Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-27

sented by very able company at the Bradley theatre Tuesday evening and was well liked by the large audience, many of whom came from surrounding towns. The great amount of advertis- ing that this play received during it's long run in the E1tnge theatre, New York. was responsible for attracting many who saw 1t here and the general verdict was that the play was one of the most interesting seen here recent l iy.
 Following the announcement that i Congressman Bryan F. Mahan had de- cided to nominate John F. Murphy as i candidate for postmaster at Norwich ! it is believed here that the nomfna = ! ton of Q, Putnam candidate for the 1 local postffice may be expected soon. ! The candidates here are said to hold 1 that view and are awaiting the name i with interest
 Arranged for Historical Wolf Den
 by D. A. R. Chapter. At d special meeting of Elizabeth Porter Chapter, n. A. F. held in Put nam January 18th. it was voted unan imOusly to carry out the recomme Dda- ton of the Wolf Den committee re- garding 9 forestry demonstration on the so-called Wolf-Den tract in Pom fret
 1 The chapter has entered into a con tract with Whipple & Gilpatric of Put nam whereby they are to thin out the growth by removing the chestnut trees which are diseased, and to clear seven avres- of brush land and plant it with three year tranSplants of white and red pine. The planting of 10000 con ifers will be completed by June 1st. Both the planting and the thinning is to be done under the direct supervi- sion of the state forester who has made his initial visit and marked the trees to be cut.
 Work Of a similar nature is being done in Massachusetts, some towns having already purchased 100 acres which have been planted to pines to be known as a community forest. The work of re-forestering this historic piece of property will be noted with interest throughout the state special lly by the various chapters of the D. towards the purchase of the tract some year ago.
 Decision for Negative. school interclass debates took place Monday afternoon at three o'clock, between the freshman and sophomore classes, on the resolution: that the annexation of Mexico to the United States would be beneficial to both
 
 Perry and Ruth Child of the sopho- more class upheld the negative. while Walter Aldrich. Martha Euvrard and Eleanor Carpenter of the freshman class argued for the affirmative. Each debater was allotted fifteen minutes for his speech. the rebuttals, for the preparation Of which five minutes were allowed, were confined to ten minutes.
 After a conference of about fifteen minutes. the judges, Miss Cushman. Miss Kent and MT. AoWry. returned to the room and Mir. MoWry announc- ed that the negative had won. He commended the teams for the work on their part which this debate showed. In deciding, these points were consid- cred: weight of arguments, delivery, and grammatical correctness.
 In spite of bad weather, over sixty members Of the school were present.
 There will be a. debate next Monday afternoon between the boys and girls of the junior class The subject is, Resolved, that political cartoons should be prohibited by law. Those for the affirmative are Geraldine Beard, Bertha Richardson, and Della Davi; for the negative, Gould Beard, Frank Gleason, and Joseph Flags.
 Uxbridge g, Putnam 8. The score, 23 to 8, with Uxbridge on the winning end, tells all that there is to tell of the P. H. S.-Uxbrfdge game played Friday in the High school gymnasium. Twelve automobiles fill ed with ardent rooters accompanied the visiting team to this city. The Putnam boys were outClassed from the start but were playing hard when the final whistle blew. Between the halves the E1mwood Lightweights were defeated by the Putnam High Lightweights. Summary:
 UxBRIDGE PUTNAM
 Right Forward Tracey ...-...........t... I5iSter Left Forward
 Pennell ......,............,. Lowe
 Center
 Eight Guard McDerlnott ............,....,. Angel
 Left Guard COOK .s....-.....-.. a. ....,, Pur1ntOn
 Left Forward .-,,.....,...,..,.,.. Shaw Baskets from floor for Uxbridge, Tracey 2, Pennell 3, Wood l, NfcDer- mott 4; Putnam, Maynard ?. Purfn- ton ?; baskets from fouls, Cxbridse, Tracey 5; Timer Driggs. Referee Wheaton.
 Regular Gymnasium Work. For severes weeks, over fifty of the High school and Eighth Grade girls have been enjoying regular gynnasi- un1 work under the instruction of Miss Chapdelain. They have march ing, running, and exercises. Until two weeks ago, aesthetic dancing took a large share of time as regular work, but 1t is now placed at the end of the gymnasium program. and only those