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Declamations

HE Ju n io r D eclam atio n C ontest for th e C lass of 1914 D eclam ation
P rize in m em ory of John L. H u b b ard , of th at class, took p lace in the
study h all on M arch 1. M cC lellan B eaty e a sily w on first p rize for
the facility an d fo rcefuln ess w ith w h ich he p resen ted President
T h eo do re R o o sev elt’s In au g u ral A d d ress. M a rsh a ll M a c lsa a c w as aw arded
second prize w ith his d eclam atio n , Verdun, by R aym o n d P oincare. H onorable
m ention for a selection from Edm ond R o stan d ’s Cyrano de Bergerac w ent to
P h ilip Jastram .
T h e Senior D eclam atio n C ontest for the A lice A . R azee, C lass of 1875,
D eclam atio n P rize w as held before the school in A lu m n i H a ll on F eb ruary 27.
T h e first prize w en t to T ay lo r C otter for his sp len d id in terp retatio n of a selec­
tion from M ark T w a in ’s Adventures of Toni Sawyer. D w ig h t W a r in g received
second prize for the in sp irin g m an ner in w h ich he d eliv ered a portion of
W illia m Jen n in gs B ryan 's Cross of Gold speech. O ther sp eakers and th eir pres­
entatio n s w ere: three Sh ak esp earean sonnets, W illia m H . M yer; P resident
W ils o n ’s War Message, R o n ald A . N o rto n ; N ich o las M u rray B u tle r’s Patriotism,
L aurence M . Sm ith; C arl Schurz’s Let Us Have Peace, V in cen t B ow ditch;
E dgar A llan P oe’s The Raven, P h ilip M . K elsey. T h e m erito rio u s co ach in g of
M r. P axton w as easily perceived in both the Ju n io r and the Senior D eclam atio n
C ontests. T h e Ju d ges w ere M iss K im b erlin , M r. W a u g h te l, an d M r. T hom as.

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