Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-02
THE TEACHERS CONTEST
Took Place at the Grand Opera House
Thursday Night and was a Sue
cess-Two Prizes Awarded.

torical contest was held at the Grand
Thursday evening and the Gus was
filled to hear the efforts of the sixteen
contestants. At eight O'Clock the cur
tain rose and after a short speech Dy
President Vosholl, Mrs. L. +. Potter
played a solo. Her subject was schu-
mans "NoveIette" and she received
loud applause. Miss Ethel Galloway
then sang "September," a dainty III
tie ballad, which she rendered beau
tifully, and for which she received
almost an encore. The contestants
for the gold watch, offered for the
best Grafton, then held sway for
nearly two hours.
The speakers and their orations
were as follows:
T. A. Craghead, Galloway Co., "The
handspring of Human Action"
J. G. Creason, Audrain Co, "a View
of Life"
II. Minor Lewis, Saline Co., "Na-
poleon."
C.E.Godbey,S st. Charles Co., Light"
F. NJ. Alexander, Randolph Co.,
DIVISIONS and Dreams"
Claud s. Brother, Adair Co., "Rise
and Fall OF Nations"
Irwin Osborne, Lewis Co., "The
Dual Life"
All the contestants did well and es-
pecially noticeable were the orations
of Messrs. Craghead. and Alexander.
The Judges for this contest, who
were Messrs. j. T. Vaughan, OF Shell
bina. A. P. Settle, of Louisiana and w.
H. McCiain, of ST. Louis, found it no
easy matter to award the prize, but
after d~eliberation, decided that Mr..
T. A. Craghead's Grafton and delivery
were the best, and he was accordingly
declared the winner of the watch,
which is a very handsome one.
After this contest Mrs. j. r. Jesse
played a delightful violin solo, which
was enthusiastically received.
Then followed the contest for h
ladies' gold watch. There were nine
young ladies who spoke and each
piece was worthy of special mention,
which lack of space forbids. Their
names and subjects were as follows:
Miss Mary Holmes, Shelby Co.,
sEThe Roman Sentinel"
Miss Anna Burge, Macon Co., "Af-
ter the Battle"
Miss May Cottingham, Monroe Co.,
"The Tay Bridge"
Miss Della Adams, Pike Co., "Ihe
Relief of Lucknow"
Miss Melissa Stewart, Boone Co.,
"The Lepers."
Miss Berdie Smith, Montgomery Co.,
"Hagar."
Miss Maud T%hornhill, Lincoln Co.,
"The Swan Song"
Miss Ragsdale, Marion Co., Lady
tTeasdale's Quarrel"
Miss Lakey, Howard Co., "Only a
Tramp"
The judges for this contest were j.
T. Muir, of Moberly; D. T. Gentry, of
BoonviIle, and ]. G. Briggs, of New
London. They awarded the watch to
Miss May Cottingham.
Owing to the number of contestants
the programme was quite long, but
the audience was a most appreciative
one and each contestant was applaud
ed. The decisions of the judges were
satisfactory to all, but had the writer
been a Judge he would have been
tempted to award a prize to each one,
sECoND DAYS SESSION.
The second days session of the
Northeast Missouri Teachers Associa-
ton was opened at nine O'Clock Friday
morning at the Presbyterian church. II
was crowded with teachers and a large
number of interested visitors. Aftel
the opening exercises G. j. Graham
of Sweet Springs, read a most inter
esting paper on "How To Teach Per
, centage In Arithmetic" The discus
sion which followed this was long ant
, hotly contested and was led by J. V
Adams, of Higbee, and NJ. V. Bashore
OF C~entralia. A. o. Moore, of Canton
then read a paper on Determination
[ Day." which was very good. The dis
/, cussion on this subject was led by j
C. Humphrey, of Fulton. The mex
paper, "The Legal School Age, Shall L
Be Lowered" was a good one ant
was read by A. L. Ives, of Winfield.
l warm, discussion followed this paper
led by w. S. Angel, of Sturgeon. Be
: fore noon the enrolment of member
was continued and nearly two hun
D dred teachers are enrolled, Will
about three hundred are in attend
q ance.
The first read paper that afternoo
r was an able one by State S~uperintend
emit of schools, J. r. Kirk, on "Ho'
Our Course of Study May Be En-
riched.n The paper was an exceller
one and the discussion was led by +
s. Nichols, of Monroe City. Afte
this DIR. Jno. Primrose, of Fulton
talked on estate Recognition of th
Work Done in Private Schools, " an
a discussion on the subject was led b
A. r. Coburn, of Ashley. After
short recess Miss Anna Baily, of S
Charles, read an able paper on 'fIr
centives to Study and Right Conduct.
A discussion on this paper was led b
J. Cook Briggs, of New London. Afts
this the reports of the various con
mittees were heard.
The following is a list of the teaci
ers who had enrolled up to o o FIR
day and the counties they come from
AUDRAIN COUNTY.
JIG. Creason, Anna Milliken, Matt
Shea, Leta Cohoon, French Strothe
Mrs. Bowman, Ida Finegon, Dali
B%ranstetter Mary Houston, Lei
Petty, o. K. Brown, Nora Able, Hels
n Gross, d. A. Mcmillan, j. F. Spaul
y hurst, j. A. Detienne, Matte Ellis, j.
q Winders, F. NJ. Patterson, d. 4
y stonaker, Eta Fleming, Claire Graz
+, than. Libbia Ball, Mrs. Houghlan
MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
Birdie Smith, Pendletou Dude
Ia Lydia Kuhne, Toinette Biackwe
10 Matte Ssh, Ross Ellis, G. H. Evar
D. Lizzie Rees, Matte Douglass, B.
Taylor, Dakota White, Lille Moor