Arms Academy - Student Yearbook (Shelburne Falls, MA)

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PRIZE SPICA KERS Prize Speaking The annual Prize Speaking Contest was held in Science Hall, Tuesday evening, May 10, and proved to be one of the most interesting ever held. Tl1c talent was un- usually good and the competition was keen. Mrs. Christine C. Ostberg, who coached the speakers, as in former years, chose selec- tions that were well adapted to each speaker. The contestants were: Seniors, Isabel Halherg and Russell Purringtong Juniors, Marjorie Brown and VVilho Tillikkag Soph- omores, Laura Call and Emerson Kennedy, Freshmen, Margaret Temple and George Mayberry. The winning boy and girl represented Arms at the lnterscholastic Prize Speaking Contest held at Gardner this year. This Interscholastie League includes the four high schools, Athol, Gardner, Turners Falls, and Arms. The prize is a ten dollar gold- piece. lt is a great honor to win first place in these annual contests. The program of the local Prize Speaking contest was as follows: The Friend ........,....,..... Russell Purrington Star Spangled Banner' ......., Isabel Halherg The Fifteenth Candle ..,,.... Marjorie Brown The Guest of Honor ..,......... Wilho Tillikka A Difference in Clocks ..,..,....,. Laura Call The Unconquered ,..,,.,... Emerson Kennedy Nancy's Cinderella ..... .. Margaret Temple NVriting a Speech for Peter George ltlayberry M. E. B., '28.

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