Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-06-02
HIGH SCHOOL CONTEST

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in the City Hall Friday night. with an
unusual amount of high class entertain
ment by local talent. and hard and
honorably conducted contest for SUI
premacy on the part Of the contestants.
As early as seven o'clock, the hall was
being rapidly filled by eager and ex-
pectant people. LancaSter'S Cornet
Band FASTENED the more tardy ones BY
playing a few selections in front of the
hall. By eight O'Clock the guidance
was well seated. and the evenings enter
tainmant opened with an overture,
Dear Ones Far Away" by the band.
which was followed By solo.
Roberto" by Miss Il. Blanche Hyde,
which was well rendered and warmly
received. The contest proper, was then
begun with Defamation, THE Chariot
Race" from Ben Hur, by Miss Grace
Clark. of Richland Center. Consider
ing the tragical nature of the selection.
the many necessary changes of voice
and gesticulatlons, the deep sentiment
to be expressed, Miss Clark is
entitled to much credit on her delivery
Her opponent was Miss Nell Altizer, of
Lancaster, whose defamation. mission
Ridge" thrilling description of that
memorable battle, was exceptionally
well rendered, and commanded the
closest attention of her hearers.
Then followed well played, instru-
mental Solo, Portrait op, 10, No. %.
RubenStine by Miss Laura Schreiner, OF
Lancaster.
The Vocal Solo, when the Heart is
Young" by Miss Bertha Burris, the
Lancaster contestant, was sung with
much force and in sweet voice. Miss
Lille Hurlbert, the contestant from
Richland Center, rendered the beautiful
song. Jerusalem" in an expressive
and pruseworthy manner.
4 Iocal Solo, Waiting" by Miss
Lena Oswald, of Lancaster, was next
on the program, and was rendered in q
manner most excellent.
The next contest was an Instrumental
Solo. "LeGalop Mexicania, LaroRa,
by Artie Pier, of Richland Center. His
playing was very expressive and bis
touch sure. His opponent Miss Edith
Hassell, of Lancaster, more than held
her own in the brilliant execution Of
Martha" by FYotoao.
The audience were next favored with
q well PLAYED Clarinet Solo. entitled,
"Serenade." by Robert Morse, of the
Lancaster band.
In the Grafton contest "Becedict
Arnold" by Geo. Altizer, Of Lancaster,
was delivered 10 an exemplary manner.
This was followed by tho GRAFTON,
Thoughts Poured into Human Life,
by Fred Starkey, of Richland Center,
which was well delivered and expressed
much deep thought,
Miss Bertha Morse next entertained
the audience with an Instrumental Solo,
Variations, Brilliante, Op. y, Chopin,
which was received with rounds OF
applause.
An Essay, "Our Mother Tongue" by
Miss Ellie Hall, of Richland Center,
vas well rendered She clearly showed
the necessity o: teaching our children
our adopted language when Young, and
held that the English language would
in time become universal The COM
panion essay, key to Character, by
Miss Lon French, of Lancaster, was
delivered in composed and convincing
manner. She eloquently pictured the
character as it should be, and closed
by asserting that ones character
belonged to oneself, but their reputa-
ton was in the hands of their friends.
A whistling solo, selected, by Miss
Sue Carter, of Platteville, was next,
and received hearty and prolonged
enchore; this was followed by a few
minutes intermission, during which
time the contestant in the debate were
preparing for the event OF the evening
The debate: Resolved, That the
Press Of to-day does not represent the
intelligence Of the American people, y
was argued first by Clarence Edwards,
Of Lancaster, for the Affirmative He
opened the argument by stating that
the subject under discussion, evidently
had not agitated the public mind to any
great extent.
The newspapers, he asserted, were
strangely silent on this subject. and
when speaking of it, did so with marked
delcacy. It was not reasonable to
assume that, because the papers were
so generally taken, 1t indicated tAe
degree Of intelligence they represented !.
He concluded by stating that the aver
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