The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-03-31
NORMAL NEWS NOTES

Prof Roy Rankin went to Russell,
last Saturday afternoon, to speak
before joint meeting of the County
Teachers Association and School
Board Members. He spoke on the
subject of Consolidation.
The Y. W. c. A. Sextette gave
concert in Quinter, Grainfeld, Oakley
and Winona, Monday Tuesday, We'd
nesday and Thursday evenings. This
trip will close the engagements of the
Sextette until after the Music Fest
ival
The F. H. n. Ladies Quartet gave
concerts in Brownell and MeCracken
on Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
These concerts viii close the engage
ments of the Quartet until after the
Muse Festival.
The state contest in Debate and
Grafton viii be held in the Normal
Auditorium on Friday evening, April
l. Representatives of the Pittsburg
Normal Training Normal School and
the Fort Hays Kansas Normal School
viii take part in the contest. In Ora
ton the Pittsburg Manual Training
Normal School viii be represented by
Mr.. Clayton Montgomery. The sub
ject of his Grafton is "The Two
Flags" The Fort Hays Kansas Nor
NAL School will be represented by Mr..
James O'Brien with the subject ''The
Nations Obligations. The subject
for debate is. Resolved, ''That the
federal government enact legislation
embodying the principles of the Kan
sas law for the settlement of labor
. disputes in public utilities" The
Pittsburg Normal will have the affirm
ative and will be represented by Mr..
Clayton Montgomery and Mr.. Cope
land Bower. The Fort Hays Kansas
Normal School will have the negative
and will be represented by Mr.. James
O'Brien and Mr.. William Flynn. The
winner in the Grafton contest will re-
present Kansas in the interstate ora
ton contest at Warrensburg, Mo.
President W. A. Lewis has accept
ed q ninvitattion to speak before the
Warrensburg section of the Missouri
State Teachers Association and the
Marysville section of the Missouri
State Teachers Association next Oct
ober
Prof. c. E. Rarick viii speak be-
fore the Reno County Teachers AssO-
ciafion at Hutchinson, Saturday.
Pres. W. =. Lewis has accepted an
invitation from the Salina Rotary
Club to speak before the Club at their
noon luncheon on Monday, April 18.
Prof. Floyd B. Lee spoke on the
subject of Consolidation before a
School Board members meeting at
the court house in Hays, Last Tues
day afternoon. He also spoke before
the Chamber of Commerce on Tues
day evening and showed the HolcOnlb
and Sargent films.
The F. H. n. Glee Club gave a con-
cert in Ellis last Monday evening,
under the auspices of the high school.
The Glee Club completed a concert
tour at Plainville, last Friday even
ing. The tour included concerts at
WaKeeney, Quinter, Grainfeld, Oak
ley, Colby, Goodland, Hoxie, Nor
land, Hill City and Plainville. The
Gee Cub has received some very
complimentary press notices on their
concerts.
A male quartet consisting of Elmo
Meade, Edmund Brungardt, Daddy"
Wilson and Everett Richarson, will
sing for the Ellis Community Dinner
next Thursday evening. Lanning
Rankin is the accompanist for the
| quartet.
Prof. Walter B. Roberts of the
piano department, viii go to Goodland
on Tuesday evening, April 26, to ac-
company on the artist program that
evening. Prof. Roberts has also been
invited to give pipe organ recital in
| the New Methodist Church in Garden
! City when the organ is dedicated, the