Mitt Won First Place

M'Nitt won first place in the state high school oratorical contest held at Pontiac

His oration was a stirring one on the Battle of Saratoga

Harold A. McNitt won the state high school oratorican contest in Pontiac Friday night. Mr. McNitt, who represented the Ann Arbor high school, richly deserved to win. He won on his own merits, being without elocutionary training, but he has been putting hard conscientious work on his oration, the subject of which was "The Battle of Saratoga, which was delivered in a stirring manner. Lloyd T. Crane, of the Saginaw West Side high school, stood second in the contest. The other contestants were Raymond Sly, Saginaw; Freeman Wilson, Pontiac; Geo. H. Butterfield, Bay City: William A. Mulhern, Grand Rapids; Donald Haines, Kalamazoo. 

The judges on thought and composition were Supt. Keye, of Cadillac, Principal Davis, óf Detroit, and Supt. Smith, of Ludington. The judges on delivery were Supt. Webster, of Detroit: Supt. Schiller, of Niles, and Principal Cody, of Flint. 

Mr. McNitt is the high school correspondent of the Argus.