming departure from our repub lienn traditions. Unforscen events hnve placed tlie Spanish possessions of two hemispheres nt our disposal. HIindeil to tlielr own lii'tcn?st by centuries of liondnge to ignorance nnd despotism, the lislnndcrw aw as yei uueii'ucnted in tilno prlnc!le of mU govern menU On America rests the obligation to determine '(Hie fu tmv of pilcvcn inlUlons of nature's dis advantaged children. This problem f'ompllontcK our relations not only with uncivilized peoples, but also wltih 'the owers of Murojie. Ausitria has nttnmjtod to revive the. Holy Alliance. Engltaml looks upoiv i-i with npprovnl. Tlie Philippines nrc at the very gntes of Ciilnn, Into whose bowlers the hosts of .Tl!-sin arc about to jMiur, perdranee to defy iho world in t'hie orient. Tlie jower of sou'tlhcmn Europe is waning. England', Ttussia, Gcrninny and America are to lie the potiar.it forces of Mic future. The en ergy 'lihnt illwill determiine the destiny of untold ages is potential in the last two yeans of the nineteenth century. These other nations, each with a well defined national policy nre crowding upon -the threshold o'f tlhc twentieth century to direct the outflow of tihlat world, energy in a new era.. Wisdom, courage, unsought opportunity, loyal tiy to democracy, fnith in an over'rul- It. I.. LYMAN. ing Providence, compel Amvirlca to deckle now, once nnd forever, whether whe is to remain' iiv slendiid isolation, or is to iiswimr Juetr place anionig the enligli'tened powers of the earth, in the very battle front of the struggle of civilization. The critical position In which the Uuiiifcd States find's herself today seems to hnve been foreshadowed by her whole history. In u single cen tury tiie sovereignty won in the rev olution has spread over on expanse of territory fully five times as large os tlie original thirteen states. Louis innn, Florida, Texns, Alaska, Hawaii, have been added to our national do niaim. Expansion is no new principle in our national life, luilt territorial expansion, compared with the ex tension of national' ideai, is mere grosisness-. At Itunnyme the Mag na Charta wrung from Tvinig John tHie rights of the people; nt Nnseiby it in spired, Cromwell and1 his1 Ironsides. Put old Enjylajid was too narrow to 'hold the ye't unformed 'Amiieiricnm sph--it. The 'temper there kindled in lib erty loving "hearts crwwcu' the Atlnn tlc to Now Englnnd. Hut for tUita holy pnssion bleak New England was too small. Outward! and onrwnrd that spirit swept; aloiws tlie Delaware with 'Washington, down the Mlsslsdp- pi with Earragut, out upon tino - en c wmi JJawoy mighty wnleiw car vylng on the ndvnnicc of AmerhNin plrit, roilHtlesH In its slrugglpa for op pressed humanity. Expansion! It must 'be! Tlie nnviwli.n.t. u i...,.w.,.,.. live! Amorlra must nlmv ,11m limn... tab: low of growth, wliloh Ih n na tion e icmkihu to u (lodmppoliried destiny, Whenovor nn occnslon arises for u change In national policy, America looks to her Cowwltntlon. ln the closing yenrs of the Inst century uu ns-Hmvbly of num. (ippnrontly hmignifW camt, yet ep. inlnklng In Its aeeom l;isliiuent, planned' America's fu ture. Among them were men who looitcd ihvoih1 tUie Allcglianles and held rophetlc views of the nation greutneiiiH. In the veins of these HtnloKinon still throbbeil the restless growing ImpiiW of the revolution. 'Pli'ey lt-nllwid that America mA never loleraKe 'bondage to nny fin ishctl nehievement; 't;hey knew tlmt she would ever be consistent hi her devotion to the inws of human nd vnnceineint, whatever the cot. Wash higton nndi JofTorsou and llamlJton were too wise to nsk thirt'eirin. inde pendent colonies to yWd' their ao erelgnty to nn inflexible master. TIiipt knew tlmt they must frame a constitu tion whose meaning should Ik- under stood in wider, fuller significant, ns tihe nation grew in political compe tency. The principles of tihe consti tution, ins interpreted by John Mar shall and his successors, hring out with increasing clearness this forma- mo as wen as restrictive aiuimus, lhiel was jilaectl in It 'by far-seeing statesmen. The eonsiMi.nMm. ?c iw .. kistile In which one genieimtiom ban been contlned by its predecessors. It is the light in which each generation has solved nnd must soItc ltd own problems. The greatest glory of the ehnrter of our government is thnt ill. docs not, east gloom upon our na tional statecraft, but illuminates the deliberations of our stntovmen in n crisis like this. The lvsponalbility of a threefold du ty rests upon us odoy-duty to .nr selvcs, to the islands under our pro tection, an'd to the woirld. Consider Anierlvti's duty to herself. Many thoughtful men nre asking how a illa tion with a benin in her own eye can hope to pluck tihe motes from tiiks eyes of uncivilized peoples. They point to our mistreatment of tihe Indlinns, to our civic corruntinn. ununfnnWI laws, congested wealth, and rightly demand consideration of thieve home problems. Put diis-tixy-n must not make us moral cowards. America meeds toning up, she needs 'broader national activity. These newly opened oppor tunities for action will better pre pare us to grapple with unsolved do mestic problems. For, beneath the mighty waves of public opinion which have i'wvpt our land' the last twelve niontilils, there is felt tlie steady undercurrent of strength Whiich comes from concerted action. The hearts of 'brave Annerienius once again beat together in a common cause. President MeKinley is ledt to exclaim from a soul gladdened by na tional unity, "Peunited! wrltio it across the skies'!" Aye, and reunited are wc in Mimt impulse to nimbler achievements which always permeates America when her brave mem nnd strong do battle for God' and human ity. We owe it to ourselves to be con sistent with the principles of activity, which mnke for appreciation of our responsible position in tihe world'. A cheerful fulfillment 6f social duties means reniewed growth ior a nation. Columbia's real prohlenv is niot, to keep the islands; it is, shall she as sume responsibility or neglect op portunity. Consider also our duty to the is lands under our protecoii. The time has conns wflien all peoples must be civilized. Independent. saAngery and bestiality have no inherent right upon till', earth. Nakedness and Literacy nnd laziness nre ouMnwed; they can be allowed no plnce in, the economy of the twentieth century. The islanders nre entitled to something higher from America tQian the curse of 'brute inde pendence nnd license. Tihey mre emti tled to nn adequnte knowied'ge and capacity for self-goveirnunent. Put until this is attained', if America must keep her cannon sho'ttedi, who shall mnke 'that nm excuse for deserting the natives to a fat worse thnn deatlhi at the 'hands of a would-be patron? Fili 'busters, attempting1 to exploit the childish is'lnnders, represen'ti not a uni versal demand for native goveinilmenit, but a demand' for anarchy. Annericei must restrain sueli adventurers with the hand of military power. There is nio place in the principle of individual childish for sentimcntnlism. ThelMiser nature of the savage must be put DENVER IN 1900. Placo for Holding Next Contost Docldod Upon. Election of Officers. Last Friday afternoon the delcgnltcs to the hitcr-Htatc oratorical content met in. the chapel of tihe university. President Hill called the eonvenltlon to o-.xler. Indiana and Wisconsin had no delegations. Committees on. creden tials, order of 'buwlnos, time and place ui vouicNi inexi year, resolutions, and coimtltutlnn, were a)nintel by tllic president. Jackson of Missouri nsked 'to have section 1, article 5, of the con stitution .Interpreted nnd it wis dis cussed nt. some length. Gil'borsOn of Illinois linked for an in'terpretatlion of section t, article (I, nnwwerwl satisfac torily. A motion was then' mind to request the audience not to (rive en cores at the eontesti in the cvoming. This motion prevailed and the conven tion adjourned unti. 0:30 Saturday morning. Mt-I again in the chnpe'l. Comniittce on resolutioim su'bmitted a .report t.lwnVhvg tlhc .:nIvor,it and citizens of Lincoln for the kintlVont me.n.t and hospitality shown the dele- J. A. MAOXIIItK, VICE I'llKS. Continued on pn&e ., gates during their stay. The conven tion then proceeded to the election of officers for the comintg year. J. 11. Hopgood of Mcrietta, 0 was elected president, Enii J. Cooley of Colorado college, vice president, and Herbert E. Plnir of Park college, Mo., ceci-atiary and treasurer. Article 5 of tlie constitution', wihich had caused trouble the previous ses sion, was reported on by mio commit tee nnd after much discwssioni vas amended to the following, which hn been found to lie n very satisfactory way of olnoosimig judges by several of the states: Article 5. Section' 1. A list of 50 persons shall oe propoued by the ex ecutive committee, six of whom shall act as judges of the next contest, EncJli state shall receive the proposed1 list at leiifrit eight weeks, before tihe Con test. Sectioni 2. Same. iSection 3. Any proposed judge sThall be rejected upon the written' protest of any state associn'tiion within thirty days after hi? proposal. The validity of such protest to be decided' upon by the executive committee. Section 4. If the required number of judges cannot be selected from nliove list a new list shall bo submitted to each state association at leaat twenty days before tlhc contest. Ob jections to this list shall reach tlie executive commiittee five days liefore the contest, Tihe rcmaiining sections wer not modified. The report of tli commit tee on time and place was adopted and the next contest will 'he held on Tim isdny, May .1, at Denver, Colo. The report of the auditing commit tee showed tihnt tliis year's contest there 'being approximately $350 clear alxivc all expenses. A vote of thaaiks and) n, thank offer ing of $5 were tendered to Mjt. Ma guire because of the magnificent suc cess whicfli had attended the contteslt, due so largely to his management. A motion, to suggest to each state iihiiit. it adopt state colors and' yell was Carried nnd the convention adjourned to meet again next year nt Denver, Colo. Mrs. Franl Woods, Kappa Thetn alumnae chapter, Ethel Tukcv aim! Helen Welch, Kappa, chapter, left last Friday for Albion, Mich., to n'ttcnld' the national coirovenitlom of Delta Gnmma. They spent. Sunday with Tnu chapter at. Town City and "before retHimlng will visit tlie chapter at Ann. Arbor. The delegates to the national eonventicn from Lelarod. Stanford and' Colorado ritate universities spent n few liours in Lincoln last Friday.
