The Adelphian Society.

Item

the organization of the society will doubt
the truth and applicability of the first
part; but whether the last part has found
its fulfillment in the somewhat slangy
but very significant saying that the so-
ciety has "gone up," history saith not.

Title: The Adelphian Society.
Source: The Hesperian
"RG 38/01/02"
Periodical: Box: 3
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the organization of the society will doubt
the truth and applicability of the first
part: but whether the last part has found
its fulfillment in the somewhat slangy

but very significant saying that the so-

ciety has “gone up.” history saith not.

Early Literary Contests of the Pal-
ladian Society.

The early Hiterary contests of the Pal-
generally held with the
The contestants from
the Palladians were nsnally chosen by
hallot by the society. after nominations

Jadians were

Unien Society.

from the floor, though sometimes there
Wi But
after nominating
committees had managed to present all
the names of their this
fell inte desuetude.
Places upon these contests were

a committee on oeminations.

two of

one or these

own members.

enstom InNEcnoEUs

eagerly
songht for, and regarded as the reward
of faithful. earnest work in) the society.

The first) of
less than three mouths after the founding
of the Union Society. and was

these contests occurred

held in
the chapel in the winter term of 1877.

It resnited in a tie. to the great disgust
of the both
sides. me of the friends of the con-
testants did not hesitate to say that the
judges were afraid!

4

suited in a similar:

more active

s

partisans on

sion, This second
contest was enlivened by amock program
gotten up and distributed gratis through
the andienc

stpert

by admiring friends of the

srmers. as those were called who

took part in society exibitions. The pro-
gram and the “take-off ~~ were about as
follows: —

Music
solo Tender and Troe

Oration=

‘Non Fine: sed Init

J.) sturdevant, Palladian

Beneath the surface CE, Stratton, Union

Masic
Moonlight on the Rhine’
Misses Rogers and Ransom

Duet

Ss

PERTAN

Essays
Problems’ Miss Emma Parks, Union

~Once Bit, Twice S|

M

ay B. Fairtield, Palladian
ate

Del

State support higher educa-

(Qnestion: “Should the
tion?
Aliirmative, CE Magoo
Negative, AC Platt, Unic
Music
Come where my love lies dceaming™
Misses Kansom and Hall
Messrs. Harrington and Rhodes
Orations
H.H Wilsen, Union
> Holmes Palladian

Palladian

Quariett

“Questions of the Day
“Undividuality’ E

GRAND JAMAREE®

Sermon 1st, Joshua Old Style, Wahoo:
seems to me the beginning’s on the

Sermon 2ad, Ce Em Stratton
Coal Mine the Light”
Lullaby He's soften a
Problem Sha
On

Text ott
wrong end ~
Text.) Dawn ina

lowe buy eight dollar uniform

ito were Pwie

shy

Ran Rogerson, “Moonshine on 1

aHell bulldozine
eis. dnt Alfred. at tur
vof tas girl, says ne

A Quart vet

Contaminat

Live found my darling girt at last
She's in her little trundle bed,
And fleas are falling thick and fast
And gently hov'cing renud he

Unsolved Prob

al tented

mor Bo quadraties under thy

the toe

Go it alone Eddy.” by the by

City

Mess youth frets

Ne

There will be weepin
of teeth
Mitehell

and wailing and guashing
when the judges —Dublin Jack, Bobby
and Logician McAllister dish up their

chit music

Pagilists enter the
Hat 10

PS Should the judges disage
Woodberry will bowl it off the ti a.en pin all

NOB Ladies need not fear te bring their infants
as the University String Baud bas been let out 10
glass

ring 1 TW Wheelbarros-

Profs Baily and

In these early contests there was ne
system of marking such as now prevail.
andthe jadges simply had to give the
contest entirely

. or such divisions a

they might designate. a<

oration or ¢s-
say or debate. to one soviety or the other
with no such alleviating salve to wounded
pride as is now furnished by the thonght
that the other side only won by five or

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