The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-06-07
Spaulding Commence
ment Opens
MISS RICHARDSON FIRST
Miss Trail Second, Miss Strong Third,
Miss Paryes Fourth Large
Crowd Attended.

The annual prize speaking Of spaalding
high school, marking the opening Of the
eleventh Commencement Of this school was
held at the opera house last evening and
was attended By large number Of people.
Of the ten contestants prizes were award
ed to the following, first. Miss Allie Rich
ardson; second, Miss Georgina Cameron
Trail; third, Miss Ethel May strong;
fourth, Miss Clara r. Purvee. some of
the speakers did exceptionally we'll the
most notable being the winner Of the drst
prize The judges were all Montpelier
gentlemen, being the Rev O. 9. Iamsou,
Il. g shurtleff and E. n. Goddard
The Rev. + F. Lowe offered prayer and
q string Quartette from the school render
ed selection. s. Arthur Wallace, the
first speaker. chose a Southern dialect
story for bis trial and handled il well not
withstanding the difficulty Of getting the
Negro twang. His gestures were also
well executed. Miss Clara Puryee reoited
The Story Of a Short Life, and her
speaking was one Of the best efforts Of the
evening, She was placed as prize win
ner BY nearly everyone I'd the hali, on ac.
count Of her understanding OF the piece
she was reading, The Judges awarded
her fourth prize.
Au ambitious attempt was that of Miss
Ethel Strong with''A Duel BY Moonlight
The piece Is difficult one. needing
strong voice and affording an excellent ops
p0rtunity for gestures la this latter re-
speet Miss Strong exeelied, which un-
doubtedly won for her third prize George
+ Darling told racy tale about eUncle
llb Goes a FishIn n He was inclined "a
hurry oYermueh Id the rendering bgt 9TH
erwise pleased the audience a semi
chorus from the school sang and then Miss
Georgia Trail recited HugO's The Bish-
OPP in manner 10 win for her the second
honor. The particular credit Of this young
lady's speaking was the elearness Of her
enuneiatlOn, every word being distinct
and clear cut, although she did very well
in other respects.
A romping rollicking piece was th at Of
Stanley + Marsh How jimmy Eased Her
Mind. The young man was 80 natural
In the reclting Of It that many looked to
him as a prlze-winner ssThe Stepmother
was given BY Miss Lena Carpenter who
spoke clearly aud with good gestures, al.
though not quite well enough to give her a
prize. Following q song by double male
quartette, Miss Mamie 81 Mckenzie re-
cited MeTrlll's .The soul Of the Violin.
an excellent selection for the young lady.
She did very well, showing the result Of
much training, Miss Meklnzie conducted
herself gracefully on the stage aud All
though she did not win a prize she won
ha 50
old w Robinson gave Rowland RobinsOn's
"Unele Lisha's Spring Gun, and entered
into the spirit Of the piece fully, giving
the dialect speech Of the characters natu.
rally. His rendering was very well re-
eeived
The last speaker for q prize was Miss
Allie Richardson, and although the audi.
ence had become somewhat wearied with
the long programme il soon forgot its
with the rendering Of Gaines
Glory QuayleH 1t generallyIs Is left for
some one speaker to stand head and shout
ders above the others, and that was Miss
place last evening When
she concluded there was not the least
Doubt IN the minds Of the audience where
the tirst prize would GO And she GER
tainly won the first prize for excellence in
all respects. With popular piece Miss
Richardson carried her hearers with her
from irst TO last, through her apparent
ease on the stage, the grace Of her gestures
and the clearness Of her enunclati0n.
The concluding number Of the program
me was an excellent recitation By Miss
Bessie Jones, IA former prize winner, who
was not this time competing for a prize.
Miss Jones was perfectly natural and
while her piece was not an ambitious at-
Tempt, her ability as a speaker was quite
evident Had she been contesting foF
prize she certainly would have been
awarded one.