Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-27
DRAKE<RELAY MEET, APRIL 81.
Ninety Schools Invited to Send Teams
to Big Track Classic.

10 Dig ITaSN SIoSosSs
Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Feb. 27.-Twenty-seven
universities, twenty Ave colleges anu
thirty EIGHT high schools were mailed
invitations this week to take part IN
the eighth annual Drake relay meet
held at the Drake stadium, Aurll ~,
1917. The universities included extend
from Ohio to the Pacific ocean and as
far south as the gulf. The colleges
are from Iowa and states touching TINS
commonwealth. The high schools, with
the exception Of two from chicago, all
are from Iowa. Few schools not before
present or invited are listed among
those sent invitations. In the unlVer-
slty class, three schools from Missis-
sippi have bene selected. The Cali
fornia teams invited, each has at dr.
ferent times in the past accepted lnVl-
tations but have been prevented from
coming. Last year the teams OF nine
teen universities were present. Two or
three additional high school teams
which made good showings in the
meets of last year have been sent in
vitations. ....
The schools invited are,
university CldSS 1o~d SSAsS W.
lege, Ames; university of Chicago;
university of Illinois, Urbana; uniVer-
sity of Indiana, Bloomington; uni
versfty of Iowa, Iowa City; university
Of Kansas, Lawrence; university or
Michigan, Ann Arbor: university OK
Minnesota, Minneapolis; university OF
Mississippi, Columbia; Notre Dame
University, South Bend, Ind; North
western University, Evanston, ILL.,;
Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind;
university of Wisconsin, Madison;
Kansas State College. Manhattan; Ok
lahoma University; Washington Uni
versity, st. Louis; Ohio State Uni
versity, Columbus; university OF
Southern California, Los Angeles; uni
versity of California, Berkeley; Leland
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CAL;
Oregon Agricultural College, Corvallis;
Mississippi Agriculture College, Stock
Vile; Tulane University, New Orleans,
La; Michigan Agricultural College,
Lansing; university Of Colorado, Boul-
der: Nebraska State University, Lin
coin.
yolleges-Coe College. Cedar Rapids;
Cornell College, Mount Vernon; Da-
kOta wesleyan OlllNeIells, &ulSSASAA' ~
D.; Des Moines College; Grinnell Col
lege; Hamline University, st. Paul,
Mimi: Highland Park College, Des
Monies; Iowa Wesleyan College, Mount
Pleasant Monmouth College, Mon
mouth, ILL.,; Morningside College. Sioux
City: Nebraska Wesleyan University.
Lincoln; university Of South Dakota.
Vermillion; South Dakota State Col
lege, Brookings; Yankton College,
Yankton, S. D.; Augustana College,
Rock Island. ILL.,; Lombard College,
Galesburg, ILL.,; Central College. Cen
trail City, Neb.; Wabash College. Wa
bash, Ind: state teachers copege
Cedar Falls, Penn College. Oskaloosa;
Iisimpson College, Indianola: Knox Col
lege; Galesburg, ILL.,; Dubuque College
! Dubuque; st. Ambrose College, DAY.
enuport: Tarkio College, Tarkio. Mo
High schools-Adair, Abba. Algona
Cedar Rapids, Cherokee, Corydon, ForI
Dodge Hampton, Indianola, Mason
City, Marshalltown, Newton, North
Des Moines. Oelwein, Ottumwa, Perry
Pomeroy. Prairie City, Seymour.
Stuart, Webster City, West Des Moines
Boone, Earlham, East Des Moines
| West Waterloo Nashua Spirit Lake
| Clinton. LeMars. Englewood, Chicago
University High, Chicago.