The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-03-14
Three Young Ladies Secure the
Hon0rs in the Junior Sophomore
Contest at High School.
MOLLIE DERBYSHIRE IS FIRST
While Miss Stella Bohmrich and Miss
Mabel Huck Secure the other Two
Places on the Final Program

Three young ladies of the Sophomore
and Junior classes will represent these
classes of the high school in the final
declamatory contest, as at the prelim-
mary contest Friday evening Misses
Mo11ie Derbyshire, Stella Bohmrich
and Mamie Denton won the highest
praises of the judges, and with it
right to represent their classes in the
final struggle for the honor of repre-
senting Kenosha in the district and
state contest.
The contest was one of the best ever
held in Kenosha and it was a magnet
which drew large crowd of people to
the auditorium of the high school.
There were twelve entries and all the
speakers did so we'll that the work of
the judges became very hard task.
The winning dec1ama ton was given
by Miss Mo11ie Derbyshire, who took
"The Soul of the Violin as an agent
by which her powers as an e1ocutionist
could be displayed. Miss Derbyshire
acclaimed the piece in so charming a
manner that the audience as we'll as
the judges awarded her the first prize
in the contest. Miss Derbyshire is
likely to prove a dangerous rival for
any of the contestants for dec1amatory
honors and she is counted to represent
Kenosha in the state contest.
Miss Bohmrich, who won the second
place, detained a serious piece enti-
tied "Character.'' Miss Bohmrich did
exceedingly we'll and she received a
great deal of applause from the audi
ence.
Miss Mabel Huck won the third prize
by splendid presentation of 1.-The
Courtin'," by James Russell Lowell.
In her defamation Miss Huck showed
that she had great deal of dramatic
ability and her work received warm
applause.
The next three places were awarded
to Misses Mamie Denton, Viola Huck
Edith Snyder.
Many of the other numbers on the
program were worthy of honorable
mention and every speaker was quail
fed to represent the city in the dis
trict contest. The full program as
carried out was as follows:
/. The Death Bed of Benedict Arnold .
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ................ Lippert
Nettie Wolff.
g. The Home of the Government. H. W. Grady
Hermie Hoehn.
g. The American Republic. -. Chas Phillips
August Keuck
T. What William Henry Did. =. J. L. Harbour
Edith Snyder.
5. Emanuel Bayard ........... ..............
.......... ....... e iizabeth Stewart Phelps
Gertrude Chaffee.
g. "The1e Were Ninety and Nine" ..........
80. ............... Richard Harding Davis
Mamie Denton.
Beethovens Moonlight Sonata. ...... Anon
Mary Hansen.
g. The Courtin' ........ James Russell Lowell
Mabel Huck.
g. The Storming of Mission Ridge. .......
Observation-Disclosures. Benjamin F. Taylor
Milton Kent.
Stella Bohmrich.
IL. The Soul of the Violin :. Margaret Merrill
Mollie Derbyshire.
r. The National Flag Henry Ward Beecher
Gustav Theleen.
49, The Painter of Seville. ........... ,.....
Viola Huck.
The final contest in Kenosha will be
held at the auditorium on next Friday
evening. The Kenosha scholars are
making great progress and Miss Bar
Der, who has been training the chill
dren, is deserving of great deal of
credit.