The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-08
West Side
Department
BELLEVUE EISTEDDFOD.
Some Spirited Contests Waged In the
School Room Of the Baptist
Sunday School.

The Bellevue Baptist Sunday school
held a very interesting and well at
tended eisteddfod in the school room
last night. The whole programme of
eleven numbers was carried out and
each one as given was faithfully passed
upon by the respective adjudicators, to
the full satisfaction of ALL The event
proved a success and succeeded in eX-
citing widespread interest among local
musicians and literary lights as was
shown by the attendance of about three
hundred persons. One noticeable fea-
ture was the enthusiasm and ability
displayed by the younger people and it
is easily discernible that the Welsh
custom of keeping up the song spirit is
not on the wane. Donations were re-
ceived from many prominent individu-
ais and business houses.
Henry =. Davies was the adjudicator
of the musical contests and Professor
u. ID. Stone capably judged the recita-
tional numbers. Edward James dor
werth Ddu) gave judgment upon poems
and impromptu speech, and Mrs. d. B.
Thomas acted as official accompanist.
The first number called was the reci-
tation Smack in School," open to boys
under Is years. Wilfred Davis and Roy
Rogers were the two contestants and
Roy Rogers was awarded the first prize
value 81; second prize to Wilfred Davis,
value so cents. The bass solo contest
was entered by David Jenkins, William
T. Hughes, Hugh Williams, Thomas
Evans, John ]. Davis. The first two
named divided the prize equally, value
81. Three young misses, Miss Beatrice
Morgan, Miss Lizzie Lewis and Miss
Sarah Lewis, all under IL years of age,
entered the solo contest "Myf SYN
Magu'r Baban." The prize, value 81,
was carried off by Miss Lizzie Lewis.
The spelling contest for children under
ID years of age was favorably more
interesting a number than any, at
least for the juniors. The contest con-
sisted of spelling ten words given to
them off-hand and was entered by five
girls and one boy. The boy, Johnnie
Williams, got the prize, value 81.
There were five entries in competition
for the prize offered for the best poem
in six stanzas written either in Welsh
or English. The successful one was
John Evans, of Pittsburg, value of
prize, 81.
The sixth number, the impromptu
speech to be given in Welsh or Eng
three contestants were called upon to
discourse upon the misty subject of
Clouds" They did in a cloudy way,
seemingly entering more into the funny
aspect of the thing with zest to the
audiences extreme delight. Deniel Ev-
ans, of Taylor, succeeded in capturing
the prize of 81. The other two contest
ants were David Jones and David
Thomas.
The recitation, auction Extraordi-
nary" for girls under Is years, had as
contestants the Misses May Morgan
Amanda Morgan and Lizzie Lewis
Miss Lewis was the prize winner which
was pretty picture, value So. In con-
testing for the prize offered for the
tenor solo, TELL Her Love Her So
(De Torge), much earnest spirit was
shown. David j. Davis, William L.
Davis, Llewellyn Jones, Charles Rich
ards and David Davis were the contest
ing parties and the adjudication which
exhibited the rendering of each per-
son, gave the prize, value 81, to Charles
Richards.
William Lewis and Reese Hughes en-
tered the contest for the solo, "Crug-y-
Bano," on the words 30 Frynian Caer-