The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-15
COL. HAMS LECTURE.
How a High School Girl Describes 1t
and Wins Chautauqua Ticket.

The management of the local Chau-
tauqua association adopted a novel
way of calling the attention of the
| public to their undertaking. They Of
| senior class of the high school for the
three best essays written by this class
suitable for publication.
The requireme were that they
should contain not less than 500 words
nor more than 500; that some feature
should be- made especially prominent
to attract attention, and that they
should avoid repeating as far as pos
not expected that all important fea-
lures would be mentioned but that the
more they made use of the better
would be the article. They were adj
monished to avoid the use of all hack
neyed expressions. and the articles
were to be marked in the first place
by the usual standard prevailing in the
high school and then the management
in determining who had written the
best articles all things being consid-
cred.
On this basis nine articles have been
selected, three articles in each class,
without any attempt to determine
which one in each class is the best.
Those placed in the first class were
the articles written by Kathryn Nell
son, George Platt and AnnabeIe Gar
vey. Those placed in the second class
were the articles written by Fanny
Stoves, Emma Cooper and Ray G.
Woolverton. Those placed in the third
class were the articles written by Roy
Shoaf, F'reda Bechtel and Frances
Lawlor. The article written by Kath-
ryn Nelson is given herewith and the
ones written by Ray G. Woolverton
and Frances Lawlor will follow.
Nelson. George Platt and Annabeile
Garvey each win a ticket. Those who
are graded in the second class will re-
ceive a free season ticket upon selling
three others, and returning the cash
for the same to the secretary. Those
in the third class will receive a free
season ticket upon selling four of the
season tickets and returning the cash
for the same to the secretary.
Old Times in Dixie.
fsThen L wish I was in Dixie. Hooray!
Hoorayi
In Dixie land I'll take my stand
To live and die for Dixie.
Hooray! Hooray! Away down south
in Dixie
Twas only a cdowd of little negro
boys singing and dancing to the music
of an old banjo played by the one
white boy in the crowd and yet 1t was
without a doubt the happiest little
bunch one could find in this busy old
world. Ragged and black their faces
fairly shone with happiness and when
the white boy, called Young Massa"
by the negroes, told some droll story
or sang a snatch of some original
song. their teeth shone like rows of |
small white monuments, and they |
rolled over and over with shouts of |
laughter Young Massa was always !
popular with everyone. He could tell |
the drollest story without the shadow |
of a grin and make his friends as well
as the negroes shout with laughter, or |
he would tell some pathetic incident
with such pathos that tears came in
stantly to the eyes of the merriest.
Everybody liked him and he was
everybody's friend.
The years that have passed since
those boyhood days down in Dixie |
have not Changed his droll humor one
Bit OF course the years and his con-
tact with the world, both north and