The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-04-27
kEWRERRY HIGH SCHOOL
WINS SIGNAL VICTORY
In Debate Among 76 High Schools in
State Wins the Silver Cup.
Several Contests.

Just few days ago the Newberry
college came home from an inter-
collegiate contest with the medal of
victory over foemen worthy of the
steel, and now here comes the New
kerry high school with the silver cup,
the emblem of a signal victory, and
one that all of us are very proud OF,
because there were several contests
of elimination, so to speak, among
the 76 schools in the state which had
entered the arena, and both of the
teams from the Newberry school went
right on in the ring to- the last ellml-
nation, and then of course only one
of our teams could win.
Both the teams from the NewbeTy
school are subjects of sincere con-
eratulations, because they remained
right on to the very finish. And won
everything in sight. In the finals the
Newberry team, composed of Clark
Floyd and Harold Hipp, brought
the silver cup home and won it in the
last contest over two young ladies'
from the Spartanburg school. That
makes the victory so much more a
signal victory, to win over two bright
and trained young ladies from the
big schools of Spartanburg. T. w.
Smith and Miss Ella Dunn OF the
other Newberry team were right
along with the winners and weeded
out the opponents right down to the
end.
It is big victory for the New
berry schools and we should all be, as
we are. proud of the winners, but the
effect on us and on the school should
he to greater effort and harder work,
and the people of the town should
show their appreciation of the win
ners by coming along and fitting the
schools for even better work IN the
future in the way Of better equip
rlent and better salaries for the
teachers. -,
When the winners came home with
the beautiful silver cup and the
crown of victory they were met at
the train and escorted to the high
school building where their comrades
in arms and the friends of the school
met to extend the formal greetings
and good wishes and congratula-
tons. :,
Prof. O. 3. Cannon was very proud
of his boys and girls, and he has a
right to be-. He explained the va
rious contests in which the two teams
were engaged and then he presented
Mavor Blease, who addressed the
winners and talked about what
great town Newberry is and expressed
the congratulations to the young de-
.baters for the people of the town.
President Derrick of Newberry col
lege was present and Che was afraid
some of these other state colleges
might be trying to get these boys) ne
too expressed the pride of the peo-
ple in these young orators and de-
baters. Professor Cannon then call
ed on Col. E. H. Aull and the Rev.
E. v. Babb and DR.. j. w. Carson,
who, in turn, spoke a word Of pride
in the Newberry school and the good
work that is being done here now.
It was a great day for the school
and we are all proud of the winners
and we all hope that it will only tend
to make all the people more inter-
ested in the school and work harder
for success.
The old stagers, like Mayor Blease
and the others who extended the
greetings to the winners, will not be
offended if we say that the best of
the short talks made at the high
school on this festive occasion was
by Thomas E. Epting, Jr., who was
called on by Professor Cannon to
represent the school and Professor
Cannon said that Mr.. Epting had no