Evening journal., 1916-11-21

ment- nr Wagner told the Young
people that he hopeS they would
play the game and the losers in
the contest would cheer the winners
as heartily as If they had all won
cups Dr. Wagner was not disap-
pointed for an enthusiastic round Of
hand clapping greeted both the sue
cessful spoilers as they stepped for
ward 10 receive their prizes.
AS he made the presentation. Mr.
Carter congratulated the recipients
upon the fact thct they had cons der
ed Il worth while TO compete for the
cups. II notice that the boys have
been outciassed by the girls" he re-
remarked. looking around, but he
added. this Is n woman's era
He sad that to him a pleas ng feat
ure Of the contests was that the cups
are circulat ne. Last year. he pointed
out that the Laird cup went 10 New
ark. while this year IL goes TO Middle
town. while the other cup was won by
a Marshallton pupils last year and
this year a Yorkiyn girl carried Il
away
AS representing viii am Winder
Laird, take pleasure in presenting
you with this Gun" Mr.. Carter sad TO
Mss Cochran. "You have won II and
J hope you WI be able 20 defend IT.
The presentation Of THE EVENING
JOURNAL cup to Miss Ne de was ac-
com1anied by similar remarks.
Mss III zabeth r. Shallcross Of
near Midd'etown. was presented with
the $40 gold piece, offered by NJ IS
Mary A. Mather, as a prize for the
best collection Of plants and flowers
mounted on cards Dr.. Wagner ex-
pressed his regret that NJ SIS Shall
cross was the only one who had tried
for this prize, and that not a single
Dup'l In all the $1,000 and more I'm
Delaware had entered IN the contest
for the best ESSAY for the so prize
offered by Miss Mather
Miss Shallcross collection repre-
scented forty-two botan cal families
and 10 species. Each specimen was
mounted on its own sheet, which con-
tanned the name OF the specimen,
where found and the date. and con-
testant's name DR.. Wagner cOmpli-
mented the winner in this contest for
her industry and patience and explain
ed that the work she d d was undi-
rected for the most part and under
taken solely because OF her love for
flower and plant life 1T was her in
born fondness for these things that
led her on. and il shows what girl
can do IN she has the will" he de-
clared
There were other silver cups dis
Dlaved az the institute yesterday af-
III
Twelve additional ones stood on the
table beside the la I'd and THE EVEN
ING JOURNAL troph 'es. and they are
10 be awarded next year for excellence
IN oratory. They we're donated by
residents Of the State az the sol 'cita-
ton Of Mr. Carter. who was appealed
10 by Elmer L Cross. superintendent
Of schools for New Castle county. SUI
uerintendent Cross desires TO revive
The art ~ oratOry. espec ally in the
rural districts. and homes to stimu-
late interest I'm public sneak 'ne
through the contests 10 he promoted
Mr.. Carter declared that the response
on She na~t OF Dalawareans 10 his am
peal for Guns was Dr~mns and satis-
factory. ana he hoped the tronhies
would serve the purpose for which
thov were g'ven. namely. 10 stimulate
school Oh 1dren TO a mystery OF the
art Of getting M in public and ex-
pressing themselves on a subject co.
herentlv and gracefully
Four OF the cups il was announced
we're State cups: four would be con
tested for in Wilmington. while III,
others would be known as count.
cups From this institute the cup
will be taken from institute to inst
tute until they have made the round
after which they will be placed OIL
exhibition in store windows and othe
public places throughout the State
Following this they will be show
10 the pupils Of the Wilmington Higl
School and from there they will b.
taken TO the schools of the State unit
every school pupil in Delaware ha'
had an opportunity 10 inspect the
trophies
Superintendent Cross spoke OF the
pbnderful improvement in spelling no
sf,sd among school children over the