The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-02-03
|DECLAhATORY
CONTEST SUCCESS
Annual Deciamatory Contest Always
Big Feature-one of Wednes-
day Was Best Of All.
MISS BOYD REPRESENTS DENls'N
Special Training Of Miss Steere Was
Of Great Assistance-0lstrict
Contest at Storm Lake.

The seventeenth annual high school
declamatory contest was held at the
gymnasium in Denison last Wednes'
day evening and proved to be one oi
the best events OF it's kind ever held
in the city. The annual declamatory
contest has always been one OF the
big features OF the school year and this
years contest was no exception. fol
there were In all fourteen contestants
competing for the honor OF represent
ing Denison at the sub.district contest
to be held some time in March. Miss
| Frances Boyd. daughter of Rev. and
Mrs. j. L. Boyd. was awarded first
place in the dramatic class and also
won first place over all and so will
represent Denison.
The judges We're Prof. w. c. Van
Ness. Mrs. N. l.. Hunt. Mrs. Carl Kich.
erS.
Nearly all of the contestants have
been training under Miss Steere, who
has Charge OF the elOcution department
OF the Denison Normal and Business
college and so we'll were they pre-
pared that there was only a difference
OF a few points between a majority OF
them. Forest Watson. who entered
the humorous class. was awarded first
in his class and was given second
place over all by the judges. The 9th.
ers were ranked as follows by the
judges: Oratorical: John Helsley, first,
Percy Cavett, second. Dramatic:
Frances Boyd, first; Beulah Ayles-
worth, second. Humorous: Forest
Watson. first: Earl Baum. second. 1t
was hard matter for the judges to
come to a decision as to the winner OF
first over all. inasmuch as both Miss
Boyd and Mr.. Watson had tied in the
number OF points given them by the
judges. To come to final decision
they figured out the percentages of the
two contestants, Miss Boyd receiving
96 and Mr.. Watson 95.
It was the opinion OF people who
follow these declamatOry contests
closely that there never has been II
better contest. Each contestant was
we'll prepared. had his piece we'll in
hand and did not seem to be bothered
with stage fright as Is so often the
case at contests such as this. 1t
would be impossible for the Review to
tell the good qualities of each individ-
ual who appeared, but suffice to say
that they were all good.
Miss Boyd will represent Denison
at the sub.district contest, which will
be held in Denison in March and two
weeks later the district contest will
be held ut Storm Lake. The winner
at the latter contest will be eligible
for the state contest which is to be
held this year at Belle Plaine.
Below we print the list of speakers
in the different classes. together with
their subjects:
Oratorical Class.
"The New South" Percy Cavett.
1.-The StOrming of Mission Ridge"
John Helsley.
Dramatic Class.
"The Swan Song" Beulah Ayles-
worth. 7ffi
Ji;"Bobby Shafto." Frances Boyd.
The Man Who Came Back" Hertha
Lehfeldt.
His Mothers Sermon" Florence
Locke.
THE Perfect Tribute Gordon
Locke.
''rhe Lost Word" Margaret Pear
son.
"The Going of the White Swan
Vera Poole.
Humorous Class.
Uncle Remus on the Electric Car. :"
Earl Baum.
THE Rebellion of Malindy Ann,
Lillian Scott.
"A Critical Situation" Forest Wat
son.