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An independent journal devoted to the
interestt of Reynoldsville.
Publithed weekly. One Dollar per year
xtrietly in advance.
VOLUME 12.
REYNOLDSVILLE, PENN'A., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1901.
NU3IBER 45.
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Labels slightly damaged by water getting in our cellar,
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REYNOLDSVILLE VICTORIOUS
IN THE LITERARY CONTEST.
Judges Award her Representatives Three of the Five Divisions of the
Contest Very Large Audience Attended the Contest
and Witnessed a Magnificent Entertainment.
In the presence of an Immense and-
tonco, representatives from the senior
classes of the high schools of Reynolds
ville, Punxsutawney and Drookvllle
met In Punxsutawney Friday night of
last week and contested for literary
honors. The sight of such a contest,
representing the best product of the
publlo schools of the three leading
towns of Jefferson county, was well
worth going many miles to see, and the
audience which filled every seat In the
large Mahoning street opera house was
gathered not only from Punxsutawney
but from DuDols, Roynoldsvllle, Drook
vllle and many other points In the section.
Reynoldsville may pride herself on
the high standard of her schools. As
In last year's contest her reptvsunla
tlves led to victory, so In this thoy
Bgaln captured three of the five divi
sions of the program. And In all the
divisions her contestants displayed such
skill In argument and tact in delivery
as to place tholr title to superiority as
a whole beyond question.
Throughout the contest the large
audience was very orderly, excepting a
little rowdyism in the gallery, and en
tered heartily Into the spirit of the oc
casion. Roynoldsvllle was represented
by over two hundred poople, so deep
was the Interest In the event. Brook
villa also had a number In the audience,
though small compared with Reynolds
ville. But the efforts of the contestants
from the different towns did not suffer
from lack of special frlonds In the aud
ience, for it was worthy of note that all
the efforts of the contestants were met
with a generous share of applause.
The Punxsutawaoy schools were rep
resented in the audience by a large
gallery In the rear of the house which
was filled with young people, and they,
full of confidence, spent a vast lot of
lung power before the contest giving
their school "yells" and insuring the
people that "they were all right." It
was very forluuato for them that they
done all tholr yelling before the con
test, for It was noted that after tho de
cision thoy hadn't much to say. This
gallery bIso made Itself very conspic
uous by hooting and jeering every time
Drookvllle and Reynoldsvlllu friends In
tho audience attempted to give a class
cheer. 1
When the curtain rolled up, the stage
presented a brilliant appearance. All
the contestant were seated upon It and
also those who gave musical selections.
In the rear sat County Superintendent
R. B. Teltrlck, who opened the contest
with a short address. After a few com
plimentary remarks on the interest
shown, and to tho schools for the high
standard attained, he took occasion to
remind those who were inclined to do
too much "yelling" that It was to be a
literary contest, with emphasis on the
"literary." It had the good effect of
forestalling tho objectionable class
"yells" thereafter and limiting the en
thusiasm to the more refined applause.
THE ESSAYS.
The first section of the program was
unlike anything In last year's contest.
The three essays' were devoted to the
same lubjeet, a review of the popular
American romance, "Ramona," written
by Helen Hunt Jackson.
"Ramona" Is tale of tbo heartless
treatment of the Indians by the whites.
The heroine Is reared by a wealthy
white family in Southern California
and during the stay of a sheep-shearing
band upon the estate meets and passion
ately loves a young Indian. Her pro
tectress, a haughty Senora, strongly op
poses tbe.unlon and tolls Ramona that
she Is the child of an Indian mother,
but notwithstanding this the girl and
her Indian lover, meeting after a short
separation, flee to San Diego and are
married. Tbey follow the Indian life
and are happy together, but ever suffer
by the oppression of the whitoB. Their
child falls 111, a white physician refuses
to attend It, and while Ramona is at
tempting to take her first-born to the
doctor, little "Blue Eyes" dies. In an
Insane mood her Indian husband takes
a white man's horse, and the American
promptly pursues and shoots btm with
out mercy. Ramona, with a second
child, Is left alone and under tho weight
of grief and Illness almost dins. In the
end she returns to the home of her
childhood, but ber heart lie burled In
the grave of ber Indian lover.
The three contestants, Susan Van
VI let. of Brookvllle, Anna Lowry, of
Punxsutawney, and Mildred Rldgeway,
of Reynoldsville, followed almost the
samo plan In reviewing the work, each
dollnoatlng the true nobility of the In
dian character and the author's attempt
to show the utter disregard of the
whites for justice. But while all were
rood In this resect, there was a wide
difference In the delivery of the essays
and the Impression made upon the aud
ience. The Brookvllle and Punxsutaw
ney contestants lacked much of the fin
ished ease and grace that characterized
the Reynoldsville contestant, and the
delivery of the latter was free from the
embarasslng repetitions which occurred
In the other two, notably so la the case
of Miss Van Vllot. While the judges'
award of victory to Brookvllle was ac
cepted with good grace by the Reynolds
ville contestants, and whllo courtesy
may have demanded that Brookvllle
BhouH have at least one winner In the
contest, the Reynoldsville people and
others present could not escape the
conviction that In this case at least jus
tice was not done to Miss Rldgeway.
THE ORATIONS.
Charles Knarr, of Punxsutawney,
opened the orations with the career of
Socrates, greatest of pagan philoso
phers. From bis first appearance as a
Grecian soldier until his death, the
speakur portrayed the grand nobility of
bis hero. Socrates was the wisest of
men because he knew bis own Ignorance;
because he sought not to fathom the
mysteries of the gods but made bis
creed "Know thyself." His peculiar
method of extracting knowledge by
questioning was shown to be the best,
and because he taught humanity and
humility he surpassed the warriors of
the world. Accusod by enemies of cor
rupting the youth, he disproved the
charge and accepted the cup of hem
lock, ending bis career with the majesty
of a god. In his peroration Mr. Knarr
showed the philosopher as the great
forerunner1 of Christianity, whose In
fluence yut moulds the world. The ora
tion was delivered In a slow, almost
mechanical way, and seemed to lack en
thusiasm. For Rcynn'idsvlllu John Coleman de
scribed the glorious martial career of
Hannibal, who from childhood pledged
to Roman hatred, In life carried out
one of the greatest military projects of
antiquity and brought great Rome to
abject terror. Mr. Coleman told of the
early genius shown by Hannibal and
his command of mon at eighteen years
of age. How ho martlalled barbarians
Into valorous soldier and took his great
army over the Alps, descending unex
pectedly Into Roman territory and
pushed close to tho very gates of Rome.
And the spoaker showed too the pathet
ic but noblo end of the great warrior
when Carthage, menaced by a Roman
army, could neither support htm nor
defend herself, and Hannibal, abandon
ing the conquest of Rome, returned to
Carthage, and as a statesmen of the
highest order done all In his power to
save his native olty, Mr. Coleman
spoke with freedom and force, having
his subject well In hand at all times,
and merited the award which the
judges afterward gave him.
Julius Cu'sar, lawyer, politician, war
rior, statesman, historian and martyr,
was the world-herouloglzed by Arthur
Scott, of Brookvllle. So extraordinary
was Cieesar, according to the speaker,
that he must not be judged by the or
dinary standards of men. He came at
a crisis In the world's bUtory and was
an Instrument of the Omnipotent in
working out a divine purpose. He slew
his millions, but left to the world plans,
Ideas and great works wbloh more than
atoned. Like many another transaend
ant genius, Mr. Soott averred, Ciusar
fell a martyr to the jealousy of subordi
nates. THE SERIOUS RECITATIONS.
This year the recitations were divid
ed Into two classes of serious and oomlo,
and the division worked well. For
aside from the fact that different stan
dards of judgment are necessary for the
serious and oomlo, the Interpolation of
entertaining recitations between the
heavier matter of orations and debate
helped to sustain Interest.
Anna Klahr, of Reynoldsville, opened
the reoltatlons with "Little Bill," the
pathetto tale of a newsboy, whose sweet
simplicity In the touching scenes of bis
last few minutes before death gave to
Miss Klahr an opportunity to delineate
child oharaotor, In which she has few
superiors. "A Dog of Flanders," by
Madge Truman, of Brookvllle, was also
atalo of child-life. Mildred Spencer,
of Punxsutawney, gave a tale of border
war and rude rifle justice entitled "A
Ballad of East and West."
In this, as In other parts of the pro
gram, the superior training of the
Reynoldsville contestant was plainly ap
parent. Miss Klahr, who was awardrd
the victory, spoke In a low, gentle tone,
yet her enunciation was so clear and
distinct that her words were heard
throughout the hall, while on tho other
hand It was sometimes difficult to fol
low the Brookvllle and Punxsutawney
contestants.
THE DEBATE.
"Tbo Relative Value of Commerce,
Manufacture and Agriculture as Civil
izing Agencies" formed the question of
debate, the fourth division of the con
test. Commerce was represented by
McMurray Griffith, of Brookvllle
manufacture by Frank Evans Clnwson,
of Punxsutawney i and agriculture by
Clyde Murray, of Reynoldsvlllo.
Mr. Griffith contended that whllo ag
riculture might support, and manufac
ture might enrich a nation, neither
would of itsolf raise the civilization or
aid In uniting mankind into a greut
brotherhood. For this commerce, the
mingling of people and of nations In
trade, was neoessary. As a great ex
ample of what was accomplished In this
way, be cited the early Phoenicians, the
first masters of the sea and of trado.
Through their trading expeditions,
the Phoenician alphabet, one of the
earliest, became known to distant races
and becoming In part adopted, helped
greatly to uplift towards civilization.
In our own day he pointed to England
and her wonderful work of civilizing
through oomraoron.
n defense of manufacture, Mr. Cla.v-
son, of Punxsutawney, cited numerous
examples of the Inventions, clamed us
manufactures, which had raised the
world from barbarism toenlightenraei.t.
He did not deny the value of agriculture
or of commerce, but stated that though
agriculture was Indeed necessary for
life Itsolf, the fact of life did not imply
or holp to civilize, and that this wus
not a question of mere existenoe, but of
civilizing forces ; and whllo commerce
aided, It was mode possible only by the
previous Invention of these civilizing
agencies. As proof that ugrlculture
did not civilize he pointed to tho rude
Indian plunting corn and leaving God
and nature do tho rest. Ho cited gun
powder as a mighty force In the aid of
human progress. For it had mado the
yeoman equal to the steel clad knight
and feudalism and the dark ages van
ished In thu smoke of gunpowder.
Clyde Murray, of Reynoldsvillu, con
cluded in defense of agriculture ui.d
sought to prove by many ablo arguments
that It was not only tbo basis of lifo, but
that In Its wide embrace was cradK d
the civilization of the races. He showi d
that It was the absolutely necessary
Irst step In civilization, upon which nil
else depended, and that It had product d
some of the world's most important
events. He gave statistics to prove that
from the farm came an overwhelming
majority of tho leading men and think
ers of to-day, and In tho past many of
the world's greatest civilizing agencies
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had had their Incoptlon with an agri
cultural people
The judges gave tho award to Mr.
Clawson,of Punxsutawney, representing
manufacture, but It was not easy to de
cide wbo had the host of the debate.
Of the throe, Clyde Murray's was per
haps the most scholarly production, but
Mr. Clawson presented his case In very
ingenious stylo.
THE COMIC RECITATIONS.
After the long program of serious
subjects, the audience was well prepared
and keenly relished the rollicking hu
mor of the comlo recitations.
"Jlmmle Butler" was an Irishman
new to America, and Olga Henry, of
Punxsutawney, moved the audience to
laughter by the tale of bis woes while
lost in tho woods, and his conversation
with an inquisitive owl. Coe Shaffer,
of lloynoldevllle, followed with a selec
tion in which Mrs. Wlggs of the Cab
bage Patch held "A Labor Day Picnic,"
much, to the amusement of theaudloncn.
Mrs. Wlggs had just decided to hold
the piunlu at the cemetery, but Cuba, a
retired fire department horse, suddenly
decided on his own account to go to a
fire. Tho piece abounded in fun and
the good humored philosophy of Mrs.
Wlggs. The contest closed with a rec
itation by Ella Garner, of Drookvllle,
entitled ' The Afternoon Tay," In which
a number of Irish ladles wore Initiated
Into the mysteries of fashionable meth
ods of taking an afternoon "tay" and
their disgust with tho wholo thing.
The recitations were all good, but
Miss Shaffer excelled, as the Itoynolds
vlllo contestant tn the serious recita
tions bad done, by suporlor ease and
grace of delivery, and secured the
award.
THE ML'BIC.
After tho essays, tho recitations and
debute, songs were given by represen
tatives of each of tbo schools. Drook
vllle presented five girls and two young
men. For Punxsutawney eight girls
gave a song in which a bar of whistling
gave a catchy effect. A quartette com
posed of Leonard Harris, John Coleman,
Frank and Crulg King, gave Itcynold
vllle's selection and rocolved such en
thusiastic applause for an encore thut
one would probably have been given hud
not a Punxsutawnoy contestant stepptd
to tho front too soon.
THE JUDGES' DECISION.
Snpt. J. A. Gibson, of Butler, Pn f.
D. C. Murphy, of Slippery Rock, and
Miss Edith M. Mansfield, of Indiana,
wero the judges. After a brief consul
tation one of them stepped on the stag)
and with a few prefutory remarks re
questing no applause until he had con
cluded, announced the decisions !
"Tho essays, to Drookvllle. The
orations, to Reynoldsvlllo. The serious
recitations, to ReynoldBville. The de
bate, to Punxsutawnoy. The humorous
recitations to Reynoldsville, and tho
contest to "
Dut with the third and deciding award
to Reynoldsville, tho suppressed ap
plause which had followed oach Royn
oldsvlllo victory burst forth In wild en
thusiasm and cheering and the speaker
could ouly Indicate with a wave of his
hand that Roynoldsvllle was victorious.
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