The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-04

1.s many as is possible will partici- r2te. T. is posg ible that the above
 date may later have to be changed.
 The central committee, composed
 of Commissioner Henderson. chair
 man; Supt. J. E. Lang and Supt G.
 C. Mitchell, of the Juneau and Doug
 las schools, has completed it's ar
 engagement of events for the meet
 aHa regulations governing it. These
 iollcw in full:
 Elementary School Spelling Contest.
 Ore entry from each elementary
 school. Contest to consist of both oral
 and written, work. One hundred words
 10 be written. Oral work to consist of sufficient number of words for each
 contestant to have opportunity to spell
 twenty.
 Elementary School Rapid Calculation
 Contest.
 Ore entry from each elementary
 school Contest to consist of work in
 the four fundamental operations in Arthmetic-Addition. Subtraction. Null tiplication, and Division. Speed and ac- curacy the determining factors. A part
 of the work in each operation to be
 performed In public at the blackboard , and the balance at desks. Seven min- utcs of time allotted each pupil in each operation at both the blackboard and desks-fourteen minutes in all. Problems
 which are incorrect do not count.
 Elementary School Defamation Contest. One entry from each elementary
 school No restrictions az to the nature
 Of the selection. Time allotted to each
 contestant not more than seven minutes.
 Order of appearance determined by lot.
 Elementary School Oral English Contest.
 One entry from each elementary
 school Nature of contest as follows r All contestants assemble in room. Each receives typewriter copy of the same
 prose selection. Each contestant given , ten minutes in which to study paper which can be read twice by the average child in the allotted time. Papers col ] lected. Contestants then appear. one al time, before the audience and talk on subject matter read. Order of appear ance determined by lot prior to distri-
 button of papers. Not more than five minutes allotted to each contestant. High School Oral English Contest. One entry from each high school. Pro- cedure the same as in the elementary school Oral English Contest.
 High School Written English Contest.
  contestant given a list of five current
 topics of National interest from which
 one topic is to be selected and a paper
 written thereon Twenty minutes al-
 lotted between time when topics are
 distributed and written papers collected.
 High School Speed Test In Typewriting.
 One entry from each high school. Con- test open to students who have studied
 the subject for less than one school | al1 ,f1inn (No value in general meeD High School Debate.
 One debating team from each high school Each debating team to consist
 of two members. Schools so desiring
 may bring one alternate who may be
 used in case one member of team is
 incapacitated. Each team must be pre-
 pared to debate either side of the question. Opponents for the preliminary
 debate of the series are to be chosen by
 lot ten days prior to the date on which
 first debate scheduled. The side of the question which each team shall support likewise shan be chosen by lot Report : of results of drawing to be telegraph : to each school by Central Committed Each speaker allowed ten minutes for l: main argument and three minutes for rebuttal The order of speakers for re- : buttal shall be-second speaker on nega- tive. second speaker on affirmative, l: first speaker on negative, first speaker on affirmative.
 | The subject for debate is as follows Resolved. That Congress should pro hibit immigration into the United States T for two years" | Literature bearing on this subject may ' be secured from the following sources: I'M MIG RIA T ON RESTRICTION l LEAGUE. II Pemberton Square. Bos- 1 ton. Ten cents postage required. INTER-RACIAL COUNCIL. Woolworth Building, New York
 l NATIONAL COMMITTEE for CON- STRUCTIVE IMMIGRATION LEG1SIA- TON. lo5 East 22d St., New York. 1 NATIONAL LIBERAL IMMIGRA- TON LEAGUE. 3O9 Broadway, New York.
 | AMERICAN FEDERATION of LA 1 BOR. Washington, D. c.
 l THE H. w. WILSON COMPANY, Minneapolis, Minn. This Company pre- pares series of books entitled "Debat- CTS Handbook Series" These books are made up of reprints of articles appear ing in magazines. etc. bearing on var ious subjects. The aim is to furnish the best available material on both sides Of the question discussed. Schools writ Ing to this Company should ask for the latest issue of the "Debaters' Hand pook series bearing on the question Of restriction or prohibition of immigra- tion The Company also sells loans clippings bringing the subject up to date.
 The files of the Congressional Record of approximately a year ago when the "3 per cent immigration" bill was be- ing discussed in Congress should be very valuable as a source of informa- ton. tE
 The Seattle Public Library. Portland Public Library. and Oregon State Ii- brary. Salem, Oregon. are possible source of material for the use of high schools.
 High School Basketball Tournament