The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-04-24

received the decision, but in Justice
to the local chorus the manner in
which the adjudication was render
ed by ID. e. Jones, Doctor of Music,
Scranton, should not be allowed to
pass unmentioned. A vigorous OBJ
lection and particularly from a
pedagogical standpoint is made
against the adjudicator appearing
on the stage and exposing what he
termed the coarse points in the
contest. The finished product was
not expected from the children who
took part. His adjudication was de-
cidedly not in keeping with his re-
marks. According to the differences
to be drawn the Carbondalians were
winners for on phrasing and SEN
fencing they were exceptionally good
and their attack very good. The
volume, in the professors mind, evil
IDENTIFY detracted from the expression
of tone. We believe his conception
is wrong. The children of the pub
lie schools are to be taught to sing,
and in the High school the instruc-
tors have tried to bring out the boys
voices, and with such success, that
the delicately attuned ear of the
Mus. Bach. trembled with the vol
ume of it. Indeed, the instructors
can feel highly complimented over
the criticism of Prof. Jones. The
results show that they have worked
along the lines intended by the
State superintendent of Schools"
We, however, do not agree with
Carbondale on their criticism.
After a selection by the Lyric or
Chestra, Miss Dorothy Henderson,
of Carbondale, was announced as
the first speaker in recitation. The
subject was the Legend of Bre-
gends.' Miss Henderson, in our
| opinion, used too many gestures
which was missing in Miss Mildred
| Wards recitatian of the same sub.
| ject, and which was more effective
as a whole. The latter held her au-
dience and made it so clear that the
imagination portrayed the characters
as they were mentioned in the lie.
gend. Miss Ward was given a
! hearty applause which was loud and
long.
Another selection by the orches.
ira followed after which Prof. Oday
made the announcement of the de-
cisions. The essay was given Miss
Mum, which had previously been
understood when Miss Jordan wrote
This is the best essay on the con.
! testant's paper.
The declaration was awarded tc
Robert MCGOWAN, also of Carbon.
dale, who was practically the only
| speaker Mortimer Stocker, Homes.
| dale's orator, having been taken i'll
The recitation was given Miss
Dorothy Henderson, Carbondale, but
only by two-third vote, one of the
three judges holding out for Miss
! Ward. Honesdale's favorite.
The music decision is mentioned
| above. Even though Honesdale lost
the others it won out on music and
others combined Honesdale looks
at the contest as an even victory.
| The judges were David A. Har.
schools; A. A. Killian, supervising
principal Susquehanna schools; Lin
coin j. Roys, superintendent Of
Port Jervis schools.
Miss Regina McCabe, Carbondale
and Miss Harriet Arnold, Honesdale
were the musical directors of tho
large choruses.
1t was at the suggestion of Dun
more, before she dropped out of the
contest, that singing be added to the
program. That town has a good di
rector and it's school is considered
as being good singers. Naturally
she thought she could outsing hel
| rivals. Upon her recommendation
it was added, each chorus to have
eighty voices. After that she want
| ed Prof. j. T. Watkins as adjudica
tor, but it crept out that Mrs. Mar
tha Matthews Owens, the schools
musical director, was a student o
Prof. Watkins, besides several pu
pills in the Dunmore school were
music scholars of the professor. A!
soon as this became known Profes
ST Oday of the local school, anC
Prof. Lotus, of Carbondale, object
ed, claiming that Prof. Watkins
would undoubtedly favor the Dun
more choir in a close decision. Bott
HOnesdale and Carbondale haC
made changes to favor Dunmore II
the contest, but when it came Dun
more's turn to give in she "pickeC
up her blocks and went home"
The contest was managed in {
business-like way; everybody en-
joyed themselves and Carbondale ex
pressed herself as being royalty
entertained.