The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-04-23
CLARENDON ORATOR
WINS THE MEDAL
Students Enthusiastically Celebrate First Contest
Of the Panhandle OratOriCaI Association
and Games Between Various Schools
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s. Is. Carr, Canadian. ....I3
1t took the positive warning from
the presiding officer of the oratorical
association last night at the Deandi
to keep the scores OF enthusiastic
Clarendon men quiet and off the
stage til Rev. Ferguson awarded
the medal after the judges had an
nounced their decision. Then 1t was
Clarendon's inning and the boys with
the white and olive steamers swarm
ed upon the stage and carried their
champion down to the accompanl-
ment OF assorted noise from the
Clarendon brass band and from the
Clarendon rooters.
Added the Ranks Together.
The system of grading used gives
the place according to the smallness
of figures and were obtained by
adding together OF the ranks given
by the various judges. Thus to have
made his score of s, the Clarendon
man must have received two firsts
and a second on both thought and
delivery. Added up this would make
the s which shows him to have been
awarded higher place than any Of
the other speakers,
Orators Differed i'm Type.
"That Goodnight man" remarked
one of the judges after the contest
last night, makes the most pleasing
speaker OF the three. AS student
and as a man to get out logical ad-
dress, covering the whole subject,
that Clarendon man undoubtedly
had the rest of them beat. But put
him on the stump where he has to
give and take and hand 1t back, that
Canadian man could become a
power" p"
Most OF the people in the audience
last night we're glad that they were
not the judges. The three orators
made such thoroughly creditable
showings and were at the same time
so very different in type that com
parison was difficult and the COM
ment OF the judge gave a fair esti-
mate OF their merits.
Rooters Crowded Deandi.
The trolley ride after the basket
ball game in the afternoon took the
time OF the visitors till nearly z so
1t was s o'clock before students and
others began to come to the Deandi
for the contest. BY $50 the big au-
ditorium was crowded and the va
rious delegations had begun a con.
test that was as real and was i'm.
mensely more exciting than the for.
NAL contest which followed, Clar.
endon's brass band took up the front
OF the hall and furnished several
numbers of good music for the en-
tertainment OF the crowd. Then the
Clarendon delegation which occupied
, much OF the center section of the
hall started in to cheer for G. T
Palmer and Clarendon college in gen.
eral. Canadian on the south side
took part with string OF yells com
plimentary to the other schools and
to themselves, and one Of which, II
honor of their entertainers, ran al
follows:
Hurrah for Amarillo,
The queen OF the West
The city OF Amarillo,
That treats us as her guest.
A song to the air OF Aud Lang Syn,
celebrated the worth of the othel
schools as surpassed only by Cana
dian.
From the rear OF the hall on thu
north sidea bunch OF irrepressiblc
amarillo High School boys and girl
chimed in with yells and songs To-
their school.
The Buffalo Crowd.
Owing to a confusion in the al
lotment of seats, the Goodnight PEG
pie we're scattered out in the hal
so they we're little late in gettinl
. together and in getting into action
. Then
Buffalo, buffalo, shout 1t aloud
re are the gang from the buffal
crowd,
Buffalo meat is all we eat,
: We're wild and woody and hard Il
beat.
I Those Goodnight boys and girl
). had a bunch OF yells that went of
like bunch of fire crackers an,
there weren't any "fizzers" In tn