1917 Yearbook
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1917 Yearbook
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F. Nelson as Wung Lung Loo, "the velly good Chinaman"; of V. Healy as
Moe Skinsky, "the Hebrew loan shark"; and of Jno. Kelly, "the funny Irish
boy"; the grave bearing of F. Vermeulen and G. Mowry as Judge and country store-keeper respectively; and especially the frolic, the escapades, the
songs, yells and drills of the Boy Scouts made the audience feel they were
being treated to something well worth while.
And now when the call came for candidates for the Junior Elocution
Contest nearly thirty members of St. Joseph's Society responded right
heartily. No doubt they felt they could repeat the feat of the previous year
when one of this same society triumphed over all competitors to win the
coveted prize. Perhaps this same fact too tended to make the members of
the other two eligible societies timorous to enter the fray with these
doughty rivals, for in answer to the call for competitors not one of their
members responded. So the contest was to be within the ranks of the St.
Joseph's members alone. By a series of preliminaries the competitors were
narrowed down to five; Wm. Stackhouse, Jno. O'Donnell, Jos. Barnes, Harry
King and E. Dorgan. With indefatigable energy these prepared for the
final fray. And when on that anxiously awaited night of April 22, the last
speaker had retired, the judges would rather have given all first place than
choose a winner. But theirs was the duty to make a choice and this fell on
Wm. Stackhouse in his strong and graceful rendition of "The Heart of Old
Hickory" for first place and on Jno. O'Donnell admirably rendering "A
Reasonable Doubt" for second place. The Judges and audience as well
agreed that every speaker had done honor to himself and that the contest
was one of the best ever held at the College.
When the St. Joseph's Society disbanded last year for vacation they
were warned to take heed lest their successors outstrip them, but the members of '16 and '17 have reason to boast of the year about to close. They
feel that they have set a standard that succeeding generations can well repeat and will find hard to surpass. ACADEMICS OF '20.
Twenty-fifth oAnnual Contest in Elocution
June 4, 1916.
Cleopatra's Dance (Caprice) Kline
Orchestra
Sidney Corbon's Sacrifice Chas. Dickens
James Morrow
A Soldier's,Reprieve Anonymous
David Molyneaux
The Passing of the White Swan Gilbert Parker
August Van Wonterghem
Down the Bayou R. de Koven
Orchestra
-
Virginia T. B. Macaulay
Aloysius Cone
Moe Skinsky, "the Hebrew loan shark"; and of Jno. Kelly, "the funny Irish
boy"; the grave bearing of F. Vermeulen and G. Mowry as Judge and country store-keeper respectively; and especially the frolic, the escapades, the
songs, yells and drills of the Boy Scouts made the audience feel they were
being treated to something well worth while.
And now when the call came for candidates for the Junior Elocution
Contest nearly thirty members of St. Joseph's Society responded right
heartily. No doubt they felt they could repeat the feat of the previous year
when one of this same society triumphed over all competitors to win the
coveted prize. Perhaps this same fact too tended to make the members of
the other two eligible societies timorous to enter the fray with these
doughty rivals, for in answer to the call for competitors not one of their
members responded. So the contest was to be within the ranks of the St.
Joseph's members alone. By a series of preliminaries the competitors were
narrowed down to five; Wm. Stackhouse, Jno. O'Donnell, Jos. Barnes, Harry
King and E. Dorgan. With indefatigable energy these prepared for the
final fray. And when on that anxiously awaited night of April 22, the last
speaker had retired, the judges would rather have given all first place than
choose a winner. But theirs was the duty to make a choice and this fell on
Wm. Stackhouse in his strong and graceful rendition of "The Heart of Old
Hickory" for first place and on Jno. O'Donnell admirably rendering "A
Reasonable Doubt" for second place. The Judges and audience as well
agreed that every speaker had done honor to himself and that the contest
was one of the best ever held at the College.
When the St. Joseph's Society disbanded last year for vacation they
were warned to take heed lest their successors outstrip them, but the members of '16 and '17 have reason to boast of the year about to close. They
feel that they have set a standard that succeeding generations can well repeat and will find hard to surpass. ACADEMICS OF '20.
Twenty-fifth oAnnual Contest in Elocution
June 4, 1916.
Cleopatra's Dance (Caprice) Kline
Orchestra
Sidney Corbon's Sacrifice Chas. Dickens
James Morrow
A Soldier's,Reprieve Anonymous
David Molyneaux
The Passing of the White Swan Gilbert Parker
August Van Wonterghem
Down the Bayou R. de Koven
Orchestra
-
Virginia T. B. Macaulay
Aloysius Cone
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1917
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