Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-01-12


begin work as soon as their textbooks
arrive
Nh. Iloke read us an interesting
article from the 'Philistine" Monday
morning
The popular amusement this week Is
telling your friends what Santa Claus
brought you.
The bookkeeping class are very busy
l'al<ing out trial balances. inventories
and balance sheets
School opened Monday after two
weeks vacation; all seem glad to get
| back to their work.
Teacher in physiology-"What is
cataract of the eye?" Bright pupil
"A small waterfall, sir
A pretty new green couch is one Of
the things that Santa Clans left behind
him in the kindergarten room.
Some of the high school boys seem to
be growing childish again; they are
snow-bolhng with the little fellows.
Miss Bowen was not able to be in
school Monday; but the other teachers
managed to hear most of her classes
recite
The appearance of n new pink gera-
MUM in the assembly room makes our
hearts rejoice; it is the gift of Miss
Agnes Paul
Wednesday morning we again had
the choice of-trilling and warbling,
or joining the ranks of those who
march into No 3.
The new rhetorical lists have not
yet been posted Who will have the
honor of appearing on the first pro
gramme of 1901?
The bookkeeping class are expecting
to recite three times a week this term;
the work to be accomplished exceeds
the time allotted to it,
Mr.. Walter Smith now brings his
violin to school and helps us during
the morning exercises; we viii soon
have qnite an orchestra.
One Of the freshman boys brought a
couple Of mice to school Tuesday; they
were pet white ones, and were very In
teresting little specimens.
Have you any work to make up? If
SO, you had better join the ranks of
those who are staying after school
nights to recite to their teachers.
What is the matter with the class of
1902 1t has usually been the custom
for the juniors TO give the seniors "A
sleighing party when the first snow
came.
Our "half holiday" which was due
Friday, the l1th, has been postponed
for one week We shall have some
thing to look forward to all Of the
next week
DO you know of any good reading
recitation, or defamation DO bring
il in, if you do, and thus save those
poor contestants little trouble: they
are ransacking all the Libraries in the
city.
/ LOST-Thursday afternoon some
whore between the postotfice and the
! school building juniorPirl's balance
or center of gravity Any one finding
the same viii please leave it with the
class president.
The spelling class has been renewed,
but the numbers have greatly dimin-
ishcd since last term, We hope this
old-fashioned pastimc will soon be a
relic Of the past; we all ought TO take
part in the chorus singing anyway.
A meeting of those who are to take
part in the decIamatory contest was
called Tuesday afternoon. and several
matters pertaining to the contest were
discussed; the date that the seniors
have fixed upon is Friday evening,
/ March sth.
Tuesday afternoon a number Of our
best debaters met in Recitation Room,
I No. .. and with the help Of Mr. Hoke
organized debating team. They in
tend to start ont now, aud out talk all
the other high schools in the county.
Go ON, boys; and we girls viii go
along and cheer
Did you hear that music after school