The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1905-04-01
NELSON De- Y

Miss Miller, Miss Farreli Il Mis-
Nicholson have been OH IT,. ,.ck lis
this week.
The High School faculty vii give {
RECEIPT on t. the Senior class, Friday
evening April 7,
Last week several min = games
were played two with the L Il DIN and
one with The Duluth Y. NJ. |. \.
The High School faculty hive been
| busy for several days cataloA uing the
| library and institlting new system
of issuing books.
The High School has had the good
fortune to listen to several good talks
by outsiders in the last week or two.
MIR. Chandler talked on the Isle OF
Pines; Miss Grady on her trip to
Old Mexico; Pres Mcneil ON Quit
ters;" Mrs. Milton, the elocutionist
on Voice Training ard Mr., Bergen of
the Normal faculty on Reading"
The High School boys are taking up
base ball, no" that the Basket Ball
season is over. 1t is too early to say
much of our prospects. With Ca
dotte, the old Dewey pitcher out OF
the game, it is hard to get a pitcher
Last year the Dewey defeated the
Blaine four out of five games also
nearly took Duluth into camp. They
will be hardly expected to do is well
this year.
The Basket Bali season is nearly
over, altho the grade boys are still
playing Monday afternoon two
games we're played with the Ericsson.
They proved to be very close games
as the Ericsson has, outside Of the
Dewey and Carpenter, the strongest
teams in the city. The Dewey first
won their game by score of Ia to 6,
while he second Dewey won by the
Skin of their teeth" IL to i0 1t is
not at all unlikely that the Ericsson
may defeat the Carpenter in the game
April 9TH,
The & h equa IN go II Oratorical !
League contest is the topic of absorb |
ing interest at the Dewey this week.
All schools in the League will be rep |
resented in the division contests this |
year except Bay field, Hurley and Iron
River. The contest OF Division |, in |
Guiding our two High Schools and
Washburu will be held in the later |
city, Friday, April 81. The contest of
Division 2, including representatives !
from the schools of Ashland, Bessmer l
and Ironwood will be held in Ashland
on the same evening The district
will be held in Superior Friday eve,
May 5th. The winner of the final
held here will go to Madison to com
pete with representatives of the other
six districts on Friday eve, May 20.
The Emerson School of Oratory,
Boston, Mass, makes an offer of
full years scholarship value $3.50 to !
the winner Of the first place in the
state declamatory contest and half
scholarship, value S75 to the winner
Of second place in the same contest.
This offer is to continue year after
year. The final for the district which
will be held here on May 5, will pro
badly take place at the West End
n tinnnl 4 THO p1hnaI.
having the contests pay all the local
expenses for advertising contests,
also travelling expenses for Judges
and officers etc. The Dewey pupils
are taking usual interest this year
Having won the highest prizes last
and having the final contest in Super
Tor the school feels unusal response !
bility. Some seven or eight will APP
pear for the Dewey preliminary April |
Ii. The orators will be Harold Pick |
ering with "The Reign OF the Dema-
gog", Henry Christie "Under the !
Throne of the Czarn and Thomas Jar
dine "Ideals and Idols" One OF these
thfee VIII represent Inc schOoI on the |
oraterial at Washburn. Five will |
contest for iirst place in defamation
Halle Sutherland, Lorraine Scion, ED
nd Vince, Jessie Roberts and Dora O.
Hare There will be other numbers on
the program for Friday evening April
Ii. A small fee of 10 cents will be
charged for the programs