The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-11-24
.H|gHEsCHOOLS
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DecIaimkrs Will Hold Forth al
Craven Memorial Hall
WINNER JOREcE|VE MEDAL
The 1910 InteiTcholastic Defamation
Contest at Trinity College Friday
Evening Promises TO Re Most
Significant Event in History of
Secondary Schools OF south.

What promises to ne one OF the
most significant events In secondary
school defamation circles will take
place at the Craven Memorial hall
next Friday evening wnen 80 or more
OF the leading high schools and pre-
paratory schools OF this state and
Virginia and South Carolina VIII
compete in defamation contest for
beautiful gold medal offered by the
"9019." patriotic association Of
Trinity college, offered to the best
deciaimer. Each school viii have
one representative.
The committees in charge of the
contest have completed the final ar
rangements for the meet and the con-
testants are expected to arrive on the
Thursday afternoon trains. To each
one of these has been forwarded a
suitable ribbon for Identification to
be exchanged upon arrival for Trim
ity blue and white badges bearing the
Inscription. "Inter-Scholastic Decla-
nation Contest, Trinity, 1s10.' The
trains viii be met by committees
from the "9019," ana by special
friends Of the contestants. Accom-
modations for all OF these have al
ready been provided with the stu
dents of the college and they will BE-
conducted 10 the rooms set apar. for
them Immediately upon their arrival.
The enter linment of the contestants
will be l.ore individual than other
wise. The formal program will be as
follows:
/. Informal reception of contest
ants by the receiving committee in
the hall OF the Columbian Literary
society. Thursday evening. November
cath. at I o'elocE. Here will take
place also the drawing of lots for
positions in the preliminary contest
of the next day.
.. Attendance by the delegates in
a body at the basketball game Of the
evening at the gymnasium.
3. Preliminary contest, Craven
Memorial ball. November 25th, . a.
m. Contestants will appear In the
order assigned to them by lot the
evening before.
I. Announcement OF the ten sue
cessful contestants, Craven Memorial
hall. 2 p. M. aud assignment OF
places for the final contest Of the
evening.
5. Final contest. Craven Memorial
hall, $ y. NJ.
6. Informal banquet In honor Of
the school representatives in the hall
OF the Hesperian Literary society.
Friday. November 25. 10 p. m.
The judges for both the preiimi-
nary and final contests will be an
nounccd just before each begins:
they will not know what school any
ono OF the contestants represents I'M
til after their decision. Thirty-three
schools have filed the names OF their
declaImers aud the titles OF their
declamations with the contest COM
mittee. of these schools, two. DAN
willie high school and Cluster Springs
academy. are from Virginia: three,
Fort Mill high school. Wodotd Fit
ting school and Lancaster high
school. are from South Carolina. and
the other schools from North Caro-
lima. These schools are: Rutherford
college. Winston high school. Whit
sett institute. Raeford institute,
IIorner Military academy. Durham
high school, Raleigh high school. Ok
ford high school. Gastonia high
school. Louisburg high school. Wash
ington high school. East Durham
high school. Burlington high school,
Wilmington high school. IIiddenite
high school. Cary high school, Wake
Ion high school. Holly Springs high
school, Hawiields high school.
wayncsyille high school. Trinity Park
school, Mars Hin college. kinston
high school. Cfeedmoor high school.
Charlotte high school. Bairds school.
Greenvflle high school and Warsaw
high school
The final contest Friday evening
will be pifbiic and large attendance
OF the college community and city Is
expected. II will be one OF the most
interesting events OF the year and
will be unique in being the first Of its
kind that has gathered contestants
from so large a number OF schools.
The move TO encourage this kind Of
work in the secondary schools Of the
state Is commendable one and Il is
In keeping with the spirit Of the
Greater Trinity to be- in the lead in
fostering II. The gathering Of these
representatives here serves to center
attention again on Trinity and cannot
but spread the fame OF the college in
distant parts Of the state.