Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 June 1901 — That Coming Oratorical Contest [ARTICLE]

That Coming Oratorical Contest

i The county oratorical school contest to be held at Rensselaer on June 22nd promises to be a gieat success; albeit that it will be the first of the kind ever held in the state. Judge Thompson, who presents the first prize has set the pace for those who are to give the other prizes, by purchasing for his portion an elegant new Webster’s In- . ternational dictionary. The latest, largest, best unabridged edition, with over 2,000 pages aud three or ( four thousand illustrations. It . has the patent marginal index, is bound in calf and is in fact the ■ latest and best Webster's dictionary | the regular retail price of which . is sl2. It is a magnificent prize and at present can be inspected at The Republican office. The following townships have j

chosen and reported their representatives; and the others will be heard from soon: Hanging Grove. Irene Lutz, Barkley, Nellie Nichpls, Carpenter, Viette Rowlair, Remington, Vernie Broadie, Milroy, Lora Benson, Wheatfield, Hans Jensen, The judges in the contest have agreed to grade the contestants on the following points: 1, memory; 2, pronunciation; 3, enunciation; 4, interpretation; 5, posture.