Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1922-04-14
The Oratorical Contest.

The speaking contests of the pupils of
the rural and larger public schools of the
county were held Friday afternoon, April
Ith, in the Rockville High School audito-
rum before an audience that filled every
seat in the hall, with many standing, so
great Is the interest taken in the contests,
especially by the members of the County
Federation of Women's Clubs. Mrs. Daw-
son Trundle, member of the County Board
OF Education, presided. Mrs. Josiah W.
Jones. president of the County Federation
OF Women's Clubs, and Mrs. L. W. Call,
chairman of Education in the Federation,
who presented the medals given by the
club women, were also on the platform.
In the one-room contests, Dorothy Jones
OF Oakdale school, and Alvin c. Graves, of
oakmont school, won the medals, with
Dorothy Simms of Baileys, Muriel Carter
OF Buck Lodge. George Ealey of Oakdale,
and Clarence Edwards Of Falkland secur-
ing honorable mention.
In the three or more school group, Pau
line Whitacre, of Woodside, captured the
girls medal. and David W. Lehman, of
Rockville, the boys medal Elear Jones of
Sherwood, Virginia Poole Of Poolesville.
Charles Davidson of Kensineton. and Roger
Poole Of Damascus received honorable
mention.
With the growing interest in these con-
tests. and the increasing number of young
aspirants for the coveted medals, 1t is
thought that next year two afternoons
will be needed, one devoted to the one
room schools, the other to the larger schools
For the rural contest. Mrs. George Stone.
Mrs, Archibald Small and Rev. P. Rowland
Wagner served as judges, and in the larger
schools Mrs. Owen X. Truitt, Mrs. Richard
Akers and Miss Mary R. Nichols were the
judges.
At the High School oratorical contest on
the evening of the same day. pupils from
the several high schools of the county con-
tested for the gold bronze medal, given by
the County Federation of Women's Clubs.
Superintendent Broome presided and Mrs.
Josiah W. Jones represented the Montgom-
cry County Federation of Womens Clubs.
Miss Mary Rome, of the Germantown High
School. in the Famine from Lonefellow's
Hiawatha," won the medal for the girls
contest, and Hugh Reading, of Rockville,
in the Prisoners Plea" won the medal
offered for the best Grafton by a boy.
Helen Nicely. of Sandy Spring, in Bobby
Shaftoe," and Margaret Wolfe, of the
Rockville High School, in What the Fid-
die Told" won honorable mention among
the girls. and Arthur C. EIgin, of the
Poolesville High School, in "Tousant l.
Ouverteur," and Robert Callahan, of the
Gaithersburg High School. in Woodrow
Wilson's address on American Citizen
ship" were the boys who received special
mention. All of these selections were of
high standard of excellence and the
judges had difficult task to select the
winners.
The judges were Col. Adelno Gibson, Mrs.
Hardness and Mrs. Furness.
Mrs. Call, chairman of Education of the
Federation, presented the medals and
thanked the public-spirited citizens of the
county who acted as judges for the con-
tests. She asked that their decisions be
accepted in the spirit of fair play and thai
it was a necessary part Of our young peo
pies education to learn to be good losers