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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1925
Page
3
The March 20 triangular debate among Marshall, Robinson, and Casey ended with unanimous affirmatives across the three-school event. Marshall and Robinson suffered losses to Casey in alternating rounds, while the Marshall affirmative triumphed in the evening judges’ panel.
Freshmen rule the Emerald Isle themed hallways as campus celebrates St. Patrick with green attire and festive costumes. Contingents including Pats and Mikes parade through corridors while many girls imitate Irish maids in green outfits.
Marshall debates triumph as the team led by coach A M Harvey wins five of six decisions in the annual triangular with Paris. The Sterling silver cup bears the date and team engraving and will be awarded to the winning side. future cups may move to a new host after the Paris meet.
A garbled text references definitions in a forest theme and a humorous exchange about New Year resolutions. It mentions terms like covered with trees and a perpendicular river and includes characters such as Johnny and Grandmother Johnny, with unclear dialogue and mispunctuated phrases.
The Dramatic Club met in the high school building on Tuesday night March 24. Members selected one original name from many submitted for a committee to choose the final idea. After business, the club performed Mrs Oakley’s Telephone a two act comedy with Dorothy Dean as the bride and others including Bessie Wright Ruth Greene and Ruby Hurst in supporting roles.
The John Scholfield Debating Club of Marshall Township High School in Marshall Illinois published a brief issue of The T H S News containing student communications and local school notes dated in Marshall Illinois.
The staff roster includes Eleanor Snavely editor in chief Georgia Thomas managing editor Mary Stephenson associate editor Doris Wallis sport editor Roy Baird Augusta O Neal exchange editor Mary Casteel local items editor Mildred Spotts column editor Booth Poorman alumni editor Louise Arford department editor Irene Carpenter and Ruth Greene circulation manager with Roy Baird as business editor for 1925 26 items.
The platform outlines goals for higher scholarship, athletic Zoom, and an honor system. It calls for better extracurricular activities and a courteous student body to shape campus life.
A Robinson High School benefit at Rotary High School raised 140 dollars. Robinson agriculture classes attended a Hutsonville farm machinery demo by Mc Nutt Musgrave. The Dramatic Club bought Shakespeare records and staged parts of one act plays. Alumni and students listed include Lester Henderich Eugene Smith Glenn Wright Goldie Kannamacher Dorothy Miller and others with moves, visits and job placements in Terre Haute Indianapolis and Dresser Indiana. Slogan for the sewing class is As ye sew so shall ye rip.
The piece laments spring fever as warmer weather nears, pulling students from study to outdoor joys. It cautions against overindulgence in leisure, urging restraint to finish the school year strong before summer and freedom arrive.
In a Monday afternoon contest March 16 the Juniors beat the Freshmen 27 to 15. Geisert and Stewart led the Juniors while Buckner starred for the Freshmen as the teams traded major leads and the freshmen narrowed the gap to five points in the second half.
The Marshall and Martinsville debate teams held a no decision scrimmage on March 24. The Marshall negative team of Leon Davidson Louise Arford and William Rector debated Martinsville’s affirmative squad at home after a postponement due to an auto accident injuring two Marshall debaters.
The association proposes three projects for 1925: an amendment to the state constitution for equitable taxation. a gasoline tax to fund state aid roads. and continued efforts to eradicate Bovine tuberculosis. J Q Snedeker, Clark County Farm Bureau president, will attend a Springfield meeting to discuss the program.
A string of social mentions records weekend and midweek activities. Names include Ruth Carpenter, Dave Forsythe, Jayne Figg, Harry Drake, Genevieve Myles, Elizabeth Cunningham, Katharine Cunningham, and others attending dinners, visits, and weddings in Terre Haute, Paris, Indianapolis, Annapolis, Auburn, Martinsville, and nearby areas.
W. W. Merritt Clark County Farm Adviser urges a planned soil improvement program for all farms. Key steps include a good cropping system with legumes, saving manure and residues, growing green manures when needed, liming acidic soils, and using fertilizers with correct analysis to sustain fertility. The Farm Bureau can offer guidance.
A senior class review reflects on four years since Freshmen days at M. T. H. S. News outlines party memories, achievements, and school improvements. It notes friendships tested by misfortunes and injuries, and recalls five classmates lost, stressing high school is serious. not a joke.
Limestone firms will continue a ten cent per ton discount for Clark County Farm Bureau members who order Umastone through the Farm Bureau certificate plan. The certificate proves membership and accompanies orders to limestone companies.
A reflective aphorism warns that a man’s social position traps his ability to save. It suggests that a person’s character or fate is shaped by ancestral and societal constraints, not by current earnings. The piece notes that failing progeny can be expected from troubled lineage.
The basketball lettermen unanimously elected Jot Malloy as captain for the 1925 26 season during a Wednesday morning assembly. Coach Brown conducted ballots in Room 10 and the vote showed all players supported Jot except himself. Malloy is expected to lead Marshall to a successful season.
The Latin Club at the high school held its March 25 meeting to initiate freshmen and discuss Roman customs. Talks covered The Roman Character, The Position of Roman Women, The Roman Town, The Roman Family, Children and Education, and The Roman Daily Life.
Coach Brown presented letters to the basketball squad during the morning Assembly period on Wednesday March 25. The lettermen include Captain Ray Kannamacher Captain elect Tot Malloy Herman Getsert Rey Baird Chuck Reglin Brooks Harrison Bud Poorman Harry Sockler George Taubeneck Sairevo and Pete Booth. The team wore regular black uniforms with white felt backgrounds and red letters.
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