Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-03-01
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.
Items of Interest Concerning the
City Schools, Reported by
superintendent.

lie basket Dali ledlHS anu Iho
high school students feel grateful
for the generous support which they
!, received in their contests with the
! Mason City teams Friday evening.
1--WE noticed many business men pres
|. ent, boosting for our boys and
girls.
The Mason City team was weak
,ened, we understand, through the
failure of a couple of their players
in the semester examinations and
thus were disqualified. Two other
members of the team were not per-
mitted to come owing to their fail
ure to live up to training regula-
tions and instructions from the
coach the preceding evening. The
Mason City faculty should be COM
! mended for this action, especially
Nwhen compelled to send out light
Yam, by enforcing these regulations.
Tnay not be generally known that
regulations of the State High
5ol Athletic Association makes it
4ssary for pupil to maintain a
...tisfactory class standing as well
as be a student in honored rela-
lions with the school in every other
respect in order to represent the
school in athletic contests. A school
that violates any of these regula-
soions is liable to suspension from
the association and finds it hard to
Athletics bring an added burden to
! the teachers and the teams in main
tanning good clean sport and at the
same time keep up high standards
in scholastic lines as WELL but it
y seems to be worth while from the
,oint of whole-hearted sport and
; Inn the reaction upon other school
actyities, a school spirit and a
schoc loyalty is stimulated which
goes over into other lines of work.
me girls team will meet the West
waterloo srls' team next Friday
evening, here. The Waterloo girls
are said to be oie of the best girls
teams IN the state! The boys second
team will meet the bays second
team from Mabel at the same time
Il TIE declamatory contest mention
ed last week will take place In the
high school assembly room on Fri
day evening March 10. A good pros
J gram is planned There will be
contestants in the three classes
odramatic, oratorical and humorous.
. Gold medals will be awarded to the
winners in each class.
The senior class has selected the
Bachelors Romance" for their
class play. Active practice will be-
gin later. Mr. B. B. .Morss will
have charge of the play again this
year.
Spring vacation will begin March
"a and will cover a week, during
which the County Institute will be
!, in session.
a School election is coming on. Va
lJcancies are being made by the re-
tirement of good faithful members;
in one case after a service of %
!, years. Our interest in the matter
{ is purely one of the deepest inter-
est in the welfare of the schools of
the city. Your schools will exist
long after the present corps of
teachers has passed. This leads us
to suggest that the places of the
faithful ones now retiring should be
filled by others equally as faithful,
2 ,broad minded and liberal. A num-
Der of candidates have announced
themselves and from these may the
best be selected, who will have the
interest of the schools and incident
ally the interests of the city upper
most.
Cork, if sunk 200 feet deep in
the ocean, will not rise, on account
of the pressure Of the water.