The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1925-04-16
STUDENTS OF HIGH
SCHOOL ENTERED in
C0NTESTSATURDAY

A commercial contest was held at
the local high school last Saturday
between Bearcreek, Belfry and the
Carbon County High School.
A scholarship contest was also held
at the same time between Roberts and
Bearcreek. M. NJ. Stanley, principal
of the Roberts schools, acted as chair
man. The questions submitted to the
students in the scholarship contest
were prepared by the State Univers-
| ity. In some cases there was no COM
petition and could not be called con-
test, if only one school entered the
subject and in other cases only one
pupil entered the subject and was of
course, assured of first place.
In the commercial contest, in which
typewriting and shorthand was en-
tered, the Carbon County High School
students took both first and second
pidSco. III Tile 1uiiiot ~ tiifiutS Lyp-
ing contest Helen Jones took first
place and Mabel Bekkarinen second,
with Emma Holland of Belfry, taking
third place.
In the Senior Is minute tipping con-
test Mary Breznikar won first place,
Sallie Sinko, second place and Sadie
Matson, third place.
In the one minute Senior tipping con-
test Mary Breznikar won first place
making N words per minute and Sal
lie Sinko second with a total of 81
words per minute. In the fourth event
Mary Breznikar made the highest per
cent in accuracy and will be known as
the County High School Accuracy
Typist. Mary Breznikar also won first
place as County One Minute High
School Amateur Champion Typist
among the Seniors with Sadie Matson
coming in second. In the one minute
Junior event Matt PakkaIa won first
place, Aune Kortes, second and Emma
Holland of Belfry, third. The winner
to be known as the County One Minute
High School Novice Champion Typist.
Mabel Bekkarinen won first place
and Helen Jones, second place in the
shorthand contest among the Jun
iors which event was open to any ELI
gible High School student who has
never received instruction in short
hand prior to September 1, 1924, and
among the Seniors Mary Breznikar
won first place and Sadie Matson sec
ond in the fourth event in the short
hand contest, which was team event,
and both girls won first and second
place in the fifth shorthand event.
The contestants from Bearcreek
were handicapped at the contest be-
cause the commercial students there
have only one hour day for their
work while the students of the Carbon
County High School devote two hours
to tipping and shorthand.
The winners in the scholastic con-
test were as follows:
Algebra
LIST place, Alexander Mcdonald Of
Bearcreek, Jack Price, Bearcreek.
End place, Esther Stein, Roberts.
General Science
LIST place, Whitley Gray Roberts.
Plane Geometry
LIST place, Bertha Wilson, Roberts,.
End place, Martha Dell, Bearcreek.
Literature
list place, Ellen Stein, Roberts.
U. s. History and Civics
LIST place, Fiina Herronen, Roberts.
2nd place, David Murray, Bearcreek,
Phil Noble, Bearcreek.
Latin III.
place, Marian Tillman, Bearcreek.
End place, Mary Homan, Bearcreek,
Vera Franesia, Bearcreek.
Latin |.
LIST place, Alexander Mcdonald, Bear
creek.
End place, Joe Persia, Bearcreek.
Current History
LIST place, Fiina Herronen, Roberts.
Phil Noble, Bearcreek.
End place, David Murray, Bearcreek,
William Curdy, Bearcreek.
English |.
LIST place, Whitley Gray, Roberts, Eliz-
abeth, Mcneil, Bearcreek.
End place, Nell Kane, Bearcreek, Ber-
tina Meeg, Bearcreek.
Chemistry
st place, Alexander Mcbride, Bear
creek.