Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-11-11
BOARD ACTION
IS CONDEMNED
BY OFFICIALS

Valley City Authorities Call
Attention to Errors Made
BY State Body.
Valley City high school officials are
.incensed over the arbitrary action of
the board OF ontro of the state athle- !
tic league in ruling out hat football
team together with Grand Forks
ship rSSse. A statement from Valley
City school officials follows:
THE attention Of Valley City officials
ing to be an official Statement from the
secretary Of the board Of control Of the
High School Athletic League, Nelson
Sauvain of Devils Lake. attempting to
Justify The % action rot Of the the board Gard. in elm elm,
from the football championship race.
Realizing that their action rested uponl
a mere technically, and that fair
minded men throughout the state con
Sauvain, assisted by the president OF
the league. B.. c. Tighe of Fargo. has
attempted to bolster up their position
by a curious comparison of scores.
III states: 1T is the Official duty Of
district that have the best records to
play the semi-finals.' The Constitution
does not say that. 1t merely says the
Board shall choose the team for elm
tests lave heretofore been held in each
district where strong teams remained
indicated at the end of the regular
schedule. Last year Grafton played
go in the elimination contests In their
respective districts. In fact, 1t was
necessary for Fargo and jamestown to
play an extra game the first week in
November to determine the district
championship. The Board is not en-
powered to arbitrarily designate district
winners. The championship in each
district must be won by elimination on
the gridiron.
Understanding Unnecessary.
THE Board attempts to eliminate
Grand Forks because Fargo defeated
Grand Forks IL to 6 early in the season.
This was an inter district game and as
such could have no bearing on the title
in either district. 1t was even unneces-
sary for these two teams to have any
the game. District champion teams
must be determined from league games
within the respective districts. Grand
Forks was clearly entitled to play Cav
amer fOr the OlSCrlCI QONOTS.
1.-THE announcement Of the Secretary
further states: that had not Valley City
been expelled from the League, the title
would without question go to Fargo.
School officials point out that Valley
City was not expelled from the League,
but had merely failed to pay member
ship fee therein, as all but 16 of nearly
one hundred schools had done. The use
of the word expelled Is unfortunate on
the part Of Mr.. S%auvain. for it is not
op1y on nm VIZ Trp ntod insult tn Vlllav
City. but 1t Is entirely devoid of truth.
and calls for a correction in the same
manner in which the offending state
ment was made.
esteem in which they~hold the former
president. Last year they received a
simple little greeting and they hope
for the same tomorrow.
: Observance of the day elsewhere
through the nation will be varied but
voiced in his message this observance
should make for appraisal Of the ma
TONS relationship to world affairs.
"The increasing enthusiasm with
which u people join in the annual
observance Of Armistice day." the
president said, forces the %conclu-
sion that 1t IS ceslIned to be n Of the
notable anniversaries in our calendar
and indeed it we'll deserves to be all
Of that. for 1t marks the victorious
elimination Of our nations most i'm
pressive participation In the affairs of
the world. We shall not go amiss if
we seek to make our observance of
this anniversary, not only this year,
but every ear hereafter, an occasion
for appraisal Of relationship to and
participation in these wider concerns
which involve the welfare of all man
kind.
Our Obligations.
II think we have come to realize as
a nation that we can not hope to
avoid obligations and responsibilities
often arduous and burdensome as part
Of the price we must pay for our for
tunate relationship to the confrater-
nifty of the nation. 1t will be greatly
to the national benefit. l am SURF II
those who most intimately participate
in the events of the great world and
among them I, of course, including
particularly the men of the overseas
forces. shall always keep in mind the
fact that their noble service to their
country and civilization has imposed
upon us a duty to recognize that hence
forward we must maintain a helpful
and sustaining attitude in all the
broader relationships that INVOLVE the
nations. Our first duty will, indeed be
to our own. but that duty can not be
adequately discharged In narrowness
and selashness.
That We may be guided to a just
judgment of the time and occasion for
further proof Of our interest in the
common cause OF humanity, and in
choosing the methods whereby to dis
charge the obligation thus created
will be, I am sure, a fitting prayer for
this armistice anniversary"
The visit of the president to Airing
ton will be his nrst official act Of the
day.
Returning from Arlington, Mr..
Harding will attend the funeral seS.-
Ices in st. Patrick's church for j.. An
tonic Lopez Gutierrez, Honduran min
lister tos the United States. who died
last week. Either after the visit to
Arlington OF after the funeral the
president will be the target OF q DEM
onstration by members Of the joint
amnesty COMMITTEES who have am
lnounced that they consider Armistice
day tho proper time to- enter q viRor-
GUS protest against the continued Inn
prisonmentf Of violators Of war laws.
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