Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1923-01-24
DEBORAH WINS
Two MORE GAMES
DEBORAH High Basket Ball Team De
feats Luther Props and New
Hampton.
CHARLES CITY
NEXT OPPONENT
Cresco High School Debating Team
Went Down to Defeat TO the
Local High School.


when they defeated the Luther
Prsps last Friday evening in the
Hieh School gymnasium by a score
Of 81 70 II. The local high boy>
showed a complete revsral OF form
and q gOodly amount OF fight. Some
thing which was lacking up To date
ard mad hstIs trouble in defearins
-he Props. Algysr, Bolman. ana
He1uing carried the offensive for
the locals, scoring L. 8. and 10
points respectively. Bidae dsd the
heavy work for the Props.
Last evening AZ New Hampton the
Locals broke New Han pcon's run CT
strE ght victories this season n =
game which was full Of fight frc>
start TO finish, played withozt the
services Of johnson but Price held
mis- man seoreless. New H4mpec>
offered the locals stiff oppo ss-ion
Throughout but the dead shooting Of
Algyer, Henning, and ViSte kept the
local boys always a few points IN
the lead. The New Hampton defen-
sive and passing game was bate.
than Decorah's but the latter's de-
Tense made them shoot from mid
floor which was a deciding facto>.
The Clary brothers from New
Hampton were a serious factor. A
notable feature Of the game was
Algers scoring the first points By
The two field baskets in the first %
seconds Of the game.
DEBORAH plays Charles City at
Charles City Saturday.
The second semester of school
opened January Is. A class of ten
pupils from the Kindergarten, se.-
ected on the basis of mental ana
chronological maturity, was pro-
NOTED TO first grade, thus inaugurI
ating a system of mid year promo
tons which eventually will be main
tanned. The advantages of pro-
noting at the beginning of the sec.
ond semester as well as of the first
are that new pupils can be placed
more nearly exactly where they be
long instead of losing a half years
credit or more. 1t is also possible
10 promote pupils who are able TO
90 ahead faster than the average class
without promoting an entire class
and demOting without putting them
back an entire year. II is expected
THAT the entire course Of study in
the grades will be made more fex-
ible by putting this new plan into
effect.
Friday afternoon of last week the
high school girls were defeated by
the Cresco team 81 to IA. The De-
corah girls played much batter
game than they had played at any
time previously this year and if hey
had been more successful in locating
the basket in the forward section,
they might have given Cresco very
close game. As it was they were
ahead the first part 6 to 4. The
work Of the guards and centers wa.
especially fine. The. forwards also
played well, getting the ball and
getting into position but they fell
down in putting the ball through the
basket. The girls give promise of
developing into an excellent team
before the season is over.
DEBORAH 8 Cresco O
On Thursday evening of last week,
the Cresco H. S. debating team went
down in defeat to the local high
school on the question, Resolved,
that all primary roads In the state
be hard-surfaced and bond issue
be voted to cover same, constitu-
tionality granted
DEBORAH had the negative side Of
the question. The judges were: Mr.. |
G. j. Lee of Calmar, Mr.. NJ. o.
Cowan of West Union, and S. c.
GTibble of Monona.
Decorah's main argument conferred
about the inadvisability of an i'm
mediate program Of that sort, due |
20 the present economic conditions, |
and the further fact that tax exempt
bond issue would withdraw a con-
siderable sum from the field of tax
alton and increase taxes elsewhere.
A week from Thursday, Oelwe.n
h. 5. comes to DEBORAH 10 debate
the same question. 0elwein chose
the negative side of the question so
the local boys will need to reverse
their arguments. The high school,
team is composed of: Clifford Head
Ington, Anhur Headington, Otto
Sheel, and Leo Cox. L
The two Semi-fnal declamatory
contests have been disposed of which
reduces the number of contestants
still in the running 70 ~. The home
contest viii be held in the high