Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-11-10
SCHOOL NOTES.
(Roscoe BOWman.)

| A declamatory contest was =. held
last Fyriday evening in the assembly,
room Of the high school. here We're
nine contestants in the contest. div1d'
ed in three groups, four being en-
tered in the dramatic class, three
in the humorous and two in the
oratorical. The winners in each d1-
vision were Beatrice Pentony in the
dramatic; Blanche Thompson, In the
humorous, and Cecil Brayton, in the
oratorical. In all there are thirty
five entries for these contests. CT
which there are to be four, the
winners of each meeting in a final
contest in which the winner of first
place represents the M. H. S. in
the district contest. This district is
composed Of all the schools in North
east Iowa. The winner Of second
place will represent the school in
the Cedar Valley declamatory con-
test composed of about ten schools.
OF these thirty-five contestants,
fifteen of them are in the dramatic,
fourteen IN the humorous and six in
the oratorical class. The next de-
clamatory contest will be held
week from Thursday in which no
oratorical addresses will be given.
The contestants are under the leader
ship and instruction of Miss Walker,
teacher of English in the high
school.
The high school, football team play
ed the Oelwein High School football
team last Saturday, trimming them
to the tune of to o. The home
team out-played their opponents all
the time except the first five minu-
tes. The Manchester line was bet
ter than Oelwein in the game; this
is the first time this year that our
line was the stronger. Almost all
the gains were made by line plung-
es or Clouds end runs. Our only
touchdown was made when on their
twenty yard line. Capt. Phenicie
made a forward pass to Cloud who
gCal-kick was unsuccessful. The
team would have had another touch
down il it had not been for unfor-
tunate fumbles. Coach Beck's war
riors were forced to punt only once
while the enemy was forced to
punt at least three times. The home
team was also held for downs but
once, which was less than the num-
ber of times Oelwein was held.
A representative of. the Redpath
Varter Lyceum Bureau gave short
address to the Senior class last week
in reference to their undertaking to
have a lecture course this winter.
It will probably be accepted by the
class, who will put season tickets on
sale. The present plan is that these
sell for $3.50 to adults, and $100 to-
school children. They are coed for
all of the numbers Of the course.
This lecture course is to cost over
$500, and is probably the best that
has ever been given in this city.
Last Thursday the officers for the
Vanparcent for 1916 held a short
meeting in the assembly room Of
the high school. Papers for sigma
lures by those that had not previ-
ously agreed to take next years an
nual were passed and they secured
19 additional signatures. Out Of 212
students in the high school all have
agreed to take an annual except
about Is.
Several students of the high school
intend to go to Iowa City, Saturday,
to see the Iowa -Ames football game,
which is the chief event CT the
year between the two schools.
The M. H. S. football team is to
play West Union next Friday at that
place, The team is going along fine
ly now and expects to win the rest
of the games this year.
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