THE PLUNKET MEDAL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 919, 12 September 1910, Page 5

THE PLUNKET MEDAL.

:'/■;. oratorioallcontest. ./;::,/ ; | won by. Mr; m.; h; : oram, m:jl^- /y|| ..There was a crowded, attendance of' ./■; university; students?■ and 'their.in /the Concert Chambers of' the/Town' ;V;/H Hallv.pn.;Saturday '.:night: to hear the i'~3 sixth-annual ;cbmpetitidh:'6f;the '£f College :;Debating fori'/the;/-/ ; /| Plunket'Medal.' /Mr:/ R. • Kennedy, M;A., LL.B., president of the occupied the chair,, arid amongst those';/,3 .who.occupied /seats-pn/-the stage>wereV v His : /Excollency -./; \ (Lord/ kii/ Islington),/ Mr; '■ Justice■ r. Chapman, '■ G. ■:,-Hogben ;/ (Inspector-General' /"of ■/■//« Schools), Mr./J; P.Luke,;yM;P;,/'/ahU-K;l members :pf^.the;^fessorial/Board/ of Wi Victoria College./;//. '■ :•/'/■/■// , ..The/speakers ;;and/subjects-;for contest were: ;Messrs.'<;R!/S./.Watson-'/S (Abraham Lincoln); Hi Ei-Evans>B A : LL.B.--(William/. thV//silent) y :l#i RuthprWrd/(John'/N.ichplson);vW./'' J. ;; SS'| !..M'Eldowney, i (John -Bright);/ pr/Hall- : *S| Jones : (Cecii; Rhodes),/;'£::/'P; : : Learyf (Cardinal Bicheiieii),VH./^;;Mon3ghan; t S ; /t I M.A., (Alfred, /King', of /England'),;: im&% M.;H.,Oram, : GarfiekM/fl' [tech' 'competitbr/^as^allowed^Atwerva ss :;/" m 'wHch/to; ;, deal/;iwitH'•■ hiaV/Sl selected subject, /ahd/the/most'of/the 7s 's candidates -certainly: succeededrin -crowd- >; -/"J mg great /deal.'of/ information'/into/ the allptted,;time. The /speeches;- "'H mostly-., deficient; in-/oratorical displayed,.in-'the",fmiin, ; /:careful'studyS"/1 and preparation,'.ui/regard -to■ .fte^sub?*'/S ;outstanding^features,/and;;close : /reason-/f/'l ing; .power. ; ;;vln : ,suph/ a ', inevitable that; -there /should' be ; -vary--^ ; J ,in^. -degrees/.-of;/merit, /but/ the" veriiici- : -^ : :i pf : ,the: students'' ; ballot^n'^which/tha^ coveted' prize/is- awarded—furnished>a'/' : -'J ;pr^ty., accurate//splutionv/ ; of,' ; a'/rather'''-/4 /ohfflpult problem/ /X'oramV63;'vx)tos^^V; i :/; ; :6^ ; >6tes''?.;:V;^'r?2^'/ ; '/ ; l ;/;Watson/:4s.orotes'/.^:/./^..:/^;.//i3/s:* *Thp.: result;/;was i/arinbunce'd^imKlsS v ■ '& hearty .appause. //.During .the /interval preceding- the determination of the: iot,/a;n^ber/of/glees>:were'acbeptaMy//*/ ; M rendered ,^y'the .behaved/pretty/well; tlirough-//// ; '| °?W L ' an d;vtheir.::occasional^qmps s ;;'svefe ; neitb^r/top;/frbquentvto;:be:;a/nuisauce v %S r ..too.personalrtb/unn'ecessarily:-6ffeha ; - /: -S' :the-susceptibilities/-of/'their ohject////ft'/«/a

•W.w.priz&winnery -expressedsure at vliim/tb' ■•■par ticijiate ; such^.functiofc:-He offered'Kis congratulations :;to: :\the; tvietorH as:tci.'the;-otHer;-c6mpetito'rsy; and: ; de-j]3f--'i] :Sired^t6vToiceV'Kis"iVappreciatiori-^f ,; merit, and aMity; tiat bad^marked-thevJix'T contest.- 1 Although - ;tHe : oiner : se7en^an-^'i: didates.;- had vipt;;beenV ; succ»ssM^?htfS felt j sure',that \ everyone ,the ; :: advantage.' of '.-; woiild Wzs agree. vthatntheir;:-:sp^eches; v 'marked'- by:;great;- ; isearcfc y (Applause'Jj-ft:llthbugh;S;t^.; ;: f;;il .had;iot^won;;thetihedal ! this- year, -.they .muai-realis'o.'thaty their-labour-had'. : ribt- ; fe'| ;beeu; inil vaiiattShVstudy; •$ .they: had-: displayed:'-: 'He ; ; afraid'- to vri'iake ;.'£'i speech? iu;-.the'^iprei: ':*£& sonpe'ybfjyhis vfrieridswirViXthci,, galleryp-SByS ■tlie/.undbrgi^^ ywqukl- content l Kimrelfr ;, hw;V?--iJ ;much,vuv;:h'is ; arid /.the ;-city/qf-,Ayje}lingtqii a'-^competition : ' •■ ofV.that ■character f M'ApSe : ;,-;.v| conld.not?imagiiie:a ibetteXcompetition'-vy ~Z\ ;than;thatanaugurated :: by' it;; had ■-.' already ; ; spDech;vihvthb;;publio-;,lifb'ybf : Mtf'l}£;K;a ' minioh,v and-:would 'dp? so; to'' a' able ;extent'.vin / the -.years" to . come;;' \He W%o£ ■desired v :,to.; suppbrts such ■ competitions $£% I,in;- every;, possible', way,-.and; vv';(vJ Iciate time .he^wouldj>have::,theyhonbur;tq7bo?;S-M3 ;Gbvernor..of-:the-;l)bminibh^;.(Applause.)|;i : ■He /congratulated; Victoria displayed--that;evening, to;"pMfeipating;'iu; : sMiTSfy;| lar .functions; ;bn': ; rriariy; : '■ sions.'y;; (Applause.) i- K ;r :'»?:';'":' u$ ;.;;*%' > ; < \?W& ;:■'■.:Mr;":: justwte Chapman'; folk)wedV'hisl/;;i-'--| Excellency!' in ■' a; ■'; speech - : reported' other. Lcblumh;''ii : '.;-;¥:.r'. : \; , i:..'- : ;i;.;';;.:; ; i iellencyi;by- ; ,j; \ ; \j''£i';-w')'<i-5 ,: ;5-£-;■