The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-04-04

!, curious seekers after knowledge were
further gratified In seeing the brand
| ing or stamping process. They saw
how the Hubbard Milling Co.'S goods
were to be distinguished from others
| in another way than quality.
After seeing all this and studying
| the situation as whole they decided
F, it to be one of the most educational
trips they have ever had, thanks to
the thoughtfulness of Professor Shum.
! way and the courtesy of the Hubbard
Milling company
something that reSembled free
for all scuffle is reported to have
taken place at the high school build
ing yesterday afternoon when sew
eral enthusiastic members of the
Eethamathean Literary society at
tempted to raise their flag over the
old building and were stopped by
Superintendent F. J. Sperry. The
story that is told by the students
is this: Kenneth Hoerr, James Kelley
and Victor Nitzkowski took the Zeth:
amathean flag to the attic and lock-
ed themselves in. One of the jani-
tors went to the roof and crawled
in the window and admitted the SUI
perintendent. who proceeded to find
the boys. They disappeared behind
the pipes and beams in the rooms
and it was some little time before
Mr. Sperry located them. He told
them to come out and Kenneth
Hoerr is said to have declined the
invitation. Mr.. Sperry then approach
ed and the boys claim that he was
about to take hold of Hoerr when
the latter proceeded to stop the ac-
ton, with the result that Mr.. Sperry
was knocked to the floor and his
glasses broken. 1t is also said that
janitor or two was mixed up in
the fracus.
Boys Were Suspended.
The result of the fight was that
the boys were suspended from
school. When seen by The Free
Press today, Mr.. Sperry refused to
say anything about the excitement
in the attic, but did say that he was
inclined to call the debate off and
award the cup to the Philomathian
society, but reconsidered and allow
ed the debate to go or. He also
said: eff we have an inter-society
debate next year, which is very
doubtful, ! will not coach either
team and will be entirely non-parti-
san as far as my interests are con-
cerned."
For number of years past it has
been customary for ~" '---~ societies
to wage war against each other pre-
ceding the debates in an enthusiastic
manner. Superintendent Sperry has
been opposed to their methods of
procedure and this year attempted
to eliminate all roughness of any
kind from the debate.
Police Were On Guard.
Two special officers, Harvard D..
Diamond and Andrew Hovig, were
appointed this week to be on hand
at the high school building during
the evening while the students were
preparing for the debate between the
two Greek societies to see that the
students did not make any unseemly
demonstrations. The officers had no
trouble at all and reported that the
boys were not disorderly Last year,
before the inter-society debate, some
of the students broke into the school
house and committed acts which re.
hected no credit upon them. and the
appointment of the special officers
this year was precautionary meas
ure. The officers were on guard at
the building last night following the
debate. However, everything was Sc.
rene