River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-02-13
AT THE NORMAL

The G. o. P. society is planning
to send delegation of its members
to attend the La Crosse River Falls
basketball game at La Crosse the
2lst of this month.
The school is to have new
organization known AS 1.-THE Camp
| Girls" in the near future. This
society is an auxiliary to the Boy
| Scouts. There is no Boy Scouts
society in the school but several
of the students belong to the River
Falls city organization.
The Wisconsin Perry Victory
Association is offering three prizes,
of 5000, $500 and $50. for the best
essays written by Normal school
students of the state, upon any one
of eight subjects suggested by them.
An additional offer of bronze
medal and SIS cash is also offered
for the best local essay.
The purchasing of the Burnett
"forfty," south of the Normal
campus, is being negotiated by the
executive committee of the school,
The ground is to be used by the
agricultural department of the
the school for experimental work.
Everything is to be in readiness
before the next meeting of the
Board of Regents so that definite
action may be taken at that meet
ing.
AT the close of the River Falls
Superior basketball game last Fri
day evening the players and their
coaches, together with several other
invited guests, were served an oyster
supper by the G. O. P. Plates were
laid for fifty guests. Each member
of the Superior team was called
upon for a speech. The Superior
coach commended very highly the
school spirit of the River Falls
Normal.
A mass meeting of the model
school pupils was held at $3.50
O'Clock last Friday afternoon,
preparatory to the River Falls
Superior basketball game. The
meeting was in charge of the G. 0
P. School songs and yells were
practiced and the results were so
satisfactory that the G. 0 P. invited
the Juvenile rooters to lead in root
ing at the game that evening. More
than thirty of them were present,
and their performance featured the
evenings program. Miss McCorm-
lex, president of the G. o P. acted
as chaperoEe for the model school
students, and also lead them in
their roofing with great success.
Mr.. o. H. Johnson, of Cloquet,
Mimi, has been secured as
assistant to Mr.. Wright in the
manual training department. Mr.
Johnson graduated from the
electrical and civil engineering
courses at the Michigan university,
and comes here very highly
recommended. With his assistance
the manual training work will be
broadened considerably. The school
has rented the Ripple residence
just across Cascade avenue, north
of the Normal, for the use of
additional classes. A class under
the direction of Mr.. Johnson, is
repairing and installing electric
apparatus throughout the Normal
building.
The annual school oratorical
contest will be held one week from
tomorrow evening, February FL,
at SIS O'Clock, at the Opera House.
The four contestants competing are
Miss Marie Loue, Senior. and Ray
GRANDSON, Willard Irle and Louis
Manion, Juniors. The winner of
this contest will represent the school
at the state inter. normal contest
to be held at Stevens Point March
%. Plans are on foot to unite the
school forces of the city to make
| this local contest one of the most
attractive events ofthe year. Louis
Manion entered the Normal this
semester, after graduating from the
high school, and it is expected that
he will have strong support from
the high school students.
The athletic program at the