The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1894-06-14
A GLORIOUS TIME.
Great. Enthusiasm Evoked by the
Declamatory Contest.
stanford Wins First Place, with Our
own Curry Second.

OuI puDllC sCnOOls' lHt BIdNtSI CHdIBc
that has been laid ut the door of the
blue grass region for years has been the
want of appreciation of this fact. How.
ever true this may have been in the pasl
it is true no longer, and the skepticat
would have been convinced had he been
here Friday The city was ablaze with
enthusiasm and the crimson and gold of
our public schools was to be seen every
where. Everybody from the gray haired
lawyer to the infant in the nurses arms
wore the local cOlor,; vehicles from the.
heavy transfer wagons to the baby buggy,
wore them. The horses and even the
dogs were decorated. Nearly every win
dow ON Main street was decorated, many
of the designs being extremely artistic,
and the man vino failed to decorate had
the attention of the passer by called to
his want of patriotism by being conspic-
nous in his isolation. The national flag
was also prominent in the decorations.
The best feature of it was that 1t was
spontaneous and not laboriously worked
IN for the occasion. The board OF edu.
cation had issued proclamation request
ing the citizens to decorate their places
of business but beyond this nothing had
been done. Little was said about the
matter, but on Thursday few OF our
prominent merchants began quietly ana
tastefully to ornament their windows.
Next day the work began in earnest, and
before noon visions of crimson and gold
met the eve in every direction. Fully
five thousand yards of goods were used
for this purpose besides innumeraole
yards of ribbon.
The delegations from other towns
exnressed themselves as greatly surprised
at the extent of the local demonstration
and one prominent educator said, 1t Is
M wonder that Winchesters pubic
schools are looked upon AS model when
the people show so much interest ms
demonstration on the part of the people
was very gratifying to Prof freshman
his teachers and the school board VINO
have laborcd hard to make the schools
what they are.
Friday afternoon Chief Attersal' and
his bows of the fire department turned
out and led procession through the
principal streets; the bicycle club, va,
rious cuisines, wagons, boys ON foot aud
ON horseback. all gaily decorated, aud led
by John McDonaid's drum corps.
As the time for the contest drew near
avorv seat in the opera house was tiiIed
and standing room was at premium
The building was handsomely decorated
and Sayton's band Of Lexington, dis
coursed popular music. When the cur
tain went up it disclosed ten young men
upon the stage, upon each OF whom cen
tered the hopes and aspirations OF many,
and they were worthy of 1T, Bright,
handsome lads, upon whose brows were
written high and lofty aspirations within
whose hearts glowed fervid eoquence
which should make them worthy success
sors to those who have made the name
of Kentucky famous where patriots ana
orators are known and honored. To win
in such a contest was prize such rs the
proudest might covet; TO lose was no dis
grace.
In few brief and well chosen words
Prof. Freshman spoke OF the object OF
tbe meeting and introduced each speaker
i'm turn.
The first speaker was Spencer Best, OF
the Millersburg training school Ills
theme. "The Doom of Claudius and
Cvnthia;" 50 we'll did he do that macy
thought without waiting to hear the
others, that he would win, but such was
not the case
Henry Clay Lacy, Of Hazel Green
academy came next. His subject "Pyr-
miads Not all Egyptian" was newer
one than many of the Others. In him
we recognize Il worthy successor OF Meme
fee Taulbee and Others, who have mnde
the mountains famous. The story Of his
struggle against adverse circumstances
made him many friends, and the ability
with wlsch he handled his subject placed
him in the front rank in the estimation
of many of his hearers
The next speaker was Hugh J. Mann
of Harrodsburg academy. His subject
a Vision of the Past" He handled ii