The Mankato free press., 1923-04-20
MANKATO SCHOOL
BEAUTY SELECTED
Miss Florence Carpenter
Won First Prize
CHOICE IS POPULAR
Losers In Contest Show Them
selves To Be Real
Good Sports

Miss Florence Carpenter is
the ranking beauty of all the
beautiful girls at the Mankato
high school as result OF
beauty contest staged at the
school during the fore part of
the week. That Miss Carpen-
ter's choice as the beauty"
was popular one is Indicated
from The fact that her votes
came from such varied course
/ among the students.
In accepting the honor as the
'most beautiful girl" Miss Car
penter during the assembly
period, with a rosy blush sur
mounting her cheeks said, 81
don't know how ever won
first place."
Beauties-all the boys in the High
school will say they are.
A contest has just closed in the
High school which promises to be an
annual event. The contest is the one
in n-Which the most beautiful, most
popular aud most stddiUus girls. 10
.ths High 9Aeel sc..'e <isose,s a
day, all the girls came to their
classes all dolled up" for the oc :
casion. On Wednesday, however
only the winners in the preliminar-
les came dressed up.
The results of the preliminaries
in the beauty contest were: Dorothy
Iaeger. first; Edna Silber, second
Florence Carpenter and Kathryn
Hinton, tied Tor third. The winners
of the popularity, contest are: Eloise
Taylor, first, Ruth Macbeth, second
and Mary Thomas, third. In the
studious contest Maurine Boie, Ma
dine Morgan and Mildred Dodge
were first, second and third respec-
lively.
On Wednesday at $50 p. m. after
two and one hals hours of tedious
work the judges announced the win
ners. The winner of the beauty
contest was Florence Carpenter,
who defeated her nearest opponent,
Edna Silber by 1877 votes. She de :
teated Dorothy Yaeger by a major-
ity of 951 votes, while Kathryn Hin
ton came in fourth.
In the popularity contest Eloise
Taylor defeated her nearest oppo-
nent, Mary Thomas, by a majority
of 2S05 votes. Ruth Macbeth re-
ceived third place.
Nadine Morgan won in the stu
diouS contest, defeating Maurine
Boie by majority of 1856 votes.
Mildred Dodge received third place
Rise In the Votes
The rise in the number of votes
for Florence Carpenter was a phe
nomenal event in the contest. Al
4:30 p. m. Tuesday, she had very few
votes. Then, suddenly, large
number OF Carpenter" votes came
in and with these she tied for third
nlaPn Ar "nHnncAnY k1
number OF votes Tor her rose so much
that she had first place. All the
rest Of the day Miss Carpenter was
in the lead.
Florence Carpenter. pretty, de-
mure and just sweet sixteen, GER
tainly deserved the coveted prize
she won. Eloise Taylor has long
been regarded as the most popular
OF the girls, but now this position is
assured her. Nadine Morgan is not
intensely studious, but is more a
combination of a studious, pretty and
popular girl. But as she is on the
reading room list, she is considered
fairly studious.
Losers Are Good Sports
All the candidates, who lost in
the contest were good sports and
good losers, and should be compli
mented Tor their altitude. The win
ners made short remarks to the
students in assembly this morning.
Florence Carpenter said: II don't
know how | ever won first place"
Eloise Taylor stated: Il am sure
ly honored 10 get this place. l hope
that next year you will have a diff
ferent and bigger contest"
Nadine Morgan remarked: II am
happy after all these years OF hard
Study to be voted the most studious
girl in Mankato high
The conductors OF the contest de =
serve great deal of credit. Law
renee Cain and Norman Nitzkowski
conducted the contest. while Leroy
Trafton, Dorsey Hurst and Paul
Gender assisted Lawrence and
Norman with the counting of the
ballot. AS whole the contest was
grand success.