West Fairmont High School - Maple Leaves Yearbook (Fairmont, WV)

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W' TTT aiaiitizrivcs +21 Efliterarg Qlnniest the morning of April second, at 9.30 o'clock, the preliminaries Wjl . . . swf, to the District Literary Contest were held. About fifty students of Fairmont High School tried out for one of the four events, '6 l which were debate, oration, extemporaneous speaking and essay. The debate and essay events were held in one of the classrooms in the morning. Two students were chosen in each event to compete in the final event in the evening. Those chosen in the debate were Lillian Cook and Richard Shurtleif. And those who were winners in the essay were Kathleen McCray and Harriet Marie Hoge. The judges for these events were Miss Mar- garet Ruth Smith, Miss Viola Wolfe and Mr. B. D. Kahn. In the afternoon the orations and extemporaneous speeches were given in the auditorium of the school. In the orations Mary Baxter Cunningham and Amy Allen were selected. Morris Funt and Warner Glover were decided as the best extemporaneous speakers. Miss Dorothy Watson. Miss Louise Rock and Mr. E. J. Hawkins acted as judges. ww' X6 Mali is.. -Vw f 0619 The finals of the contest were held in the auditorium in the evening. The winners of the events were as follows: Essay, Harriet Marie Hoge: Debate, Lillian Cook: Extemporaneous Speaking, Morris Funt: Oration, Mary Baxter Cunningham. A prize of five dollars was given to the winner of each event. The prizes were donated by the Kiwanis Club, The Fairmont State Bank, The National Bank of Fairmont and the H. Y5 H. Drug Store. The judges were Miss Louise Leonard, Mr. Paul M. Musgrave and Mr. Walter Barner. The contestants were very evenly matched, and there was much dougt in the minds of the audience as to what the decision of the judges might be. Another attraction was the Fairmont High School Orchestra, which fur- nished music, under the direction of its leader, Professor Charles Fflock, at the beginning of the program and while the judges were preparing their report. The four winners will compete with the winners of contests of other high schools in this section, being, namely: Monongah, Morgantown, Mannington, Masontown and East Fairmont. The winners in the district contest will go to Morgantown on May four- teenth, where, at West Virginia University, the State Literary Contest will be held as a result of the contest, the winner in each event being given a four-year scholarship to the University. Page 151 1 4 .4

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