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. m u. , . um..- Oratorical Contest 5 3 '. N Thursday evening, April thirteenth, a prize ora- of this contest, which was open to all members of the torical contest was held in the school auditorium. An appropriation of fifteen dollars was made by the Philologian Literary Society. This was the third annual affair of this kind, and also the fifteenth regular instal- Business Ments Club, to be divided among the winners lation session of the Society. THE PROGRAM MusiceSelected. . . . e By Society Oration- Cincinnatiits Opportunity in South America Retiring Critic s Oration- Save Madisonville High H- W. Toepke School? . , ..E T Altman Orationet'lndustrial Preparedness ....... P. K. McElroy Presidentts Valedictory Orationet Prison Reform Music-Selected ......................... By Soazety C C Hadden Oratione'qf the Call Should Come ...... J . W. Bronson Music-Selectedn - - . HBy Socz 9321 Oratione'tlndependence and Ruin for the Pgil$pirrlgezgm Pregldent,s Inaugural AddresshnF 100d Prevention Music-Clarinet Solo-Selected ......... P. K. McElroy C..W Swormstedt , , Dec151on of J udges Installation of Officers Awarding of Prizes Oratione'The Opportunities of Wealth and Leisure Music ................................... By Society 3- 14-1410 .Philologia Music-Trombone Solo-Selected. . . .. . . . , ,Geo. Dunning Roll Call Orationwt'Know Your City .............. D. H. Lease Adjournment J udges Mr. C. S. Sawyer Mr. J. Cox Mr. A. C. Grouse Mr. D. Spence Mr. c. W. Blake Winners JulienBronson....-...... .. .. .. Herman Toepke. . . . HarryKnight...... .. .. .. .Fz'rst Prize . .Second Prize .Third Prize
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HISTORY OF PHILOLOGIAN LITERARY SOCIETY HE Society was founded in the fall of the year 1912 by fourteen charter members, with Mr. J. Warren Ayer as Faculty Oflicer. The object of the Society was to promote such training in speaking as is necessary to the business man of today, and for furthering the arts of writing, speaking and de- bating among its members. Under Arthur S. Sullivan, as its first President, a constitution and by-laws were drafted and adopted which, with a few minor changes, still remains in force as the instrument of government of the organization. The Society adopted as its motto uPhilia Kai Logos, meaning friendship and learning, from which the name Philologia is derived. The colors selected were cream arid maroon. The Society has engaged in much civic work, which is outside of its regular functions. In March of 1913, Philologia canvassed the town for food and clothing, which they at once forwarded to the headquarters of the Flood Relief Committee; In December of 1913, the organization was called upon to distribute the annual Christmas donations to families designated by the Asso- ciated Charities, and in 1914 and 1915, the boys visited the families designated and inspected the homes as to cleanliness, needs and number of the families. In a number of cases, the people were not worthy, but for every family rejected, another was supplied. In the spring of 1914, the Society conducted the Clean-Up Cam- paign with great honor, and it is fitting to mention that Philologia was the only high-school organization en- trusted with such a commission. 44 In February of 1915, Philologia visited the Philo- phronean Literary Society of Otterbein University at Westerville, Ohio, of which our Faculty Officer was once a member. Our laws and customs were modeled after the Philophronean Society laws. In 1913, the Business Men's Club, realizing the value of the Philologian Society in training the high-school boy, offered three prizes to be awarded to the three boys adjudged by a set of judges to have the orations which excelled in composition and de- livery, and since then have seen fit to make it an annual event toward which everyone, old 01- young, in school or not, looks forward eagerly. The iirst annual banquet was held in the Spring of 1913, which was open to all friends of the Society, and since then each year has wit- nessed a still more successful banquet. In 1915 and 1916, Colonel French gave us two of his fine, illustrated lectures, and on the 25th of April, 1916, the Society was fortunate enough to obtain the Glee Clubs of Western Reserve College, which is said to have been the best entertainment held in Madisonville for several years. This is a brief sketch of the history of the Philologian Literary Society, probably the most widely known and most thoroughly organized society in the high schools of this section of the country. Philologiai' has ever kept its motto and purpose in the foreground and has never refused to back a project to benefit someone else, provided the purpose was worthy. The keynote of the Societyis wide success is its dignity, its fraternity and its motto- Phi1ia Kai Logos? EUGENE MAGILL. Historian.
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