Gunnison news-champion., 1921-06-03
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the Normal, the Attendance OF this
years summer school will BE- limited
only by accommodations available in
EluuisOn- In addition 10 the large
number Of Western Slope people who
have made reserv ztiOns. : great many
from the Eastern Slope viii be in at
tandance. About thirty Will attend
from Pueblo alone
4 number OF the members of this
ysGF'F graduating class Of the Normal
have already been elected 70 schools
f0E Che ensuing year. Misses Esther
and Cecil Tsehop have been elected 10
teach AZ Telluride, Miss Florence Bry-
ant ~ N0Eales, Arizona: Miss Mag
daleu BTeuneeke, at Fountain. Colo;
Miss Lucy EubaHks. al Kansas City:
Nlss Ada Hicks, at Alamosa; Miss
Flora Wagner, Montrose and Miss
Beth Hopkins AZ Alamosa.
Track mOnogTams viii be presented
with. appropriate ceremonies AZ the
Normal Chapel Monday morning. The
third place in the high hurdles. won
by Byron Hewitt, has been received
and will b. presented Tuesday, to-
ge;hsr with the &c sweater voted
Hewitt for the same race.
The Normal football squad IS out
every evening these days for Spring
practice. A majority Of the High
School squad have been scrimmaging
with them.
President Quigley viii deliver the
commencement address at Telluride
High School on June End, and Dr.
johnson will address the graduates at
Olathe on June 3rd.
The Eighth grade team journeyed
10 Crested Butte last Friday afternoon
for n game with the Butte High School
classes and found themselves out
claSscd AT every turn. Crested Butte
won the game, 26 10 5.
\ tennis tournament is being car
ried on this week among the boys Of
the High School for prizes offered by
+. oIeary and the Normal Book
Store. Twenty-Five contestants were
entered and so far fifteen OF these
have been eliminated. The finals in
the singles will be held tomorrow.
The doubles will start next week.
Prof. Hargrove is in charge of the
tournament.
BY defeating Gunnison High two
games out of three last week, Olathe
High School clinched the Western
Slope baseball title for 1921. The
first game of the series, played on
Thursday of last week. was reported
in last weeks News-Champion. The
second game was played Friday after
noon, resulting in a victory for Olathe,
2l-6. In this game the Freshman
pitcher. Colonel Mckee, started the
game but was knocked out of the box
in two innings; Ralph Wright went in
in the third and held them down fair
ly well. Olathe also played their
freshman pitcher, who made eight
strikes out, "a did Wright. Olathe
played practically errorlss game
while Gunnison made 80 errors. The
third game on Saturday afternoon
was as pretty an Exhibition of High
School baseball as had been seen in
Olathe. The boys played air-tight ball
and until the last inning Gunnison led
with score of 5-3. In the last half
of the ninth 0lathe staged comeback
and brought in three runs, winning
the game 6-5.
Baseball letters have been awarded
for the 1921 season as follows: &C"
monograms to Capt. James Hall, r.
Wright. Alex O'Neill, Pat Grafton and
Harvey Nelson. Reserve &c" mono
grams to Hugh Aiken, jeff Lehew, Al
bert Sorensen, James Brown and
Colonel Mckee. Honorable mention
to Sherman Nelson and Chas. Wright.
The Athletic Committee met yester-
day afternoon and awarded tennis
monogram to Harvey Nelson, the
first and only monogram ever issued
from this school. Nelson is to be
complimented upon his sportsmanship
and steady playing. The school in
tends to carry on competitive tennis
next year and develop good teams.
A most appreciative audience en-
joyed the recital given last Friday
evening by Miss Mildred Sherman,
pianist, assisted by Miss Leah Hart
mar, soprano, with Miss Maude KEN
meier, accompanist.
Miss Sherman possesses remark
able technique and a good deal of
feeling, which was displayed
throughout the entire program. Her
numbers included works of Beethoven,
Bach Saint Saene, Chopin, Mcdowell,
DeBussy, List and others.
Miss Hartman, who has a clear, re-
sonant soprano voice, sang an interest
ing group of songs with good mu-
Especially pleasing was
her rendition of "The Years at the
Spring" by Mrs. H. H A. Beach. Miss
kehmeier is an able accompanist and
her work was commendable at all
times.
The stage was artistic with masses
Of roses and other flowers, and both
were recipients of beautiful
flowers during the evening.
Montrose Daily Press:-Mr. and
Mrs. Hugo Fragrelius motored down