The Wrangell sentinel., 1922-05-11
School Contestants Return from the
 Meet at Juneau
Bringing Twenty-two Rib bons as Records of the
 Wrangell Students Having Scored in Various Entries.

The first Interschonl Meet ever held in Alaska came to a close on Monday evening when the debating teams from Juneau and Wrangell matched wits in the High School au ditorium of the Juneau school. The winning team, Miss Marguerite Bone and Miss Legia Kashevaroff, assisted by Ralph Waggoner in the rebuttal, gave Juneau the lead in points which entitled that city to the grand trophy. The Wrangell team. handling the negative, consisted of Elton Engstrom and Oliver Johnson, assisted by John Coulter in the rebuttal. These young men returned home Tuesday on the Queen accompanied by Miss Rees, c. A. Carlson and Mrs. M. O. Johnson, and brought with them twenty-two ribbons for the Wrangell school pu- pills who scored in the Meet.
 Following the debate Monday even l ing, Commissioner Henderson an- nounced the winners and presented the ribbons. The presentation of the trophies to the schools was made by preciation of the Meet and his pleasure in the excellence of the Alas ka schools. Five trophies were given: Boys basket ball trophy, presented by the Nugget Shop, girls basket ball trophy, presented by Goldstein's Emporium, and track trophy, given by the First National Bank, to Doug las; debate trophy, the gift of W. c. Wright, and grand trophy,given by B. M. Behrends, to Juneau. Wrangell was third high but did not have enough points to win trophy. The Wrangell pupils who partici- teachers and friends left for Juneau on the Jefferson Saturday, May 6 and arrived there Sunday afternoon where they were welcomed by Com missioner Henderson, MT. and Mrs. J. E. Lang and MT. and Mrs. G. c. Mitchell. The boys in the party were taken to the Gastineau Hotel and oth- CTS went to the homes of friends The home of Dr. S. Hall Young who had rendered it's use to Miss Rees for the week became the headquarters of the Wrangell delegation.
 Owing to the fact that the arrival of the Ketchikan delegation was de- layed, the opening events of the Meet were postponed, and the first basket ball game was not held until Wednes- day afternoon, when the All Stars of Wrangell defeated the Douglas Ele mentary team, 3S to17. This initial victory for the local school was fol- lowed by the winning of the Wran- gell-Juneau High School game that evening, the score being 22 to17. for Wrangell, ,and the High School debate the following morning when Wran- gell had the affirmative against fetchikan. Briefly, other points won by Wrangell pupils were as follows:
 Thursday morning, Rapid Calcu- lation. John Grant, 3d place.
 Thursday evening. Elementary Declamatory, Margaret Mccormack, 2d place.
 Thursday evening, High School De- clamatory, Elton Engstrom, Sd place.
 Friday morning, Spelling, oral and written, Thelma shangle, 2d place. Friday afternoon, Written English, Alfred Royalty Sd place, subject 'The Coal Strike"
 Friday afternoon Elementary Oral English, Catherine Matheson, 1st place.
 In the Track Meet held Saturday afternoon on the Admiral Line dock, the scores were as follows: 50 yard dash, H.S.- Juneau 1st Ketchikan 2nd; Juneau 3d. 50 yard dash. Elementary-Juneau 1st and 2nd; Ketchikan 3d. 100 yard dash-Juneau 1st; Doug las 2nd Wrangell (Oliver Johnson) 3d
 100 yard dash, Elementary Ju neau 1st and End; Ketchikan 3d. 1 mile run, H.S.-Douglas 1st and 2d; Wrangell, Eugene Wheeler) .3d.
 Shot Put, H. S.-Douglas 1st; Wrangell. George Gunderson), 2d; Juneau Sd.
 Shot Put, Elementary-Junea 1st,