COMPETITIVE ORATORY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 645, 23 October 1909, Page 10

COMPETITIVE ORATORY.

::; : ; : 'i::DEBATINQ::SOCIETIES!'.UNION ■■'■ ■' terS^^H 01 * '^ ci <*«llent 'inpresentcu by Mr,. J.- Mi.llott, v ce-prosident- of .Each ;took;as'hiV subfc^fnote ' •gium.fora-epaeeof tcn.minufes. . ..- . Ihescompotitore" wcre:-J. R. ?Burley ("John ■ Wesley"),.Toranaki -Sh'eet .WesleyanDebating tae yr,H; Oram ImS-Haron ;-D. Hebenten: ("Wht Hon '«.\r T i Sc<^ on c?' ; Mas '«'»ii.»Y.M.C.A.; D. Butler ■ftS?f° n * S tAwitt Debating Soo ety;™.". MEldowney ("Abraham,;'■ Lincoln"), Victoria iw J, WM'Cnskey; ('Washington" ■Wellington ■'Catholic Club. .'.,■- . ™ D ?™V< ' Mr.Justice..Cooper-presided. and : Messrs'.A. X.-Herdman, F, ::M.:,8/ Fisher, and-.'F. ■ E Baiime,-JliP.'sJ acted as the judges.?' f /■ ihe>orations \tere, in> thejnain, interesting; one or .two. reached' a 'vory -creditable standard ofexcdlence.'; .'Withsomo there was a tendency towardsi. a . prosy, sentimentality,:., which ilf.V ■»«ef tnef_braping;and;'Tigorons characteristics! of.; the subjects: .of.;the oulogia. With others• I ' fnere was. a ;woodenneS3 of gesture and formality ,of,.enunciation..which, robbed :the orations of conviction and. animation. In other-words' their efforts;-suggested:'tho idea of recitations! rather, than.the higher,flight of oratory. ' ,At rtho jconplusion, ■ the chairman complimented the speakers on their, efforts, and announced- the results as -follow:— '.'■' r j-'-H. Oram v'l; D. Hcbenton, 2j W. J.YM'El'downcy,S;D. Butler, i; 3. R. Hurley,.s: J. M'Cuskey.'.G; and,H.Reid,,7. ,-•'!.■ ' ..Mr^'.Justico.. Copper, also.; handed 'to- the .•Y.M,C.Ai. Debating Society, the Parliamentary ,Jfi -F o9 ™'™ by ntist-and.present:membei-8 :of. Parliament (Wellington constituencies) ; for competition by,debating-teams, and also tho "short-paper" diploma won by the, Wesleyan Debating, Socjptj-.',.'*.:,- ~; . :'-■'. ~. . X'Votes'.of thanks'were accorded the chairman and the judges''at', the close of the prpceedings.V.;f-.-: .■:■('';:■:'■(■: . : :'■■:■:■■-.