The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-21
FARMERS INSTITUTE.
Proceedings Of Annual Gathering Of Mahaska
County Folk.

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4 time. while at the Grand opera house,
where the children's declamatory con-
test was held in the afternoon, every
available seat was utilized to accom-
modate the crowd and many were
turned away for lack OF room.
The Declamatory Contest.
The first two classes in the chill.
dren's declamatory contest were heard
in the Grand opera house Tuesday ar
iternoon. Nearly fifteen hundred PEG.
Pile were in the audience and the pro-
gram throughout was the best ever
heard at this annual feature of the In
stftute. The quality Of the recitations
on an average compared very favor
ably with other contests. The Holt
mess university furnished the musical
numbers which added pleasing diver
slons to the program. The vocal
solo rendered by little Earl Doty was
extra fine and he was applauded most
enthusiastically.
The program was divided into two
parts, Class B and the Central Holi.
mess University Scholarship Glass. In
the latter all of the selections were on
Temperance subjects County Super
intendent Chas. H. Young acted as
chairman and the judges were Mrs. /.
w. Cook, Miss Alkaline Augustine and
lSupt f. w. Else. The prizes were
awarded as follows:
....ga Class 3. r..
First prize, So cash-Marie Evans.
Second prize, Sc cash--Nona Bell
Cox. -..v'
Third prize, 81 cash--Aleata Wood
ward. .. .
Fourth prize, 81 cash--Bernice Har-
Ivey. ...
C. H. U. Scholarship Class.
IL. First. two terms tuition, value $2S,
Agnes Anderson d., .-,
Second. one term tuition, value S14
Harold Freeman.
Third, one term tuition, value Sill
Grace Cox. fE0@
All contestants not winning a prize
received 81 in cash from the Instl-
tute
The program was rendered in full as
follows: ssl'
Music-C. II. u. Mixed Quartette.
northumberland Ayres of c.
H. U.
Solo-Mr Wilcox.
Class B.
Somebody's Mother" Marguerite
Evans. -. ..
Dom Up the Dishes" Aleata
Woodward. a
Jack" Esther Anderson. Visit ... IA
Grandma Al'uz Does" Herbert
Johns. ti.. ..,....s..
The ,Freckled Girl" Rosa Padgett
The Kingdom of Heaven" Carolyn
Lytle. ~
| What She Said" Mona Belle Cox.
Repentance" Bernice Harvey.
Solo, Sing Me a Song of the Sun
my SOUTH" Harold Freeman.
Little joe" Percy Olson.
"A Little Girls Lament" Mary Ma
lsel.
Flag the Train" Minnie Madison.
Joshua, 1776," Marie Evans.
Solo, Capt. Kidd" Earl Doty
Little Bessie" Ethel Lucille Parry
THE Foolish Violet" Katy Adamite.
THE Village Blacksmith" Gertie
Lewis.
Smith and Jones'" Leslie Jones.
Solo, Mr.. Wilke.
c. H. U. Class.
The Face On the Floor" Faye Hill.
Little Blossom" Harold Freeman.
"The Good Time Coming, Grace Cox.
Rum Sellers Fine" Agnes Ander-
son.
Solo, Prof. Speicher.
@n... The Entry List.
The entry list this year Is three larg-
er than that of the 1908 Institute, there
being a total OF 15S names this year,
The complete entry list is as follows:
Cecil Freeman, Harry Crozier, Mrs.
NJ. W. Crozier, C. f. Shafer, Melvin
Earle, Alice NJ. Bland, Mrs. Alya Rey-
lnolds, j. A. Reynolds, J. A. Stephen
Ison, Jennie Oliver, Floyd Branson,
Lena Bidwell, Anna Edwards, Perry
yJlSy my l-y TIC, CdlOISA L4S IiSb IL IL
Martin, Mrs. Floyd Stephenson, Harry
Jones, Kate Berner, Laura Tullis, J.
A. Rhinehart, Mrs. Dell Harding, John
w. Fox, Mrs. W. N. Paterson. F. F.
Everett, Howard Mastellar Ed Scharff,
Bartlett Bros, VIM. B. Harvey, airs.
VIM b. Harvey, Mrs. MILFORD Hull,
Charles Steddom, G. S. Pomeroy, Orle
Pomeroy, Florence Pomeroy, w. A
Wilkins, Mrs. ]. r .Colville, Earle Col
vile, Mrs. Guy Pomeroy, Samuel
Hooker, w. J. Van der Wilt, Mrs. d. f.
Gwinn, H. F. Hanna, Mrs. o. L. Smith,
Mrs. F. J. Evans, NJ. NJ. Prime, w. o.
McCurdy, Mrs w. G. McCurdy, Mrs.
John Allsup, C. Powell. Mrs. Weaver
Cuttings, Walter Roe. Mrs Dell Barnes,
10. Il. Smith, Arthur Cameron, Mrs
Howard Wright, Miss Mary Lewis,
Mrs. Dick Lewis, b. r. Thatcher, VIM.
Whalen, Howard Edris, Wilford Hull,
Mrs. s. b. Rhea, Mrs. Nathan Cox,
J, F. Krizer. Mrs. w. ]. Good, w. +.
Hmshaw, Owen Hinshaw, A. l.. Stutz-
man. Mrs. v. G. Imig, Mrs. Welton
Peters, Albert Stanton, Roy Stanton,
Mrs. |. N, Taylor. Mrs. J, II. Williams.
Mrs. G, l.. Davis, Garrett Scharff, w.