The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-11-15
HONESDALE WINS
TWO FIRST RONORS
The County Seat Captures
Prizes In Monday Nights
Contest.
LARGE AUDIENCE AT HIGH
SCHOOL ENJOYS EXCITING
ORATORICAL MEET.

Honesdale carried off the honors at
the Wayne County High School Lit
erary Contest, Monday evening in the
auditorium of the County Seat High
School, when Miss Mildred Ward and
Mortimore Stocker were awarded first
place in the contest between first
grade High schools.
The auditorium was jammed to
the doors with an enthusiastic
crowd who cheered the speakers to
the echo. Damascus sent up a dele
cation of some thirty students who
sang the song of their alma mater,
whose words run something like this:
Where the hills of old Damascus
Meet the eastern sky
Proudly stands our Alma Mater
On her hilltop high.
CHORUS
Flag we love! Blue and White!
Float for aye, D. H. S. DER thee,
May thy sons be leal and loyal
To thy memory"
And they had a regular old college
yell to go with it. Here it is:
" Rah! Rah! D. H. S.
Rah! Rah! ID. H. S.
Rah! Rah! d. H. S.
Damascus! Damascus! Damascus! !!
And what was Honesdale doing all
the while? She was singing Here's
to the school that's the best on
EARTH" and waving the school colors
on high. Say it was great. And all
this before the real show began.
Yes, Hawley had crowd of rooters
there, too.
Following a musical selection by
Freeman's orchestra County Super
intendent J. ]. Koehler introduced
Prof. Harry A. Oday, Phi, B., chair
man of the High school contest COM
mittee, as the chairman of the even
ing.
Principal Oday announced that the
three Judges were seated in different
parts of the room, and that each
Judge would be given an envelope in
which he was to place his decision
and that there would be no confer
ence between the judges. Admon-
ishing the audience to do their cheer
ing with their hands he introduced
the speakers and named the contest
ing selections as follows:
Contest between Third Grade High
Schools. Declamation-"Th Return
of Regulus.'
First Speaker-Harold e, Widen
stein, Pleasant Mount.
Second Speaker-Lowel H. Cross,
Sterling.
Third Speaker - Frederick J..
Houth, Jr., White Mills.
Recitation - Abraham Daven-
port" ...
First Speaker-Miss Lila Hine,
Lakewood High School
Second Speaker-MiSS Sadie Rock
well, Lake Ariel.
Third Speaker-Miss Esther Gill,
White Mills.
Contest between First Grade
Schools-Declamation-"Work.'
First Speaker Spencer G.
Noble, Damascus.
Second Speaker-Edw. l.. Dapper,
Hawley
Third Speaker-Mortimo Stock
er, Honesdale.
Recitation-"Th Legend of Bre-
GEM"
First Speaker-Miss Faye Abra-
ham, Damascus.
Second Speaker-Mis Harriet Nc
Third Speaker-Miss Mildred
Ward, Honesdale.
The judges, Prof John T. Watkins,
Scranton; Prof. Hoban, Dunmore,
and Prof. F. A. Barbour, Ypsilanti,
Mich, rendered their decisions, fol-
lowing which Prof. Oday announced
the verdict and called the successful
contestants to the platform
They were as follows:
Third Grade High Schools:
Boys-Lowell Cross.
Girls-Miss Lila Hine G. votes).
(First)
Miss Esther Gill (1 vote).
tSecond).
First Grade High Schools:
Boys Mortimore Stocker e.
votes).
(First).
Spencer C. Noble (1 vote)
(Second).
Girls-Miss Mildred Ward.
And it was all over, save the cheer
ing and congratulations. The report
er was in a Damascus crowd and he
asked Prof. Pethick what was the
difference between a defamation and
recitation. "a defamation, OBJ
ligingly answered the professor, sis
something of forenic character, an
grafton; a recitation NAV he ANYTHING