Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1914-12-24
EXTRA DECLAMATORY
CONTEST 0 K

school year was the contest i'm which
.ourteen of our stud ents acquitted
themselves so splendidly as to make
It quite impossible for the judges
o go far wrong in awarding vank
IN the different subjects represent
ed, for humor, Grafton and dramatic
work had fine interpretation.
AS Extra has no auditorium large
enough ito seat those interested in
the declamatory contest, both the
Christian and the M. E. Churches
we're used on last Thursday evening,
and both were filled with sympathet-
ic audience, who are more than ev-
er proud of our little city and heE
fine school with its corps of excell-
ent teachers, since this last exhibi-
tion of work done along educa-
tional lines
Not only the high school, which
furnished the contestants, and the
excellent music in the M. E. Church
made a fine impression upon its
audience, but the musical numbers
given by the grades, even the very
little people, at the Christian church
gave promise of more music and
more contests in coming years.
The judges whose names were
printed upon the programs, were:
Prin. Anna O. Temple Atlantic;
Prin. #. S. Morley, Audubon and
Atty. B. "A. Goodspeed of Atlantic.
Mr.. Goodspeed finding it impossi-
BILE to keep his enga cement, Miss
Clarke of Audubon kindly came in
his stead
The speakers were so umifo.m in
excellence that fair comment can
scarcely be made ON Individual con-
testants. They all gave evidence of
faithful work and careful training
One most pleasing feature was the
harmony between the choice of the
selection rendered and the person
ality of the speaker in almost every
instance.
J Orations We're given by Frank
Dimick, The New South Francis
Noss, The Grandeur of Ma asions" {:
Mabel Jessen, ..Spartacus to the
Gladiato- s." Theodore Nelson, Wis
ION OF War; and Leonard Kline
VINO won first pl Se in his render
ing of the Supposed Speech OF
John Adams The oration marks
an impassioned ciisis i'm our own
National life, and Mr.. Kline enter
ed into lie intensity OF feeling re.
qured in splendid fashion.
The humorous selections we're.
The Rdggles' Dinner Party give1
by Agn;s Nelson; "Rebeccas ISchoo
Days" by Mary Ide; Jim Fenton.
Wedding Roy Hershey and the win
Mug number was "A Pleasant Hal
Hour on the Beach by Myrtle Grin
yav. All OF these choice readings O
wholesome humor from some of oul
best writer's, were rendered in th,
most en- ertaining fashion, and eacl
OF the young people msy give mucl
pleasure by cultivating the talen
which has shown itself in this con
test. Extra does not n ed to wal
fer Cha uta ualha nor lecture cours
programs, but can entertain fov hen
self.
Dramatic selections were, 9Th
Lance Of kanana' by Lena Eckles
The Going of the White Swan
Marie Freeman, The Lost Word :.
| Madealine Essineton, Ben Hu
Chariot Race" Mabel Ide and III;
gar by Liela Kline Here again
icchtinual delight awaited their n,
!, diences, foa the high grade of taller
, is required to meke dramatic reat
ing endurable to am audience b,
the breathless interest with whic
these selections were followe.
!, would 'have satisfied a profession;
reader. Miss Kline was awarde
first place in dramatic reading an
will represent the school in tlI
State Contest where both til
school and the whole commumi-
wish for her winning success, not q
ly that, but we wish her splendid
ent may one day delight larger au
iences and be known far outside
Iowa, for such God-given talen
The declamatory contest is on
. should be cultivated and used.
2 lpf Hhe most important features
our educational system, for it MAX
possible proper self-expression, an
with music. gives culture and n
finement ito the personality of Il
student. and the power we shou
iall covet of giving pleasure to tho
iabout us.
Long live the contests Thr
'chees for Extra school and il