Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-25
ARE AWARDED
TO YOUTHFUL ORATORS
Public School Boys of Mont
gomery County Contest in
Rockville Courthouse.
pecial Correspondence of The Star.

Sptcldi correspondence OF Inc star.
ROCKVILLE. Nd. May Fl. 1913
Several hundred public school patrons
and others, representing all sections Of
Montgomery county, attended the annual
oratorical contests among the public
| school boys of the county. which were
/ held in the courthouse here today. These
contests were inaugurated several years
ago by Brainard H. Warner. ST.. of
Kensington, who each year offers the
prizes.
The events were confined to the WIN
ners of the recent preliminary contests
held throughout the county. This MORN
ing the representatives of the one and
two room schools held forth, and this
afternoon the contest was among the rep
resentatives of the high and grammar
schools
Seven Schools Represented.
There were seven participants in the
contest this morning, seven Of the thir-
teen school districts of the county being
represented. Frank Severance of Gath
ersburg district was awarded the first
prize of SIS in gold. He recited Landing
of the Pilgrims. The second prize OF
SO in gold was captured by Edgar Hide
brand Of GAINESVILLE district, who re-
cited Resistance to British Aggression"
and John Ryan Devereux of Bethesda
district. who recited The Charge of the
Light Brigade" won the third prize. s.
in gold. The others who participated
were Charles Allnutt of Darnestown dis
trict, Clyde Allnutt of Laytonsville as
trict, Arthur Cromwell of Poolesville dis
trict, William NJ. Candy of Colesville dis
trict and r. Percy Soper of Olney dis
trict.
In the contest this afternoon, which
was among the older boys. Walter Neel,
representing the Germantown High
School. won first prize; Edwin L. Pres
colt of the Rockville High School, second
prize, and Malvin Myerly of the Pooles-
willie High School. third prize, their SUBJ
jects being BLACK Horse and His Rider"
"Ingersolfs Dream of War and STORY
of John Maynard" respectively. The
other participants. were William Allnutt
| of Jamestown High School. William
Chitty of Bethesda Grammar School,
Edward Janney of Sandy Spring High
School, Harold l.. Baker of Damascus
High School and Ellicott d. Adams of
Kensington Grammar School. The prizes
were the same as in the first contest.
DR.. Ryan Devereux Presides.
| The contests were presided over by
| DIR. Ryan Devereux, a member of the
| board of county public school commits
| sioners, who delivered an address and in
troduced the participants. Dewald J..
/ Willard. also a member of the school
board, was another speaker, as was
/ Brainard III. Warner, jr., who presented
/ the prizes.
| Charles Il. Hanford, the Shakespearean
| actor, delivered a short address, and
upon its conclusion delighted the audience
| with several recitations, among them
| being ''Cassius' Reply to Brutus and
The Star Spangled Banner" Other fea-
| lures included solo by Berry f. Clark
of Rockville. and selections by Wash
| ington orchestra.
! The judges were Miss Virgie Brewer
| Rev. Frank NJ. Richardson and Clifford
| II. Robertson. At noon the judges,
! Messrs. Hanford and Warner, the men,
/, bers of the school board. Prof. Earle b.
i Wood and others were entertained at
luncheon at the Montgomery Country
/ Club.