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Summary of the Declamatory
Contest Work
The annual furore connected with
High School declamatory contest is
over. The public has given this
feature Of tho public school work es'
pecially hearty support this year; and
the results, whether reckoned in the
improvement made by those enter
ing the contest, or in the medals won
or in tho money raised for the library
are corrospondingly gratifying. This
is probably tho most profitable con
test we ever hold.
At tho public contest Nov. %, al
which the regular high school med
ais were awarded, in the oratorica]
group first place vas given to Jet
Smallwood and second place to Fred
Tripp; in the dramatic section first
went to Florence Maxwell and second
to Edna Goodrich; in the numerous
class Frances Clark ranked first and
Roeben Oaks second. The receipts
for the evening were $46.65, the ex-
pences $11.45 and the net proceeds
$3.50.
At the Joint contest with Window,
held here Dec. z, in the oratorica]
class Jet Smallwood took first place
Fred Trip second; in tho dramatic
Florence Maxwell was first and Ruth
Macomber (Windom) second; in the
numerous Frances CLARK was marked
first and Ella Meilicke (Windom) was
ranked second. Thus .Worthington
secured three firsts and one second.
At this contest we had a crowded
house and the receipts amounted to
$5775. But the expenses were par
ticularly heavy-b besides the custom
bills, there was the cost of sending
our contestants to Window and one
half the cost of the medals there
awarded and one-half the expenses
of the judges who came from outside
towns to serve at Worthington and at
Window. The expenses thus amount
ed to $32.10, leaving the net proceeds
$25.65. The net proceeds from the
two entertainments amounts to
$50 85, and will provide very pleas
ing addition to the library.
The joint contest with Window,
hold at Window, occurred Dec. Z
stung so that some of the Window
people circulated reports that were
utterly false. The Window papers
printed these reports without attempt
to discover on what sort of foundation
they rested. The facts are that We
began our preparations for the con-
test the same week Window said she
would begin; that each of our contes-
tants then began and finally pre-
sented piece to which he had not
before given any study whatever;
that absolutely all the drill was given
by the High School teachers $50 far
as we can discover not one of our pu-
pills even made an attempt to get out
side drilI; that the marks of the judge
to whom some objection has since
been made do not differ materially
from those given by ether judges, and
do not favor Worthington as much as
do the marks Of other judges. Atthe
opening of the progr: II at Window
Supt. Rhodes set ;or.h these facts in
brief addres~. in which he deprecat-
ed the falsity and malice of
the rumors encouraged bv some
of the Window people. The Win
dom papers also have promised to
to present the facts in a true light in
their next issues, ....... ....>
At the joint contest held at Win
dom in the oratorical class Jet Small
wood wen first, Fred Tripp second
place; in the dramatic Bdna Good
rich first and Ruth Macomber (Win.
dom) second; in the numerous
Frances Clark first and Rueben Oaks
Thus we made, a stronger showing
before tho Window audience than at
the home contest, securing three
firsts and two seconds. ..-}3
In determining final honors the re,
cords from the two joint contests were
combined; the first in each class re-
ceived a beautiful gold medal. Inl
the oratorical section first place went
to Jet Smallwood, second to Fred
Tripp. In the numerous first fell to |