The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-04-09

genuine ability. His selection. How
Ruby Played" the old story of Ruben
stein at the piano, was probably
familiar to the entire audience--in
fact the same piece was given by the
young lady from Wausa later In the
evening, but the naturalness, the en-.
thusiasm. the force and the actors
art that the Neigh representative
threw into the old piece, completely
revived an audience trihe drowsy
from the length of the program.
Another Freshman Winner.
II Is something of coincident that
the young lady who pressed Dana Cole
closest for popular honors was a
member OF the first year class in the
Schuyler high school, Miss Editha
y. SiXta of Schuyler won second
honors in the humorous class with
THE Bear Story That Alex LIST Naked
Up His Own Sef." There was genuine
humor in the piece and Miss Sixta
made the most of It with a straight
forward natural delivery. The judges
were unanimous in giving her the
second prize.
Ned Irwin Best Orator.
Ned Irwin of the Madison high
school was voted first honors in the
oratorical class by the unanimous de.
cision of the judges. He appeared
first on the program with the tribute
to "Oliver Cromwell" Mr. Irwin has
a clear and mature delivery and
speaks with force and ease.
Otto Stratton of Atkinson won sec
ond place with "A Plea for Cuban
Liberty" His delivery was marked
would probably have won him
honors even if more contestants had
appeared in the oratorical class.
Victory for a Young Man.
Ray Chilcoat from the Stanton high
school won first honors III the drama
tic class over nine young ladies. In
the past young men have usually
shared rather poorly in the distribu-
ton of honors in competition with the
young women in this class. Mr.. Chill
coat who had the support of dele
cation of about sixty Stanton friends,
gave "Belshazzar's Feast" with con-
siderable force and ability, making the
most of the highly dramatic possibili-
ties in the piece.
Miss Margaret Hansen of Tilden
was given second place, which she
we'll earned with the selection,
"Brier Rose"
Miss Iona Marty of Creighton, win
ner of third prize in the dramatic
class, closed the program of that
class with THE Deathbed of Benedict
Arnold" 1t was a highly dramatic
piece but was given most capably.
Other Dramatic Selections.
The judges decisions were not as
unanimous in the dramatic class as
in the other two classes, possibly on
account of the large number of con-
testants. Miss Edna Froyd of Hart
ington and Miss TRULY Kelly of Wis
ner overstepped the time limit in the
selections and in this way reduced an
otherwise high standing. Miss Froyd
spoke "A Shaker Romance" and Miss
Kelly, Mrs. Sherwood's Victory"
"One of the Heroes" was well de-
livered by Miss Vida Krause, who
represented the West Point high
school with credit and gave evidence
of careful training.
Miss Helen Friday of this city with
"a West Point Football Game" did
not disappoint her friends, but deliv-
cred the selection clearly and with
much natural ability. While she did
not win one of the prizes her selec-
ton was especially well received
Miss Val Ecker of Winside was one
of the most pleasing speakers of the
evening. She gave How Old Folks
Won the Oaks
Damon and Pythias," truly
dramatic selection, was well delivered
by Miss Una Hartman of Beemer.
Miss Ol.ye Hester of Coleridge
spoke "a Wild Olive Leaf" and helped
maintain the high standard of the
evenings program.
Good Humorous Selections.
The humorous class, which is always
the climax of the evenings program.
contained other well delivered num-
bers than the two which were accorded
the prizes. Miss Edna Stringfellow Of
Oakdale with MRS Fellesy's Burglar
Alarm" was especially good, while "a
Cuban Tea" by Miss Leila Gossard of
Bloomfield and How Rubenstein
Played the Piano" by Miss Florence
Monteen of Wausa received deserved
applause.
Boys Ranked Well.
The four young men who were on
the program captured the three first
prizes and one second 1t was a coin
cident also that the first selection
given in each class won the first
honors. In the past the young men
have usually been bested by the fair
sex.
Music a Special Feature.
Music was a special feature of the
declamatory program. Voget's Con-
cert orchestra, which has already won
the hearts of Norfolk people, won high
praise from the visitors from away,