Amherst Regional High School - Goldbug Yearbook (Amherst, MA)

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Uhr Cbnlil Eng 1511.2-:P Speaking Monday, April 14, 1924, the fourth annual Prize Speaking Contest for the h S h ol Auditorium Mr Carl M. Bogholt, Mrs. Nfillett Cup was held in the Hig c o . - Carleton P. Jones, and the Rev. Clair F. Luther acted as judges. Those to have their names inscribed on the cup were Helen Joy and Charles Dickinson, both members of the class of 1926. The program was as follows: lfred Noyes The River of Stars ................................ ..... A Ruth Winifred Graham He Knew Lincoln ..........,.......................... .... I da M. Tarbell Charles Augustus Dickinson ..William Dean Howells The Pilot's Story .,... .......................,... Florence Hart Sears A The Sacrifice of Sidney Carton ..................... .... C harles Dickens Everett Alfred Murray . . . .Rubenstein Violin Solo, Melody in F .......................... Charlotte Louise Allen .Henry W. Longfellow Hiawatha's Wooing .... ................. - .......... Kathleen Grace King . . . .Woodrow Wilson War Message to Congress ........................ Albion Davis Allen Ya We Are Seven .... . .................... . . .Kate Douglas Wiggin Helen Rita Joy . . . .Woodrow Wilson Memorial Day Speech .............................. Andrew Kittredge Peters Words by Fred F.. Weatherby Three for' Jack ..... ...................... Music by W. H. Squire ' Charles Augustus Dickinson 46 TH new Mm: ndllubzf dmv kc: zlelii-ts m A irlgzli Thi limizz. lin! Khiyq ai, ml If 11 , Lg '-bs., . F Q, l ll -. avi ' 4 r nhl' 1

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