Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 April 1892 — CARRIED OFF BY A GIRL. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CARRIED OFF BY A GIRL.

Mtai Nelson Takes First Prise In an Intercollegiate Oratorical Contest. The Intercollegiate Oratorical Association of Indiana held its annual contest at Indianapolis recently.

There were entries from Franklin, Wabash, Hanover, Indiana University and DePauw. The r e presentative ..of De Pauw was the only lady among the con-

testants, and she took the first prize. Her name Is E. Jean Nelson, and she discussed “Industrial Freedom.” She said the highest law in the world of spirits Is freedom; In the world of matter gravitation. The highest law of nature was the amelioration of the race. Freedom was the power behind every reform. Legislatures and judicial councils can not create it; it comesas a ruling principle into the life of man with the first budding of the intellect. Human nature forms the basis of society. Were all men true, honest and unselfish there would be no need*bf government. The spirit of individual liberty forces itself forward until the power of state bows before it. “The true freedom is of the mind,” said Miss Nelson. “He is the free man whom the truth makes free.”

MISS E. G. NELSON.