Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-04-24
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.
Florence McCook, Editor-in Chief

Owing to the fact that six weeks
examinations came last week there
is great scarcity of news. huff
said.
The base ball boys are practicing
hard every night. Having won the
first game of the season, they have
gained more confidence and have
hopes OF being successful in the fu-
ure. We are sure the team will do
their part and with good material
Oh hand if they receive the proper
encouragement and good will from
all the students there seems no rea-
son why this should not be a. most
successful year. High school spirit
is necessary to success in any high
school undertaking and especially is
this true in athletics. Without the
support Of the student body. we can
not expect the team to do its best
work. So every good booster for c.
H. S. should do al, he possibly can
to aid the team in all ways and to
make this the most successful year
in base ball that G. H. S. has ever
known.
Miss Eastman's sister is now WIS.,
iting in Cresco . |-". g51
Wednesday afternoon after school
the high school base ball team went
to Lime Springs to play a practice
game with the town team Of that
place. The team was crippled on
account of the absence of Donegan,
the star catcher, who has not yet
returned from Springfield, III. How
ever a substitute catcher was put in
and there was no serious weakness
in that department.. s..,
Rain delayed the opening of the
game until almost o'clock, and
when the team took the field the
ball was very slippery and a good
game was not expected. Cresco
Springs pitcher could acquire con-
troll, two runs slipped over the pan
and the boys thought the game was
going to be easy. Lime Springs
came back in her half but could do
nothing as McVety's pitching was
excellent in this inning. The next
few innings passed with no scoring,
but the last half of the fourth
Lime Springs landed on McVety for
a number Of hits, which copied with
two errors and some close decisions
by the umpire Melted Lime Springs
five runs. Cresco came back strong
in the latter part Of the game and
managed TO win the game by a
score Of to S. All the bows did
very good work, some showing es-
pecially strong with the stick, while
others did we'll in the fielding line.
There is no doubt but that Cresco
will have a fairly good high school
base ball team this season.
No doubt the most interesting in
ter-society program of the year oc-
CURED last Friday evening in the
assembly room, when the Roberts
and Dolliver societies competed for
the championship in debate The
program was given before a fair
sized audience and began with a Sc
lection by our Indispensable orches-
ira. The Girls Glee club then rem
dered a pleasing number, after
which the debate was given The
subject discussed was: "Resolved:
That the true solution of the trust
problem lies in the direction Of
combination rather than in the
breaking UP of combination and the
restoring of competition. The Rob-
erts society was represented by
three girls. Florence McCook, Ger
trude kessel and Charlotte Melyold,
who upheld the affirmative, and the
Dolliver by three boys, Harlan
Church, Ira Melaas and Paul Brown
The debate showed careful prepara-
ton and not a little ability on the
part of the young people who spoke.
Perhaps the deciding point was the
conviction and enthusiasm with
which the girls upheld their side of
the argument However, the con-