The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-04-29

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representative gave a wonderful effort
His self-possession, boyish bearing and
remarkable .enunciation took him near
the top and but for a tangible weak
ness in his voice due to a cold It would
have been hard to. see how he could
have lost Three days ago he could
hardly speak
Bad weather did not detract from the
attendance nor dampen the enthusiasm
Of the young high school boys and girls
from Hobart. Gary, East Chicago,
Whiting. Crown Point and Lowell who
took possession of the city of Ham
mond yesterday afternoon. The opera
house was crowded to the roof and the
contests were accompanied by the Gus
tomary vociferous and spectacular de-
monstrations by each contingent.
Whiting had the largest number of
visitors and East Chicago next while
Lowell and Gary had the smallest. The
delay occasioned by the late arrival of
one of the judges held the program
until after eight o'clock. Carl Lennertz
the Hobart representative opened the
program and did nicely, but his de-
livery was too conscious. The Hobart
high school chorus did splendidly and
LII NAC OpiHluH VI many observed second
place. Gary's representative Arthur
Mccormick made pleasing impression
on the audience but the judges held his
delivery marred by a superiority OF
gestures. He gesticulated rather than
delivered gestures. The Gary H S was
not represented by any chorus.
Lowell's declamator Ora Cox was
warmly congratulated for his especial
| ~ pleasing delivery and in time will be
a splendid speaker Lowell for the
first time in years failed to send up a
chorus. Miss Edith Berglund East Chi
cagos speaker and the only girl on the
program was effective in her delivery
and her voice was very good. The East
Chicago chorus acquitted itself credit
ably as the result showed
The chance of Crown Points speaker
Foster Bruce handicapped by lack of
professional training were well-liked
by raany in the audience. He was
his delivery but the speaker gives
great proYfse- Crown Point must be
given gVeat credit for her chorus. IT
was sSdall but the voices were SPLEEN
didI balanced and the ensemble was
Following is the program for Lake
County high school the declamatory
contest held at the Orpheum theater in
Hammond on Friday evening:
Declamation-"The Old South and
the New s...-.-..-..--.....- Grady
Carl Lennertz. Hobart High School
Chorus
(a) "Carmena". H. Lane Wilson
OBJ Farewell to the Forest"
-.......-......... Mendelssoha
Hobart High School.
Declamation-''The Race Problem.
Grady
Arthur Mccormick. Gary High School.
Declamation-"Th Old South and the
New ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Grady
Ora Cox, Lowell High School
Declama tion-"The Puritan Princi-
pie -..----.----. Curtis
Oscar Ahlgren, Whiting High School.
Chorus
CAP Farewell to the Forest. $500.
Mendelssohn
OBJ Chorus of Peers. Sullivan
whiting High School.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of Lincoln.
-....-.--.--.--...- Beecher
Edith Berglund. East Chicago High
School.
Chorus
(a) THE Shower of Liberty" 49,.
Meidieger
CD Farewell to the Forest" So.
Mendelssohn
East Chicago High School.
Declaation--"On the Bunker Hill
Monument .-.-.---...-.. Webster
Foster Bruce, crown Point High school.
Chorus
OBJ Farewell to the Forest. 49,.
Mendelssohn
OBJ "On. Gallant Company. .Beecher
Crown Point High School.
Declamation-"On Wendell Phillips.
..---....-..-... Curtis
Chorus
(a) Farewell to the Forest.
.-.-.-. Mendelssohn
(b) Trio and Chorus from Liberty
-.....-.......-. flaming
Hammond High School.
Judges of Declamation-R- I. Lyman,
Dept of Public Speaking University of
Wisconsin: Homer l. Moores Dept. of
Public Speaking. Earlham College;
Leverett s. Lyon, Dept. of Public Speak
ing. Joliet Township High School.
Judges of Music-Charles e. Watt.
Editor Music News, Chicago: w. Otto
Messner. Supervisor of Music, Oak
Park; Helen Poole, Supervisor of Music,
Laporte High School.
Officers of Association-H. G. Clark
East Chicago. Pres; Edward Sargent,
Gary, Sec; F. d. McElroy. Hammond,
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