Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-31
PERU DEDATEns ARE CHOSEN
Members of Squad Represent Many
Student Activities.

PERU, Neb.. Jan. @-(Speclal)-The
judges In the preliminary deba,es at the
Peru Normal, Miss Louise Myars, Prof. Q.
b.. Cornell and DR.. II. G. House, have given
places on the interstate ana Intercollegiate
teams to the contestants given below. The
debating material is much more promising
than ever before, which indicates a rrc-
cessful years work. The gold medals Of
fered by Superintendent c. b. Moore Of
osceola and Principal Julia II. Van DrIe.
Of Valentine rave greatly stimuatei the In
terest IN debating work. The winners are
as follows:
Miss Mabel Banks ranks high among the
literary artists of the school. She il q
poet and descriptive writer of no moager
ability, as we'll as n speaker. She is a
graduate OF the Wausa High school,, where
she was class orator and an active worker
In the literary society. She has taught for
two years and Is now continuing her work
in the Peru Normal.
Miss Belle Bo,ejack Of Humboldt has a
record as a debater. She represented shu-
bert in the Richardson county debate of
1908, and Dawson in the county debate in
1HO5. In 1901 she was one Of the stars on
the Dawson team which debated Verdon.
she represented the Normal on the Kan
sas-Nebraska debate Of 1907, and repre-
scented the Athenlan Debating club In the
Athenlan- Ciceronian debate Of 1906. She
was president OF the Athenian society in
1907 and 1869, and is associate editor of the
Peruvian, the senior class publication.
Miss Mabel Bruner Of Randolph won dis
~tinction as a debater in the Wayne Normal
and has beaten her own record since com
ing to Peru. She is a member of the rhil-
%omathean Literary society.
Ira Crook is a graduate OF the Salem
High school and has a good debating rec
ord. He won first place in the oratorical
contest in 1907 and represented his school
in two interhigh school debates in the same
year, and In the county high school de-
bate in 1904. He has been a successful
teacher in the Richardson county schools
for two years and at present is a Junior
in the Normal and an active member Of the
debating club.
]. p. Dennis Is a prominent senior and n
debater Of experience. He has been one OF
the pillars in the debating society for sew
eral years.
Miss Anna Fehlman graduated from the
Fairbury High school in 1905, and has been
a successful teacher in the schools of JEFF
ferson county for three years. She is an
ardent worker in the Athenian Debating
club and is proficient in her academic
work.
Miss Martha Giltner is a promising grad
uate of the Madison High school. In 1905.
While a freshman in the high school, she
won first place In the declamatory contest,
which made her the representative from
that school in the Northern Nebraska dis
trict contest, which, took place in April,
1908. In this contest, where she was the
youngest Of twenty contestants, she won
tho OAlA u.A1ol =
North district Of Nebraska in the state
oratorical contest at Lexington, May IL,
1906 and won the silver medal, She was
the youngest orator and the only freshman
In the contest. She graduated from Mad
ison in 1909, and is now a member Of the
Junior class at Peru. She is a worker in
the Athenian Debating club, the Everett
Literary society and the Dramatic club.
Joseph Goldstein Is from Pawnee City
and a graduate of the Pawnee City acad-
envy. He is Interested in athletics and
played two years on the well known Paw
nee City foot ball team. He was a MEM
Der OF the Athenian Debating and Literary
society In the academy and in 1905 won
first place In the declamatory contest.
George Gown, an Omaha boy, was a
guard on Peru's successful foot ball team
during the season which has Just closed.
and has been active in debating work since
coming to the normal. He first won atten-
ton as a forensic artist in the Omaha High
school, where he carried off many honors.
Joy E. Morgan of Upland. who for two
years has won first place in the prelimi-
naries, is president Of the Junior class. He
is an ex-president and an active member
OF the Ciceronian Debating club, was for
two years debating editor OF the Normalitc.
has won a place on the debating teams for
three successive years and has the dis
JUNCTION OF being the only student of the
FORMAL who has ever won a place on the
team as a freshman. He was the only
representative of his class In the sopho-
more year.. He debated on the Missouri
Nebraska squad at warrensburg, Mo, In
1908. on the same squad at Peru in 1909,
and has taken part in many other debates
and literary programs.
Audubon Neff is a graduate Of Emory
and Henry college, Virginia, and is now
In Peru taking advantage of the oppor-
%tunities for professional training which are
Offered here. While In Emory and Henry
he was president of the Caliopean Literary
society, senior editor Of the college publiea-
ton, Emory and Henry Era" and Vice
president OF the Young Mems Christian
association. He took great interest In field
work in athletics and won the 1OO-yard
dash and the han mer throw on several
occasions. He was right guard on the
normal's foot ball team last season and Is
a worker in the Ciceronian Debating club.
Miss Winifred Perkins Of Mullen gradu-
ated from the Omaha High school IN 1901.
She has had five years experience as a
teacher in the school systems Of Mind an
and Red Cloud. She is a member OF the
Athenian Debating club and one OF the
best debaters in the school, ranking first
among the girls in the preliminaries.
Edison Petit. who is a native OF Peru.
is a mathematician and an astronomer OF
considerable experience and ability, and
has charge of the observatory at the
normal. which is the second best in the
state. He gave a very instructive talk on
comets at eonvocation this week.
C., ]. Skinner. a well known member OF
the Junior class. Is a resident OF Peru. Hs
} is a strong athlete, having been a member
Of the norInaIs foot bali team the last two
years. Last year he did good work as z
guard and this year led the team to vic.
tory as its center. He is a member Of the
, Everett Literary society and treasurer OF
: the ciceroniRn Debating club.
A. ]. stoddard was connected with the
debating work In the Auburn High schoo.
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