Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-28
INTERMURAL GAMES.

1t is not only in the intercollegiate,
games that the University of North
Dakota is coming to the front, but as
a school in which a large percent of
students take part in athletic actfvt-
ties it, ranks among the highest in
the country. The University Of Min
nesota formerly has claimed the hon-
or Of having the largest percentage OF
the student body taking part in ath-
letics, but arrangements were made
last fall whereby U. N. D. leads even
Minnesota in this way.
At a meeting Of the athletic asso-
citation last fall a step was taken MAX
ing possible this representation and
putting our school on the map az a
leader il promoting interest in ath-
~letics. In Connection with the campus
league it was decided hat the univer-
! sity would furnish uniforms for the
! players. in each of the league teams,
| a step that no school in this part OF
| University of Minnesota and other
schools farther south and east.
Interest Displayed. ~,
Throughout the season a great
! amount of interest has been evidenced
in the league games, which have
been extremely successful. Supporters
I u CdCA VI liz SSuuCAI lSdAIAo "CIp AL
attendance at every game. adding
xest and enthusiasm to the contests.
Ten organizations on the campus were
represented in the league, and. with
the interest thai has been manifested,
Coach Davis thinks 1t highly prob
able that fourteen contestants will be
entered next season.
It is greatly to the credit Of this
institution that it should establish q
precedent for even the larger schools
of the country to follow. 1t is an un.
athletics is a benefit and almost a
necessity to every able-bodied student
at an institution of learning, and that
\ this school should take special steps
to foster such participation ands-lead
! other schools In doing 40 places a
mark Of distinction on both the>insti.
tuition and the director Of athletics
Coach Paul ]. Davis. To Coach Davis
also is credit due for the success the
varsity football and basketball team.
have made the last season. So
ORATORY.
For three years state o%ratorical hon,
ors have come to the University o,
North Dakota, Howard c. Ackley,
senior in the college Of arts. winning
the state contest again this year.
Preliminary to the state event al
4 intermural oratorical contest was helt
in order to pick the student to repre-
sent the school in the later contest
With his Grafton, THE Master Build
er.'I Mr.. Ackley won out in both tn
local and state competition.
Through the winning Of the stat,
intercollegiate match by a student o
the University of North Dakota, tn
interstate oratorical contest will b
held in Grand Forks this spring
decided honor. as this is the first tim
this event has been scheduled in Nortl
Dakota. Six states are booked TO
competitions here at the contest, t,
y take place on April. s. -. /.
Early Contests :
1T is not only in the last few year
that the school has been making
name for itself in oratory, though tn
showing of late has perhaps been bet
ter than ever before, but also dnc
J the holding of the first state contet
in 1897, honors have come to tn
school. First or second place has bee
3 won by university students in. prac