The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-04-06
DELEGATES SELECTED
To REPRESENT
MARIETTA
Winners in the Preliminary
Contest To Go The Dis
trict Meet at Dalton

On Friday evening at the Audi
forum, was held the contest to Sc
| lect representatives from the High
School to attend the Seventh Dis
trict~ Meet at Dalton. The hall was
filled to the doors and many stood
throughout the exercises.
The stage was decorated with
handsome ferns and the rear wall
held an effective arrangement of
college pennants in many bright
colors.
The exercises opened with al
song by a group of High School
girls in white MILDLY blouse cos
tunes, and this same chorus sup
piled several other numbers during
the evening.
Miss Cecile Hill was the first one
OF the piano contestants to appear
and rendered the Second Mazurka
by Goddard with ease and grace.
Miss Christine Blair recited THE
Corsican Vendetta" in an impas-
stoned manner and with telling eff
feet.
Edwin Sage, whose voice has
such splendid volume, delivered that
very dramatic selection, THE I'm
known Speaker"
"The Hill of Two Lovers, by
Miss Elizabeth Smith was well-done
and reflected credit on her teacher.
Miss Helen Faw the only contes
tant who entered for both music
and expression, played Mendels-
sohn's Rondo Capriccioso in way
that almost created tie in the
judges decision, and for which size
won honorable mention.
Archie Sessions, a pupil in EX
preston, gave Graves Eulogy on
Grady"-a fine rendition of a fine
subject.
Miss Louise Kerley, who is really
in advance of the others, being a
Senior, to- graduate in May, recited
Joan of Arc in Prison.
Miss Lulu Kemp did extremely
we'll in playing the Grande Valse
Brilliante OPP. 6, by Jules Schuloff,
and Lemuel Carnes also did well in
''Parrhasins and the Captive.
Miss Helen Flaws selection, "Ci
gazette Ride, was a cutting from
Under Two Flags and was we'll
rendered.
Miss Lois Ferris played New
lands Waltz Caprice-a very pretty
selection, and Greer Edwards gave
"The Stars and Stripes" with clear,
deliberate enunciation.
The Kings Pardon by Miss
Sarah Wood Granting, made a
very favorable impression on the
audience and showed good work as
we'll.
Miss Lucille Morris played La
Polka de la Refine which was full Of
rhythm and was well and smoothly
executed.
''Dixie's Dead in Kennesaw's
Shadow was a fine subject and
Fred Morris handled it well, while
Slaton Awtrey put much spirit and
meaning into 1.-The Curse of Regu-
lus."
Altogether. when so many did
we'll it must have been a difficult
matter to decide upon the winners,
and apparently, the judges found
it so, for it took half hour or more
for them to arrive at a decision.
! Miss Earle Carter, Expression
teacher in the city schools, yielded
to persuasion and gave humorous
| recitation called Aunt Jemima on
Woman Suffrage" wnich the audi
ence enjoyed so much she was O.
bliged to give an encore.
Mr.. Dumas then read the Judges
| decisions Miss Lucille Morris in
| Music, Miss Helen Faw in Express
sion, and Mr.. Edwin Sage in Ora
| tory, will represent the School at
Dalton. The winners were given
| round of applause.
| The Judges in music were Miss
! Clara May Smith, of the faculty Of
| the Atlanta Conservatory, Miss Nc
MILAN, Of Atlanta, and Miss Ruth
Espy, of Marietta
The Judges in Expression were
| Mrs. Lurramore, of Atlanta, Miss
| Regina Rambo, Mrs. Ryburn Clay
and Mr.. John Graham.