The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1907-05-22
THE Defamation CONTEST
Why Miss Logan Was not Allowed
to Compete at Reno

10 compete dt oSHo
The following article is republished
from the News by request.
An article which appeared in the
News of yesterday morning relative
to Miss Georgia Logan not being al
lowed to enter the defamation con-
test at Reno has aroused considerable
controversy and much discussion IN
local circles. A careful investiga-
ton has followed and the facts eli
cited from the school managements
md other sources are as follows:
Miss Logan had been out of school
-wo weeks and two days preceding
the "try-out" held at the local high
school on the fourteenth. She ell
tered the contest at the request OF
her class and he principal, with the
understanding that she was not 1t
that time a member of the school o.:
account of her prOtracteG absen e,
and that if she secured a place fOr
he contest it would be necessary f'rr
her to attend school regularly fro.l
tiat time on until the contest, that
she would enter the contest urC er
the same conditions as the rest OF tl,s
students.
On Wednesday morning, the pri'1-
cipal explained to her in detail the
rules governing the scholarship re
quircment for all students taking part
in the Reno meet, both athletic and
ccding quarter those students should
have a passing grade in fifteen hours
work (three fOurths OF their studieS.l J
and should do satisfactory work III
that proportion of their studies frOru
the end IT the quarter until the con
test. She understood also that she
would need to make up three fourth
the work which she had lost on a.
count of her absence i'll order to be
qualified under the rule. Arrange
ments were made with the teachers
! to give such tests as would be sa.-
isfactory to them and submit them to
her before the end OF the week. On
Thursday morning Miss Logan made
some inquiry OF the principal as Eo
the nature Of the tests and was tol1
again that the rule required only
three fourths of the subjects to be
made up, that the teachers wOulf
give her the tests when she was ready
up to the close of school Friday al
ternoon. On Friday afternoon TIT
teachers reported that the work hac
not been made up and that Miss Lo
gan had been excused from school d
ten o'clock that morning and had no
been at school since that hour. Tn
only course open for the principa
then was to secure the alternate, Mis-
Gladys Hotter, if the school was to b
represented by the girls. a noc
stating this fact was sent to Miss LO
gan but was returned, as she was X
ported out Of town.
vi odlul Jay lllOi llIllS lllC N4NN-PA II
cipal saw Miss Logan and her mOtht
before they had left Carson City fc
Reno, and told them that Miss HOfe
! would represent the school, explai:
> ing the reason for this.
Miss Logan would have been elig
r bic to represent the school i'll the CO:
test, and would have done so had 81
: succeeded in making up her work. 7
. it was she was barred both by t
. rules Of the school ard by a clau
in the constitution %. the Academ
i. League Of Nevada.
This explanation is made becau
the article in the last issue reflect
upon the justice Of the administrati,
of the school, and the entire commu
. ity is all interested party when tn
: is involved. Ali personal elements
such unfortunate controversies shot
,, be eliminated.