The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-11-26
JUDGES ANNOUNCE
WINNIE rs IN BOOK
WEEK At MOVIES
Central High Leads in Num-
Der of Prize Winners; John
D. Tucker Awarded
First Place


Prize winners in the Book Week
Film Essay contest were announced
Saturday by Mrs. Myrtelle w. Smell,
city amusement inspector. The con-
test was conducted in all the high
schools and grammar schools of Biz
mingham during National Book
Week. Judges in the contest were:
Mrs. Floribel Brown Ohme, Mrs.
Glenn Gazam, Mrs. Frank Clark,
Miss Lou Abbie chambliss. Miss Rosa
Strickland.
High school: First prize, $40, John
Denham Tucker. Central High. sub
ject. Prisoner of Zenda."
Second prize, $3.50. Margaret Nc
Carly, Central High. subject, ITO
Have and To Hold"
Third prize, IS. Margaret Green.
Central High. subject. Prisoner of
Zenda."
Fourth prize 81, George Hunting
Nanook of the North.
Fifth prize, $3.50, Helen Crane,
Paul Hayne High, subject, Rags to
Riches"
Sixth prize, SO, Jack coker, Wood
lawn High subject. ITO Have and To
Hold"
Honorable mention: Crisler Ran
som. Allan Buzaird. Fanny Martin,
Elsie Garner. Bessie Fossett, Erin
Morrlss, Caroline Fowlkes. Dorothy
Remington, Fons Hurley, Mary
Perry, Hazel Woolley. Marguerite
Knight and Evelyn Heidenrich.
Elementary schools: First prize
Carolyn Nash. South Highland school,
subject. ITO Have and To Hold"
Second prize, Esther Smales. Pratt
school, subject. "Evangeline."
Third prize, Dorothy Lacy, Powell
school, subject ITO Have and To
Hold"
Fourth prize. Ruth Crumley, Glib
son school, subject, "Nanook of the
North.
Fifth prize. Mildred Alien. Hemp
hill school. subject, Rags to Riches"
Sixth prize. Barbara Elise Cohn
South Highland school. subject. The
Headless Horseman."
Seventh prize, Helen Walker, South
Highland school, subject, Rags to
Riches"
Eighth prize. Frederic slngton.
Thurman school, subject. ITO Have
and To Hold
Ninth prize. Ammo Dunlap, Lake
view school. subject, TO Have and
to Hold"
Honorable mention: Raymond
Custred. Earle Pettus, Freddie Will
son. Charles Estes. Merit d. Glenn
ents, Jr.. Waiglets Henry, Jr., Jack
Ellis, David Goldman and welburn
Hardie.
Following Is the essay of John
Denham Tucker, Central High school,
which won thu first Drfze.
"Thc Prisoner of Zenda,
This photoplay is undoubtedly
worthy of niche in the Hall OF
Fame. Its scenes. laid in the mag
mary but picturesque kingdom OF
Ruritania, form pleasing back
ground to the play itself. Its cast
les with their meats and draw
bridges, their turrets and battle-
ments. are true to life. and the lurid,
forbidding walls lend a sinister as
pect to the gloomier portions of the
play.
"The character portrayed is most
commendable. and the ease with
which the wild cowboy stunts are
| blended with the tenderest love
scenes shows the master touch of an
artist.
II like II for the pleasant help
/ full recreation It furnished 1t is
particularly satisfying, because re-
CARELESS of Its mammoth scope It is
ever consistent. even coherent. There
is no shallow sentimentality, no
maudlin sensibility. but clear cut
deep rooted sentiment, born of high
ideals and noble endeavor. 1t has no
| happy ending, yet leaves one with
tho impression of being Just a little
better. having seen the picture, and
| with ffaa lttf1a fhnn0hf TO
the standards of honor and duty 1t
Is a work of art. by man. for man,
and shall live in the hearts of man
for time to come"
The second prize essay, written by
Margaret McCarty. Central High
schoo, follows:
"TO Have to Hold"
ITO Have and to Hold" is essen
TALLY a story for Youth. The adven-
ture appeals to those in search of a
thrill. the romantic tendency, anc
pathos to the lovelorn, the humoI
to the less serious minded.
ITO me. one appeal comes from
the ready humor. and the pathos
Writers of Colonial stories are prone
to overdo the hardships, to leave the
hero. and heroine, literally reekins
| in their hearts blood. Miss John
ston had the unerring Judgment to
Tighten her scenes with good, laugh
able humor; thus giving the story
an undeniable charm.
1.-THE plot is the work of a master
| so constructed. that Colonial. ant
English customs are interviewer. al
the colors of a marvellous tapestry
The life at James rs court is skill
fully contrasted with the rude huts
of the Colonists. and greatest OF all
the contrasting of the Kings favor
ito, a mere makeshift of humanity
| with Gods greatest masterpiece
real man.
The endlngof story might aptly be
Itermed-"proof OF the pudding
Again Miss Johnston reveals her un'
Outstanding OF human nature. by al
lowing her characters TO reap al
they have sown.' and the hero. and
heroine. ito live happily ever after
wards" Therein lies its lasting ap'
pea"
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