Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-04-25
District Champs
Are Honored By
Home Town Fans
Trophies Presented to the
Team Members at Party
Tuesday Evening.

The members of the Askov high
school basketball team which won
the championship of the 25th district
this year, were guests of honor at a
party sponsored by the community as
a whole under the direction of the
Askov Commercial club in the school
auditorium Tuesday evening.
The audience was seated at spe-
cially secured and arranged tables.
Svend Petersen acted as POSTMASTER
and after a welcoming speech an
nounced the various numbers on the
program. The Senior High Girls
seXtet sang two numbers and this
was followed by talk by Coach Will
liam Carlson of the Sandstone high
school. He gave an instructive &C
count of the various benefits to be
derived from sports and stated that a
schools activity in this line should
be planned so that all the pupils could
participate in physical education in
some form or another.
Supt. Hoiberg Speaks.
solo by Miss Dorothy Petersen, flute
selection by Miss Margaret Moriarity,
accompanied by Miss Emily Cole at
the piano, and talk by Superintend-
ent Otto G.. Hoiberg of the Askov
school. Mr.. Hoiberg spoke of the
work of Robert M. Hutchins, presi-
dent of the University of Chicago,
and his views concerning education
and athletics. Mr.. Hutchins believes
that the educational program and
course of study of a college should
be so arranged that the more able
students could be advanced more rap
idly and complete the courses sooner.
Both Coach Carlson and Superin-
tendent Hoiberg agreed that the ten
dency now is to place too much stress
on sports in order to turn out winning
combinations and whi4e fine basket
ball teams were good for a school
or town, physical education for the
balance of the student body should
not be neglected. An ideal combina-
ton would be if the two could go
hand in hand.
The Junior High Girls sextet then
gave number following which lunch
was served. Tribute was paid to the
cheer leaders, the Misses jeanette
Simonsen, Lucille Mortensen and
Dorothy Petersen; honorable men,
ton was made of the players who
did not get into action, but who have
been faithful in the workout per-
iods, namely Arliss Fogt, Eiler Fred
eriksen, Eldon Abrahamsen, Axel
Jensen, Robert Johnson, Harold Ras-
mussen, and last but not least, the
scorekeeper, Eugene Lewison.
Trophies Awarded.
The climax of the evening came
when the POSTMASTER presented each
player with an appropriate 8-inch
trophy. In the absence of Arden
Hyldahl his was accepted by his
mother, Mrs. Jens Hyldahl. The
other nine players were Marvin Jen-
sen, Roger Sorensen, Jens Lund,
Lyle Bestel, Carl Hansen, Harry Nor
Jensen, Carl Sandahl, Floyd Eccles
and Fred Degerstrom, captain. The
latter expressed appreciation on be-
half of himself and his teammates for
the party and the trophies A similar
trophy, more deliberately engraved,
was presented to Harold Jensen, coach
of the team, and he in turn responded
with a few remarks and extended
his sincere appreciation and thanks
for the gift and the fine program.
A round of congratulations and
viewing of the trophies concluded
pleasant evening.