CATHOLIC BOYS' CLUB

Greymouth Evening Star, 18 November 1913, Page 2

CATHOLIC BOYS' CLUB

ELOCUTIONARY COMPETITION . •> The first elocutionary championships in ' connection, with the above club was held in the Columbia and Hibernian' last evening, the Rev. Dean Carew siding. The accommodation was taxed to its utmost and the whole proceedings. were of a very interesting and promising --- nature. ,»»(, The programme was opened with the ciations, reading, recitation, and impromptu speeches following in the. order-, named. The subject selected for the promptu speech proved a very one to the competitors and interesting to f-t .the audience, and, some very novel ar- jg gmnents were put forth by the budding orators. ■ . • ", y , “HOW I WOULD END THE STRIKE. * That was the query •each competitor * had to concentrate his thoughts upon arid M endeavour to tell the audience the logic .pi of those thoughts. “I would shoot all • the strikers” was one competitors’ me- % thod of not only ending the strike but ending all those primarily connected with it. Other speakers wanted the strike ’ leaders deported and in such sin event V promote industrial peace and harmony. '& Another suggested kicking the present %s Government out of office. The impromptu section were undoubtedly the most interesting and popular of the evening.

THE JUDGE’S AWARD. $ At the conclusion of the four items -K the Rev Father Clancy announced the results, remarking that, after listening to the young competitors he was sure that New Zealand, and the Coast in particul- j* ar, had nothing to fear in the line of & elocution. The lads, he said, all have signs of a future in the elocutionary. £ world, and last night’s entertainment f' was one of the most pleasant he had had the pleasure of adjudicating. In announcing the results he made special reference to the winner of the prepared read* ing, his reading being almost perfect, and he had awarded Master J. Deere 140 out *■’ of 150 marks in this section. The fol- $ lowing are the results: — First prize and elocution championship : Jack Deere. ru Second Prize: James Bell (late Dunedin), 308 marks. Third Prize: W. Trouland, 287 marks. « Fourth Prize; F. Conaghan, 276 marks. «■ The gold medal for the first prize was a beautiful Maltese cross design, presented by Mr M. Quinlan. The following are the detailed scorn of the first four : j ; •(»

The President of the Club, Master',!; W. Ryan, then rose and thanked the '.s Rev. Dean Carew for presiding, also -•} the Rev. Father Clancy, who had kindly consented to adjudicate. He was sure no one could envy, the rev. A) gentleman his difficult position of J'. judge. He also thanked the for their attendance and for the man-Mj ner in which they had appreciated the work of the Club, which he hoped gave,A satisfaction to its founder,, the Rev.£| Father Fraher. . |i The usual vote of thanks to the'lg Chairman was carried by acclamation. || Tlierp were five other competitors. The subject for the ovation was “PittViV* Reply to Walpole,” other subjects be-.A ing “Cataline Conspiracy,” “Universal;^ Emancipation,” and “Shiel’s Reply to'" Lord Lyndhurst.” The maximum marks,., were 150 in each section, with the exception of the impromptu speech,' which was set down at 20. " h \

s Oration Recitation Reading Imprompl Total J. Deere . 105 87 140 10-343 J. Bell . 108 95 100 5—308 W. Troulantl . .. 90 80 112 5—287 F. Conaghan .. . 89 85 97 5-276—