Putnam patriot., 1914-04-03
SCHOOL LEAGUE
 BANQUET
Camera Club And Track Team
Debates Create Interest. School Spirit
 Growing

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 At the Putnam Inn Friday evening finishing touch was put on the sue cessful season of the Quinebaug Valley l High school basket ball league when a banquet was served to nearly fifty per sons including boys of the team, man. agers, coaches, and members of the l school faculties. The following schools were we'll represented: rourtellotte High of North Grosvenordale, Killing l ly High of DanieIson and Putnam High. The only thing that in any way marred the occasion was the absence of representatives of Plainfield High, the fourth team of the league.
 At o'clock the main dining room of the hotel was thrown open and the boys were not long in getting seated. l For the first hour strict attention was i paid to an excellent tive.course dinner with a general flow of conversation. After coffee was served there was 1 speaking by several mem bers from the l different schools, Principal John Back us of Putnam High school acting as toastmaster. Each speakerihad some thing to say of the success of the lengue the past year and looked forward with 1 confidence for the league to be found intact at the opening of the season in 1915. School athletics in general were touched upon and the benefit derived therefrom was emphasized by each speaker in turn. The principal talk of the evening was given by Mir. Lets, as- sistant supervisor of athletics at Brown University, who held the closest atten- tion, and his remarks were not only interesting but also instructive and will doubtless have beneficial effect on the school athletics of the future.At the close of his remarks there was general outburst of applause and he was heartily thanked for coming to Putnam to talk to the boys. After a song or two and few school cheers the gathering dispensed and voted it a fitting ending to u most successful sea- son.
 The Juniors of the Putnam High school won the debate Friday on the following question: Resolved that women should have equal franchise with men The Juniors had the affirm ative and the Seniors the negative. In the near future there will be another debate in which the Sophomores and Juniors will participate and to the winner will be awarded the cup given by the Elizabeth Porter Putnam Chap ter D. A. k. The final debate will probably be on the benefits of the Mon- roe doctrine.
 There has been a camera club formed at the High school and it has secured permission from managers and agents of the manufacturing industries in the city to take pictures of exteliors and interiors of their plants. These will be used in conjunction with the school stereopticon machine. A track team has also been formed at the school and 1t is planned to hold meet at Rose. land Park, Woodstock, the latter part of next month.
 At the beginning of the present bas- ket ball season, 1t was suggested by MT. Backus, principal of the Putnam High school, that several of the neigh boring schools form basket ball league. The suggestion met with fa- vor at once and, as result, the Quine- baug Valley League was formed with Putnam, Killingly, Plainfield and Tourtellotte Memorial High schools as members. The league season, which has just closed, was, in every way a huge success. 1t brought the schools in closer touch with each other than they had ever before.
 Financially every team prospered, the Putnam team clearing over S7O.
 The league schedule was arranged so that each team had six games, but when the regular season had finished, the K. H. s. and P. H. $. teams had each won five games and lost one, so 1t was necessary to arrange past-season series to decide the championship This was finally won by the Putnam team which defeated the K. H. 5. team two games straight.
 Here in Putnam there has never be- fore been so much school spirit as dur ing this season. Putnam High school spirit is now fully awakened. It is hoped by all the members of the league that another such schedule can be ar ranged next season, and if IL is 1t will surely meet with great success. The following data shows the results of the P. H. s. basket ball season of I9l3-14:
 Oct. 30 P. H. s. B Alumni 10.
 Nov. IS do A Webster 6.
 Dec. 5 do 3l Plainfieid 8.
 Dec. 10 do Windham 80.
 Dec. Is do 25 Woodstock g.
 Dec. 22 do 23 Pleinfield IT.
 Dec. 25 do 13 Kiilingiy l9.
 Jan. 5 do 28 windham g.
 Jan. ' do 31 Norwich IT.
 Jan. g do AT Tourtellotte. Jan. IS do 36 Tourtellotte 6.
 Jan. 23 do IS KilIingIy 8. Jan. 2 do 36 Woodstock 20.