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A Good Contest, a Large Crowd Present and Much
' Interest in toe Association Manifested
Much Dissatisfaction at the Re
sultThe Officers for the
Next Year.
At last the long expected state oratorical contest has come
and gone. We were beaten, according to the marks of the
judges; but the sympathy and hopes of the audience were with
ouc man, if we may judge any thing by the continuous cheer
ing of the entire audience when he had finished. Wc are
not going to pull out of the association, however, on account
of our defeat. We will try again and try to win next time.
Ai iiitjo yesterday about 150 students headed by the
band, marched to the Elkhorn depot to meet the delegation
irom Gates College. The train soon arrived and the Gates
people to the number of thirty were received with a continu
ous roar of U u-u-ni Vcr ver-vcrsiti Nc-bras-ki Oh my! The
two delegations then marched to the B. & M. depot, where,
after a few minutes waiting, the train arrived from Crete.
Here the University yell was repeated with great vigor as be .
fore. But the Doanc people came provided with a yell and
soon it pierced the air: Do-do-do Ra-mc, Sol-sol-sol- La-sc,
Do-a-n-c, Doanc!
After a lew preliminaries the march was again resumed up
1 street to Eleventh, thence north to the University. The
band led the procession and was followed by the Gates,
Doanc and University delegations in the order named. At
the University the crowil was dismissed and a grand rush was
made for the street cars for the Wcslcyan. Several hundred
people went out during the afternoon. The principal attrac
tion for many was the meeting of the delegates as it was an
ticipated that a lively time would be witnessed, when it came
to the election of officers. A short program had been adver
tised to be held in the chapel at 4 o'clock and when that time
ai rived the delegates adjourned to the Oorophilian society
liall where they finished their session.
THE CONTEST.
At 7 o'clock last night the crowd began filing into Bohau
an's large hall and for an hour and a half people kept com
ing. By half past eight an audience of between twelve and
fifteen hundred
gations amused t!
different yells, chceringi etc., until Presidenty, Baughman
called the mcctinc to oftfatf' After a short delay "the rro-
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gram was begun. 'fctl,- -st-vpf
After an overture by the University orchestic the ,finVbca
tion was offered by Professor Cowc of the Wcslcyan. ;Thc
chairman then made the very painful announcement that ow
ing to sickness Mr. Collins of Gates college would probably
not be able to appear. Later it was announced that
dangerously ill, being threatened with pneumonia
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1 nc Aticipnian qunricuc men lavorcu inc audicateawuuya
song, "Bedouin Love Song." This was heartily recelvecrby
the audience and an encore was insisted on.
The first orator of the evening was then announced, Mr.
Geo. O. Ferguson, of the Wcslcyan. Wc print below his
oration in full. His delivery was very mechanical, each ges
ture being made just so, reminding one of high school orator
ical contests. His articulation wns excellent, however, and on
the whole his delivery was pleasing.
After another selection by the orchestra the president an-
edly have been given first
Mr. Fogarty's ora-
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nounced the man whowovld.umt
place by the audience,' John B3Fcrty.
tion was ob "Charles Stewart Parnell." We will not attempt
to give a summary of this. No summary could do this jus
tice. Suffice it to say that it was one of the most splendid
eulog iecv PmnmcII tht has ever bee heard, is the city of
Lincoln. - Thw proditctioii wik(strktly(wCWon. It did not
savor of the deep sonnding philosophy that characterized the
winning oration, something too deep for the audience and the
orator also. It was crisp and directly to the point. The long
continued cheering after Mr. Fogarty had finished showed
that he hM''MMi' an excellent impression on the audience
and hkifriends were confident of success.
Aftei another excellent song by the Doanc "quartette, Mr.
L. A. Turner, of Doanc college was introduced. His subject
was "The Redemption of Japan." This oration was a ser
mon. It pictured out what Japan had been and and what it
has been made by the noble efforts of the Christain mission
aries. It wound up with an appeal that the Americans should
extend a hand of welcome and encourage her to a place
among the nations of the earth. Mr. Turner's delivery was
rather mechanical, but on the whole fair.
Pending the announcement of the decision of the judges
Mrs. Emma D. Gregg gave a reading in a very phasing
way.
The decision of the judges was then announced by Presi
dent Baughman. In announcing the result he first gave Mr.
Fogarty winning first place, and then after the cheering had
progressed for awhile corrected himself in saying that Mr.
Ferguson had won first place. Whether this was intentional
or not is not known. It is to be hoped for the honor of Mr.
Baughman that it was not. After the scis had tossed both
Mr. Ferguson and Mr. Fogarty, the assembly dispersed and
all was over.
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