The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-12-21
KENNEWICK LOSES
TO SJJNNYSIDE
Local High School Debaters are
Defeated for First Time in
s. Three Years
(School Correspondent

The Kennewick high school debat-
ers lost the second of the interschol-
astic debates last Friday night to the
Sunnyside high school, the latter
team having the negative Of the state
question on military training in the
high schools of this state. The two
teams were closely matched, Kenne-
wick's representatives having some
what stronger delivery and consider
ably greater rebuttal power, altho
not sufficient to overcome the handi-
cap of the weak side of the question.
The young people from Sunnyside had
developed the negative very ably and
made most of the arguments of ex-
perience, authority and futility which
lie heavily against the adoption of the
system the Kennewick team had to up
hold.
This is the first defeat for an inter-
scholastic team from the local high
school for three years, and the first
defeat in four years debating exper-
fence for several members of the team.
James Reed, Ruth Cresswell and Will
liam Sly composed the team and were
accompanied to Sunnyside by Geneva
Story and their coach. The debate
was judged by Mr.. Audrian, principal
of the Kiona schools, Mr.. Robinson,
superintendent of the Toppenish
schools and Mr.. Nichols, principal of
the Wendell Phillips school.
Basketball
In the interclass basketball games
played last Friday evening it was full
ly demonstrated that sometimes "in-
fants" may even "put one over" on
the grave and dignifed seniors, and
that freshmen may not be quite so
green, at least where basketball is
concerned, as the sophomore seem to
think.
The first game was played between
the juniors and seniors. The junior
team was very much stronger than
the senior and by the end of the first
half everyone knew which way the
game was going. By the time the
game was over the juniors had scored
30, the seniors Is.
After five minute interval the
freshmen and sophomores took the
floor. At first the teams seemed about
evenly matched. The sophomores
scored five before the freshmen threw
a basket, but by the end of the first
half the freshmen were two ahead.
During the next half their score rose
to 10, leaving the sophomores at 9.
One feature Of the game was the
devoting of ten minutes before the
game to throwing baskets and "warm-
ing up" engaged in by all the boys
who play basketball. There were
about twenty-five on the floor. The
captains of the teams were as fol-
lows: freshmen, 0dell; sophomores,
Spiegelberg; juniors, Anderson; SEN
ior, Williams.
The Christmas vacation this year
will begin Friday afternoon, the buses
calling for the children about two
thirty, and last until Tuesday, Janu-
airy End. In the high school and adj
vanced grades the Tuesday and We'd
nesday following vacation will be de-
voted to review, the examinations
coming on Thursday, Friday and Mon
day.
Wednesday afternoon the high
school and advanced grades were en-
tertained by the university glee club.
Mr.. Lewis, on coming into the as
sembly room to take the roll last Fri
day morning was rather surprised to
see only girls in the room. The girls |
knew nothing of the whereabouts of |
the boys but in few minutes a noise |
was heard outside and in came the
ho1,a Ied nv a drummer and fao.