The Forrest City times., 1908-04-10
LITTLE ROCK HIGH SCHOOL WINS
Takes Both Boys and Girls Deciamatcry Contests'-tu-
 gene Brady and Alice Morton Winners of firsts

pUD4lc lnsFucLlon. aS E4sCAc h4 eN!f who carried Of first honors for hln self and Little Rock, descended from the stage bearing the silver loving cup Ee was seized by his classmates ana carried in triumph from the nall up on their shoulders.
 When the judges turned in their figures showing the grades made ey the young women who participated in the state girls recitation contest trl- day night, and chairman J. J. Doyne announced that Miss Alice Morton, representing the Little Rock higa School, had been awarded the first prize. making the second first prize carried off by the Little Rock school during the day, pandemonium oFoke 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 Q masyerly man. ner Her efforts last night showed a natural ability, supplemented by much careful training and a determination to win, for the honor that might fall i not only to her, but 10 the school she i represented.
 Eugene Brady, winner in the after noon contest, is a member of the sen l for class. and a student of excep- tional ability. He is son of MT. and Mrs. W. D. Brady. and lives al 71s West Tenth street.
 Miss Morton. who carried of the i first honors in the girls contest. is a daughter of Mrs. s. C. Morton, who lives at 1905 Broadway. She is also a member of the senior class of the l 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 10 announce the winners of the second, third and fourth prizes, who were Miss Florence Smith of Arkansas Conference Col lege Preparatory School. Siloans Spring; Miss Lillian Fortune, Clary l Training School, Fordyce, and Miss Virginia Buxton, Nashville High l School.
 The prizes awarded Friday night consisted of silver loving cup, valued al s20, to go 10 the school from which the frst-prize winner was registered, and first prize 10 the contestant of ! s2o in gold. Second prize was s10 in gold, third prize was s in gold and the fourth prize was a s10 artist $ proof photograph donated by Harris An additional prize of 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 49 voices from the Ladies' Musical Coterie.
 In deciding the contests, three judges were selected, whose names are to be kept secret. Each was pro- yided 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. ton 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 10 an auditing committee, which footed the total of each contestant and then awarded the konors to the candidate having the highest grand average. h this way the utmost fairness prevailed The judges were seated al widely sep arated sections of the auditorium, and there was absolutely no chance of collusion or unfairness. In fact the universal sentiment seems to be that the judges were very fair in their grades.