Hamilton High School - Hamiltonian Yearbook (South Hamilton, MA)

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AMERICAN LEGION ORATORICAL CONTEST On February 9, 1939, tSiore v;as a contest held in the school auditorium under the auspices of the American Legion. Primarily, eight entrants were selected to write a theme on .Americanism, and from these, four were chosen. They were Eleanor Thor.ipson and Thomas I ' illerick of the senior class and Jane Pei’kins arid Edward J ' allace, juniors , The first prize, a silver medal, was awarded to Jane Perkins, and Eleanor Ttacmpson received a bronze medal, as second p lze. V hile the jud es were in conferexice, a movie entitled The Decla - o f Independence was enjoyed. T ' ' is contest is a pro ' ; ' ressive one, and on March 9th, Miss Perkins represented Hamilton Hi ' h at the Essex County contest, held in Peabody. Francis Barry, a junior frora Lynn Classical Eiph School and l.iss Perkins tied foi fli ' ’st place, Iiaiing received the ssne num- ber of points. On Monday, March El, the third elimination was held in Lowell. The winner vi as Francis Berry vTio represented Essex and Iliddlesex Counties at the State Contes c in V ateraown on March sSth. AMERICAN FOREi ' SIC LEAC- ' JE CONT rpme: rp The American Forensic Leauge held its annual public speaking contest on liiesday, March 14, at Gloucester. The diistrict to which Hamilton belongs v as represented by four speakers-- tv o boys from Lo ;ell High and tv o girls froi.. Gloucester High. Cambridge Latin High was to have sent candidiatcs; but, because of the storm, they were unable to be present and so ' ithdrew from the contest. Jmss Jane Perkins v;as our liai.ilton representative in the original oratory division. Her essay was EAdvanta ' es; of a Be: ocracy . Miss Perkins did an excellent piece of v ork, in fact, so excel-, lent that she v on suh ' icienb xeoints to be placed first smong the speakers in the divisien which she entered. She will now go to ' ■ roton March 31, to compete in the state contest. Pupils and faculty of Elsmlltor their best wishes for success at tl: 1 e: tend to ' ta r .nn -Spe; h iss Perkins Hai.:5. 1 1 o n H i gh si on oy the L ' isses Thompson. In this His topic was ' ' ' Ihe ;as also repre-erted in the exteii.poraneous civi- Lit L Cu.llity, : :araa.re t illenick, ancA Boro thy division, James C ' B.ay from Lov ell ' uon first place. Neutrality .ct Should be Repealed.” Bobby J ' acBonald v as slipping out of the ye.rd during school hours when he ran into Mr. Payne. Hullo I” said Mr. Payne, pleasantly. ”V ere you looklu.g for me?” A.ye, ” replied MacBonald, ' ' I was looking for ye, but I didn’t want tae find ye . ”

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