The log cabin Democrat., 1908-04-09
LITTLE ROCK HIGH SCHOOL WINS
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 uene Brady and Alice Morton Winners of firsts.


 who carried of first honors for him self and Little Rock, descended from the stage bearing the silver loving cup he was seized by his classmates and carried in triumph from the hall up on their shoulders 7,
 When the judges turned in their figures showing the grades made by the young women who participated in the state girls recitation contest Fri day night, and chairman J. J. Doyne announced that Miss Alice Morton, representing the Little Rock Higl School, had been awarded the first prize, making the second first prize carried off by the Little Rock school during the day. pandemonium broke loose, and for five minutes the cheers of her schoolmates presented the fur ther announcement of the awards. Miss Morton had chosen for her sub- ject "The Chariot Race" from Ben Hur, and she presented this extreme ly difficult subject in a masterly man. ner. Her efforts last night showed natural ability, supplemented by much careful training and a determination to win, for the honor that might fall not only to her, but to the school she represented.
 Eugene Brady, winner in the after noon contest, is a member of the sen for class. and a student of excep- tional ability. He is a son of MT. and Mrs. w. D. Brady. and lives at TIA West Tenth street.
 Miss Morton, who carried of the first honors in the girls contest. Is a daughter of Mrs. s. c. Morton, who lives at 1505 Broadway. She is also a member of the senior class of the High School, and has shown decided talents as an elocutionist.
 After announcing the winner of the first prize in Friday nights contest. the chairman proceeded to announce the winners of the second, third and fourth prizes, who were Miss Florence Smith of Arkansas Conference Col lege Preparatory School, Siloam Spring; Miss Lillian Fortune, Clary Training School, Fordyce, and Miss Virginia Buxton, Nashville High School.
 The prizes awarded Friday night consisted of a silver loving cup, valued at $20, to go to the school from which the first-prize winner was registered, and a first prize to the contestant of $25 in gold Second prize was $1O in gold, third prize was $5 in gold and the fourth prize was a $10 artists proof photograph donated by Harris. An additional prize of a pair of shoes was donated by the winner by Strat- man & Son.
 The program Friday evening was supplemented by a solo by Mrs D. R. Fones and a selection by the chorus of 40 voices from the Ladies' Musical Coterie.
 In deciding the contests, three judges were selected, whose names are to be kept secret. Each was pro- vided with a score card, upon which he gave each candidate three ratings. Sixty-five per cent might be awarded for effectiveness of delivery, twenty five per cent for the difficulty Of Selec- tion chosen by the contestants, and ten per cent for stage presence or ap- pearance of the candidate. The to- tai that could be scored by any one candidate was 100 per cent. After the contestants had finished their efforts. these three cards were turned over to an auditing committee, which footed the total of each contestant and then awarded the honors to the candidate having the highest grand average. In this way the utmost fairness prevailed. The judges were seated at widely sep arated sections of the auditorium. and there was absolutely no chance of collision or unfairness. In fact, the universal sentiment seems to be that the judges were very fair in their grades.