The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1904-04-28
MISS BARNSTE|N
WINS IN The HIGH
SCHOOL CONTEST
Easily First in ManitoWoc-
Two Rivers League Ora
toricaI Tourney at
Opera House
MISS CAROL HASHEK SECOND
Tremendous Crowd Of Students and
Friends Sees South Side Repre-
sentatives Capture the Fine
Silver Cup

The Opera House has seldom been as
crowded rs it was last Friday night at
the declamatory contest between re
representatives. of the four high schools in
this city and Two Rivers. And seldom
has any entertainment by professionals
of any kind proven as thoroughly in
teresting as this entertainment by
young high school pupils. The hall
was filled and though many at the back
were obliged to stand very few left
before the close Considering that the
ceremonies including the school yells
lasted for about three hours this may
be taken rs pretty good evidence of the
interest felt.
A beautiful silver cup, the prize for
the school whose two speakers should
average best, stood on table on the
stage in full view.
The hall was very prettily decorated
with the colors of the four schools and
each body of students sat together in
portions of the hall set apart for them.
The South Siders, with orange and
black drapings and flags, sat in the
gallery ON the left Of the hall entrance.
The West Siders, with red and blue
decorations, sat on the opposite side OF
the gallery. Below on the right, the
Two Rivers boys and girls displayed
their yellow and blue bunting, while
along the left or north wall We're
ranged the North Siders, whose colors
were red and black.
From the very minute they entered
the hall, and even before that, the
students made things lively with con-
trasting yells and cat calls and songs.
After a while, Principal Thompson of
Two Rivers, who presided, requested
,hat the schools give their yells in the
following order: South Side first, West
Side next, then Two Rivers and last
North Side. The yells went around
twice in this order before the program
cOIlIleuCeu.
There was no variation from the pro-
gram as given in last weeks Issue of
the PILOT with the exception that
County Superintendent Fred Christian
sen acted as one Of the judges in the
place of Prin. Il. T. OBrien His Co
Judges were Miss Ellen +. =. Peake and
Prof. w. G. Hewitt of Oshkosh. Music
by the North Side High School Orches
ira started things going.
The speakers We're keyed up to the
highest pitch as might be expected and
there wasn't one but what did credit to
his or her school. Norman Halverson
lead off with an Grafton entitled
Character of Washington. This he
gave clearly and distinctly and with
commendahle emphasis. Ella Wehausen
followed with THE Famine from
Longfellow's Hiawatha. This extreme
ly difficult piece is one that professional
elocutionists fight shy Of and Miss We
hansen deserves credit for undertaking
it as ably as she did The 'Mud-House
Scene" from Barries THE Little Minis
ter was we'll rendered by Ludmilla
Falge. Her good point was the differen-
tiation of the various characters by
changes Of voice. Margaret Peil and
Bessie Paine followed each other with
the same piece, a pathetic monologue
entitled The Soul of the Violin. This
is favorite piece with professional
platform artists. There was little to
choose between the rendering by the
two young amateurs. Both showed
considerable skill and artistic feeling.
The Interpretation of each was about
the same.
Between these two speakers came a
vocal solo by Miss Katherine Young
which was encored Miss Young is
not u dramatic singer by any means,
but she is possessed of beautiful
natural voice and handles it with ease
and accuracy. Her tone production is
decidedly good. Her singing commends
itself to the artist rs we'll as to the lay
man.
Miss Louise Barnstcin, with piece
combining pathos and humor and en-
titled Patsy, was unquestionably the
star of the evening. Her dramatic iu-
stinct is well developed and in absence
of crudities she is decidedly first among
the pupils of the four schools. After
vocal solo by l.. F. Rahr, Carol
Hashek gave a selection entitled "The
Boy Orator of Zepata City Miss
Hashek was close second t. Miss
Barnstein in dramatic sensibility but
was perhaps trihe less finished and
easy in manner 1t was clear after
these two had spoken that the first and
second places would go to them
Arnold Mueller closed the contest
with the famous Impeachment Of
Warren Hastings His effort was
clear and correctly emphasized, if a
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