The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13


roast" Monday evening. Miss III
rick accompanied them as chaperone.
Only four more weeks are left OF
this school year One of these will
be examination week and the students
will attend then only half day.
At the preliminaries for tie seIec-
ton of the relay men last week the
following men took the places in order
named: 220 dash O'Brien, Abrams,
Arnold; 440, Fairall and Mattison; 100
yard dash, O'Brien and Abrams.
These men will be the regular entries
in the relays for the team.
At meeting of the student council
Friday morning in Prof. Hurts Of
ace it was the desire of the members
TO offer awards at the Declamatory
Contest to the winners. Harter Hull.
Elma Tennis and Floyd Ritter were
chosen to make the choice Of CON-
mendable awards. Their selection
was three triangular pins with the
words 'Declamatory Contest Oska.
loosa Knoxville, Winner 1909
Lewis & Van Sickle were the man.
ufacturing jewelers..
The Declamatory Contest with
Knoxville is over and the beauty OF
it is that the three prizes all stayed
at home as the three speakers of the
local school were victorious. We ex-
tend congratulations to Miss Hull
Miss Doll and Mr.. O'Brien for the
commendable work they did at the
contest
The judges of the Declamatory
Contest did very efficient work and
were appreciated. Their decisions
met with the favor of the audience in
almost every respect, with the excep-
ton of a few from Knoxville. The
total defeat We will admit was rather
hard to bear, but we couldn't help 1t.
The judges were Edna N. Means, de-
partment of Public Speaking at High
land Park College, Des Moines; Prof.
Scharder, department of Public Speak
ing at Iowa Wesleyan College, Mount
Pleasant, and Rev. Handy, of M. e.
church, Grinnell.
The twenty students that accom-
panied the three contestants from
Knoxville were well cared for by the
students.
The members of the beginning
chemistry class went to the ice plant
last Thursday afternoon and investi-
gated the workings of that institu-
ton After they had been shown
through the institution and explained
to them by one of the employees, Man
ager Penders very willingly treated
them to a delicious dish of ice cream.
1t is reported that other classes will
go out.
The members of the b class were
called together in the Assembly Fri
day evening to decide on the enter
tainment of the graduating class. 1t
was decided to hold the reception on
the day after the commencement,
June T. The place is not known. The
following committees We're chosen
TO look after the arrangements.
Place, Ramsay, Schilling, Payne; Dec
grafton, McDaniels Cone Madison.
Watson; Refreshments, Tennis, Fan
sher, Deck; Invitation, Wymore,
O'Brien. The reception and entertain
ment committees were left unnamed.
Cedar Falls Record: Supt. d. NJ.
Kelley has accepted the invitation OF
the graduating class of the high school
to give the address to the class at the
season this year.
Iowa City Republican,: In the Iowa
City invitation meet there will be four
medals for each event. The first get
a gold S. U. |. monogram, the second
place men a silver monogram, the
third place green gold and the fourth
place men a bronze s. U. |. monogram.
The medals are the finest seen in the
city.
Iowa City Republican,: Fort Dodge
defeated Iowa City Friday evening
in the high school debating contest,
and thereby won the championship of
the state. The question for debate
was: Resolved. that the federal gov
eminent should have exclusive con-
troll of all corporations doing an in
terstate business; constitutionality,
granted"
Waterloo Reporter: The graduating
class of the high school numbers forty
four, equally divided between the
boys and the girls. 1t numbers more
than any class in recent years. DIR.
D. w. Fahs of the Presbyterian church
has been invited to preach the bacca-
laureate sermon on Sunday evening.
May 80. The class play will be THE
Little Minister"
The representatives from the
schools belonging to the Iowa High
School Debating League held their
animal business meeting in Fort
Dodge Saturday, May /. The cleo
ton of the xecutive committee to serve
for the coming year resulted as fol-
lows: Prof. Gordon, chairman; Supt.
l.. G. Eocht of Eagle Grove, and Prin-
cipal G. e. Marshall of Davenport.
Hard wood floors are the latest We