Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-17
ARCUS-DI DISPATCH
TROPHY AWARDED
TO THEPL0W CITY
Moline High School Victor Over
Rock Island by Narrow
Margin.
ONE AND ONE-THIRD POINTS
Silver Loving Cup Held for Year,
When II Will Be Again Subject
to Competition.

, BY the narrowest of margins Rock
Island high school lost the first an
r nual reportorial competition with the
= Moline high school. held Oct %. The
judges made known their verdict to-
day. Moline therefore holds the low
ing cup offered by The Argus and the
Moline Dispatch for this unique con-
test for one year, or until there is an
other contest.
Two of the three judges decided in
favor of the Moline high school and
one in favor of the Rock Island high
school. Their averages gave the for
mer standing of SO % per cent and
the latter IS Is per cent, a difference
of l 1-3 per cent. Those who passed
upon the work of the STATS of the two
schools in reporting city news for
their home newspapers were Fred r.
Jelliff, editor of the Galesburg Re-
publican-Register; Robert \. Chand-
Ter, editor of the Galesburg Mail, and
Hugh r. Moffet. editor of the Mon
mouth Review. They took their time
to their work and marked on basis
of 100 per cent. The task set for
them was obviously a difficult one. for
follow and no standard other than that
Of the individual. Their acceptance of
the responsibility which the work en-
tailed and the manner in which they
discharged their task entitle them to
the gratitude of The Argus and the
Dispatch, and the contestants as well.
Compliment Schools.
In their letters accompanying their
individual findings they compliment
the two schools upon the excellence of
their work. The letters are as fol
lows:
Fred ]. Jelliff. Editor Galesburg
Republican-Register After care
full examination of the students
editions of The Argus and Dis
patch, I submit the following
markings:
Argus ....-......9 5 per cent
Dispatch .........90 per cent
Both stats did excellent work
and | compliment them highly.
Robert a. Chandler, Editor
Galesburg Mail-Myself and two
ether members of my staff have
carefully gone over the issues of
The Rock Island Argus and the
Moline Dispatch for Oct. %, and
while both papers are very cred
table to the schools which got
them up, we are of the opinion
that the Moline is the better.
We should credit the Moline Dis
patch at So per cent and The Ar
gus at so per cent. Il has been
very hard to determine just how
to grade this contest, because
there really is no standard to go
by. However, think the idea is
splendid and l am glad if l have
been of any service.
Hugh r. Moffet, Editor Mon
mouth Review am enclosing
my markings on the newspaper
contest between the Rock Island
and Moline high schools:
Moline high school. .....
......9 per cent
Rock Island nigh school,.
....:.......9 so per cent
think that the young people of
both schools did remarkably well
ar their task, but wish that they
might have worked without the
correction of their English teach
ers. 1t would have been better
mark of their real ability.
Cup Being Engraved.
The cup which the Moline school
wins for the year is now being en-
graved at Josephson's iewelry store in
Moline. where it was purchased. 1t
will be on exhibition there the latter
part of the week and next week will
be on display in The Argus window.
1t is a plain, though handsome sterling
silver affair. On one side it will bear
the inscription "Dispatch-Argus tro-
ply" or ARGUS Dispatch trophy" de-
pending upon which school ultimately
secures it. with brief statement be-
meath of the terms under which il is
offered. On the other side will be the .
record of awards made annually until
II is finally disposed Of
II will be recalled that the cup was
to be given each year to the school
winning in the annual contest till one :
or the other school won it thrice in =
succession. when II was to be perma-
nently awarded.
In this years competition the Rock
Island high school furnished a staff of
10 students who reported the local
news of the day for The Argus, while
the Moline high school appointed Is =
students who did the same work for
the Dispatch. The only editing done ;
was that by the teachers OF English
in the two schools. Will Robb having >
active charge of the Rock Island :
while Miss Julia
Gettemy directed the Moline news
gatherers. The students had access to
the usual news sources and were free
10 cultivate such others as they saw
III. Their work was TO be judged, il
was understood. from newspaper Il
standards for clearness. forcefulness, e
construction and for
and selection of subjects COW
cred. 1