Milford chronicle., 1917-03-16
CONTEST IN ORATORY
and At SPELLING Bee
Prizes Awarded Pupils In Oratory,
But Spelling Contest Ended
In A Draw.

The state OratOrical contest held in
Dover opera house last Friday after
noon in which high school and gram
mar school pupils OF the state took
part, was an affair of great interest
Dr.. Charles A. Wagner, State Com
missioner OF Education, presided. and
at the conclusion OF the orations said
The State of Delaware has everv
reason to be proud of the contest "
The judges were DR.. Burnum, prin-
I cipal OF the West Chester, Pa, pub
lie schools; DR.. Isenberg. superin-
tendent Chester, Pa, schools. and
Superintendent E. NJ. Noble. of the
Caroline County, Nd, schools. The
contestants and their subjects were:
High Schools-Miss Martha Aron
A Man Without a Country" Miss
Edna Cranston, New Castle County.
My Bennie;" Miss Mary Jones, Sus-
sex county, Caesar and Brutus:"
Miss Eugenia Brown, Sussex county.
The Vagabonds;" Norman O'Neal. /
New Castle county. "The Flag" Miss
Lola Anderson, Wilmington. How
the Stakes Were Lost" William
Broughall, Wilmington, "The Soul of |
the Violin" Charles Abbott, Milford. |
THE New South.
Grammar SchoOls-Lena Case, Will |
mington, Our COuntry's Flag" Myr-
"a Dickinson, Harrington, vengeance
OF the Flag" Elinor Lecarpentier,
Wilmington, AN Appeal to Arms"
Moss Tyler, Newport, "One Legged
Goose;" Dorothy Metten, Frederick.
Franz Song.
The iudges announced tbo fotto,,.
ing awards:
High Schools-First, Miss Lola An +
1erson, Wilmington; second. William
5roughaI, Wilmington; third, Miss
Martha Aron. Dover.
Grammar Schools-First Moss Tyl- I
sr' Newport; second, Elinor Lecar- !
)entter. Wilmington. Honorable men
ion was given Miss Dorothy Metten.
'rederica.
The prizes consisted Of silver low
ng cups. The first sweepstakes
rophy was donated by Nathan Miller r
nd the second by the Consumers
.eague, both Of Wilmington.
Interest in spelling was also dem I
nstrated the same day when a State
pelling contest took place at the
'over High School, in which 15 con- a
estants were registered, five from =,
ach Of the three counties. =
So keen was the contest and so ac-
lrate were the words spelled that
lie hundred words agreed upon. II
hich were supposed to be sufficient s.
test the ability of the contestants. T
ld to be supplemented by another m
lndred words. In the first hundred pI
ords given out. only three contest
Its dropped out In the second of
lndred words. in which u took part. M
ght were perfect, and the judges n
ere unable TO make the awards be- n,
use of the entire number making tt
aximum marks. The county sup
and judges of the con-
st will confer and probably set a
te for a continuance of the contest.
A large American flag was present
to Dover High School by Colonel Mi
lslet Chapter. Daughters of the
nerican Revolution. A program ap
Opriate to the occasion, including De'
g drills and the singing of patriot Ju
songs, was rendered by the pupils
the grammar school grades. The bee
9 was presented by Mrs. Thomas phi
llvaine, a member of the chapter for
s. Walter Morris of Dover also
de appropriate remarks. The flag =.
S received on the part of the school pHl
Professor Schantz, principal. PaI p,1I