The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-05-12

! uIeS, II 90 SeCOiHlS.
Discus throw-Kraemer webster
Groves first; Hibbitts charleston
second; Mabrey (Jackson) third; Dott.
Ter (Sullivan) fourth. Distance: 106
feet, 3 inches.
120-yard high hurdles-BOoth Web
ster Groves) first; Hudson Perry
ville) second; Javaux (Perryville)
third. Time: 16 3 5 seconds.
22O-yard dash - Island (Webster
Groves first; Rountree (Webster
Groves) second; Moore (PeIryville)
third; Hill (Malden) fourth. Time:
23 As seconds.
Running broad iump-Hequembourg
charleston first; Hart (Webster
Groves second; Booth (Webster G'vs)
third; Smith Sikeston) fourth. Dis
lance: q feet, 9 inches.
440-yard dash - Hamann (Webster
Groves) first; Eiseman webster Gvs)
second; Mattingly (Charleston) third;
Kent (Malden) fourth; Swank (Char-
leston) fifth. Time: "a 3-5 seconds.
Running high jump-Hudson per
ryville) first; Critics (Greenville) sec
ond; Hibbitts (Charleston) third;
Kornegger (Sikeston) fourth; Booth
(Webster Groves fifth. Height: 5
feet : inches. Record is ) feet ~
inches.
220-yard low hurdles-Booth Web
ster Groves) first; Hudson perry
ville) second; Hill charleston third;
Javaux (Perryville) fourth; Hibbitts
charleston fifth. Time: IS Is sec
ondS.
440-yard relay - Webster Groves,
first; Charleston, second; Perryville,
third; Sikeston, fourth; Charlottesville,
fifth. Time: AZ 3-5 seconds. Former
record was 40 seconds.
Pole vault - kornegger (Sikeston)
first; Javaux (Perryville) second; Pol
lock Qronton) third; Dick CHARLES
toni fourth; Vaeth Este. Genevieve)
fifth. Height: 8 feet 1919 inches.
Mile Iun-Spencer (Webster G'rvs)
first; Schall (Webster Groves sec
ond; Harbert (HaytD third; Wheeler
Wellston) fourth; Mccoy (DesLoge)
fifth. Time: minutes, I % seconds.
Half-mile relay - Webster Groves,
first; Charleston, second; Sikeston,
third; Jackson, fourth; Charlottesville,
fifth. Time: minute, Al % seconds.
Eighth Grade Events.
1OO-yard dash-Taylor (Cape Girar-
deau) first; Talent (Cape Girardeau)
second; Glenn (CampbelD third; Da-
Wis (Puxico) fourth. Time: II sec
onds.
22O-yard dash-Tallent (Cape Cir
ardeau) first; Taylor (Cape Girar-
deau) second; Glenn (CampbelD third;
Davis (Puxico) fourth. Time: q As
seconds.
Running broad jump - Hamley
(CharIeston) first; Alley Parma) sec
ond; Taylor (Cape Girardeau) third;
Glenn (CampbelD fourth.
Academic Contests.
The academic contests were con-
Quoted during the morning and after
noon in the Administration building
Of the Normal School. A feature of
these contests was the boys debate.
The eleven entrants in the debate
were gathered together at 8 o'clock in
the Normal School. They had been
warned sometime in advance that the
subject to be debated would be on
Philippine government.
At S o'clock they were given the
subject for the first time and allowed
two hours in which to prepare their
speeches. The subject was: Resolved,
the Filipino should be given local self
government under the protection of
the United States.
At 10 o'clock the debators went on
the platform, each entrant was al
lowed to select the side of the ques-
ton that he wished to speak on. Sew
en- elected to speak on the affirmative
and four on the negative. The result
was as follows:
Roscoe Gregory, Fredericktown ION
negative), first; Harry Dave WOlfson,
Charlottesville (affirmative), second;
Kelly A. Grant, Jackson (negative),
third.
The girls essay contest was adj
judged as follows: Grace Jackson, of
DesLoge, Education of the Immi-
grant" first; Bertha Pirkey, Cape Cir
ardeau, "How the Cancels Nose Was
Put Out OF Joint" second; Anna Mo-
ranville, of st. Marys, "The Price of
Success" third.
The results in the boys essay con-
tests were: Roger Bailey, of Skies
ton, abraham Lincoln" first; Mar
vim Daniels, of Campbell, "The Elec-
| t1ic Motor on the Farm" second. and