The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-04-25
WATERFOWL AND.
LAKE PRESTON WIN
STUDENTS FROM THOSE TOWNS
WIN OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ATORY CONTEST.
BROOMNGS SCHOOL WINS 4 SECOND
Miss Helen Gross Of the Local School
is Awarded Second Honors in the
DecIamatory Contest.

The high school observation-disclosures,
tory contest for this district was held
in the First Presbyterian church last
Friday evening. In spite of other at
fractions the church was filled to cap
acity by an interested and apprecia-
tive audience.
The contest was for the purpose Of
selecting two representatives to the
state contest which will be held at
Pierre in May. In the Oratorical con-
test the first prize was awarded to
Ralph Bond, of WATERFOWL, and sec
ond place to Louis Jones, of Lake
Preston. In the declamatory division
first place was awarded to Florence
Patterson, of Lake Preston, and Sec
ond prize to Helen Gross, of Brook
ings. The judges we're Drs. Bates and
Brown of the State College faculty,
and Prof. Karsch, of Elkton.
The program was given in two
parts, the orations being delivered
first.
The first speaker was Ralph Bond
of Watertown, who with unusual abil-
ity delivered Patrick Henry's famous
Call to Arms" speech. He was
followed by Earl Effort of Madison,
with The Worlds orator" His de-
livery was strong and forceful. He
was followed by Louis Jones, Lake
Preston, whose Grafton on The Race
Problem in the South" was one of the
strongest of the evening. The next
speaker was julius Eng, of Fland-
reau, who delivered McKinley's
speech in a very able manner He
was followed by Ray Underwood, of
Egan, who gave a strong and forceful
plea for "Civic Righteousness" The
last speaker in the oratorical division
was Joseph Bergeim, of Brookings,
The I~nvective Against Cory" which
he delivered was exceedingly we'll
given.
The declamatory contest was open
ed by Fred Hartung, of White, who
with great vividness portrayed The
Black Wolf Chase" Miss Grace Ken
ney, of Madison, then read from The
Lion and the Mouse and gave a very
sympathetic Interpretation of the
passage. The next speaker was Flor
ence Patterson, of Lake Preston. Her
selection of The Cars Courier is
one which requires unusual ability,
but Miss Patterson proved herself
equal to the task and presented the
incidents of the story in a most vivid
name Then Beatryce Selser, of
F%landreau, gave an excellent char
acterization of Lincoln in the sketch
"a Man of Sorrows" The Coming
of the White Swan" was given by
Jennie HORNE, of Egan. Her voice
and manner were particularly in
keeping with the pathos of the selec-
ton. The last number by Helen
Gross, of Brookings, was given in a
clear and vivid manner which held
the audience spell-bound and showed
How the La Rue Stakes Were Lost"
Several times during the rogram
music was furnished by the high
school glee club of the city schools
and by soloists. These selections
We're all good and highly appreciated.
Following the program a recep-
ton for the visitors was held at
the high school building, which had
been gaily decorated in honor of the
occasion. Light refreshments were
served, and a short program was
given. Miss Ostroot and Miss Roach
gave musical numbers which were
greatly enjoyed, and Miss Schultz
gave a reading, "Briar Rose" which
was much appreciated. That Brook
ings was very hospitable, was the
verdict Of the visitors, who evidently
eniOved their stav here.