Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-04-14
Alma High school Debating Club.

John Dunham.
Alma High school Debating Club.
At present all interest is centered in the
tournament. The several members have
crossed swords with each other as pro
vided for by the constitution. Until now
the winners as well as the losers are
ready to pair up and find which is the
best man III each division. When these
winners are found they will meet to-
gether in final debate and the one that
wins Is the best debater III the society.
As a number of the members are old
hands at debating, lively and interest
ing contest may be looked for from now
on.
Monday morning Prof. Rockwell read
a communication from the Department of
Michigan Grand Army of the Republic
inviting the pupils of the seventh and
eighth grades and high school TO enter
into literary contest in ESSAY writing
The subjects assigned are patriotic in
their nature and are as follows Seventh
and eighth grades, Ulysses ). Grant
ninth and tenth grades, Thomas Jef-
ferson aud his Influence upon American
People eleventh and twelfth grades
What III your opinion was the decisive
event III favor of the Union cause during
the Civil war; state your reasons. A
competent committee will be selected to
pass upon the merits of the mss and de
clare the names entitled to awards The
prizes are as follows: First prize. gold
medal; second prize, silver medal; third
prize, bronze medal. Superintendent of
Public Instruction Patrick IL. Kelly will
give a diploma of honorable mention To
each of the next ten successful Candi
dates III the contest. This invitation l.
extended 10 all of the schools Of Michi-
gan and large number of them accept
each year Alma will enter the contest
this year and already much interest Is
being manifested in the enterprise. We
have a number of good writers who ought
to make good showing both for them.
selves and the school.
District Oratorical Contest.
The district contest il which Alma will
take part will be held at Ithaca Friday
night. While Alma sends an inexper
fenced man, we have strong hopes of him
capturing one of the coveted positions
We hope that large crowd will accom-
pany our representative. II seems that
this will be hard fight for first place.
The representatives and subjects are: ST
Johns, Robert T.. Lee Ovid, Lou West,
"Evolutionized Industry Saginaw, Mr..
Stark, Cardinal Wolsey;" Ithaca Ray
Barnes, Universal Peace" Alma, John
NJ. Dunham, Thomas Jefferson and the
Declaration of independence "
The judges on thought and composition
are: Prof. c. O. Hoyt, of Ypsilanti,
Prof. Geo w. Loomis, of Mt. Pleasant,
and Prof Howard Edwards, of NJ. A. c.
On delivery, Supt. Sterling. of Lansing,
Rev. Hanks, of Owosso, and Prof. Grawn,
of Mt. Pleasant
Athletics.
At a meeting of the Athletic Associa-
tion last week it was found that there is
good material in the high school for max
ing a strong track team. In the meet at
ST. Johns last year our boys carried away
some Of the honors, il being custom TO
send representatives, il is expected that
our school will be very much interested
i'll the events this spring. The meet this
year is TO be at St. Johns june ;. The
following events our boys are TO take
part in: The $50 yard run, 40 yard run,
22o yard run, relay of 22o yards each,
shot-put, hammer throw, standing broad
Jump, tennis tournament Tie BOYS
who are taking up this work are as fol-
Max Ewers, Dudley Tinker, Elmer
Mapes, Blaine Strong.
We are all pleased to see the choir in
their accustomed place on chapel morn
ings.
The senior class numbers eight at pres
ent
Win Honors In Their Glass.
Paul Delavan will deliver the valedic-
tory of the senior class commencement
week. As this office is determined
through scholarship, it means that Mr.
Delavan has the highest marks of any in
his class for the entire high school course
of four years. His average standing was
ga per cent. Miss Bertha Eyer, who
stands second in scholarship, wins the
salutatory. Her average standing for the
four years is GAS per cent. The other
officers are elective and were announced
in these columns some time ago.