The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-03-21
High School Pupils Meet in the For
ensic Arena at the High School
Auditorium Friday Evening.
MISS MOLLIE DERBYSHlRE0FlRST.
Together With Miss Stella Bohmrich ana
Mamie Denton She Will Represent
Kenosha in District Contest.
rhe fna1 declamatory contest among

The final declamatory contest among
the pupils of the High.school was held
at the auditorium of the school Friday
evening as a result cot, the. scontest
Misses Mollie Derbyshire, Stella
Bohmrich and Mamie Denton will REP
resent the Kenosha schools in the con-
test. which will be, held in this city
on March 10Th. Roy Donley, sopho-
more and the only boy inGthe contest,
was named as an alternate by the
Judges and awarded fourth place.
The contest proved the most success
full of the series held during ,sssthe last
few weeks. A great deal ofs class RI
va1ry had beru brought out by the
primary contests and the supporters of
the different classes were out in force
to root for their favorite speakers.
Every class in the schoolswas repre-
scented from thesfreshmen to the d1gnl-
fed senior and all"had been SO splen-
did1y trained "byaMis Barber that it
was exceedingly harda to draw class
lines and the judges, Rev. II. 5.
Rob1ee, James Cavanagh.GandaE E. L.
Grant, discovered3this fact when they
awarded the honors of the evening.
The contest was spresided over by
James Charles .and Miss Edna Holder
ness, the presidents of the two High
school societies. On the beautifully
decorated platform were seated seven
girls and one boy and it was evident
that the gir1siin the school have
corner on ability to deClairn.
The program was opened by Miss
Margaret Bohrn, who acclaimed
ssAunt Kitty" by Kate Douglas Wig
gin. Miss Bohrn suffered little from
the fact that she was the first on the
program, but ''1unt Kitty, in her
hands, proved a very interesting char
acter.
Miss Viola Huck had the second
place on the program. Her offering
was "The Painter of Seri11e." The
piece offered a splendid chance for
display of Evolutionary powers and
Miss Huck merited the applause which
she received.
Following Miss Huck Miss Beatrice
Williams, the only representative of
the freshman class, told the story of
''Travers' First Hunt" Miss Williams
was a prime favorite with the audience
and her recital of the humorous piece
was greeted with storms of applause.
Miss Stella Bohmrich followed with
an Grafton on "CharaCter'' Miss
Bohmrich had the only Grafton on the
program and she presented it in very
charming manner. The young lady is
a natural orator and her part on the
program was one of the'most enjoy
able of the evening.
Miss Mo1lie Derbyshife, one of the
prime favorites, followed with beauti-
full selection entitled, ''The Soul of the
Violin" Miss Derbyshire's interpret
alton Of the pathetic story was most
beautiful and brought tears to the
eyes of many in the audience.
Roy Done1y, the one boy on the
program, followed Miss Derbyshire
with Henry w. Grady's ''NewsSouth."
The grafton of the famousI 'Southerner
was presented in a strong and appeal
ing manner.
"The Courtin', - by James Russell
Lowell, was given in charming man
ner by MISS MdOel duCk, VINO SNOW eu
considerable ability as a comedienne
by her Interpretation of the famous
poem.
Miss Mamie Denton closed the even
ing's program by declaiming, "There
Were Ninety and Nine,' by Richard
Harding Davis. AS usual, one of the
the best numbers on the program had
e. l. -
made decided hit.
The judges then retired to make
their decision and the assemb1age was
entertained with an informal musical
program.
The winners of the contest will re-
present Kenosha in the District League
Contest, which will be held in this city
on the evening of March goth