The Worthington advance., 1900-12-21
Nortl tton lllns Asaln. s.,
Securing Two Medals Of Honor.


Securing Two Medals Of Honor.
Friday afternoon the boys and girls
who were to take part in the final de-
clamatory contest accompanied by
friends making party of forty went
to Window to carry off the honors.
The party was met ut the depot at
Windt m by a reception committee,
entertaining the guests about town
and at the school. The contest was
heldin the Baptist church, on ac-
count of the owner CT the ball refusing
to rent for one night at a time. @., :
The combined res ults of the Wor-
thington and Window contests were
as follows:
In oratorical Jet Smallwood, medal;
F. A. Trip second.
Dramatic, Florence Maxwell first,
Ruth Lois Macomber second and
medal. In the contest here the
places were reversed, but the COM
bined points gave Miss Macomber
the medal.
Humorous, Frances Clark. medal,
Reuben Oakes second. Judges Hon.
W. r. Edwards, of Tracy, Supt, H.
M. Manuel, OF St. James, and Supt.
l. I. Bargain, of Mountain Lake.
Miss Clark and Jet Smallwood now
wear two handsome medals with the
inscription "Windom vs.. Worthing
ton 19O0," as their own in addition
to the local medal for year.
After the contest the guests were
escorted to the school house were
fine refreshments served after which
games and social intercourse assisted
to pass the time until to arrival OF
the train which our young people
were unanimous in declaring came
too ION. All our people were highly
pleased with the courtesy and enter
tainment accorded them. The young
people had grand time making
themselves hoarse giving school
yells.
The Listener. column, of tue Re-
porter has the following tc say re-
garding the first contest:
The other day one of the Worth
ington papers said that the Winaom
boys and girls would run up against
the real thing when it came to the
chin contest, and now that the con-
test is over the editor of this column
isn't going to dispute the fact bit.
We did run up against the real thing
tho Worthington boys and girls
who had been drilling on the pieces
spoken for year at least, and have
appeared in several contests before
with the same pieces rendered last
Friday night.
As the world moves along in these
days of get therssome way, but get
there anyhow, this was fair deal,
but it was not just as honest deal
as it might have been, either for the
Worthington boys and girls or for our
own, but really think the Worth
ington boys and girls have more
cause to complain than we have, if
they stop long enough to consider
the effect of the deal. I don't know
much about it, but have an opinion,
that these contests are for the pur
pose of broadening and developing
the students power and confidence
in themselves. If am right in this
the Worthington deal did the Wor-
thington children more harm than the
prize they are. sure to win will do
them good. It seems foregone con-
clusion that the Worthingtonians
will get the spoils of victory and con-
siderable notoriety. If that is what
the contests mean, they are winners
with big capitals. They appear with
the same old pieces, the same old
stories; and the same old judges, and
automatically rattle of their stories
swing their arms and display their
oratory to a wonderful audience
To a fellow upa tree who doesn't know
that they have played with these
pieces fer generation or two,their ef-
fort is a magnificent one but it is an
unfair competition with children who
never have been on the platform be
fore, and are therefore timid and
bashful, uncertain of themselves and
in a strange land among strange
people.
It
Had Window gone into the contest
for glory and gold she could have
picked up some high school students
who have appeared several times in
contests with the same old pieces
Worthington had, and stood up by
the side of any of them. But she
went into it for tho benefit of the