Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1913-02-19
SPEAKING CONTEST.
sonbomore Glass Of Ellsworth High
''' school Give Exhibition.

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school Give Exhibition.
r.a srst Of the series of speaking con-
,..ts by pupils of the Ellsworth high
.,hool took place last Wednesday evening
= Hancock hall, when thirteen members
o,tbe sophomore class spoke.
The exhibition was a creditable one
throughout, and the judges had hard
80. N name the winners OF the three
,,rizes. tiuesses as to where the prizes
'rorld land occupied the attention of the
audience after the judges had retired, and
,hs variation OF these guesses indicated
,.o General excellence OF allthe speakers.
The Judges Rev. r. b. Mathews, Judge
asnry NJ. Hall and Miss Mary A. Greedy
owarded first prize to Christina X. Doyle,
.scond divided between Myrtle l.. Gambler
and Ruth Bridges, snd third to George H..
Gould.
The full program of the evening follows:
..Too Late for the Train,n
Ruth Bridges
aFarraEut at Mobile
Robert Hammond Haynes
srbe Battle OF Life''....... Mary Livermore
Gladys Louise Jordan
.Auat Polly Green"..,......George II yickers
Julia Morrison Estey
avalley FORGE. Henry Armot Brown
Merle Frederick Googns
aThanatopsis". William Cullen Bryant
Winnie Frances Falls
apeepwater Politics.. May McHenry
sylvia Margaret Marshall
..rbe Black Horse and His Rider"
Charles Sheppard
George Henry Gould
"Making Man OF the Boy"
Eleanor Hale Higgins
..spartacus to the Roman ENJOYS at E,ruria,"
Charles Albert Haynes
.,rhe Supremacy of the Art OF Poetry"
Victor Cousins
Myrtle Louise Gambler
..The Indian Warriors Defense"
Stephen Lee Joy
ally servosse's Ride."........AlbionT ourgee
Christina Kenney Doyle
AN APPRECIATION.
iBy one of the audience.1
A celebrated teacher of expression once
said There comes a time in the life OF
almost every man when he is Obliged to
speak before an audience, and TO do so
ereditsbly and with ease is an accomplish
ment."
Listening to thirteen boys and girls
from the sophomore class OF the high
school, speaking to an audience in Han
cock hall last Wednesday evening, .'cred
itably and with ease,n the writer won
dered how many of our citizens realize
that the students are having an oppor-
tunity 10 acquire that Accomplishment"
in the series OF speaking contests held
last year and this through the voluntary
efforts OF the teachers.
Not alone ito the victors belong the
spoils", for the prizes that are so gener-
ously offered are but an incident-an in
ducement to the contestants and an in
teresting feature to the audience. The
excellent work Of those who win is separa-
ted from that OF their less fortunate
mates by only hairs breadth; all have
had alike the incentive to search for the
best in literature, the same careful prepa-
ration for their work, and each student
who scquits himself so creditably has
taken long and q never-to- be- forgotten
step toward easy and graceful public
speaking.
II the public would realize in how large
measure these contests eliminate the
need of such course in expression as is
offered in the schools OF large cities, and
would give the support OF their patronage
at the exhibitions, the contests might be
made feature OF every school year, as
surfing the students at least one evening Of
practical application OF the laws OF
oratory, and the audience an evening Of
literary entertainment at nominal price.