The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-04-22
FORESTRY STATE
NORMAL NOTES

The Forestry Debate: A
new chapter in the debating history of
the School was written on last Thurs
day night when the preparatory de-
partment successfully upheld the af-
firmative side of the question used
by the State High School Debating
League this year: Resolved: That the
federal government should regulate by
direct control the prices of food and
fuel commodities in peace time. The
constitutionality being granted. The
speakers for Kramer were Dan Krom-
rey, Bret Harrington and CLAUDIA Rub
bert; for the Forestry Normal, Lee
brecht Klebe, Evelyn Turner and Will
liam Lueck. The best work for Kra-
mer was done by Miss Rubbert and
for the Forestry Normal by William
Lueck, altho the other speakers de-
serve much credit for their good work.
Kramer was inexperienced in debate
and were not strong in rebuttals. They
had some fine arguments, however,
in their constructive or main speeches.
Miss Turner possesses real debating
ability and did good work but the best
rebuttal of the evening was the final
one for the Affirmative given by
William Lueck. The decision was three
for the affirmative. The judges were
Miss Sonsteness of the Omemee High
School, Mr.. Henze Of the First Nation
al Bank of Willow City and States
Attorney j. J. Weeks. All six of the
debaters can we'll afford to continue
their efforts along this line, both for
the benefit to themselves and to the
schools they represent. Superintendent
j. C.. Harrington of the Kramer
schools came with the Kramer team.
Following the debate the Forestry
Normal team entertained their guests
with a light spread including some
first class toasts from those present. Z.
The Music Contest: The First An
nual District Contest in Music for the
Forestry-N Normal district was held. in
the Assembly room Friday forenoon.
This contest was not necessary so far
as qualifying for the State contest is
concerned for the rules provide that
if there are only two contestants in
any event, both may take part in the
State Contest. But those in charge at
Westhope and Bottineau felt that a
practice contest would be desirable be-
fore going to the State Meet. In order
to stage this contest, it was learned
about a month ago that Bottineau
would need to enter a Girls Glee Club
as the Westhope High School had that
kind of club, and not a mixed chorus.
The Bottineau High School thereupon
proceeded to prepare a Girls Glee
Club and were at a disadvantage be-
cause of the short time in which to
prepare. The Westhope Club sang
three numbers in fine style; the Bot
tineau Club sang n number. The
rules permit a contestant to use one,
two, or three numbers, three being the
limit. The average of the judges
marks gave Westhope M percent
more than the average for the Botti-
neau Club. Justice to the Bottineau
singers requires that this explanation
be made. The judges remarked after
the contest that Westhope's three
numbers gave that school an advan-
tage. The Bottineau Girls Glee Club
deserve great credit for being willing
to get ready as best they could in the
short time, to make the contest pos
sible even if by so doing they must
take a defeat. Since both high schools
are eligible to enter the State Meet,
it is not necessary to consider last
Fridays contest as final in any sense
Of the word. It was merely a practice
contest. Next year probably a number
Of other schools will compete and it
will be a real elimination contest.
In addition to the contest between
the two Girls Glee Clubs, the Botti-
neau students offered three piano So
los, one vocal solo and two vocal duets.
Special mention should be made Of
Ruth Johnson's piano solo which won
first place in that group. One judge
was so well pleased with her playing
that she rated it 100 per cent.
The Forestry State Normal School
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