Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-04-30
CITY SCHOOL NEWS.

The high school sprinkler was set go
ing Friday, and the grass is beginning
to get into good order.
A row of jack pines has been set out
along the entire north end of the school
grounds, and the dead trees have been
replaced with live ones.
| K. E. Powers delivered an entertain
| ing address to the high school pupils
last Tuesday on Indian Territory
Mr.. Mathie went to Appleton Friday
noon to secure teachers to fill vacan-
cies expected next year.
| If any of the Seniors have been seen
| putting their heads on the railroad
track, they were not, as might have been
supposed, attempting to get decapitated.
They were merely trying to ascertain
the rate at which sound travels along
the steel rails
All the city schools have now adopted
the high school custom of beginning at
$50 in the morning.
Owing to Mr.. Mathie's absence from
the city the reporter was unable to OBJ
tain any particular news about the
grades in general.
A very interesting meeting of the Lit
erary Society was held last Friday even
ing. All of the numbers were good,
| though few could not be we'll heard at
| the back of the room. AS all of the
political questions have been discussed,
the debaters, in search of an undebated
subject, found one, Resolved that the
Carnival of Nations, held in this city
April IL, did not pay" The decision
of the judges was in favor of the mega
| tive.
| After the program, the monthly cleo
| ton of officers was held. AS the next
meeting will probably be the last one of
! the year. A Junior was elected presi-
dent, according to the constitution.
One of the Seniors who holds the fair
! sex very dear" made a most eloquent
| speech in favor of electing girls, as the
boys have had the monopoly of the Off
ces. Then several others aired their
elOquence on the subject; one Senior
was so tender hearted toward the girls
| that he didn't want them to be elected
because of the trials attendant upon
office holders. In the end the follow
ing were elected by the society.
President-Jean Slaymaker.
1st Vice Pres.-Belle Mcdonald.
Secretary-Mary Harger.
The report of the nominating COM
mittee was accepted as follows:
I'd Vice Pres.-Chloe Tilden.
Marshal-Agnus Lamont.
Ushers-GeOrge SeXmith, Paul Zuel-
Ike, Ross Beebe, Walter Benson.
DOOrkeepers-Alfred Wilson and
Percy Werlich.
The girls who play base ball are
| growing enthusiastic The eighth
graders still hold the supremacy, but
| the Freshmen are hoping to be their
close rivals soon. Several changes
have been made in the freshman team,
| and they now have a stronger team
than before. Rosie Bury is captain.
The chief difficulty with many of the
girls appears to be lack of alertness
in playing; some of them seem to think
that base ball is a game of leisure. Mr..
Lloyd has charge of the teams and is
fast bringing them into good condition.
Next Friday evening the Training
School will combine with the high
school in Lyceum work.
TRAINING SCHOOL.
Correspondence from the training
school seems to have been inadvertant-
ly or inavoidably left out of late.
Work was resumed after the Easter
holidays with good attendance and
renewed zeal.
Several new students enrolled, viz:
Mr.. Ullman, of Fenwood; Miss Russ,
OF Texas; the Misses Phillips, of Eland,
and Miss Cilirene DamroW, of Schofield.
Miss Lena Heinrich has returned after
seven months teaching in district No.
3, town of Wausau.
Misses Grossman, Rein, Wendorf, of
SchOfeld, and Misses Ringle and Bres- |
Sett, of WauSau, members of last years |
graduating class, having completed a |
years teaching, are again with u.s. In |
StructlOn has new meaning after pro- |
tracted grapple with the problems of
the schOOlroOm.
SiXty-nine pupils have enrolled dur
ing the year FOrty-four are now in
attendance.
1t is the intention of the board to
have the school open next year in
August, to afford teachers greater
opportunity for review. If those whose
schools are now closed would enter the |
training School at once, attend the |
summer institute, and come back to the
school until their schools open in the
fall considerable progress in their
studies could be made.
Glasses in English literature, the con-
stitutions, arithmetic, geography and
reading have recently been organized.
Physical geography and the elements
of agriculture will be taken up, and a
class in elementary algebra will be
formed if sufficient number desire it.
Good progress in music and drawing
has been made during the year.
The Training School will unite with
the High School in the observance of
ArbOr Day next Friday evening.
There is n fair prospect that the