Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-01-23
Pupils Of the Webster City High
School Hold Debating Contest
in the Methodist
Church.
ALL DID REMARKABLY WELL.
Miss Fora Sheets, Miss Bernice Berg
gren and Clinton Mccarthy
are Winners.

The declamatory contest at the
Methodist church on Saturday even
ing was a marked success. Although
the attendance was small in the way
of towns people, a large crowd of
high school pupils were there. so
none Of the spirit Of the occasion
was lacking. The contestants all
did remarkably well and easily
showed that the training they re-
ceived from Miss Bloom, of Des
Moines, was great benefit and help
TO them. She was well rewarded for
her work with these young people
by the way in which they acquitted
themselves Saturday night.
Miss Fora Sheets, daughter of Mrs.
J. M. Showers, carried of the first
prize In her reading of "Hagar."
This is a very good piece for dra-
matte work and the one that took
the prize a number OF years ago in
our Boone Valley contest, when it
was delivered by Miss HELEN Smith.
Miss Sheets did nicely with the piece
and will stand a very good show OF
helping to bring home the cup this
year in the Boone Valley meet.
Miss Bernice Berggren, daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Berggren, was
the winner IN the humorous class
with her selection entitled, Peter
Sorghum in Love- 1t was, Of
course, a very funny piece and
brought down the house. Miss Berg
gren shows as much ability along
the fne Of readings she has chosen
as her sister, Miss Orpha, demon
strated In the dramatic line last year
when she showed Webster City and
the Boone Valley contestants what
she could do with her production OF
"Zingeralia" by carrying on first
prize In the preliminary contest and
second In the meet.
Miss Marie Brown was the other
contestant In this class and did very
good also in her humorous selection
OF who's Afraid?"
Clinton Mccarthy was the winner
Of the first prize In the oratorical
contest and was we'll deserving OF 1t.
Clinton simply did fine in his ora
tdon-"Patrick Henry in the vir-
ginia Convention" This is the sec
ond time Clinton has been contest
ant In the oratorical class. He shows
q great deal OF ability along that
line and would do we'll by himself
in keeping it up.
Howard Burleson in "Toussant
l. Overture" and Dennis Kelly in
"Blaine on the death of President
Garfield" were both very good and
showed signs OF some day becoming
two Of Webster City's able orators.
Webster City people. as well as
the high school pupils, are very
proud to be able to send such q girl
az Miss Sheets to the Boone Valley
meet, which will in all probability
be held IN Fort Dodge. and they
wish her all kinds OF success, while
Miss Berggren has the best wishes
OF every one on her venture into the
state meet, to which the high school
will probably send her. The dates
OF either OF these meets have not
been set as yet. nor has the place
been set for the state meet.
The High School Glee Club fur
nished music throughout the even
ing and are showing continued i'm
provement under the capable direc-
tion Of Miss Bergeson. the musical
instructor.
Mrs. ]. L. Kamrar, Mrs, s. r..
Hoyt and Dan H. Bauman acted as
judges for the contest, Mr.. Bauman
taking the place Of Mrs. e. D. Bur-
CESS, who was unable to be present.
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