Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-11-23
NEWSINTERESTAT
LUTHER COLLEGE
Many Interesting Things Going OF
At This Popular Institution of
Learning.
PREPS FOOTBALL TEAM
DEFEATS CRESC0 HIGH
Oratorical Contest to be Held on
Evening Nov. 2S. Professors
Delivering Lectures.

On Wednesday afternoon last week
the Props succeeded in winnin"
first game of football over Cresco
High. From the very first it was
easily seen that the Props would be
victorious. The Props began the
game by kicking off to Cresco. Cres-
co failed to make any yardage and
was forced to punt on the fourth
down. The Props received the ball
and did not fail on their distance
once on the way down the field. Otte
kicked the goal making the score
10. On the nexS kickoff Losen
nailed the receiver, on his ten yard
line. Cresco was quickly forced to
punt, the Props again going down
the field unhindered by Cresco's at
tempts to stop them. Erickson made
the touchdown again, Otte kicking
goal.
In the second quarter the Props
succeeded only on one touchdown.
Near the end of the half the Props
received the ball on the thirty yard
line and 0tte called for Foss for a
drop-kick. The kick missed by about
a foot. The half ended Fl to 0.
Losen, Erickson, Foss and Hovden
doing the heavy work of the period.
In the first part of the second
period Foss, full back was put out
of the game for alleged smuggling,
although it is difficult to see just how
he could have slugged when he was
living fiat on the ground grabbing
the ball with both arms with two
men on top of him. Lande was put
in as substitute, and although he
played plucky game, an essential
cog had been taken out of the
Props machine. They scored only
one touch down this pea'ied, tho sais'e
ending 2S to q
The Props must be given credit
for having put up what comes very
close to being the best played game
seerx on the college gridiron this
fall. The line played wildly, charg-
ing most effectively on defense and
opening big holes for the backs on
offense. The interference in the
back field especially on Hovden's end
4
runs, was easily the best seen on
the field this fall. They showed
themselves effective on passes also,
completing one for 80 yards them
selves and intercepting twice on
Cresco, once for a gain of so yards.
Nearly all yof the bacdield gradu-
ates into the college in the spring
&c do also some of the best men on
the line. They will all be welcome
additions to the college squad nex'
full as a number of them are OF
real college calibre.
The men who will compete IN th'
preliminaries for the oratorical con
test have been chosen and are hare
at work preparing for the first con
test on the evenings of Nov. 70 an'
20. The competitors on those even
ings will be C. Anderson, r. Brandt
r. Dahl, C. Hook, N. Fadness, b
Maakestad, ]. M. Moe, A. c. Paul
son. o. Rem, E. Rovang, E. Larser
and O. Strom. Six of these Will D
eliminated in. the first round.
The Luther College Sunday As
ISOLATION was favored with lectur
by Prof. w. Sihler last Sunda!
Prof. Sihler spoke on the value
training in a Christian home, clue
dating in a new light the many az
vantages Of such a home. The ne'
meeting, to be held next Sunday, WI
he given over to discussion OF II
topic proper ADJUSTMENTS"
Most of the books in the lioral
have been moved to the new bull
ling. Saturday, about E5,OOO out
the total of nearly $4,000 books
be handled are resting in their piac
in the new stack room and readii
room. Squads of boys of about U
each have been working for sever
DAVIS hauling the books to their ne
home, leach squad working o
fourth of day and being excus
from classes for the hours they wo'
) Miss Almira Eittreim has had char
) of the work in the old building a
Prof. Jacobsen in the new. The we
: is slow and rather tedious as all
; books must be kept in their prof.
: order by number or hopeless G
: fusion would result. The readi
. room was closed for only eii
. hours, all the necessary referel
3 books for the daily class work
. 80 IN nositiop on the evening OF