Decorah public opinion., 1923-02-07
POSTVILLE GIRLS
COMING FRIDAY
Return Basket Ball Game viii be
Played Here on Feb. 9, With
Postville H. 5. Girls
At 400 p. vi.
HOME DECLAMATORY
CONTEST THURSDAY
Oelwein Won Debate Thursday on
the Hard Roads Proposition.
Local Team Put Up
Game Fight.

game. They defeated the local team
at Postville some few weeks ago
but the Decorah girls have shown
marked improvement since that time
and close battle is expected.
On Thursday evening of this week,
in the new high school auditorium,
will be held the final home de-
clamatory contest to decide who
shall represent the high school in
the county and subdistrict contest,
both of which occur next week. The
county contest will be held at Os-
sian on Wednesday, February Ia,
and subdistrict contest will be held
at Cresco on Friday, February 16.
The home contest promises to af-
ford excellent evenings entertain
ment. The selection to be given
are all interesting and are all well
prepared. Music by the girls Glee
Club will add TO the attractiveness
of the program. An admission fee
of 15c and 25c will be charged. Pro-
gram will begin at 1880 p. M. The
program follows:
Music ....-....,.-..-..--..G Girls Glee Club
Oratorical
The Plea for Cuba, John M. Thurston
John Jackson
Defeat and Trump ....-........-....-........-..
........-............F Frank w. Gunsaules
Orval Schmidt
Music .........-. Girls Glee Club
Dramatic
Slipry Elise Out .....-...-.-..... ....-.....~...
-.......-......Ruth Comfort Mitchell
Alice Carlson
Uncle Sam of Freedom Ridge.
.... Margaret Prescott Montague
Alvin Renaas
The Morals of Peter .....-.--.......-..--Anon
Lucille Rosenthal
The Twelve Young Gideons ~..--.--...-.
..............-..-....A. S. Turnbull
Marion Thompson
Music ....-..............-.. Girls Glee Club
Humorous
Marcia Mason's Luck Star -..--.-.-..
....-...............-..~. Bess Streeter Aldrich
Helen Adams
Jane ..-.........-.--Booth Harrington
Ruth Amundsen
Biff Perkins Toboggan Slide~~.Anon
Fremont Anderson
The Fall Of George Bassett..-,..-...,
..-.....................Booth Harrington
Lucille Baker
AT the Telephone ,.-.-......r.-....-...-....Anon
Helen Bauder
The Fall of George Bassett ~...-..~--,-
..........,.-....................Booth Harrington
Norburt Noeoker
Mother Gets Back on the job.
.............. Bess Streeter Aldrich
Stella Ruth
The Theatrical Sensation Of Spring
town ...-......-. Bess Streeter AldI1ch
Frances Williams
Music ....-.........-..~.Lucil Rosenthai
Oelwein received 2 of the judges
votes i'm the debate at the high school
last THURSDAY. The debate was
close. The local team had the
weaker side of the argument this
time-the affirmative OF the hard
roads proposition, but did well con-
sidering the difficulty of sustaining
the burden of proof on this ques-
ton at this time.
The Oelwein team made much of
the fact that the financial condition
of the state would not permit of
tax Of the size proposed and that
roads should be built as a matter OF
county option than action Of the
state as a whole. The weakest argu-
ment centered about a preference for
gravel roads as opposed to concrete.
A statewide rograun for grave'
roads would Sem to meet with the
same telling objections as in the
case of the concrete. If it is to be
a case of universal concrete or uni
versal gravel roads, it would seem
that the former must prevail.
The local team put up a game
fight and is entitled 10 much credit.