Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-28
CITY SCHOOL NEWS.


give a reception in honor of the class of
1901 at the high school. Dainty re-
freshments will be served, an excellent
musical program rendered, while an
orchestra will be in attendance through
out the evening.
Mr. Parlin spent the latter part of
last week in attendance at a meeting of
the State Board of Control of high
school athletics, completing arrange
ments for the Madison meet.
Examinations are on and teachers
and pupils will be kept extra busy in
that line for the next week.
Miss Dickey was on the sick list yes
terday.
Will johnson returned yesterday
from Milwaukee, where he has been
visiting schools.
The scenery and curtain for the
assembly room stage arrived last week
and were put into position Saturday.
1t is a good piece of work and adds
much to the appearance of the stage.
In the ball game played by the four
girls teams last Friday evening the
eighth graders gained the champion
ship, though they had a close rub for
victory in the first game. The score
between the eighth grade and fresh
men stood to at the end of three in
nings, so fourth was played, in which
the graders managed to make one
score. Next the sophomores and the
normal school girls tried their skill, the
latter winning by score of to 10. A
consolation game played by the losers
resulted in a score of to in favor of
the freshies. The last game of the
evening, by the winning teams of the
first two contests ended 4 to II, for the
graders. Had the normalites had
little more practice they would have
given the eighth graders bigger scare
than they did. What the audience
lacked in numbers was compensated by
lustiness of voice and enthusiasm.
Preston was scorer, while Schultz and
Lloyd had charge of balls, bases and
strikes.
There is not space this week to give
a detailed account of the field meet of
Friday, June 18th, by 9Th, 9th, 18th, 8th
and 9th grades. During the last week
of school the high school track team
will be ready to lend assistance to any
of the youngsters who desire it and a
lively meet is expected. Particulars
next week.
Friday morning the high school track
team leaves for Madison to compe.e
with thirty-seven other Wisconsin high
schools for the cham pionship of the
state and the gold trophy cup. Last
year our boys took fourth place-much
to everyone's surprise. They hope to
do as we'll this year and if they do
Wausau should consider that she has
done excellently. The three schools
that will probably have the first three
places are East and West Milwaukee
and Madison. Our chances against
these three schools can be seen from
the fact that the Madison boys sleep at
home comfortably the night before,
and are cheered on by a thousan or
more rooters; the Milwaukee boys take
an easy journey to Madison Saturday
morning in special train of parlOr cars
with couple of hundred rooters. On
the other hand the Wausau boys must
travel two hundred miles the day be-
fore, get bad nights sleep in an over
crowded hotel and have hardly rooter
in all the crowd. And yet we hope to
win over GAINESVILLE, Lacrosse and
other large schools that have q much
shorter distance to travel Many Wau-
sau people have got an idea that the
boys ought to win first place. When
the great disadvantage they are under
is seen and we consider that Mllwau-
kee aud Madison schools have about
600 pupils to choose their athletes from,
we ought to be proud if we can win
over everything IN our own class and
take fourth place. This will be doing a
great DEAL since our most dangerous