The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-03-20
Miss Young Wins 1913
francis Ordtory Prize

francis Ordt0ry Prize
Miss NcCrody and Miss ITittinS
Win Second and Third Places
Contest the Most Enthusiastic
Held Thus Far.
Miss Olive NJ. Young, Maple
ton Mimi, was awarded first hon
ors in the Francis Memorial ora
torical contest held in the Normal
auditorium last Friday evening.
The subject of Miss Young's ora
ton is Efficiency" Miss Annie
McCrady won second honors in
1.-THE Mission of the Red Cross"
and Miss Amanda Whiting was
:awarded third prize in "Why Coun
TRY Schools Need the Highest Eff
cheney in Teachers These prizes
amounted to SIP, So and SIS.
Besides these three orators, there
jwere two other contestants on Fri
DAVIS program. Miss Effe Drex-
Ter delivered "The International
Peace Movement and Raymond
Larson, "Why Agriculture Should
be Taught in Elementary Schools.
These two orations received the
favorable comment of those who
heard the program. Each of the
orations was original in subject
Innatter. We present Miss Young's
|oration:
EFFICIENCY
Ehiciency-the quality that means
$50 much to the person who posses
SEES it and is such drawback to the
|person who lacks it's probably
one of the creates aims or goals
|striven toward in this century
characterized by its political, social,
economical, religious and moral &C
tivity.
First--What is efficiency? 1t is
the quality which produces results.
1t is the power which makes for
ability, competency and effectual
work.
/ said that efficiency was one Of
the greatest aims of this century.
1t has been, also, great if not
the greatest aim in all the centuries
and ages before this, even down
to the lowest forms of animal life.
Efficiency i'll the lower animals and
in the savage life of ancient man
meant survival, and lack of that
quality, destruction. The law is
the survival of the fttest or eff
cient. Efficiency, then, meant life.
Today efficiency means life and life
efficiency.
Every form of animal life does
not know that efficiency is its aim
Every man does not realize he is
striving for efficiency. Yet, some
where i'll each organism is that aim
for something more or something
higher. The man in learning, arts
and sciences is striving for eff
cheney i'll his line. The miser con-
siders efficiency related to the guam
titv of gold he can accumulate !;
the politician to the highest office he
can hope to reach; the statesman, to
the greatest good to be obtained for
his country and his fellowmen to
1.-THE real father and mother, the best
they can obtain for their children !;
to the higher minded private indi-
vidual, the best he can do and be in
his small way to make the world
better and nobler and happier for
his having lived in it. $: $ *
But, where, today, do we find this
much striven for quality? Eff
cheney was in the minds of the ar
Ichitects who planned the recently
constructed railway station in New
York City. They aimed to have
the station built in such way as to
save every individual who uses it
the greatest amount Of time, and
relieve him from all confusion, add
ing as lnush as possible to the COM
fort and convenience of the public.
Efficiency was in the minds of
such men as Pinchot and Roosevelt
when they made plans and caused
laws to be passed for the protection
of our natural resources. These
men looked ahead and realized that
not only comfort and convenience,
but the very life of the future gen
erations depended upon the con-
servation of our forests, our min
ing products, our animals, and our
agricultural lands.
See the revolution in our school
life! In the agricultural world it is
1.-THE farmer who buys the best ma
chinery, who utilizes the best
methods of farming, who keeps in
4