The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-02
CALUMET BOY WINS RONORS
OF THE ORATORICAl meet
For Third Time in Succession
Calumet Will Take Part in
U. P. Contest.
MICHAELSON WINNER

The Calumet high school viii again
represent this district at the Uppei
Peninsula oratorical contest, Albert
Michaelson, the local contestant, win
ming first honors at the district con-
test held I'm Calumet last evening. one
of the largest crowds that has ever
witnessed such contest was present
i'm the large assembly room of the high
school, il being estimated that nearly
two thousand people were i'm attend
lance Every high school In the copper
country was represented and this stu
dent mass numbered more than a
thousand. AS the six contestants took
their places on the platform each
school gave nine "rahs" for their re-
spectve representative and school.
Following this. which was one of the
| greatest demonstrations of student
feeling ever witnessed in Calumet, the
high school orchestra opened the even
! ing's program.
Superintendent Doelle. of the Hough-
ton schools, acted as chairman and
made few statements relative to the
work.
Karl Yauch, representing Adams
township, was the first to crate. His
subject was John Quincy Adams"
He painted a clear and vivid word pic
ture of the life of the old veteran ex-
president and his Grafton, which was
an exceptionally good one took second
place.
% Albert Michaelson of Calumet came
second with his winning grafton, en-
titled THE Spirit of Graft" This pa
per described the greatest disease" as |
Mr.. Michaelson terms it. of the coun- |
try. He showed his audience how graft |
had taken a great hold on not only the |
political world. but had entered the |
lives of hundreds of our most prom /
lnent business men. "The governing l
body of San Francisco tried to appeal |
to the people of the United States for 4
i'm their effort to expell 1OO,-
300 japanese children from the public Il
schools, while they themselves were at Il
The same time practicing graft to the 4
best of their ability" he declared. He II
urged that each and every one as an
individual do his or her best to drive !
his green demon" into the open. to
expose those behind it and finally to
eradicate it entirely.
Miss Ethel Mckenzie of Hancock |
spoke on Child Labor in the United
States" She clearly brought out the
and privations that are the
OF of many of our children working
IN the city factories. "The Engineer"
by James Mccarthy of Houghton.
was the next Grafton on the program. 1
IN this paper the orator tried to con-
vince his hearers that we must give
honor To the engineer for without
civil and mechanical engineers no
can possibly progress. Miss
Selma Perreault was the fifth to crate
md used as her topic "The Need of
Forest Preservation" and Wilfred Da-
1ies of Dollar Bay concluded the pro-
gram with his Grafton on "Conserva-
ton of National Reserves"
After Supt. Doelle announced the
winners he thanked the Calumet stu
dents for the hospitality they had
shown the visiting students. And also
.or the torch light parade and band |
that welcomed the visitors. After the
conclusion Of the contest the Calumet
students took hold of their contestant
md carried him through both of the
while the famous little band
If musicians rendered music.
The judges were Attorney S. l.. Law
.on of Hancock, Deem Robinson of
Houghton and DIR. c. II. Rod of Cal
lmet. These judges marked on de-
livery while Principal Kaye of the
Marquette Normal, Supt. Schurtz of
he Negauncc schools and Miss Flora L
tiill of the Marquette Normal were
Judges on thought and composition