Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-03-12
CITY SCHOOL NEWS.

At the last meeting of the city council
it was decided to build the much needed
addition to the Lincoln school at cost
of $4,000
Miss Grace Corcoran a graduate Of
the elementary course at Stevens Point
Normal has been hired to teach the
fourth grade in the high school build
ing.
Miss Snodgrass is again in charge of
her old room in the Humboldt school,
When Mr.. Mathie was in Chicago
recently he visited number of scene
painters studios in search of an artist
for the assembly hall stage. He ex-
poets one up soon to look over the stage
and make plans for the scenery and
drop curtain.
Mr.. Cheever, president of the Wis
consin Teachers Association has asked
Mr.. Parlin to take charge of the High
School section at the next meeting of
the association.
| A number of the kindergarten teachz
ers are planning to attend the conven,
ton of kindergarteners in Chicago,
Easter week. Among them are Misses
Marie Johnson, Myrtle Wilson and
Emily Neubauer.
Mr.. Mathie visited the Oshkosh and
Milwaukee Normals recently looking
for teachers for next year.
At the general teachers meeting last
week Mr.. Wells spoke on his visit to
the Chicago Institute, teachers school
founded by Mrs. Emmons Blaine; and
Mr.. Mathie gave brief account of the
national superintendent meeting and
his visit to the Dewey school.
The U. S. History classes had exam
nations yesterday and will take up
new subjects. The class that studied
Slavery will begin on Taxation, and
the class finishing Coinage will take up
Westward Expansion. The high school
q. S. History work has been varied
from the usual text book work in a
manner that makes il of more value
and more interesting than a mere re-
view of the work already gone over in
the grades. Mr.. Parlin has prepared,
on each of the above mentioned sub
jects, sets of questions with page refer
ences to various authorities. The ques-
lions have been carefully worked out
and give the pupil clearer and more
comprehensive view of each of the sub
jects than he would gain from the discon-
nected accounts in one history. Then
reading the views of several authors
helps to broaden his ideas and give
every side of the question consideration,
as, for instance, on slavery, northern
and southern historians are read. The
influence of these various great move
ments upon the country and the people
are also more clearly comprehended in
this manner of study, which is certainly
a great improvement over the old
method. f
Miss Carpenter was unable to take
charge of her classes last Tuesday after
noon on account of illness.
The high school girls are planning a
game of basket ball for some date in
the near future.
Mr.. Preston was laid up with the
grippe last Wednesday.
The Steinway grand will be here in
time for the popular concert to be given
by the high school chorus in two weeks.
This will be an opportunity for the
people of Wausau who refuse to 90 to
concerts because they don't under
stand classical music and who say we
don't have enough popular music.
This will be a popular concert and
everyone who likes any kind of music
will have no excuse for staying at
home; if you aren't suited get your
money back-if you can.
In another column you may read the
announcement of the one night appear
ance of the great basket ball champions
next Friday evening
At the Lyceum meeting last Friday
an excellent program was rendered.
The debate was lively and most of the
numbers on the program, were we'll and
distinctly given. The members seem
to be waking up to the fact that they
must be understood if they would be
appreciated. The music of the great
high school wind instrument quartette
evoked repeated applause and laughter
from the audience. Fischer's struggles
with an instrument several sizes larger
than himself helped to liven up up the
''Stars and Stripes" in an astonishing
manner In their respective parts,
Beebe, Wilson and Schuetz also did
their part in driving loathed melancholy
to 'Stygian Cave Forlorn' in a most
1 effective manner.