The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1906-04-06
PRIZES GO TO PUPILS
Interesting DeclamatOry Con.
test Of Boys and Girls.
COIfaX Team Wins Debate From
Spokane Advocates Of Inter.
esting Subject.

institute week took place Thursday
night ia the county court room, where
was held the vurmly contested eighth
grade declamatOry contest between
pupils of the public schools of whitman
county.
An entertaining program was carried
out in the presence OF large audience
which gave way repeatedly to entbu-
siastic appreciation of the numbers and
declamations.
The program ia full was as follows:
Chorus ................."S ."Sailor Boys Glee"
Male Quartet t,.................-....S Selected
"Old Ace" "....-.-.......... Hazel Smith
"The Old Actors Story" w Lille Desney
Bobby Shaftoe" ....... Miss Ruth Mclean
Male Quartet Observation-Disclosures. Selected
"Peter sorghum in Love" .. Verne Henry
''Spartacus to the Gladiators" Jill. Ihos. Cole
''The Polish Boy" "......... Fannie Ogg
Chorus .............." THE Grand Republic"
In the declamatory contest Fannie
Ogg won first prize and Verne Henry
was awarded second prize. The Judges
we're Prof. a. H. YOder, Prof. II. c.
Sampson and Assistant State Supt f.
NJ McCully.
The music was furnished by the Oakes-
dale high school orchestra.
At Spokane the COlfax team won the
debate easily. Of the contest one SpO-
kane paper said:
The COifax high school debating team
scored a victory over the speakers OF
the Spokane high school in the auditor
ium OF the high school Saturday even
ing, securing the unanimous decision of
the three judges.
a fair sized audience heard the argu-
ments OF the speakers. The CoIfax team
was accompanied by half dozen noisy
roOtBrs and few Of the teachers of that
school, ell Of whom 'whOOped her up"
when the decision was announced in the
visitors favor.
The question for discussion was, IRE
solved; That the continuous operation
of public service industries should be
insured by compulsory arbitration"
"Colfax supported the negative with the
following speakers: Virgil Canutt, Rob
ert Burgunder and Miss Frances Boots.
The Spokane deb8ters were Arthur He'd
lund, Alva Kilt and Louis Meier. The
judges were DR.. Stangland and Professor
Beach of Washington State college and
Attorney Parks of this city.
"The COlfeX debaters Outp0inted the
Spokane team, and won on their merits
They we're a much older looking set of
youths than the local trio, and it was
learned that they were all seniors. Spo-
kaDe's debaters were all sophomOres.
Virgil Canutt, Colfax's first speaker,
was the principal source OF Spokane's
defeat His argument was good and mis-
delivery far superior to that OF the rest
of the visiting team.
The Spokane boys acquitted them
selves creditably, simply being outpoint
ed by an older and more experienced
team.
"Colfax will now debate the prepara-
tory department team Of the Washing
ton State college in the finals for the
championship of the Inland Empire
Iaferscholastic league, which was formed
little more than a year ago, during
the session Of the Washington Educa
tional association in this city.
Eight high and college preparatory
schools are members OF the league, and
all have been disposed OF except Colfax
and the ". S. C. 'Preps.'"