Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-10-03

| sist of debate, readings and mus
ic. The debates will be on the sui
jects, "Resolved, that it took {
greater man to write Hamlet thar
to build the Panama canal" ant
"Resolved, that the railroads should
be owned and operted by the gov
eminent" Two societies will debate
on each subject and it is expected
that the programs will be very
good. ....
An accident occurred on the base
ball field the other day when Paul
Brown collided with Wayne Gar
| rett in a little base ball skirmish.
Paul was quite seriously hurt and
has been unable to attend school
since. We all miss Paul and hope
that he will soon be able to be with
us again.
Miss Hughes has been testing the
voices Of. all the girls in the high
school this week to choose the girls
for the glee club work.
The high school orchestra this
year has a number of new members,
and they are all doing fine work.
Spelling has begun again in high
school. ... .. ...
The boys were unable to have
band practice this week as Mr.. FL
yea was out of town.
Lellis Lowry presented the high
school with WISCONSIN Badger"
last week.
The Senior Domestic Science
class has been canning and preserv-
ing fruit this year. ...
The third and fourth grades had
of cases of scarlet fever in the
rooms. The rooms have now been
fumigated.
Word has just been received that
the Cresco public schools won two
prizes at the Iowa state fair. The
second prize was awarded, on col
lection of still life drawings. The
grades from the fifth grade up
were represented in this exhibit.
The first prize was awarded to
the penmanship collection; all the
grades were represented in this
class. These awards coming after
even competition with other schools
speaks very highly of the work
that Miss Drake is doing in our
schools.
! On last Monday night G. H. S.
played the first game of foot ball Of
the season. The game was the re-
suit of much enmity and Jealousy
on the part of the upper and lower
classmen. The teams were made up
of Seniors-Soph ignores and Juniors
Freshmen respectively. The game
was called at 4 p. m. on the cam
pus back of the high school build
ing. In the first half the Senior
Sophomore team was by far the
superior, scoring touch down in
the first five minutes of play and
another in the second quarter. Car
man and Kakac carried the ball over
the line in either case. The last
quarter marked a change in luck
and the score of the two teams.
Donegan, playing at quarter for
the Junior-Freshmen team, managed
to elude the line and gain a clear
field for a touch down, making the
score - to 6. With only four min
utes left to play and the ball in po-
session of the Senior-Sophomore
team, things looked very dark for
the opponents, when Davis grabbed
tumble and with a clear field sue
ceeded in getting another touch
down, making the score tie. Play
was quickly resumed and although
the Seniors and Sophomores fought
hard during the few remaining
minutes they were unable to break
the tie.
The game in itself was a good
one, each side fighting for every
inch of ground. This was demon
stated when the Juniors and Fresh
men were near the goal with but
three yards to. go, the Seniors and
Sophomore line was invincible and
held them for their downs. The
game besides being interesting to
many spectators, brought to light
the strong and weak points Of the
different players which will be of
great value in making up the first
team.
Although G. H. S. will not have a
heavy team, it will have the fastest
| one turned out for some time and
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