Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-02-27

Essay, Washington, the General and States
man........ Emma Pardee
Address on ashington-........Prin. C. c. Parliu
Defamation. The Birthday of Washington
(Choates) George Sexmith
i Defamation, Dot Leedle Yacob Strauss.--...
Anton Er1ckson
Music. -............High School 0rchestrs
Debate :-Resolved, That the plan of pupil
| governments called ssthe school city, is not
advisable Affirmative, Libbie Roloff, Wanda
Hopp; Negative, Margaret Dunbar, Della
Thayer.
Defamation. The Christening. Roscoe Young
Defamation, The Arsenal ........... Willie Boles
Vocal Solo....... Fred. Kickbusch, Jr
Address on Lincoln....-.......Hon. L. Marchett
Taylor's Tribute to Lincoln. -supt. Karl Mathie
The debate was decided in favor OF
the negative.
Wausau people need not be told that
we thoroughly enjoyed Mr.. Kickbusch's
fine vocal solo and were overjoyed
when he reluctantly responded to an
encore.
| Mr.. Marchetti's speech on Lincoln
was very interesting. He traced, brief
ly, the growth of slavery and the aboli-
ton movement; showed how, when Sc
cession first came, the government did
not make move. Then, Abraham
Lincoln, who shortly before had been
unknown, took affairs into his hands.
All this time, the Confederates had
been preparing for war; the U. S.
army existed mostly on paper; some OF
its bravest generals were among the Sc
ceders. Lincoln had to smoothe over
the ruffled feeling of generals and
unite the country in one common effort
to save the Union. Lincoln helped out
Washington's work; without him, the
Union would have been disrupted and
the memory of Washington embittered.
1t was Lincoln's honest upright integ-
rity that made him able to accomplish
what he did.
The High School Orchestra is improv-
ing steadily in its work and we all en-
joyed the numbers given.
Mr. Parlin spoke on Washington. He
showed that it was Washington's char
acter that gave him his power. Caesar
commanded soldiers who were accus-
toned to war when they revolted, he
said "Fellow citizens, you are dis
charged, . and Immediately they begged
to be taken back into his service.
Washington's soldiers were men ac-
customed to peace, unwilling to go to
war if it could be avoided. Napoleon
commanded men accustomed for ages
to servile obedience; they knew moth
| ing else than to obey. On the other
hand, Washington had to deal with in
dependent men, accustomed to ruling
themselves. But, for Washington's
sake, the soldiers endured great hard
ships and worked on, knowing that
they would perhaps have no pay for
man in making the constitution; but
Washington presided at these meetings
and his influence helped Madison's
work. Hamilton Strengthened out the
finances of the country, but it was only
the peoples faith in Washington that
made them trust Hamilton. Then, he
showed the influence on the French
Revolution, and how almost every
throne in Europe is now limited by the
power of the people-a result that can
be traced back to the French Revolu-
ton, and from that to our own Reyolu-
ton, and Washington. All this goes to
prove that, though man may not per-
sonally accomplish great deeds, his
character may make these deeds pos
sible.
Mr. Mathie read poem written by a
great English caricaturist who had
often used his pen against Lincoln.
Twelve of the best girl basket ball
players in the High School have been
selected to play together. From them,
the first team will be chosen, to play
against outsiders. They are, Lfbbie
Roloff, Ella Norman, Helen Gebhart
Dorothy Heinemann, Clara Thomas
Margaret McCrossen, Gertrude Arm
strong, Leona Lampert. Hermoine Sill
verthorn, Ida Mueller, Jean Slaymaker
and Norma Craven.
Several basket ball games have beer
scheduled for the next three weeks
Y. M. G. A. VS.. H. S., Friday evening
March 8, and Saturday evening, March
10. Admission to these games will be
10 and 10 cents or double ticket for botf
games 10 and 25 cents. On the 9th
the boys will play at Stevens Point
On the same evening, the girls will &c
to Clintonville., March 16 the Clinton
vile girls will play a return game here
Mr.. Parlin has had in his possession
for several weeks an unclaimed pocket
book containing sixteen cents. He pro
poses, if the owner does not appear
soon, to turn it over to the Athletic As
sociation. The news ought to be brok
en- gently to the treasurer, else some
thing awful may happen at the sudder
influx of this fortune.
The reports of when the digh Schoo
Opening viii be held, seem as descrip
tive as the rumors. last fall about wheI
we would enter the building The lat
est is March 23
Two large framed views, one of The
Wausau Paper Mills CO., and the othel
} panoramic view of Rothchilds anC
Schofeld water power. on the Wiseon
sin river, were hung up in the Bellii
. Hotel rooms on Wednesday evening
by architect c. B. Pride, of Appleton
The panoramic view of the Wisconsin
river is from an assumed altitude 0