70 A THE CADET. . ’ _
; ` some one thought they saw the Salvation Army (K. U.’s) parading
the streets with a red flag and wearing uniform caps just before the V
T contest. After the contest they wilted. A
Following the contest several business houses were prettily trimmed
in college colors, most notably among_them being Brower, Scott dz ‘ A
‘ Frazee, corner Main and Broadway. The window was draped in A p
State College colors _and fitted with a fine set of furniture, decorated
` with beautiful violets. \Ve respectfully tip our hat for the compli— I 
s ment.
On the night of the victory the boys brought out the cannon and
fired a salute in honor of the defeat of the other colleges. On the _
following day quite crowd of boys and girls assembled on the campus
  to congratulate our orator and do him honor by firing a salute A
_ € of twenty charges from the cannon. Every one was happy and ‘
wreaths of smiles played carelessly upon every face as compliments
were being paid Mr. Geary. _
’ AGAIN AT CYNTHIANA. ‘
A \Ve1l, the contest is over, and we did not win at Cynthiana. V
"Whatever is, is —," we will say sometimes right/’ The Mollie
  Long Declamatory Contest was held at Cynthiana, the 10th inst.
Being invited by Mrs. L. C. Brock, the able manager, to send repre-
p sentatives to the contest, the Normal Society immediately selected
` Miss Minnie Horton, Mt. Sterling; the Philosophian Society selected y
Miss Frankie Douglas, and Professor Brown, from his elocution class,
selected Miss Nina Cartwright, Albany, Ky. i
“ A These young ladies all recite beautifully, and as soon as selected,
went to work with a determination to win. Each o11e selected an
excellent recitation for such a contest, and their preparation was good
· as was evidenced at the contest, An excursion train if was procured
to take the crowd from Lexington. Quite a jolly crowd of State Col-
` _ lege boys and girls, together with some of their friends, went from
here. \Vith yells in the air and college enthusiasm running high,
and colors flying, we felt quite confident. When the curtain went up,
and as we saw our three girls looking so —, but pardon, we will pay _