The Coconino sun., 1922-03-24

A piece appearing in The Williams News stated that the northern Arl- zona basket ball tournament had been called off by the Normal school with ] out giving any reasons for doing so. | The Normal wishes to correct this statement. It is true that MT. Drake, the Normal's representative and chair man of the advisory board ef the Northern Arizona Athletic association agreed with the rest of the board that | it was advisable and consented to postpone the tournament until next year. The basic reason for this post ponement was on account of the infiu- enza epidemic predominant over the country. Besides endangering the public health by large gatherings at this time, the Normal found that only four of the schools out of the proposed ten schools who were to send teams to compete thought enough to signify their intention of being pres ent. This condition was no doubt caused by the above mentioned epi- demic.
 The Normal school as whole was very much disappointed because the tournament was postponed. There IS no doubt that the Normal has a girls championship team this year. They won games from all the other schools on the Flagstaff court and also all their games on outside courts, they did not lose single game during the entire season and the scores were al- ways one-sided in the Normal's favor. The Normal boys won over half the games they played. The games they won were decidedly in their favor, the ones they lost were by very few points.
 The members of the board of di- rectors of the Northern Arizona Ath- lectic association are: R. H. Drake, chairman and representative of the Normal school, MT. Grover of Wins low and Mir. Branigan of Holbrook.
 The Normal people were very much surprised that anyone would make such an ungrounded report as that in the Williams News, especially Will Hams, as when they played against the Normal the score was Williams 24, Flagstaff 39.
 The Junior Prom" last Friday eve ming was decided success. The high school and Normal juniors united in making this one of the prettiest and best affairs of the school year. A whole week before the party was spent in decorating the hall and mak- ing arrangements. Each lady was given a bouquet of violets as favors. The programs were novel, pretty and very cleverly made with each dance in honor of some member of the senior classes. Everyone had the privilege and partook, as the old saying goes, of the flowing bowl" of punch.
 The big event of the evening and the prettiest was the promenade by the juniors. After going through an assimilation of grand march in which many pretty formations were made they formed digits, making large 1923" and each sprinkled a handful of confetti on the floor so that when they marched away the year of their graduation was left on the floor.
 Dr. c. O. Hoyt, head of the depart ment of education, State Normal col lege, Ypsilanti, Mich, was a guest of the Normal school Sunday and Mon- day.
 Dr. Hoyt visited the training school and several of the Normal classes. Monday at chapel period he talked to the faculty and student body and at four o'clock he addressed the faculty. In his talk to the student body he said that our training school is the best he has seen in the southwest and that according to his judgment this school has probably the most wonder ful opportunities of any school in the country.
 Dr. Hoyt left Tuesday for the Grand Canyon.
 This week has been one of great ac- C. I