Ogdensburg Free Academy - Devilog Yearbook (Ogdensburg, NY)

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CLASS RO0M SCENES 48

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l AMERICAN LEGl0N CONTEST N December 6, 1949, the American Legion Oratorical and Essay Contest took place in the George Hall Auditorium. In this local contest Betty Patterson won first prize with her essay, Dem- ocracy Speaks for Itself. Alice MacCal1um was awarded second prize. The St. Lawrence County Con- versity, where Betty Patterson won first. On February 11 the Fourth District Contest was held at Platts- A. MBCCALLUM, B. PATTERSON, J. TE:-zo, N. JENKINS, s. LHVIGNE. burg, Where she again took the hon- ors. On March 7 she went to Ams- terdam for the Zone Contest and won first place in that competition. PE G As this book goes to press, she is competing in the State Contest at Tonawanch. N air of sophistication and drama was present in our Betty and all those who partici- auditorium on the night of May 17, 1949. The event pated in the local contests were un- taking place was the Fifty-Second Annual Speaking Contest. der the guidance of Mrs. Leonard Under the able guidance of Mrs. Green. Leonard Green fifty-five contest- ants participated, Ten of these SITTING: J. MISSERT, B. PATTERSON, J. TEED, J. WELT, S. KNAP. STANDING: were chosen for the final. H. ELLIS, D. SANFORD, D. COOL, W. BROWN, D. CUNNINGHAM. The final contestants and their pieces were Ioan Missert, Illusion, David Cool, Beyond All Doubt, Betty Patterson, Bobby Shafto, Harry Ellis, The Decline of the Drama, Susan Knap, The Old Woman and the Clock, Douglas Sanford, The Button, Jacque- line Teed, The White Cliffs of Dover, William Brown, A Madman's Story, Joyce Welt, Autobiography, Donald Cunningham, In a Note of Triumph. Winners were Susan Knap and Joyce Welt in the girls' division, and Douglas Sanford and Harry Ellis in the boys'. Later Susan Knap won first place in the Northern New York League Contest, held at Potsdam, and Douglas Sanford won second place. 47 test took place at St. Lawrence Uni-

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