Meriden High School - Annual Yearbook (Meriden, CT)

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IT M. H. S. A N N U A L l-...J L i939 1 I IicIcs Essay Contest This c nTesT, which is now in iTs TorTy-eighTh year, has an inTenseIy inTeresTing hisTo . Iigdcliiiie Hicks, a prominenT lawyer, manuTacTurer, and business man oi Meridien, sTabIished a Tund of SI,OOO in I892 To encourage English and public s eaking in The high school. Since ThaT Time This money has been used To sponsor Tlie Hicks Prize ConTesT. One requiremenT of Meriden High School seniors is ThaT an essay on any sub- iecT and approximaTeIy one Thousand words in IengTh be enTered in The Hicks Prize ConTesT. Again This year The essays were judged Tor subiecT maTTer, grammar, and originaIiTy by Three persons ouTside The school. These judges, Mrs. Paul M. de Ia Vergne, Rev. Frederick C. Allen, and Dr. Daniel C. Pease, chose The winners. Several years ago an oraTorical conTesT wiTh prizes being awarded from The same fund was originaTed Tor inTeresTed seniors. The six medaIisTs were chosen from preliminary TryouTs by Miss McCarThy, Miss Pichnarcik, and Mr. MarTin. On The evening of May I9, The prize winners were picked by Miss Florence M. Fisher- dick, Miss Anna. B. Sands, and Mr. John J. Curry. Miss Frances W. Curley coached The winners Tor The second delivery. The Tirsi' and second prizes were eighT and Tive dollars respecTively. All TinaIisTs received gold medals. were HICKS PRIZE ESSAY CONTEST HICKS PRIZE SPEAKING CONTEST FirsT Prize Frank McGa r Second Prize Evelyn Lipman Honorable Men'I'ion Lucille Woodward MedaIisTs RoberT Clark George McGoIdrick Howard Swenson FirsT Prize BeTTy Dewey Ervin Schiesel Honorable MenTion William Mag ' MecIaIisTs RuTh Bogaiz Mafalda MaieTTa Howard Swenson

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