The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-05-23
STATE
MEET, MISSOULA
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day with the Little Theatre tour
nament. Sixteen schools were en-
tered and the preliminaries were
played off in groups of four each
during the day. The finals were
held in the Little Theatre in the
evening. Flathead county placed
first with Submerged, a very
unusual and difficult play for
high school students. The scene
was laid in a wrecked submarine
where six men were waiting the
moment when the walls would
give way. William SHETLAND, who
played the part Of the coward,
was awarded the medal for the
best actor. He entered fully into
a difficult part and played it con-
sistently. Kathryn Wedgewood of
Missoula received the medal for
the best actress. She played the
part of the Gal in loft Nays
Head. a play %centering around
the disappearance of Theodosia
Burr. This was an unusually fine
program put on by the high
school students.
In the afternoon of the same
day were held the finals in de-
bates on the question, Resolved
that the United States refrain
from military Intervention in or
der to protect foreign invest
ments". The high schools debat-
ing, as champions of their re-
spective sections, we're Reed Point,
Fergus county, Bainville, and Mis-
soula. There were two consecutive
debates, opponents and sides hav-
ing been decided by lot in the
forenoon on the same day. 1t
was the duty of the judges to Sc
lect from the four winning teams
and rank the remaining teams
and the debaters. The judges
we're instructed to consider first,
excellence in thinking, and second,
excellence in speaking. The de-
baters we're encouraged to meet
the argumentation--not to make
it a declamatory contest; they
were further advised not to quib-
BILE over technicalities. The teams
all showed a careful study of the
question and presented their case
effectively, although each team at
tackled the question from a slight
1y different angle. All showed
fine sportsmanship, dignity, and
sincerity in their speaking. Fer
gus county was selected as the
winning team, and Bainville rank
ed a close second. David Rhea
from Bainville also tied for sec
ond place as the best debater.
Declamatory Contest
In the declamatory contest were
entered forty-eight girls and thir-
ty-four boys. These were divided
into groups of from eight to ten
each, and all the groups met ST.
multaneously on Thursday morn
ing, the boys and girls contests
being separate. From each of
these groups two were selected
for the semi-finals, and again
five boys and five girls were Sc
lected for the finals held in the
Missoula H. S. auditorium in the
evening. In the girls contest Bet
ty Kelleher Of Butte placed first
with THE Valiant, a play, Bet
ty Hruza of Sweet Grass placed
second with 1.-THE Story of Patsy.
In the boys division Richard
Lovely OF Powell county placed
first, with the humorous selection
who's Afraid, Kenneth Spauld-
ing Of Missoula placed second
with "The Congo. The winners
were obviously selected for their
interpretation-the ability to enter
fully into the selection and be
consistent throughout. On the
whole the final contest was not
rs enjoyable as the semi-final be-
cause most the contestants could
not be heard distinctly in the
large auditorium, and n was
too far away to see the express
sion on the speakers face. Most
of the speakers seemed quite ma
ture, evidently juniors and SEN
iors with a good deal of previous
experience in speaking. Among
the girls about half of the en-
trants had humorous selections,
but all who reached the semi
finals had dramatic. Among the
boys about twelve selections were
humorous and two of these reach
ed the finals. Most of the others
were dramatic. No oratorical Sc
lection reached the finals.
1t was interesting to note that
after the decisions had been rem
dered both in debate and declam-
atory there were the same type
of discussions and disagreements
we find after a similar con-
at home-this where the
judges are experts in their line.
This is no discredit to the judges,
but simply an indication that
such conditions will always exist
in a contest where a difference in
taste and opinion must necessar-
lily enter to some extent. 1t fur
Their indicates that being placed
is not the only thing worth
working for. AS President Clapp
Of the University haid In his well