The Mankato free press., 1922-03-10
to have appealed to those under

twelve years of age as fourteen en-
| tered their names for this competi-
| tion. Barbara James was given first
| prize, rs cents, Catherine Hughes,
| second so cents and Donna Price,
third 25 cents.
~. One Bird House was received and
the adjudicator adjudged the con
testant well worthy of the prize. The
prize was given to Ivan Davis, $1.50.
Only one children's chorus under
SHWaEeninsg a sedas Choir RE RE chorus nn was s
a part of the Girls Giee club at the
Lake Crystal school under the lead
ership of Miss McDonnough. They
were given the prize of S12.
1t is proved that the young ladies'
uder twenty years OF age, In Lake
Crystal and vicinity have trained
themselves TO make fine fancy work
and are otherwise mandy with the
needle as eight fancy aprons were
sent in for competition. First prize
$3.50 was given TO Pricilla Hughes;
second prize, 81, to Ruth Jones; third
prize, so cents to Mabel Thomas.
Evan ]. Davis had been appointed
| ig, but was unable TO attend because
of his Juror calling him to Mankato.
Rev. Daniel Roberts of Carmel was
! appointed to act as chairman for this
meeting. r.. 49,
Rev. Joshua r. Evans of Mime
apolis and James d. Price of Cambria
gave poetical salutations for the al
| teroon meeting. ..-
petition on THE Charge of the Light
Brigade" First prize, $1.50 went TO
Laura Jones and second prize, I5
| cents TO Elizabeth Pritchard.
| The two entrants for the contralto
solo "The Orphant Maid" sang very
we'll. The prize Of 81 was awarded to
Mrs. Evan S. Jones.
The selection THE Cottage On the
competed against each other. The
prize of $5 was awarded to Thomas
Jones and party.
Two parties had tried their hands
at translating from English to Welsh
s3The Life of Paul" N.--.Iam Thomas
of Mankato received the prize OF
$50. -,
SIX good speakers tried reciting a
piece of their own selection, Tune not
| phena Lewis of Lake Crystal and
Elsie Evans of Carmel tied for first
place. both receiving prize of So.
I,Ine essays had been written On
the popular subject, Francis E. WI
lard., for ladies. First prize of 50
went to Precilla Hughes; second
prize, $50 to Mrs Willard Thomas.
There was no competition on the
Baritone Solo, "The Wounded Cava =
lier." The prize for which was to be
81. ..s n~
showed plainly that fancy work is not
a lost art, with them at least, as sew
enteen Pillow slips" were sent in for
adjudication. Mrs, Hugh Roberts OF
Mankato took first prize OF $3.50;
Mrs. Hugh M Roberts and Elsie Ey-
ans of this city tied for second prize
The Duet S. A. Come Gracious
Spirit" was sung very nicely by two
parties The Lake Crystal party,
Mesdames Alvin Jones and Evan 5.
Jones were awarded the prize of So.
| The short story writing not over
two hundred words for those under
twenty-five years of age should
have been more popular with the
young people as it was an excellent
chance for them to use their immag1- :
nation to advantages and become ac-
| qlIainted with the ways OF compeu-
| ton. However only six young people
tired their hand at story writing. Iva
Norris received first prize of 81 ana
| Rosella Thomas received second prize
of 81. The pleasing as well as amuss
| irlg side OF the winning of these tive
lyOunE ladies was that they have been
| life time chums. and whether or not
that one knew that the other was try
| ing in this competition it not known,
but the expression of surprise on the
faces of the two when they met on
| the platform to receive their prizes
brought smile to many face. Both
seemed perfectly satisfied with the de
cision of the adjudicsor and were
found later congratulating themselves
heartily over their success.
The Grand poem "And They Shall
Not Learn War Any More" not to ex-
ceed two hundred lines, three very
good competitions were received. The
prize of twenty dollars for the best
poem was awarded to Rev Hugh c.
| Griffiths of Lake Crystal.
| Four entrants had sent in their ma
mes for competition on tenor solo
1.-The Prince CALL but a weakening
heart struck two of them after the 9th
er two had sang so well and they did
not respond to their call. Ivan Rob
erts of Judson was given the prize of
81.
The three translations Welsh to
English Can a Mawi" and adjudicat-
ed by Rev John o. Parry of Cambria,
Wisconsin. All the contestants were
adju6ged not worthy of the prize. Rev
Parry sent word at the last few days
that he would not be able to attend
the Eisteddfod as planned, SO wrote
out his adjudications and mailed them
to the Secretary and no doubt at least
it appears that way, the reason for
Rev. Parry's sudden change Of mind
to stay at home was governed some
what by his adjudication on this num-
Der as well as another to follow, I'm
worthy of the Prize There is no
disputing, that possibly these trans
lations were poor and even though
there should be some parts OF them al
least due of worthy consideration and
credit. A teacher does not necessarily
mark her pupils papers all wrong be-
cause there are several mistakes up
on it but gives him the credit de-
serving of his paper. Only once be-
fore in the history OF the Lake Crys-
!. tai Eisteddfod has an adjudicator ev-
4 er adjudged an entire competition as
! unworthy Of the prize and even
though the competitions do not come
4 up fully to the standards of the hon
ored ,adjudieator they should pc given
some consideration at least If it be
only one half or one fourth of the or
] iginal prize. Such a consideration
\ would show the contestant plainly
that his work was far below the re-
quirements but at the same time it