Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-04-23
LOCAL SCHOOL
CAPTURED PRIZES
Won Three Out of Five First
First Prizes
Local High School Showed SupGFiOri-
ty in Nearly All Branches Of Com
pGtitiOn--.AmGFiCuS Chosen as Next
Meeting Place For Contestants.

Representative of the Americui
High School fairly swept the felc
in the recent Inter-County Higf
School contest of the Third Congress
sional District held at Fitzgerald, win.
ming three out of five first places
and second and third places in the
other contests.
In addition to bringing back the
various prizes, won, Superintendent
Miller secured for Americus the next
meeting Of the contests for this dis
trict, t11s making it literally true
hat Americas carried the day in every
particular.
The first prizes won were as fol-
lows: In defamation, Willie Dews
Miller, gold medal; in music, Cor
inne Sills, gold medal; for best high
school display, s.. The second place
in the 22O yard dash was won by
Morgan Stevens against a field that
| Included a first prize winner in the
last state contest in Athens. Miss
Mildred L.de Won third place in the
c!ocut'om contest.
In rendering he decision for the
first prize in the defamation con-
test. which was wen by Willie D we
Miller. Supountfl6 tent Aldine Pound,
Of lp WayCross schools, said that the
decision of the five judges in awarding
the medal had been unanimous. Mr..
Pound also said that it was the opin-
ion OF the judges that young Mr. Dews
had made the best showing that they
had ever witness in a defamation
contest, He will enter the state con-
test to be held later in Athens, in
winch competition only those who have
won first prizes in the district con-
tests are eligible, where he will de-
liver the same defamation, Robert
Toombs' Defenes of His Old Slave"
with which he won-the medal in Fitz
gerald, After the splendid showing
made in Fitzgerald, it is confidently
hoped that he will win first prize in
the state conetst.
Miss Cor.n2e Sills, of the first years
class, who won the medal offered as
first prize in the music contest, rem
dered "Valse Chromatique, Opus SS,"
by Benjamin GODDARD, in such manner
that she gained ready decision in
this contest Miss Mildred Lide, who
won third place in the elouction con
tes-, recited "Old Ace" most effective
Iy.
1t is believed that if the students
who represented Americus in the ath-
letic contests had been in better con-
dition, there would have been some
first prizes won in these contests. On
account of the prevalence of measles
recently. however, the work in ath
letics has been hindered. The splen-
dld showing Of the students in the in
tellectual contests, however, more
than compensated for the loss of the
athletic contests. All the prizes won
were gained in strenuous competition
with the largest and best high schools
of the district, fact which serves 10
show the general excellence of the
work that has been done at the High
School during the past school year.
The winning of the money prize fo-
the best high school display was a no
table recognition by the most compe-
tent judges of the superiority of the
local High School oyer all others in
the district
Superintendent and Mrs Miller, the
members Of the High School faculty,
Captain John A. Cobb, president Of
the Board of Education, and all the
students who attended, were treated in
royal manner by the people of Fitz
gerald during their stay.