Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-03-13
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.

new constitution, recently drawn up Dy
committee Then the president
Walter Flieth, was elected and de
livered fine inaugural address. The
vote on the constitution stood, aye, 105
no, 8; not voting, %. The vote was
taken in the morning in order to give
the whole society an opportunity to
vote. A great deal of trouble has been
taken to draw up document that will
cover our needs and continue to do so
The constitution will be printed and a
copy given to each member of the
literary society.
Last week we had three basket ball
games. The boys played at Stevens
Point on Friday. That they have inn
proved greatly in their work was shown
by the fact that tn spite of being in un-
familiar territory, they suffered much
less humiliating defeat than when they
played here. The score was II to Is.
The girls went to Clintonville on the
same day, and were defeated also,
though they hope to retrieve their glory
under less embarrassing circumstances.
A well waxed floor, poor bounding
boards and a few other unfavorable
circumstances contributed to their de-
feat The score was 8 to II. They re-
port a fine time in spite of their failure
to win, and can not say too much of
the hQspitable treatment they received.
On Saturday we went to the High
School gym. feeling that having been
beaten twice we would be again, par
ticularly as our boys appeared rather
sleepy after their night at Stevens Point
The game had not praceeded very far
when the electric light suddenly took a
vacation. During the rather lengthy
time required to repair the light, the
boys kept up their spirits by giving
their numerous yeIls Then the game
proceeded. The first half stood 4 to
in our favor; the second half 8 to s, still
in our favor, in spite of the fact that
our center, Brummond, got hurt and
had TO leave, his substitute being con-
siderably shorter than the. Y. M. c. A.
center
Next Friday evening the girls will
again encounter the Clintonville team
and see what they can do. As expenses
will be heavy everyone ought to at
tend and help us out. The teams are
quite evenly matched in height, and it
promises to be close, exciting game.
Mr.. Mathie visited Oshkosh and Chi
cago recently. While he was in Chicago
the people complained about the ter
rible blizzard and severe cold, so the
Wausau people took particular pains to
go without their overcoats and express
great regret at not having brought
along lighter clothing. He said the
horses seemed to get along all right but
the automobiles had hard time OF it.
Mr.. Mathie visited two schools in the
slums. AS there were no play grounds
at all, the rooms were supplied with
punching bags, climbing poles, and
various other contrivances. Particular
attention was paid to expression in
singing Up to the fifth grade the
Speer method is used. The children
are very quick, dividing mentally, num-
bers in the thousands by such a num-
ber as 7S; they will add long column
of numbers of two digits as fast as the
teacher can put them on the board.
Spelling is not taught at all in the first
four grades, yet the pupils spell correct
ly, learning by what is called ''visuali-
zation:'' A word is written on the
board, erased, and they are asked to
reproduce it, thus learning to observe
quickly and remember, not the appear
ance of the word as separate letters, but
as whole.
Incident to the new baths in connec-
ton with the gym, Mr.. Smith gave us
a talk on the proper use of baths and
foods last week