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THE NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD.

Rhestrau Manwl, Canlyniadau a Chanllawiau
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THE NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD. ..—-———- CLOSING SCENES 5,000 AT OPENING CEREMONY CREAT DEEDS OF WELSH TROOPS EI5 J. EDOFDD PA VILIOX. NEATH. Thursday. The closing day of the National Eistedd- fod promises to re'tch a climax unpre- cedented in the history of the Cymric festival. The attendance at the opening ceremony was estimated at ;000, and there is a. continual 'stream of men. women. and children invading the Pavilion. ThA Ht. Hon. Lord Treowen. tho morning presi- dent. took his seat on the platform punc- tually at ten o'clock, supported bv Sir Francis Edwards..Mr- Herbert Lewis, M-r., Mr, J. E. Aioorc Gwyn, and Aid. H. P. Charles, J,p. tex-Mayor of Neathj, PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS, ThA Right EOIl. Lord TrwFPii, in the course of a magnificent address, Aid his mission that morning was to give them a rough sketch of ales in the war. No •speech could deal adequately with the subject, but it deserved to be mentioned at that great national a8."mbly. ((,hA(rs.) He appealed to the Gorsedd of the National EistcdlfA ? encourage tha bards, the ain??r?, fh? mti?cian?, the painters, and the sculptors of Wales to write together and compete with one another in putting before future genera- tions the proper presentment of that great heroic: subject IN DEFENCE OF LIBERTY, He hoped to live long enough to in prose, in verse, in gong, and in painting, the story told of the rising of Wales in defence of the liberty of the world. (Cheers.) If they looked hack over the! past four years, and considered the con- ditioll5 of things that prevailed in Wales, they wouid find that the people had been f for centuries adverse to military service, but at the outbreak of war the men of Wales flocked to the colours because they realised that their great ideal of lilierty ■was threatened, and they were ready tr- fight and lay down their lives to stalup out Prussian militarism. > GREAT DEEDS OF WELSH TROOPS. His Lordship referred to the deep j nterost the King took in the glorious doings of the Welsh Regi- ments, and spoke with. gratification of the formation of the Welsh Guard*, who were earning honours at the eistedd- foci. h,& said, as they were on the battle- fields of France. They had brought into the whol a Brigade of Guards the estim- ahle gift of \VeJsh SOllg. Bards," he «inphaMsed, "you mu-st wake up! Work upon the ^raising of the Welsh Guards, the :18th Division at Mametz, Wood. at Bourlon Wood. at Cambrai, and in the celebrated action when the miners of Wales drove the enemy back with and shovels. Is Wales never going to sing. of those great deeds? Clppl^fc u?.) It is j time the poets; and the ni111-<-inns woke up. and our artists turning their alien- tion to mark their great, deeds." (Cheer*.) The address was punctuated by the tinging oi "Hen Wlad fy Nhadan." LIST OF AWARDS. Violin ;oi<>: Miss Anna May Bey.nolds, |j Fontycymmcr. ■ String quartette "Schubert'e in A i M inor." Messrs. Willi? .Roberts, T. G. j Prosper, J. 0. Wait?ra, and Gwilym Thoimu*, Morriston, composed the, only I competing party, and ilit. Granville. Ban- tock remarked that instrumental music was neglected in Wales, and he hoped I the hour would soon arrive for a greater encouragement. (Applause). He gave the prize to tho Morriston party. Oil paaat ing—landscape} or seascape: Mr. Percy Gleaves, Swansea. Painting on china; Mr. Percy Gleaves, Swansea. Water colour drawing: Mr. Percy j G If, ii e Swansea. I Vocal quartette: Mr. Emanuel James' party. Ferudale. Heroic Poem, "Wales and the War," for a pri::o of £ 100 given by the "Wes- tern Mail," brought in 29 competitors. Sir "William Walton, the adjudicator, did not: consider them of sufficient merit to award the full prize, and the prise was divided as ivill Evan-, Car- and Mr. Prys Jones, IJul- "ich College (tlO). Mr. Thomas (Sar-i Iii(: I l College M r nieol) is a chaired bard. and Rev. Wm. Evans (Wil If an) a double crown bard. Epic poem for which five poems were f.ent in, was won by the Rev. Crwys Wil- liams, Swantea- Welsh drama, dealing with the UTe d "Wales in the Twentieth Century: Mr. I). J. Da vies, Aberystwyth. Hand-made lace: ..Miss Lizzie Annie Lewis, Llanelly. Fine crochet lacs: Miss W. J. Jeftriee, Llanelly. I Tea cloth, trimmed crochet: Mrs. Julia Davie?, Cardiff. Ode on the "Rainbow": Eev. — Rich- ante, Brynamman. I Wc?h 6hawi and pound of yarH: Woollen Mi!h'. Trefgarn. Lady's hand-made nightdress: Miss M. Evans. Cor wen. THURSDAY'S GORSEDD. Bards, literati, musicians, druid.v, ova tea British, Irish, Scotch. Breton, Cornish I and English aspirants for Welsh honours iu bardie robes or bedecked with rib- bons. and accompanied by lady enthusiasts I \Volsh costume, forme<l the procession which (.headed by the Guards Band), wendd its way. on Ihuisday morning from the Gwyn Hall to the Victoria Gar- dens to hold the final Gorsedd of 191S. On th H 1aen Hog," the Archdruid presided, and was assisted by Eilionydd, Cadfan Y Vu?pnt. Llwydfryn (Mr. W. j Llewelyn Williams. K.C., M-P-). Mr. Jno. Hinds, M.P. (Lord Lieutenant of Carmar- ih?nshire), Llew Tfgid, Mor'aM. Joan Giantawp, L.J.. Awstin. Lord Åsh- bourne, and the Celtic delegates, will; other officials temporary or otherwise. So great; was tho crush that the crowned bard of the previous day. F Ernivs yr A,I)ad. was unable to gain admittance within the portals of the GDr- eedd, and eo Awetin, ^]10 )iad been ap- pointed by the Gorsedd officials to greet him, was relieved ol the task of address- ing a multitude whom no man could count. Among the visitors was T>ord Lisburne, ItPt. Scott Pitt. Mr. and Mrs. crawiiha.)r, In-d others THE 1919 EISTEDDFOD. formal announcements regarding the 1919 Eisteddfod at Cor wen, and the 1920 Barry, wore mad", Kf :u' V hlcent Evans, lIfr. L. J. Roberts. and others. Considerable time was occupied in con- Jarring degrees on people who had Paeaefl the Gcnserld examinations, úf 'therwis.e yarned ^i-steddfodie. honours, and 83 they 5ayie trooping up to be invested Wltl the rr.oëO rib1->on around the arm. the irievi- abltl W<lK in thi, crowd suggestthat it irtta a great pity they had not enough | green ribbon to twine gracefully in one piece around the mighty throng. There were, however, notable exeep- | tions to the monotony of tying up the rank and file. For instance, Mr. Smith, j at. Englishman, who has mastered the j Welsh language and the bardic metres. initiated -into the Gorsedd and ad- dressed the great, crowd in Welsh. Mr*. Coomb-Tennant as "bm Xedd was » striking ifgure at the Gorsedd. Alderman Hopkin ?v!organ. n.H.E.. was introduced "iav composer and precentor; Alfa, Hhandir, Seth. Clement, Tdynfi and "H. <S. Eogt's were d?bprv?dh- honoured, j but neither time Mnr space win permit of a full liet bring published now. -.+. I BARDIC CONGRATULATIONS. Among tho congratulation* showered upon Mr. n. Emrys T^ewis, the crowned brd. at .\eatb on Wednesday and on Thursday morning were the following:— j En a roe d mewn anrhydedd—'r Hen Abad, fÝwr anlwhyg ryfedd; A'f Il,] "raill i nrw..dd 1 • feirwon "n afon SedcJ. J..1. Williams. Bymich «•<=>} mae balch goronau'r byd. g'Ai«go'r tr. olaf mae riiywrai o hyd, Ond Emrys b^n-prvdrdd hro l "Xn ei gwi^go hi am y eyntaf dry, Crwyg, i 111 1110r ieuanc Yin its n a wen fwyngu n olyddun y gan gu Ao Emr.vs newydd Cymru. Dros adfeilion llys bonedd—a'i ganiad Esgj nodd i'r ortedd, Ar awenau yr annedd Breuin yw rhwng bryniau Nedd. G. An Lleision. en o.g aur Ion d ei goryn. aï ebion lien Ah-ld. dillyn; Heb un braw ar ben y bryn Mawr YW Homer emyn. Volander. Goddefed gwvddfodolion Xedd Mewn hedd i hen Invrerin Gyflwyno teyrnged calon fawr Ar fore wawr y T\"erin I'r ieuanc fardd, wr eyml, hardd, f'u draw'll yr ardd yn eistcdd- Yr A bad urddir -n naeth y dasg 0 gfJdi'l' Wasg i'r Ursedd. Awstin. LLANELLY CHOIR'S SUCCESS I SWANSEA MGIORS CANDID SPEECH Wednesday wa-s another brilliant eis- teddfod day. The children made it a supremely interesting session. LLANELLY CHOIR'S SUCCESS Tabernacle Juniors Win First Prize.' There were ten entnies for the School Choirs' competition, a first prize of >210 ill memory of the late Mr. lorwerth Glyn- ùwr John and a second of .£7 being offered for the rendering of Welsh folk songs. Tho adjudicators were Dr. Mary Davies and Dr. D. Vaughan Thomas, and marks were awarded as follows:— Newton .Juvenile Choir 81! Cwmamtuan Young Choristers (Mr. ¡ E. Jones) SO I Tabernacle, Llanelly (Mr. W. L. Adams) 78 G?b?ithlu Carmc!, dTn?ori'wg (Mra. Kate Kobei'tsi 771 Bh?nclydach School '? Efailisaf School Choi- 77 Nanty?'yUon OounMi School 76 Glyncorrwg C?urtcH School 74 ?crtbjT Vj? and ?b<'nan 72 JUVENILE CHOIRS. No fewer than 23 juvenile choira eu- j tered for the open cont?Mt. and with such a number a preliminary test was iileiit-I abl?, only six choirs bein? s?ectc-d to ap- pear at the pavilion. Tb? test pi?c<? were DiLtau'r Dolydd and Autumn Daytj," and mar? were :nnHded as follows:— tabernacle, 7>lanrl]y (Mr. W. Adams) 1<S Xoddia, Blaenclydach 171 Bettws Juvenile Choir (Mr. Arthur Mo&K<) 16$ Nantyiyllon School Choir 165 Neath Abbey (Mr. R,Ichard 159 Kavod Juvenilo Choir 149 The adjudicators declared the competi- tion was a. record in number and in I C'. b n C.N." LADIES' CHORAL CONTEST. Of the seven choirs entered for the Indies* choral contest four appeared on 1' the platform, viz., Tredegar. Myrddin (Carmarthen), Larigiey Mill Co~oper«tive (Derby). and Rhymney. The test pieces were: "Beauteous Morn" (Elgar) and "Beautiful Lily (M. W. Daviee). j Marks: I Rhymney 175 Z; i Violin solo for juveniles: Master Mor- j gan Lloyd. Treboetu, near Swansea. j Recitation for children: 1, Mary L. Wil-j liams, Llangennech; 2, 1 hood or a Wil-J l i 5l.ms, liams, Wolsh folk songs, bovs under 16 and I gir" I under Is: J, Janet Lloyd Roberts, 3, divided be-) tween Gwynno Williama, Barry, andj May William' Panteg, Ystalvfera. Duet (soprano and contralto): Miss Lily Clatworthy, Cardiff, and. Miss Myfanwy Walters, New Tredegar; consolation priws to Hilda Rubt-rts, Ellesmero Port. and Grifiiths, Wrexham. Octette: Rhondda Octettc. The Mond Orchestra peered a triumph in the orchestral contest. 1920 FESTIVAL AT BARRY. I The Gorsedd and National Eisteddfod Association held a joint meeting to decide the venue of the 1920 Eisteddfod. The Archdruid presided. The deputation from Barry was introduced by Major J Edgar Jones; that from Porthcawl by Mr. Evan Daviee, solicitor, Cardiff; and that from the lip ilr. D. Lieui-r Thomas and Mr. W. P. Nicholas. The voting resulted in favour of Barry. SWANSEA M.O.H. Candid Address at Eisteddfod Gathering. Mr. D. Licufpr Thomas presided at a meeting of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion at tho Gwyn Hall, itho-n the problems of rural reconstruction were further discussed. Sir E. Vincent Evans read a paper, pre- pared hy Mr. C. Bryner Jonee. of the Hoard of Agriculture, urging that any scheme of rural reconstruction must be based upon the utilisation of the land for purposes of production. Of supreme importance, was ati improved system of education in the development of agricul- tural retonu; they must solve the ques- tion of how to secure the best trained and most highly qualified teachers for the mral districts. Dr. Tom Evans (medical officer of health. Swansea) made an appeal for a new conception of the training of the medical profession—that it 61iould be made predominatingly preventive and deal with th, maintenance of health i r rather than with the cure of disease. He appealed to the authorities of the new I National Medical School 81; Cardiff to bring this about, for that institution had no past tu fetter it. The health exemplar I in cacji rural community would naturally I. bo the village schoolmaster, but to-day the training of the schoolmaster was de- fective. He was, for instance, sent to a non-residential college at Aberystwyth, and never lost the bad habits and cus- toms of his old home. He, therefore, ap- pealed for the opening of a new depart- ment in the colleges—-a d?partm?nt of physical education, where the first year | of the teacher's life would be concerned entirely with health problems, physiology, j hygiene, gymnastics, games, and even dancing. In his opinion one of the most I urgent problems of reconstruction in rural Wales was the solution of the dif- ferences between church and chapel and eect and Met. He differed entirely from Mr. Llewelyn Williams, K.C., M.P., when he said that, chapel government i-ras a splendid example of communal life. He believed that the antagonism between Church and chapel, and between chapel and chapel, was one of the greatest stumb- ling blocks against the development of a fun communal life, and he respectfully urged on their religious leaders to hurry up and settle their differences, Mrs, Coombe-Tennant. Noeth. dealt, with the question of rural reconstruction in its relation to working-cl ass women. She deplored the high mortality rate from tuberculosis among Welsh women, and i advocated the erection of better houses, built after consultation with women. Among others who joined in tho discus- eion were Dr. Arbour Stephens (Swan- sea), Mr. H. J. Randall (Bridgend), Prof. J. E. Lloyd, Mr. Percy Watkins (Cardiff), Mr. Thomas Jonea (London), and Mr. W. J. Parry (Bethesda). j CROWNED BARD Given an Ovation at the Eisteddfod! Concert. I What WM aMtribcd as a miscellaneous ccn?'?rt, indnÙing violin concerto, proved one of the mt? successful of the National Eist<*ddf?j c?ncprts The attendance in the National Pavilion last evening was estimated at over 10,000. The star artiste «ra« undoubtedly that brilliant violinist, Mis* Te«<sie Thomas who hold her audi- ence spell bound. The reception accorded her at the conclusion of her first effort was inspiring. The Eisted.dfod Choir wax again excel- lent, and rendered the Dances from Prince Tgor, supported by the orches- tra. in a manner which reflected the create: credit upon the conductor, Mr. T Hopkin Evans, Mue. Bac. The soloist was Mr. David Evans, who eang his sev- eral solos with great Met and purity of fccne. The Mayor of Swaagca (Aid. Benjamin Jones, J.P.). in his presidential address, congratulated the town of Neath upon the magnificent success or the Eisteddfod, and the talent which Neath had pro- duced. He had been charn.ed with the ¡ beeutifill playing on the violin by Mistz Te-mie, Thomas, and they had in'Neath uiusieians, bards, end composers. Their conductor (Mr. T. Hopkin Evans), wap; known all over the world, and they in Swansea thought a great deal of him. Appl iuse). He cor gratulated the choir upon having amovgst them this year's crown bard—Mr. Emrys Lewis. (Cheere).! The Mayor of Swansea- then called the i bard to the conductor's stand, hut with I his usual modesty Mr. Tyewis Vent silent in the hac??round. At th? "Nlut of the military--if was Capt. ?Va?r E. ?(?c who fetched him—the herd appeared on she s).ag< wan congratulated hv the Mayor of Swansea, and cheered to the echo. a- ARCHITECTURAL. I Keen Competition for Sir Alfred I Mend's Prize. Tjndoubtedly one (;f the most attractive in practical competitions in the Arts and q"ct i on <)f Ila,% Crafts section of the National Eisteddforl were those for designs of cottage* and Iiving-in quarters fnr agricultural lfi- bourers in Wale*. For the prize of £,;0 offered by Sir Alfred Mond. Bart.. M.P., there were n competit.()! the prize going to Ilr. T(twen Austen Lloyd. Belle Vista, Powforf. Annan. c;ltt<¡ B design in a similar competition, for a prize of £ 50 Dfferød by Mr. 7?. T. John. M.P., brought 52 competition de- signs, the winner being Mr. H. Heathm&n, I Station-rrad, Bristol. Class C, cliwi" planned entirely on one floor, for a prize of £ 50 giv4m jointly by Lord Boston and Sir R. J. Thomas (Tloly- h<wl\ was divided between Mr..James Austen Lloyd and Miss E. D. Blacker, Bristol. Design, living-in-quartsrs, for the ac- commodation of unmarried men., on a Welsh farm, was won bv Messrs. Thomas and Morgan, Pontypridd. A special prize of to H Gvynefh." YESTERDAY'S RECEIPTS. I Yesterday's receipts at the National Eisteddfod were £913. This includes the concerts, but not the bookings. STRAY NOTES. From the Eisteddfod Pavilion! At noon to-day it was estimated that at '( eafet; 14,000 people were present at juo National Eisteddfod. Maesteg Male Voice Choir wore golli- wogs "—red ones--made by the patients at I the Gnoll War Hospital. by the patierlts at I To-day's audience at the National Eis- teddfod will not have speakers. They ap- plied the guillotine of song. The male voice competition commenced shortly after mid-day. Neath Orpheus being the first choir to sing. Adjudicators at the National Eistedd- fod. to-day have ntver been so brief in their adjudications. Jugt the bare winners Mr. Perer Cleeves, of the Swansea Art School, had a triple victory at the National Eisteddfod to-day in the art section. I At the GoMfcdd on Thursday morning, I Eiuned Giant-awe (Mrs. David Harris, Morriston). was called up to the Logan Stone to address the vast assembly, and she responded with the following penill: Yrm: Nghastellnedd eleni Fe geir goreuon Cymru. Yn dyrchu can, n galonnau glan, Wnai fawr a man foliiinliti. Awst Oed, 1918. Eiluned Tawe. Yesterday's Crown Bard was at the Press table at the National Eisteddfod thi* morning, and Pressmen from all parts of the country nearly shook his arm off. Another pressman in khaki, I'te. Pnd H. Pull in, formerly of the Leader," who has been invalided from France, was also cordially welcomed by many journalistic friends when he took his place at the Press tailc.

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