Laurel outlook., 1950-08-30

n going swimming in the colleg
pool.
meals were scheduled at 7:3l
1900 and $3.50. At the assembl
that night we were assigned t
seats in the auditorium and intro
: duced to the councillors. Bob Greg,
t of Dillon was the head, a~ssiste
S by John Hoffman and Jim Taylor
= A musical program by Ralph Nc
Fadden, head of the music group
followed. Taps was set at 1880
e "Reveille came at 700 with fla,
raising ceremony at 1925. The gen
eral program was that of having
assemblies and meetings of vari
: Gus groups before lunch. Their
came more assemblies, after
which followed the recreationa
program from 3 to 5 o'clock. After
dinner there were special meet.
ings and mor assemblies, usually
consisting of speeches by well
known men. An hour later lights
had to be turned off. This pattern
was used every one of the 10 days
with some minor changes.
when we registered we were
put in one of four towns; namely,
Alder, Bannack, Granite and Last
Chance. These four cities were
divided into two imaginary coun-
ties, Lewis and Clark. Everybody
belonged to one of two political
parties, Pioneer and Frontier.
Monday at 900 nominations
we're held for city elections, the
election was at 1890. The same
day, nominations were recognized
for county offices. On Tuesday at
900 a. M, county elections were
held with election returns being
posted in the afternoon.
"All these elections were held
in the library, with exactly the
same set up as real voting pre-
cincts. Every other night party
meetings were held for the pur-
pose of drawing up a platform and
selecting candidates for state of
fees.
"The state general election was
at 900 a. m. Friday with Don
Hanley of Butte running against
Dale Jorgenson, their parties were
Pioneer and Frontier, respectively.
Hanley beat his opponent by three
votes, 166 to 1913.
Every one without a state of
flee was a member of the senate
or house of representatives.
an the sports department, there
were several activities to partici-
pate in. We had our choice of ten
MS, basketball, football, volleyball
Or softball. Three hundred and
boys took part in these
Championship ribbons were
given out to the winners. Coun-
for this recreational pro-
gram were Bill Straugh, Ed Mat
tx, Jack Malta, Dwight Billedeaux, .
John Osborne, Dale Tort, Blair \
4urd and Dale Tesh. !
Films were frequently shown (
n the auditorium, usually about
egislation, wal and sports. Here
S a list of the special assemblies
md famous personages present.
Monday, a talk by George Selke, J
h~ancellor of the University of
Iontana. Tuesday, "Bar Nothing" )
musical review. Wednesday, DR.. I
r. Renne, president of Montana J
tate College, spoke. Thursday,
iov. Bonner and Attorney Gen J
Olson spoke. Friday, Chief s
Justice Hugh Adair spoke and I
|. S. U. presented a musical pro- s
ram. Saturday, Lieutenant Gov Z
rnor Paul Cannon and house mi s
GRITTY leader, Henry Lobe spoke. I
I'D Blanchert, secretary to the 5
.overnOr, presented Boys Nation (
representatives.. Monday, Vic Over 5
Ssh and Pinky Bernard of the (
merican Legion and Ed Gibbons, :
os Angeles editor, were speakers. =
lesday there was presentation of i
plomas. z
by far the most interesting lee N
re given the entire 10 days was
at of Ed Gibbons, speaking on p
,mmunists. If every freedom n
wing citizen took his speech to
art, there wouldn't be any fear y
communism in this country. 4
There were three special groups
Boys State that taught us a
!. The law school, under w. G.. Il
bert, Jr., showed US how the
Institution functions. The press
TOOL, supervised by Duane Bowl q
published the daily Boys State n
music group under Mr.. Nc
dden whipped up a very good 2
nd in only a few days. n
Lee Spuler of Sheridan was N
ntana's representative to Boys y
ton in Washington, d. c. u
Guy Boyles of Glasgow, last
IRIS Boys State governor, gave Y
ak on Importance of Govern r
Mt In Everyday Life I,
Sunday, all the citizens took a
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