Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1928-12-13
NORMAL NOTES

Dr. B. B. Dougherty is on a trip
to the eastern part CT the state.
Among other points he will visit
Roanoke Island and he will doubt
less have some Interesting things to
relate on his return, as usual.
In the intcr-class contest at the
Normal between the freshmen and
sophomore classes in three games,
the sophCmores won out ard a ban
ner was presented to them Saturday
at chapel exercises by Miss Camper,
the coach.
The first intercollegiate basket
ball game oi the season was played
in the gymnasium here Saturday
night between the young ladies' team
Of the Normal and the team from
Mountain Park Junior College. The
visitors played good clean game,
showing efficiency and good train
ing but were unablc to cope with the
Normal girls, who won The game by
the score Of IS to IL Following
The game the visitors were enter
tained in the assembly hall at Lovill
Home by the local 1cam.
The basketball schedule for the
Normal Jouhg ladies' team this sea-
5 aa follows:
Feb. 9-Mitcholl College, there.
Jan. 19-Mitchell College, here
Feb. 11-CulloWhee Normal, there
Feb 28-Cu!lowhac Normal, here.
Jan. 26-East Tenn. I. c., there.
Feb. 16-E&st Tenn. T. C. here.
March 2-Wingate College, here.
Feb. 23-Lenoir-Rhyne, there,
(pending.)
March 9-Lenoir-Rhyne, here.
The young rcn have not yet COM
plcted their schedule.
The Normal is planning to close
for the holidays on December 21 at
noon. The old students are expect
I'd to be back for work on January 2,
and the mid-term examinations will
be given en- the 4th and 5th Of Jan
uary. New registrations for the
spring term viii be on January 8,
and quite . number have applied for
entrance at that time.
Dr., B, B. DoGgherty attended a
Countrywide meeting of teachers of
Yancey county recently and deliver
ed an address to the body. Yancey
has been well represented at the
Normal fer a number of years.
Dr.. James E. Hillman, director of
certification, Raleigh, spent a part
OF Thursday and all of Friday at the
Normal, during which time he visited
and observed in various places at
the Normal and some at the Demon
stration school. He made a talk to
the students at the chapel period
Friday.
A banquet was given in the do
mestic science department at the
Normal Thursday night in honor of
the young mems football team, at
which several guests were present,
including DR.. B. B. Dougherty, DR..
James f. Hillman, Mrs. D. D. Dough-
erty, Mr. Rupert Gillett, Mrs. Van G.
Hinson, Mr.. and Mrs Coffey, Miss
Camper, basketball coach, Prof.
Downum and others. After speeches
followed by most sumptuous din
ner, by Dr.. Dougherty, DR.. Hillman,
Mr.. Wilson, the POSTMASTER, Mr..
Gillett and others, the following
young men were given letters as re-
wards for special distinction in foot
ball during the season: Capt. Frank
Hallman, Clyde Canipe, Frank Phil
lips, C. Hoyle, Claude Grouse,
Conrad Hinson, Kermit Hinson,
Bascom Perkins, Connie Morefield,
James Fortner, Oswald Hooper, w.
J. Fulkerson, Jay Hartley, Bob Will
liams, Oscar Barker, Harry Hally-
burton, John Gaines, Everett Reece
and j. B. Love, manager of the
team. 1t was pointed out that the
boys had performed we'll during the
first season of football at the col
lege, winning nearly half the games
played and scoring nearly as many
points as their opponents, which is
considered an unusual record for a
first year team.