Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-01-15
CITY SCHOOL NEWS.
BASKET BALL.

III ldFOf OF our opponents. Inc nor
malites clearly had the advantage in
height and experience. During the
early part of the first half they ran up
pretty big score against us later, Wau
sau had almost succeeded in equaling
its opponents points. and the game had
grown exciting for both sides when
coup. of we'll and quickly made bas-
kets seemed to defnoralize Wausau, and
the rest of the game was rather one
sided. The Normal made more fouls
than the High School, but so far sur
passed our boys in other points that we
were badly beaten, though the High
School teams work was certainly good.
The officials were Referee, DR.. Wal
tiers; umpires, Prof. McCaskell and F.
c. Preston; time-keeper, f. Parker;
score-keeper, c.. Sampson A return
game will be played at Stevens Point
next Friday
The girls basket ball contest will
probably come off week from Friday.
The teams will be Senior, Sophomore,
Freshman, and one composed of Juniors
and members of the other classes. A
full Junior team could not be organ
lied. The game will proceed on the
same plan as last year: Seniors play
Sophomores; Juniors play Freshmen;
and winners contest for the champion
ship.
Aleague of Wausau basket ball teams,
now being organized, will consist of
the High School, Y. M. G. A., Business
| University, and other teams.
GRADES.
| AT the kindergarten teachers meet
ing last Wednesday, Myrtle Lilly and
Stella Gillian gave papers on 1.-THE
Morning Talk in the Kindergarten
Yesterday Mr. Lloyd addressed the
fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh grade
teachers on ''The Earth as Sphere"
| Among those who addressed the High
School recently are 6. D. Jones on law
as a profession, Dr. Rich on dentistry
as a profession, Mr.. Mathie on toler-
ance. Today Mr.. Wells spoke on teach
ing as a profession.
During the next two weeks the regu-
lar semester examinations will be given
in grades and High School This year
Mr.. Mathie will give uniform questions
based on sets sent in by the teachers, so
that all grades of the same rank will
have the same questions.
Among the teachers, the latest vic
tins of the mumps are Miss Hurley and
the Misses Coggeshal.
Mr. Mathie will accompany the bas-
ket ball team to Stevens Point next
Friday and visit the Normal School.
The date for sacred concert, to be
given by the High School chorus, has
been set for March Goth, at the close of
school before the Easter vacation.
Mr.. Mathie addressed the general
teachers meeting Friday on Glow to
get better sentiment and better
schools"
The average enrolment for the grades
for this year is 454.
Next Monday Miss Elizabeth Ryan
| will conduct model class in Spear
work before the Ladies .ub. Mrs j.
A. Jones will tell how the multiplied
ton table used to be taught, and Mr..
Mathie will explain the spiral method
of teaching arithmetic, as used in mod
| ern text books.
On Tuesday, February 10Th, Henry
I. Bailey, state supervisor of drawing
in Massachusetts, will be in Wausau
He is fascinating and popular speaker
and noted lecturer on art and educa-
tional subjects. He comes here under
the auspices of the Ladies' Club, and
the teachers to deliver two lectures
In the afternoon he will speak on some
subject in drawing. In the evening he
will give a lecture on 'The Whole Boy
in Whole School, An effort will be
made to have a talk on more beautiful
America by prominent citizens who are
interested in the progress of Wausau.
Mr. Bailey, while here, will investigate
the school system and our work.
1t is Mr. Mathie's plan to have, each
year, two or three lecturers of national
fame present topics that will help in
tie effort to build up the modern school
| system in Wausau. We have already
had Winship and Ferris this year. Mr..
Bailey's lectures will probably be given
in the High School assembly room, and
| should be attended by every citizen of
Wausau who is interested in the we'll
fare of the city, for without good schools
we cannot have good, public spirited
citizens and a live" town.
The High School graduating class for
1901 this morning elected for its vale
dictorian, Fred. Heinemann, and for
its salutatorian, Hermoine Silverthorn.
TRAINING SCHOOL.
Supt Lamont and Miss Bohrer visited
schools in the country on Friday
The large number of days absence is
great hinderance to the work of the
schools Parents in many cases are the
| blame for keeping their children at
home upon the slightest provocation,
often some trifiing piece of work which
could be done as well out of school
hours. Teachers are also to blame for
the backward condition of pupils. No
study of human nature is made; the
desk ruler and artificial good-morning
or surly reprimand are forever barriers
between teacher and pupils. Little
preparation is made for the coming
| days work, and the recitation becomes
dull dry question and answer lesson
from the book. which are poorerrations