Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-12-07
BIG Time AT
LUTHER IN MARCH
lnterscholastic Basket Ball Tourna-
ment, Declamatory Contest and
Debate to be Held
March z.
THREE DAY BASKET
BALL TOURNAMENT
Representatives of at Least Nine
Academies Will Meet at Luz
Their College for Three
Days.


On March 7th representatives from
at least nine of the academies of
the Norwegian Lutheran Church will
meet at Luther College for a three
day Basketball Tournament, De-
clamatory Contest and Debate. Last
year basketball tournament was
held at st. Olaf college; committee,
consisting of Coach E. Anderson of
st. Olaf, Prof. 0. M. Hofstad of
Waldorf, and Prof. F. Peterson of
Luther College, was set down to
arrange plans for future tourna-
ments, with the idea in mind that
the tournament should be annual af-
fairs to be held in rotation at the
various schools of the church. The
success of last years meeting
prompted the local committee at Luz
Their College to add the features of
a declamatory contest and debate so
as to make the tournament more
fully representative of the student
activities of the academies.
To date the following schools have
entered for the tournament: Luz
Their Academy, Albert Lea; Gale Col
lege; Jewell College; Waldorf Col
lege; Canton Normal School; and
Luther College Preparatory Depart
ment. Clifton Academy in Texas,
which is handicapped because of its
distance from DEBORAH may, however,
find its way dear to send at least
"a declamatory contestant. 1t is ex-
pected that about one hundred re-
representatives. from the academies
will be present for the meet. Such
gathering with its competitive con-
tests should do much to stimulate
and foster school spirit.
AT a preliminary meeting held at
Luverne, Iowa, with representatives
from Luther Academy, Waldorf Col
lege, Jewell College, and Luther Pre-
paratory present, the following was
agreed upon as the subject for de-
bate: Resolved, that the federal gov
eminent should own and operate the
railroads of the United States, con-
stitutionahty waived. Preliminary
debates will be held between the
academies during the months of
January and February and the two
leading teams will then meet at De-
corah for the final contest on March
9Th. This will be preceded by the
Declamatory contest on March and
followed by the championship basket
ball game on March 9th, the whole
tournament being brought to close
by a banquet in loyalty Hall after
the game.
To effect a permanent organiza-
ton of Inter-Academic Debating and
Declamatory Association and thus
to secure closer cooperation, Pres.
H. Z. Jorgenson of Red Wing Semi
nary mas lSSutu d Call W IllC piCSi-
dents of all the academies in con-
nection with the meeting of the
Board of Education on January
II to 10. Such an organization is
necessary if debating and declama-
ton are to be placed on a proper
footing in the academies.
The orators who will complete for
the honor of representing Luther
College at the state oratorical con-
test, later in the Inter-Academic con-
test were chosen at the preliminary
held last week. Those chosen are
Oscar Rem, Milaca, Mimi, Oscar
Strom, Cleveland, o., Noel Fadness,
Morrisonville, Wis.,, Arthur Paulson,
Forest City, Iowa, j. Melvin Moe,
Starbuck, Mimi, Charles Hook, Bow
man, N. ID.