River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-04-28
The League Contest.

The league contest is over. River
Falls did not win first place but her
record is good, and she has no COM
plant to make. About Us friends
of the school and contestants made
the trip to Ellsworth last Friday,
and allowed themselves to form Is
per cent of the crowd that damned
itself and was jammed into the high
school assembly room to listen to
the contest It was a good natured
crowd, and fair and impartial in it's
applause.
Before the contest began the pan
demonium was deafening, as the
rival schools out-did each other
with their school yells and cries.
But as soon as the speakers ap-
peared, the yells subsidized. 1t was
$3.50 when the program began. The
first section was made up of the
oratorica1 selections, seven speak
ers, one from each school. In this
division, Otto Qua1e, Hudson, was
awarded first place, and will repre-
sent the league in the district con-
test. The non-oratorical selections,
followed close after the first. Here
the contest was closer, but the
Judges gave the honors to Mabel
Judd, Prescott, who will also repre-
sent the league in the district con-
test.
The decision of first place in the
first contest was received very
favorablv. The second decision
was different. 1t seems that the
older schools in the league Hud-
son, New Richmond, Ellsworth and
River Fa1ls-1ooked upon one an
other as their nearest rivals, and so
failed to take notice of the work of
the girl from Prescott.
The contest was very even, and
any one of the first four might cas-
ilv have won. The first four in their
order were Prescott, Hudson, River
Falls and Ellsworth. These were
so closely punched that very little
would have changed the decision.
Had the first two only been con-
sidered, eliminating all voters, and
the judges marked them as they did
on Friday evening, they would have
been tied for first. Had the first
three only been considered, the three
would have been tied. Had the
first four only been considered, then
Prescott and Hudson would have
been tied, River Falls being close
to them. Again, there were only
four judges, the fifth failing to ap-
pear. Had there been another Judge,
his markings might easily have
made all four tie for first place,
or, as easily, have made any one OF
the first three the winner. This
simply shows the closeness of the
cnotest, River Falls won third in
both contests. On points, River
Falls was second in the whole con-
test.
This is the fifth contest. In the
first Hudson won first place among
the speakers, but River Falls won
first as a school. In the second
contest, Hudson again had one
speaker first, but River Falls was
first as a school, and in the district
contest won first place. In the
| third contest, River Falls was third
among the speakers, and also third
as a school. In the fourth, River
Falls was second among the speak
ers, but first as school, and in the
district contest won first place, Hud.
son dropping to fourth place. This
wear River Falls is second among
| the schools, Hudson being first
In the five league contests, then
River Falls has been first, as &
school, three times, second once
and third once, so the school feels
that it's record is still good.