Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-05-11
lECLAIMER
IS CHOSEN
oscar Anderson Will Represent the
Fergus County High School at
the State Meet.
CLOSE CONTEST FOR THE HONOR
Any One of the Four Contestants
Would Have Made a Creditable
Representative.

Oscar Anderson will represent the
Fergus County Free High school in
the declamatory contest, which is TO
be held in MissouIa the goth of May
by the accredited high schools of the
state. A preliminary contest vas held
in the assembly room of the new high
school building Friday evening and
Oscar won the honor over four strong
competitors.
Before the first defamation Super
intendent Silloway announced that
Professors Busenburg and Tootell and
Mr.. James Blackford had been Sc
lected as judges for the occasion. The
order in which the speakers appear
ed was determined by lot and Her
bert Silloway was announced as the
first orator. THE Doom of Claudius
and Cynthia" was the title of his
defamation and il furnished him an
excellent opportunity to display I'M
usual declamatory abilities. He spoke
with elaboration. enunciated clearly
and vas given a good position by the
judges for general delivery.
Oscar Anderson's selection was
from the great speech entitled THE
Affairs in Cuba" delivered by Sena-
tor John M. Thurston after a visit
10 the stricken island in 1898. The
selection was excellently delivered,
the speaker exhibiting an ease OF
manner and assurance which kept his
audience with him. He was in good
voice. enunciated well and pronoun.
ced with great accuracy.
The third speaker was Archie Farm.
ham. who gave "A Soldier of the En-
pire' in a most creditable manner
He displayed excellent training and
his vocalization was especially good.
The piece was well suited for his
rather deep voice and all of his SEN
fences were rounded out with good
oratorical effect.
The last speaker of the evening
was Carl Won Tobel. He is much the
youngest and smallest of the contest,
ants, but made a most flattering
showing. He was handicapped by a
weak voice, due to his youth, but
enunciated so distinctly that he was
easily heard in every part of the
room. His gestures were graceful
and If he had any symptoms of stage
fright the closest observer IA unable
to detect it. Carl possesses orator..
cal talents which require only age to
develop.
The judges were out for fifteen or
twenty minutes, their delay showing
that the race was close. When they
came in, Prof. ~Busenburg, in n OF
his neatest speeches, made known
orator completes the list of Fergus
county students who will represent
the high school at the inter-scholas.
tic meet in Missoula.
Ralph Tavener, Plat Belden and
Paul Taber will represent the school
in the athletic contests.
The declaimer, Oscar Anderson. is
somewhat of a Splinter, and will form
the fourth member of the relay team
which will compete in the half mile
race. All of the boys are practicing
hard and will be in good athletic con
dition when they arrive at the state
university grounds in Missoula. New
marks are being made every day in
the dashes, jumps or weight events
and the other high school athletes OF
the state will have 10 do good work
in order to prevent the Fergus coun'
ty boys from winning some of the
prizes.
The declamatory representative is
also expected to do his share towards
unfolding the honor of the school
and his friends have not the least
fear on his account.
After the judges had rendered their
decision Prof. Silloway entertained
the crowd for an hour with some
stereopticon views of western scenes
The pictures Of local persons and OBJ
jects were thrown on the canyas and
ELECTED hearty applause.