The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-04-01
MISS CHAMBERLIN
T0STATEC0NTEST
DecIamatory Contest Held Friday Was
Largely Attended and Proved
Very Interesting Event
FIRST PLACE WINNER BARRED
Miss Ethel ChamberIin Wins Second,
But Participates in State Contest
Owing to TechnicaIity.

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of the Northwestern district of Iowa,
which was held in the Germania opera
house. beginning at o'clock. There
We're twelve schools in the district
they being: Storm Lake, Sanborn, En-
metsburg, Belmond, Primghar, New
ell, Glidden Laurens, Rolfe, Spencer,
Algona and Denison. Inasmuch as the
contestant from Britt was i'll with
measles, representative from Algona,
who won second place in the sub
dictrict took the place OF the Britt
contestant.
The program opened with music by
the high school chorus with the selec-
ton "Who is Sylvia" which was great
ly appreciated by the audience.
In the oratorical class, Spencer's
contestant, Roscoe Stewart, delivered
"A Plea For Cuba" and won first place,
while second place was given to Lael
DeLand, of Storm Lake, his selection
being, Intervention for Cuba" Both
Of the contestants won their places
by close margin of 2 to l. The other
oratorical speakers were, Fred Dub
bert, representing the Laurens school
with affairs in Cuba,' and Muriss
Walker of Emmetsburg, who delivered
the Grafton, Dan Mathews and the
church" All the speakers in this class
did we'll and received many compli-
ments on their delivery. A coincident
was the fact that the first three con-
| testants in this class had selected the
same subject. This only served, how
ever, to assist the judges in their mark
ings, and being familiar with the sub
ject, they were at liberty to devote
| their attention to gestures, delivery
and articulation.
The speakers in the Dramatic class
| were exceptionally good and all of
their selections were fine. Miss Mat
tie Wiley, of Role, was awarded first
place on the selection, "The Arena
Scene from Quo Vadis.'' Second place
was given to Miss Elsie Brown, of
Primghar, who delivered Gentlemen,
The King!" The other speakers in
this class were Miss Mildred Hunter,
representing the Glidden school, with
1.-The Wheels of Time" and Earl Will
son of Algona, whose selection was
THE Lance of Kanana."
The humorous class was the one in
which the Denison people were par
ticularly interested and when Miss
Chamberlin took her place on the
stage every person in the hall was
held in rapt attention. Miss Chamber
lin had chosen Naughty Zell' as her
spent many weeks in preparation, UNI
der the direction of Miss Martha Hugg,
and clearly showed by gestures, deliv-
cry and articulation that she had re-
ceived the proper training. 1t was the
opinion of all that Miss Chamberlin's
manner of delivery could not have
been improved upon, but that the piece
itself did not afford her ample oppor-
tunity to demonstrate her ability as
a public speaker, and the judges award
ed her second place. First place IN
this class was given to Mr. Clarence
Obrecht, of Belmond, rendering jim
town Lyceum" This afforded more
opportunity for the speaker to bring
forth the qualities on which the mark
ings are made. All three judges were
speaker in this class and certainly he
handled his subject well. Miss Wini-
fred Hoffman in her piece, Who's
Afraid" did well and represented the
Sanborn school, as did Jessie CLANCY
whose selection was Cupid and the
Cadillac"
The program was interspersed with
musical selections by the high school
chorus, a vocal solo by Jay Wescott
and duet by Harriet Gebert and HUI
bert VanNess.
The judges were Superintendent
Pye, of Eagle Grove; Professor Brind-
ley, of Ft. Dodge, and Superintendent
Graham, of Missouri Valley. After
the last number had been delivered
they repaired to the ante-room, where
the decisions were compared and soon
afterwards the announcement of the
winners was made.
A strange situation arises out of
this contest which will give Miss
Chamberlin an opportunity to enter
the state contest, which will be held
at Reinbeck on Friday, April 10th. 1t
seems that the subject taken by Mr..
Obrecht, winner in the humorous
class, had been awarded a place in the
state contest last year and according
to the rules a subject which has been
given in the state contest once can
not be repeated The BelmOnd con-
testant was unaware that his selec-
ton had been delivered at the state
contest and it would seem little I'M
fair, as the piece was given under
different title. Mr.. Obrecht told us
that he had looked up the matter and
had supposed that his selection was
entirely different from anything that
had been delivered heretofore.
The persons winning first place in
each class will go to the state contest
at Reinbeck, with the exception of the
humorous class, which will be repre-
scented by Miss Chamberlin, the other
Representatives being Roscoe Stew
art, of Spencer, in the oratorical class,
and Miss Matte Wiley, of Rolfe, in
the dramatic class.
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