The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1891-06-18
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Contest Of the Kansas wssIsyan seaool
Of Muale.

Last night ct the First NJ. E.
church occurred the long talked Of
piano contest by the students and
graduates Of the School Of Music Of
the Kansas Wesleyan University,
under the direction Of Prof. A. J..
Guile. Prof. Guile has done more
than any one individual for the ad-
vancemeut Of this important traneh
Of eslture In this city, and the per-
formance Of last night stands, In the
minds Of those present, a. an elo-
quent tribute to his teaching. There
were ave contestants, and all could
not win the two prizes, but all mer-
tied and received prizes from their
auditors which are of greater value
and more lasting than medals Of golb
and silver. They all won the laurel
wreath Of fame Gnd honor from the
large audience who heard than.
The decision Of the judges, Mrs. J.
F. Merrill and Prof Lund, Of Beth
any College, LindsbOrg, gave emf
nent satisfaction, although II was
hard to distinguish between Henry
Eberhardt and Miss Neumiller, who
was awarded the silver medal. The
singing was first-class, and worthy Of
special mention. DR.. Cook, Mrs.
Schwartz, Misses Clark aud Witt
mann each rendered solos very &C.
ceptably aud received rounds Of APP
piause. Misses Clark and Whitman
are the pupils Of Miss Ernestine Cot
ton, Of the Wesleyan, and showed
the effects OF that lady's artistic
training. II was expected that she
would be present and sing, hut ILL.,
ness prevented.
The first contestant, Henry H. Eb-
erhardt, had n very difficult piece
from List, entitled, Faust Valse de
Gounod," and 1t made Henry move
very Faust i'm order to arrive at his
destination on schedule time. When
he finished the audience was salts
fled that that IL anything better was
In store Il had to be out Of the usual
order. and yet Henry did not receive
n medal. He was greeted with ire
mendous outburst of applause, which
was well deserved.
After a solo by Miss VIra Clark,
Miss Minnie Neumiller, Of Solomon
City, took her place at the instrument.
Her piece, "Le Revil de Lion" by
DE Kontski, was very different from
Mr.. Eberhard;'s, hut hardly less diff
ficult, and was rendered in a manner
that completely won the hearts Of her
hearers. She was the recipient OF n
basket Of flowers, and after she had
finished there was considerable
doubt as to whether she or Mr.. Eb-
erhardt ranked first. Miss Ella Witt
ma nm then sang a solo.
Observation-Disclosures Etude," Mr..
Asher l.. Vernon, was announced.
Mr.. Vernon turned the instrument
into an electric dynamo, and turned
on full 5000 volts, and only allowed
the audience intervals of q second or
so to breathe. His performance was
wonderful, and the large audience
sat silent under the magic spell Of his
playing. II he pursues his studies
further he has n grand future before
him. The audience went wild when
he finished, aud there was no doubt
as to who was first.
Mrs. Schwartz rendered n very ex-
quisite solo, "a Day Dream" aid
Robert G. Postlethwaits took his po'
sition at the piano. His piece was
from Chopin, "BaIlade-G minor, y
He performed very aeceptably and
creditably.
After q duet by DIR. Cook and Mrs.
Schwartz, Miss Nellie Armstrong
was announced. Miss Armsiron {
finished the course at the Wesleyan
early In the spring and Is we'll known
to Salina audiences. She has made
q good local reputation as q player
which she admirably sustained. He
piece, "Tremolo," by Gottschalk. wa
very difficult, and her rendering o
the author was exquisite.