The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-03-07

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Thursday morning practice de-
bate was held in the high school au-
ditorium The teams that met were
the teams that will fight for old Mt.
Vernon at the high school auditorium
next Friday evening, March 10. The
debate Thursday showed vast i'm
provement over the debate of the
week before, both in delivery and in
general debate form, and all that
heard Thursdays debate are conf
dent that this years teams are two Of
the strongest that the old high school
has ever put out. MIR. l.. c. Stillwell
will be cairman for our home debate.
The judges for Mt. Vernon are Prof.
Carence d. LayIin of o. S. o., Presi-
dent Walter G. Clippinger of Otter
bein and Prof. Chester j. Marshall of
Muskingum. The lineup and order
of speaking in Mt. Vernon is
Affirmative (Newark)-Don. Coul-
ter, Grace Kussmaul, Edward Pears
all.
Negative (Mt. Vernon) Merritt
Chambers, George Congdon, Olive
Black.
Rebuttal:
Affirmative (Newark) Don. Coul-
ter, Edward Pearsall, Grace Kuss-
maui; Forrest Keckbeyalt, alternate.
Negative (Mt. Vermont George
Congdon, Olive Black, Merritt Cham
bers; Paul Lord, alternate.
Those who will uphold Mt. Vernon
at GAINESVILLE, and their order of
speaking are:
Affirmative (Mt. Vernon) - Dan
Houck, Elinor Hobbs, William Nc
Broom.
Negative (Zanesville) --Unobtain
able
Rebuttal:
Affirmative mt. Vermont )-Elinot
Hobbs, William McBroom, Dan
Houck; Gladys Walton, alternate.
Negative (Zanesville) -Unobtain
able.
The management is trying to gel
a large crowd of students to go with
our team to GAINESVILLE and make as
good a showing for Mt. Vernon as
possible. So please bear this thing
in mind, and if you can, go and boost
Mt. Vernon by your roofing and thus
help her to bring back the victor'
laurels.
Supt. p. c. Zemer has accepted al
offer to take part in debate on tn
question, Resolved, "That depar
mental teaching academic subject
should be deferred to the beginnin
of the tenth year." This debate wi
take place at a teachers meeting {
Cedar Point June 27-29, 1916.
There were no chapel exercise
Monday morning, February 2S,
/ Misses Heffner, Studor, Chase ar
Mcintosh, local public school teac
ers, will hear Harry Lauder at Me-
ark this afternoon.
Miss Ruth Montgomery, Supt. Eel
er's secretary, was unable to after
her duties Friday on account of /
ness
The Industrial history classes
our local high school are making the
own texts this year. They are gat
a ering their material from vario
y sources, as pamphlets, magazines al
, the like. The plan is proving a gre
success, while at the same time 1t
a great deal more interesting to t
students than. the ordinary dry te
&. book.
70 At the general teachers meeti
g, Monday, the superintendent touch
on the high points that were discu
W ed at the superintendents' meeting
X Detroit last week in order that
-, teachers might, If they saw mt,
- some OF the better ideas into pr
nj. tice that the Mt. Vernon put
ne schools might benefit by them.
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to All the crowd could not be ca
for at the Tuesday nights perfol
"a ance of the U. s. l.. c., so it was gl'
,g. over Thursday evening, at VIII
time the house was filed again nea
III to it's capacity. AS all who saw
ia will testify, it was a scream II
le- start to finish, and no one dared
"a frown for the reason that he coul'
:. without being afraid that ne was
iis only one in that state of mind.
a., IA ceding the farce, the eighth grade
NO chestra and quartet gave snort
lude, which was given in most
cellent manner for such young mu
ians. The orchestra consisted oil
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