The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-03-28
BOOSTER SESSION
CHAMBER OF Com.
HI. S. BASKETBALL TEAM HONOR
GUESTS SPEAKERS
COMPLIMENTARY.

The Wednesday noon meeting o
the Moscow chamber Of commerce wa
what might be termed a pretty goo'
booster session. The members of tn,
Moscow high school basketball team
Idaho state champions, who were th'
guests Of the chamber of commerce
came in for a very satisfactory mea
sure of commentator; and visitor!
present from south Idaho and from
Spokane had lot of nice things tt
say for Moscow and for the Univer-
sity of Idaho. The attendance was
the largest in several months, an6
the ideal spring day may have ha6
something to do with the general feel
ing of optimism which was evi-
denced
The honor guests were the members
of the basketball team, Superinten-
dent Ph. Soulen of the Moscow
schools; Principal Fulton Gale of the
high school, and Coach Comrada
The members Of the team are Leslie
Bumgarner, Virgil Estes, Norman Es-
tes, Lyle Drury, Edwin Nedros, Ralph
Woody, Ivan Thompson, and Elmer
Roise.
Boys Draw Applause
On request of President Lamphere,
Coach Comrada introduced the boys
individually, each being being greeted
with applause. The coach then ex-
pressed appreciation of the courtesy
extended by the chamber of COM
merce, told of the excellent work done
by the team during the season and
said that the influence Of Coach Mac
MILAN and his quintet, and the adop
tion Of the Macmillan methods had
much to do with the success Of the
team
Principal Gale said that the boys
had not only shown superior athletic
prowess, but had also, throughout the
year, kept up their scholastic work,
all being good students and more
than meeting the state requirements.
He referred to the fact that four of
the boys who starred in the winning
University of Idaho team, were former
Moscow high school athletes, and
spoke of the loyalty on the part of
the high school graduates to the state
university.
Superintendent Soulen, in char
acteristic five-minute talk, said that
efficiency is not all scholastic, and
that there should be harmonious de-
velopment, both physical and mental
during the years in school. He said
that the Moscow high school students
are fortunate in being near the Uni
versity of Idaho, with it's excellent in
fluence He said that mercinary in
ducement would not keep the high
school graduates from enrolling in
their home university, to which they
owe allegiance, just as they do to
their high school.
Mayor H. Melgard was called upon
to express the community apprecia- 4
tion of the high school basketball
team, which had won laurels for it's
school,. and had carried the name of
Moscow throughout the state and even
beyond it's borders. He said:
=" Arriving in Spokane the other day
on my way home from the east l |
eagerly picked up copy Of the Spo
kane Chronicle and scanning it's coll
umns l came across a dispatch from
Chicago announcing that the Weston
high school basketball team, as cham <
pions of Idaho, would enter the bas
ketball tournament to be staged in
that city during the early part of
next month. This was very disap-
pointing news to me, and knowing the
spirited record made by our own high
school team earlier in the season it
was difficult for me to believe the
report. When I reached Moscow
soon discovered to my joy that the
alarm was false.
"The citizens of Moscow in gener-
al and the members Of the chamber
of commerce in particular take just
pride in the accomplishments of our
high school basketball team this year,
and the members of the organization
and those directly and intimately con-
nected with it are here today by in
vitation in order that we may have
an opportunity to pay them the hon.
age that is due them.
Friends and honored guests, in
The magnificent victory you have won
you have not only covered yourselves
with glory, but you have been instru-
mental in carrying the good name of
Moscow to every section of the state !
and for this we are truly and ever
astingly grateful. The superior skill
you have displayed in basketball is
not due to luck or accident, but is
5he result of right living, careful /,
loyal school spirit and an /.
determination to win, I.
which should augur well for your flu !,
.ure success in life, and we shall 9
watch your progress with interest, g
you to earn more honors :
10Th for yourselves and your COM :
nunity"
J. D. Davis led in three rousing
,heers for the basketball team and :
Coach Comrada =
n
Spokane Men Speak h
Dan G. Bachelor, special writer +
or the Spokesman-Review, who is Il
pending few days in Moscow was +,
allied upon and expressed apprecia-
Ion of the spirit shown by the cham
er Of commerce and said that the
pokesman-Review, with It's organfza-
Ion of more than one thousand men u
n Spokane, is eager to be of benefit u
0 Moscow and all other towns In it's g