Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-02-13
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.


By last Friday we had sufficiently re-
covered from semester examinations
to take interest in Lyceum work again.
The speaking was good and debate
lively.
Essay-PocaA ontas.. Lydia Bopf
Essay-The Gwendoline Bugbee
Deelamation--Ma Anthony's Oration.- .:......
-. Vande Verde
Debate-ResolveG, that the city of Wausau
should furnish the schools with free text
books.
Affirmative-Fred Brummond, Ida Mueller.
Negative-Clara Thomas, John Ringle.
Decided for Negative.
Defamation Richard Ehrke
Declamation-"Betsya and are Out ...........-...
......... ...........-Mabel Whalley
Declamaton-ABetsyD Destroys the Paper-......
..........Leona Lampert
Critic MIR. Parlin
Through mistake the reporter
omitted in the list of officers the name
of Stanley Latshaw as one of the ushers
and Herman Becker as marshal The
secretary chosen last week, not being
qualified to hold Office, Martha Rhodes
was elected IN her place.
Examinations to remove conditions
were given on Saturday morning.
The Art and Literature department
of the Ladies' Literary Society present
ed two fine pictures to the High School,
"Oliver Wendell Holmes" and "The
Returning Soldier"
Mr.. Long, formerly superintendent
of schools at Chippewa Falls, gave us
an interesting talk last Tuesday. Ee
kept us laughing from start to finish,
and then when we were all good ma
tured enough to stand it, said he
thought it was pretty good plan to
study hard in school.
On the same day, Mr.. Mathie read
some versions of Mother Gooses Jack
and Jill, written in imitation of several
great poets, and we guessed who they
were-among them were: Poe, Long
fellow, Tennyson, Milton and Shakes
peare.
At noon, the other day, a number of
those blue cards advertising union
meeting at the Opera House were in
circulation. just after school called,
one OF the boys, wholly unconscious of
what we were laughing at, strolled
down to reference table with a card
adjoining his back. In spite of the fact
that las one of the girls said) he had a
union meeting on his back, he seemed
to bear up bravely under the burden
On Thursday, q. d. Jones, president
of the school board, told US something
about surveying, and explained the sys-
tenn of land surveys, so that we now
know what all that gibberish about
"the WI of sw4 of ne4 of section" etc.,
means.
The Lyceum music committee has
had so much difficulty of late in pro-
curing music for the meetings that they
threaten to learn to play some instru-
ment, and then appoint each other for
alternate evenings as the easiest way
out of the dilemma Musical scholars
must hereafter acquiesce cheerfully
when asked to play, even offer their
services-anything rather than have
such calamity befall us.
The second year German students are
reading Schiller's Wilhelm Tell.
The Literature class, studying Para
disc Lost, was asked to write descrip-
ton of hell according to the poem.
Imagine the surprise to the class when,
after telling about the place, one of the
boys ended his essay thus Hell is as
Milton describes it, a terrible dungeon
where all of the fallen angels are con-
tinually having hot time"
The High School girls will appear
before the public for the first time next
Friday in basket ball First, Seniors
and Juniors will contest, then Sopho-
mores and Freshmen last, the winners
of the other games will try to see which
is the better. Everybody ought to turn
out and see what the girls can do at the
game.