Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-06-13
Defamation CONTEST
AT ARUNDEL ACADEMY
Second Days Event at MilIersvilIe
Academy for Boys and Girls
DIR. Burdette Principal.
TWO ODENTON GIRLS WINNERS.
BOYS Do Well in Recital That Would
Do Credit to Amy City School,
Annapolis Men and Women
Judges.

Odenton must feel a bit more lofty
this evening and somewhat puffed up
with pride since two of her young
girls were winners last night in the
defamation contest at the Anne Arun-
del Academy. Millersville.
The lucky winners are Miss Katha-
rine Farrell of Odenton, who won the
girls contest and was awarded a gold
medal, presented by the Board of Trus-
tees of the Academy, and second honor
mention was given TO Miss Reba Silver
Both young ladies are from Odenton.
1t is Miss Farrell's first year at the
Anne Arundel Academy. She recited
The Skeleton Soldier" by Braden, and
the three judges were the following
ladies from Annapolis, Mrs. ]. B. Rip
pere' wife of Professor Rippere, of st.
Johns College; Mrs. Thomas ]. Linth-
cum wife of Postmaster Linthicum,
and Mrs. Gage, chairman.
Points were given for voice, articu-
lation memory, expression and general
appearance. The three judges gave
the prize winner 20 on each of the five
points. The second honor mention
was close second, Miss Silver doing
exceedingly well. Perhaps had she had
newer and better subject than "The
Smack in School, she might have won
first honors.
No name OF any Of the contestants
was known to the judges. That their
decision met with popular approval was
instanced by the hearty applause that
was given the winner, and the second
honor mention.
The hall was beautifully decorated
with laurel and red roses. To a march
played on the piano by Miss Burdette,
the contestants came into the hall the
girls being seated on one side of the
stage the boys opposite. The stage
setting was very attractive and a bow
er of red roses and honeysuckle The
large audience filled Cross Roads Hall
and was attentive and appreciative.
1t must be said of the audience to
its credit there was not whisper or
sound during the entire evenings
program TO mar the pleasure of the
most excellent entertainment which
opened with a piano duet, WAR
March of the Priests" by Mendelssohn
played by Miss Eunice Burdette and
Master Irving Turner. The perform
ance showed good musical training.
The players kept perfect time and
played in unison' a rather difficult Sc
lection for two young pianists.
Professor Burdette. principal of the
Anne Arundel Academy, announced the
opening of the program, and spoke of
today's commencement program. Eight
young girls contested for the prize. a
gold medal offered for the best decla-
nation by the girls. The following
were the selections declaimed: The
Kings Daughters" (Henderson) THE
Smack in the School, tCarleton) /;
Asleep at The Swith." (Hoey) The
Broomstick Train" (Holmes); Gar
den Song" (Tennyson); Barbara
Fritchie," (Whititer) "Grandmother's
Conversion" Brown; The Skeleton
Solder" (Braden). The eighth con-
testant won the prize
The announcement was made by the
chairman of the judges, who compli-
mented the young ladies' all of whom
were awarded a perfect mark in mem
ory for not one of them forgot her
| lines or stumbled" The chairman
also congratulated the teacher of elo-
cution, Miss Gwynn, for the splendid
| result shown by her pupils which evil
| denced her painstaking. patient and
| careful training along elocutionary
| lines
There were two contests by the boys,
one by the smaller boys and one by
| the larger boys. In both of these con-
tests the judges were Annapolis men,
as follows The Rev. Dr. John S.
| Sewers. minister of College Avenue
! Baptist Church; Prof. John b. Rippere
| of st. Johns College: Prof. Horace j.
| Fenton of the Naval Academy. The
| following were the declamations by the
younger boy contestants: Aspirations
for America" &C. Cloy); Our Times
Not Degenerate" (Emory smith, "In-
centives to Duty" (Charles Sumner) :
"A Tree Press" Baker" This was
| decided in favor of the second con-
testant, "Our Times Not Degenerate
The older boys declaimed the fol
| lowing selections: The Constitution
! the Safeguard of Liberty" (Webster)
"Emmet's vindication." (Em m t j;
"Barba ity of National Hatreds,
(Cnoate); Shall We Give Up the Tn
| ion?" (Dickinson); Impeachment OF
| Warren Hastings" tBurke-) The prize
was awarded to the fourth contestant
Between the parts of the program q
chorus of girls sang very sweetlS
Underneath The Trees" The entire
program reflects credit on the school
the principal, Dr. Burdette. and the
teachers. Millersville is fortunate il
having such an excellent educationa
| institution as Anne Arundel Academy.
Lenore Ulrich in her greatest screen
triumph "The Heart of Paula"-Colo