The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-06-10
TEN COMPETED
FOR PRIZES
AT Spaulding Speaking Contest
Last Evening
BEFORE A LARGE CROWD
Eva A. Bisbee and Charles comolli Took
First Honors and Freida c. Hooker
and George Watt Second Hon
ors--Speaking Was Good.

The winners in the Spaulding higl
school prize speaking contest, which wal
held at the opera house last evening anc
in which there were 10 contestants, were
as follows:
Young Ladies.
First, Miss Eva Annie Bisbee.
Second, Miss Freida Christina Hooker
Young Men.
First, Charles Comolli.
Second, George Watt
The speaking was fully up to the
standard established in the previous con
tests, and this part OF the program, TO-
gether with the cello solos OF Lyle Perry
won the hearty appreciation OF the large
audience which was present.
Mr.. Perry gave four solos in his usua
pleasing manner, being accompanied upon
the piano by Miss Annie Inglis.
The young ladies' taking part in tnt
contest were as follows: Eva Annie Bis.
bee, Freida Christina Hooker, Alice AL
lerton Stebbins, Sophia Ellen Campbell
and Joyce Gertrude Bisbee
Although the contest was close one
and the good points OF the work Of the
various contestants We're many, the audi.
ence seemed satisfied at the decision oi
the judges in awarding the first prize
to Miss Eva Annie Bisbee, who gave the
pathetic reading, Engineer Connor's
Son" by Will Allen Dromgoole. The
story Of itself ii pathetic one and Miss
Bisbee showed her ability to bring out
its points.
Miss Hooker, who was awarded the
second prize, spoke Albert Bigelow
Paine's christmas Eve in Mining
Camp in a manner which brought tears
10 the eyes OF members OF the audi
ence.
The selections of the other young
ladies we're all excellent and the work
Of the Judges was OF the hardest kind
to be able to pick those who were en-
titled To the prizes. Miss Stebbins' se-
lection was a Rose of Rome" by George
Henry Galpin; Miss Canpbell's The
Heart of Old Hickory by Will Allen
Dromgoole; and that chosen by Miss
Joyce Gertrude Bisbee was The Toy
Shop" by Margarita Spalding Gerry.
The young men In the contest were
Charles Comolli, winner of the first
prize; George Watt, winner Of the second
prize; Hugh Harrison Carpenter, Howard
Marion Miles and James Edward Scott.
All OF the young men with the exception
OF George Watt, winner OF the second
prize, chose descriptive readings. Alr.
Watt won the second prize by his rem
dering of the famous jury address Of
Daniel Webster, delivered in q murder
trial.
The winner of the first prize, Charles
Comolii, showed remarkable ability as a
speaker hi his recitation of The Night
Ride, by Cable. The piece is one which
requires considerable ability to be given
III manner SO that it viii not fall tiat
with an audience and necessitates the
speakers acting the parts of its several
characters during the reading.
The selections chosen BY the other
young men Of the contest were as fol-.
lows: Forest Kings Victory" "0uida,
Hugh Harrison Carpenter; Orchestra
Chair X 49, by Howard Fielding, How
ara Marion Miles; The Sailing Cap
TAIN by Sarah Green, James Edward
Scott.
Among the young men, as among the
young ladies, the decision Of the winners
was necessarily a close one, but the work
of the Judges, II. +. SIayton, Z. A. Mutt
and *. q. ShurtleiT, all Of Montpelier,
met with approval