Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-09-29

esterday was Percy Daniels
birthday, and in honor of the
occasion, he was presented with
a fine new gold watch.
Alumni Meeting.
/; A very interesting meeting
was held at the high school
building last evening when the
Alumni association met in
consultation with the High
School Association in regard to
a question of changing the
High School colors.
Mr.. Ross Mclaughlin being
appointed chairman opened the
meeting with a very pleasing
and convincing argument. The
jist of his remarks were loyalty
to the old colors. The coIors
red and green were adopted IN
the year 1899 there having
been no adopted High School
colors previous to that time.
This fall several of the high
school pupils decided the red
and green, although they have
been good enough for eleven
years, land the undisputed stand
ard, were decidedly too obnox-
ious to be continued and so by
a majority voted in the colors
navy blue and orange.
Mr.. Mclaughlin appealed to
the high school by re ferring
them to the results if some of
the people of the U. States
should endeavor to change the
red, white, and blue of our nat
ions emblem. bringing out the
idea, that it was not the matter
|of color but the sentiment sur
rounding the emblem which
would govern their actions, and
that though this matter of
change was somewhat inferior,
yet the same principle was in
volved.
He also said while admitting
the red and green were not ex-
actly beautiful in themselves
yet they are practically the
only thing which binds the Alu-
mni and High School. Then
again he referred to the Prin-
ciple of changing the colors by
saying, eff you have the right
to change this year, why hasn't
the school a right to change
next year and so on.
The meeting was open for
remarks and Orrin Padel and
Mildred Raymond answered by
saying that they believed the
change had been made thought
lessly and that they stood for
red and green.
Mr.. Field the Principle
Of the high school altho' assur-
ing the members of both bodies
that he had no voice in the mat
ter said that he wished to sec
ond Mr.. McLaughlin's remarks.
Miss Sayde Briggs was next
to speak and brought up a new
point saying that as far as she
had been able to learn the old
co]ors red and green had not
been up before the school to
vote on ard there had been no
vote on renouBcing them. She
eft the question to the house if
the old colors were not voted
out do they not still stand and
will not some action have to be
taken in that direction before
new colors could be adopted.
Orrin Padel answered that the
old colors had not been voted
out.
Slough McGavren next spoke
on the other side saying that if
the new colors were prettier
why not adopt them. Robt.
Graham spoke along the same
line. Their argument being
evidently the harmony of col
ors against the Alumni plea for
their old emblem under which
they had fought the battles of
school life and had always held
in reverence since they were
)ut inlifes school.
Miss Lottie McGavren of the
class which established the col.
ors red and green gave a few
remarks which showed how she
stood on the matter by saying
that the old red and green if
they we're homely We're the on
ly ones for her.
The meeting closed leaving
the question with the high
school requesting them torl,j',
over the matter and NEE. !,
vote on the question of taking
back the good old red and green
The result of the hallotinr will