The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-03-25
FRALEY DISCLAIMERS WILL
CONTEST AT ACCIDENT HIS.
Date Has Been Definitely Fixed
for Next Wednesday Evening,
March 31st.

Inc Fraley defamation Contest as
sponsored by Mr. G. Arthur Fraley,
Cashier of The Garrett National
Bank, Oakland, Md, will be held, as
announced by Mr.. F. E. Rathbun,
County Superintendent of Schools, in
the school building at Accident next
Wednesday evening, March 31st, at
s o'clock.
In this Defamation Contest, one
representative from each of the five
high schools of the county will render
a defamation with view of selecting
the declaimer who comes first and the
declaimer who comes second.
The judges who will render the de-
cision will be from outside of the
county.
In view of the fact that the seating
capacity Of the assembly room of the
Accident school building is for about
two hundred people, the number of
seats will be apportioned according to
the plans of forty seats for each of
the five high school centers which
seats will be reserved until 10 min
utes of 8 at which they will be avail
able for anyone present.
The contest at Accident will be for
girls only,'while the one in which boys
only will participate, as sponsored by
Mr.. Walter w. Dawson, Cashier of
The First National Bank Oakland,
Nd, will be held at Kitzmiller early
in May.
These two contests-the Fraley
Contest to be held at Accident next
Wednesday evening for the girls, and
the one to be held at Kitzmiller in
May for the boys-are viewed by the
people generally as two of the most
interesting and important school ac-
tivities of the year and wide interest
prevails in these two coming events
in which a very enjoyable and profta-
BILE evening is anticipated by all those
who will find it possible to be pres
ent.
This years Fraley Defamation
Contest will be the fourth such con-
test held among the five high schools
of the county. The three previous
contests have been held at the centers
and dates given below which follow
the name of the successful contestant
in each of the contests, the name of
the selection as used by each lady al
so being given:
Miss Elizabeth Engle, Grantsville
High school, "Sister and l." Oakland,
Nd, April 27, 1923.
Miss Myra Custer, Grantsville High
school, "The Fiddle Told" Grants
vile, Md, May 9, 1924.
First Prize, Miss Mary Ours, Oak
land High School; Bobby Shaftoe";
second prize, Miss Dixie Walker, Kitz-
miller High school; "The Famine;
Friendsville, Maryland, April 3, 1925.
The first and second prizes that are
awarded do not go to the individual
contestants but will be awarded to the
high school which the successful con-
testant represents, with an Individual
medal being given to each contestant
from the school she represents, the
prizes usually being books to be added
to the library of the high school which
the successful contestant represents.
This year, the prizes offered are as
follows:
First Prize.
One complete eighteen volume set
of Popular Science Library" to be
presented to the library of the High
school which the successful contestant
represents. Furthermore, a banner
with appropriate inscription is to be
presented to the principal of the
High school until the next annual
contese (girls) to be held in 1927.
Second Prize.
One complete ten volume set of
"Mark Twain" to be presented to the
principal of the High school which the
contestant awarded second prize rep
resents.
Individual Awards.
Each of the five contestants is to be
presented by the school she represents
in the contest to be held Wednesday
evening with an appropriate gold
medal or other individual award, at
the graduating exercises to be held
next June.
The program for the Fraley con-
test to be held at Accident next We'd
nesday evening, Mr.. H. A. Loraditch,
President of the Board of Education
of this county, presiding, is as follows,
the name of the high school which
each contestant represents being
omitted for the present for reasons
which have been found very justifa-
BILE in order to secure unbiased de-
cisions, the program being inter-
spersed with musical selections, the