Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-06-15
High School Prize Speaking.
Mr.. Walker, Hiss Barron and
Hiss rludgett Winners.

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Granite City for the next two weeks will
devote its attention to the two school
commandments in our midst. The clos
ing parts of the High School year open
ed with the annual prize speaking COM
petition last night. The exercises We're
held in the large Hedding Methodist
church and long before the hour for
opening the exercises, nearly every
seat in the vast auditorium was occupied
by mothers, fathers, sisters, cousins,
aunts and friends OF the contestants. The
platform was tastily arranged with flow
crs and flags, very appropriate COM
bination for this time. Those who were
to take part in the musical numbers
were seated in the choir seats, while at
the hour of opening Principal Mathieson
and Rev. Il. M. Fuller of the Baptist
society appeared on the platform. Mr..
Fuller. offered prayer. The program
was then rendered as follows.
"The Two Runaways" Edwards.
SUSIE ELLSWORTH CUMMINGS.
This was ~ we'll told tale ola Southern
slave owners experience with his favo-
rite 'niggern and their encounters with
the deer when on the runaway trip to-
gethcr The young lady handled the
Negro dialect in a crcditable manner,
her gestures were good, her manner
easy, and voice clear.
) Gloves Sacrilice'' Rame.
LIZZIE KYNOCK.
} 1t was the story of an Euglish younger
brother who with the charge hanging
} over him of committing crime of which
his older brother was guilty, had enter
ed the French army for work in Africa.
In this regiment was noble girl who
took fancy to the young Englishman
and when he was sentenced to be shot
for having resented an insult concern
) inc the Young Princess to whom he was
engaged, this "Daughter of the Regi-
! ment hastened to Algiers and III some
way finds the prisoners brother, who
) admits his own guilt of the crime and
, his brothers Innocence. She rides to the
- Marshal of France secures pardon
hurries to the army camp, just as INC
shots are to be fired. Cries "Walt' bu
too late the shots enter her own body
0 and she is the loving sacrifice. .~-.th'
difficult selection was we'll handled D.
: the speaker. But at the close she stoo(
sixth on the Judges list and had n
[. prize.
"Kittys Easter Offering" Dickinson
MAUDE LILLIAN AYERS.
If the young lady had been NOR
fortunate in the selection of piece 10
thc contest. she might have Jared bette
in the marking OF the Judges ne
selection was of musical student wh
rather than delight a large fashlonanl
church audience on Easter morning WI
her playing, went to the home OF poe
In dvjnc cripple and played to the sick on
" Who was on her death bed, This wa
we'll rectcd, and Miss Ayers has slroh
voice that someday should make her
prize winner.
.,Tho Ordination of Emanuel Bayard
Nv Phelps-War'
JAMES WALKER JR.
pleasiny selection from the pen
a nooular author whose WORKS nav
brou ght many prizes, the young nI' Ia
was we'll equipped at the start. ~ IA
= description of the unique ordination Sc SC
vice in New England parish was D
travcd in AN off hand but most na'ur
m,nnrr there were no misplaced gestu
ns and his expression was excelIei
III. cool manner when describing II
in,l verdict which rejected the llDel
applicant for the clergyman IS ; ''i,e; i,'i p p
him into such favor with tne Jues'
that ON the final average, "'Nei y"
rightly ON the "choice list an,! Me,,. ~;
lie home with the verdict OF HIST pr
winner.
r,;o ..stars of a Summer Night"
MISSES MATluEsoN, MANN AND rAiGl
Thn nnon]e of this city are always
q l;nh,nd 10 hear selections by any OF u
~ tr;n of school teachers, who are e.
holders of a diploma from our ~ -,
snhooI The young ladies were an
thcir best and Miss Pslge was espee't :.
"a fine when singing alone duT'ns = :
lE nrmbcr. Her clear tones ana per-
accommodation made the music"l nun
pnn p Of the very best features OF
evening.
nN ga New Years Outing
~ HOMER ARTHUR CAMP.
Another story of slow gong, :
s,eenv country clergyman ana Il iin
~. deacon. who anxious to put ''oio -;
W. ;nto tbr sermons of his pastor my
h;m hi, to take n New Years drive ~
accepted ''r, and the drive soon n''''i'' a'd
IL. Fast race, with both the deacon "''" Ill.,
Clergyman anxious for yIc'oiS , ~ rr"" w"
tI', ,hny - won and which resulted /" Src'
new new Increased inc popularity for the n'r,,, "ono
.r'i ~ in with the Younger portion OF ,''s ~, soma
,nlce cation. The manner in when 'le sP>
,nce, :" ''t told This story of New Englah" II,
lS:S. IS: nl,crd him fifth on the list ana n''o VI
y ''"f Of Pnnn thnt number of prizes ne W.
(, p. have been u winner. lll' "c'l'ui' NV; =.
the pleasing and gestures gooo' ".o ,;,,
P'e"ai;'1 P,;''5. in ,o he clear and strong with
vclopment.
..Thc Catastrophic' ,,,.,,,,.r1
HELEN ELtlEpA CLAIRE MI '"',' =
nL;. wos one of the John NO.
series bv the well known "no''Ji, ~" Vii,
M,,r,v,, , and was the tale of the sun
,,nr;l ,"r and of the lad who at his ., o" u
\ l'vi,' l',a't w,s oiyen permission by the
- ,pin to "bench her" which ne suC,oi s,'
3SI in doing, although untor'",,"1e N1,arott at' g.
I,us ~ ',f e. we'll did Miss Mud%e'' {