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For Declamation r*rH««l Dir By a Wirt County Hoy.Sjyfci*il TeUyram to th* RfQ\*t€r.MoKiiANTuwN. June* 7.—The Regent'* Prise contest for the best declamation j took place last evening in Commencement Hall. Of course a large audience ! was present, fur it is one of the events that always brings out the youth and the fair maidens of the town.Following art* the uraes of the contestant and their subjects: Hoger Gorman. Monongalia county, “The Polish Boy;** W C. Leonard. Parkersburg. •*A Battery Charge;'* H. A. Steed. Wirt county. “Toussant POuvertnro:** .1. C. McWhorter, I'pshur county, “Our Political Situation.’*The eonteiants no juitted themselves in a manner to delight their friends and entertain the uudicuce. While the judges retired to consider which con- j tenant merited the prize, the successful i contestant f*»r the Regents' prize essay. Mr K. T. Hartman, of Preston county, r*\id his paper, the subject of which I was, “Should the United States Senators I be Klooted by the People?”Th* judges then announced that they awarded the prize for declamation to ' Mr. H. A. Steed, of Wirt county, and j t »•* victor was greeted with hearty ap-p.ause.
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Wheeling Register

Wheeling, West Virginia, US

Mon, Jun 08, 1891

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