The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-05-03
MANY STUDENTS
WILL PARTICIPATE
REPRESENTATIVES, or MANY or
THE BEST HIGH SCHOOLS or
THE STATE WILL ASSEMBLE
AT THE UNIVERSITY FOR THE
ANNUAL MEET.


Friday, May LIS. and Saturday, May
17, will be high school days at the
state university, for on those days the
high school people Of the state-de-
chalmers. debaters, principals and sup
..erintendents will move on the institu-
ton in a body and take possession of
1T. The occasion lis the annual high
school. This will be the twelfth gath
5ering Of this kind that has been held
in the state and advance indications
point to the fact that it will be the
biggest and best yet held. The feature
events OF the meet viii be the inter-
scholastic track and field meet, the an
nual debate for The Herald trophy
cup, the annual defamation contest
and the annual conference in which
the interests of North Dakota's high
school are considered by the assem-
bled members from the high school
faculties.
Debate viii Be Good.
The annual high school debate
promises to be a spirited one this year.
The preliminary series of debates
have been running on through the
winter and out of it have come Graf
ton and Hatton, two of the strong high
schools of the state, with excellent de-
batting teams and a determination on
both sides to carry the cup home. The
trophy is a cup presented to the league
by George b. Winship and known as
The Herald cup. The school winning
lin one OF the final debates of the
league is privileged to keep the cup for
one year and any school that can win
it three times will retain it as a per-
mQnprfs nngSneCinTl -G.E If ha 81 hnaos yyol
twice by Leeds and ono by Mime.
waukon, thus keeping it outside of the
Red river valley. Whichever wins this
year, 1t will mean a victory for the
eastern section of the state.
The question is the same one that
has ben used throughout the prelim-
mary debates of the series: Resolved
That the United states Should own
and Operate a Parcel Post Express.
Grafton has the affirmative and will
be represented by Marion Gray, Henry
Brosnahan and Clifford Tallackson.
Hatton has the negative and the per-
sonnet OF the team is: Agnes kjorlie,
Alfred Solherg and Ben Eielson. Both
teams have had the advantage of two
preliminary debates in the league.
Grafton has defeated Langdon and
Surrey. and Hatton has won from
Northwood and Wahpeton, In addition
to this, Grafton has crossed swords
with East Grand Forks and come off
victor there. This debate will be held
on the evening of the first day of the
meet in Woodwork Hall auditorium.
Many in Defamation Contest.
At the university offices 1t is re-
ported that many schools have already
fled their entries for the defamation
contest n that many more are ex-
pected. Preliminary contests will be-
gin at 2 O'Clock on Friday afternoon.
Separate contests with different judy.
es are held for boys and for girls and
three prizes will 5e awarded within
each group. The final contest is the last
event on tehe programme of the meet,
being held on Saturday evening. 1t is
said that the enrollments of this year
show much new material in the way
of selection for Interpretation, so the
contest is sure to be a good one. All
contestants are due and must be on
hand Friday morning.
Good Athletic Meet.
The spectacular feature Of the meet
is the gathering of high school ath-
letes to compete for the championships
of the state and to try to raise some
of the excellent state records. in track
and field events. These contests are
growing sharper every year. Langdon
carried off first honors last year, but
there will be SO many good entries
this year that is is impossible to make
any guess as to who will be the
strongest competitor. P~reliminaries in
track and field events, begin On Friday
morning at 10 o'clock and will be fin
ished UP in the afternoon at 2. The.
final contests will be held on Saturday
afternoon, beginning at 2 @o'colck.
Conference Is Important.
Two sessions of the high school con-
ference will be held, one on Friday.
afternoon and one during the fore
noon, Saturday. At that time many
questions of Importance relating to
high school work will be taken up and
discussed, though no formal action
results from these conferences of high.
school people, yet this gathering has
great Influence on high school affairs
in this state. 1t is as a result Of their
recommendation that the high school
board has decided that the high
schools of the state should open two
weeks later in the fall. thus giving a
better chance to boys from the farms.
On many other questions the accumu-
lated opinion of this gathering has
been given expression in the high
| school policy of the state. The uni-
versity will be host to the high school
people at a luncheon to be served at
the University Commons at noon on