The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-03
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.


Scranton High school and the Carbondale
High school took place last night In the
auditorium of the school, The honors of
the debate "Resolved. that municipalities
should own plants for supplying heat,
light; water and surface transportation
together with those of the Grafton, were
carried off by the Scranton High school,
while the honors of the essay and the
recitation were gained by Carbondale.
The plano solo, given by Miss Laura
Meldrum. and which was the opening of
the programme, was received by the au-
dience with timely marks of apprecia-
tion. Mr.. Shields, the orator for the
Carbondale school, was the opening
speaker. He chose as the subject for
his Grafton 1.-THE Progress of Humanity"
and with exceeding fine oratOrical pow
| ers, showed the human race has risen
| from "a seemingly helpless state to one OF
personal dependence and trust Mr.. Hoo
ven, the orator for the Scranton school,
chose as his subject, James A. Gar
field" and he traced in a most effective
and with clear enunciation the life of
! that eminent man, from the tow path to
| the presidents chair. Each one Of the
| orators met with the hearty applause Of
those present. The essay of Miss Nc
Lean, of the Carbondale school, was ex-
cellent in It's literary construction. She
pictured In the most beautiful manner
the joys Of a Contented life, which she
represented as a valley surrounded with
| all the luxuries and beauties of an Eden.
| In very forcible manner she brought
out the manner in which discomfort
creeps into life and its dire results.
The essay Of Miss Boland, of the Scran-
ton school, treated with empires and re-
| publics. She brought out the rise and
| fall of monarchies from the time Of the
| Spartans to the present day. and also
| showed the fine and flourshing republics
which have risen in their place. Miss
| BOland read her essay in a very clear
| and distinct voice. The recitation was
| the next contest on the programme, and
| proved rather a complex subject for the
| judges, G. G.. Mahy. Rev. r. 4. Sawyer
and J.. j. Williams, to decide. Miss
Jones, the elocutionist, for Carbondale.
chose rather humorous story entitled
| PATSY" She did great credit to herself
| In this and her effort was well received
by the audience. Miss Morris was the
elocutionist for the Scranton school. Her
| recitation was directly opposite to the
| one given by Miss Jones, from the fact
that. instead of being humorous, it was
highly dramatic. Her effort was finely
rendered. The prize was awarded to
| Miss Jones. The judges) stated that they
| wished two prizes were offered for this
| contest, as both participants deserved
| one. After the recitation of Miss Morris
Il five-minutc rest was given before the
| second part OF the programme was en-
| tered upon.
The debate comprised the greater part
of the remaining programme Messrs
| Lee, LOTUS and Miss Hunsicker defend-
ed the affirmative side, which was the
| side on which the Carbondale school
| chose to stand. while Messrs. I<irkbrde.
Lidstone and Vail were the champions of
| the negative side of the question, on
| which side the Scranton High school
| Stood Mr.. Lee, the first speaker for the
| affirmative side, took principally as his
| fundamental arguments the statistics of
| various cities In our own and other coun-
| tries, and endeavored to show by them
and some other very strong arguments
that his side Of the question was in the
| right. Mr. Kirkbridc was the first
| speaker for the negative and divided the
| negative side into three divisions-First,
he would consider 1t from a political
! standpoint; second, from Il moral stand
| point, and third. from n financial point
! of view. He pointed out as an illustra-
ton that municipalities should not oper-
ate plant, the instance of the Philade-
phia Gas company, which was owned and
| operated by the city, but in short time
proved a complete failure. He strength
ened his side of the question with this
| and many other very good examples.
Miss Hunsicker followed Mr.. liirkbride.
as second speaker for the affirmative.
She undoubtedly presented some Of the
| finest arguments, and in the best style
OF any Of the debators. II all her col
leagues had advanced such strong points
as she, the result of the debate would
undoubtedly have been far different.
Mr.. Lidstone,' the second speaker for
the negative, proved himself to be not
only efficient in argument but also as
an orator. His discourse treated with
the moral effect of such a measure. He
pointed out several instances in which
such action on the part of city has
had very many serious effects on the
lives Of its citizens. The third speaker
for the negative. Mr.. LOTUS. proved to
be rather humorous debator. He did
considerable in advancing the cause of
his side and tearing down some of the
strong arguments of the negative side,
In regard to the moral effect upon the
people. Mr.. Vail, the third speaker for
the negative, defended his side of the
question from a financial point of view
He brought out many very apt illustra-
| ttons where cities have constructed
| plants OF various kinds and cnGcayored
to operate them, but they failed to do
so In a successful manner. Mr.. Lee did
the summing up for the affirmative side
and Mr.. Vail for the negative. The de-
bate being ended, the judges retired to
make up their award. While the judges
were preparing their decision the glee
|
In a very fine manner and received the
hearty applause of the audience. The
yells of both schools were successfully
given during this period, and although
Carbondale brought an exceedingly
large representation of their school down,
the vast majority of the Scranton school
completely overwhelmed them. G. q.
Mahy read the decision of tho judges
as follows: To Arthur Hooven, of Scran-
ton High school, because he equaled his
opponent In oratory and excelled in enun-
citation the Grafton, and with 1t the prize
of Il handsome gold medal, presented by
Hon. William Connell. 10 Miss Nc
Lean, of Carbondale school, because she
eXcelled her opponent in the literary
force OF her essay, the prize of a gold
mounted pin, presented by Colonel l.. A.
Watres To Miss Jones, of Carbondale
, school, for the best recitation, the hand
some gold crown set with pearls, pre-
sented by Colonel II. NJ. Boies. The
, prize for the debators were given as fol-
lows: The first prize to Miss Hunsicker.
Of Carbondale school. two handsome vol
umes; second prize also of two volumes,
to Vail, of Scranton school, and the
third prize of two volumes, to Mr. Lof-
tus, of the Carbondale school,
| The monthly report cards will be given
out either on Monday or Tuesday of next
week. This months work, In the ma
jority of the classes, shows a decided ad-
vancement to that of work previous done
Stephen Dawes.
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