Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-09-16
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.

ing lace was IN evidence yesterday,
but tho undoubtedly there were some
creeping like snails, unwillingly to
school," most of the children were
glad to return after the long vacation
days to school life with all its work and
fun.
Saturday morning at ten O'Clock a
general city teachers meeting was
held and up to that hour any number
of school ma'ams and masters might
be seen vending their ways in the
direction of the high school building
The Introduction of manual training
into the Lincoln building for the west
side boys of the fourth fifth, sixth, and
seventh grades is a move on which
Wausau is to be congratulated. The
practical benefits of manual training
have been too well proven to leave any
doubt concerning the ACCESSIBILITY of its
Introduction. 1t will undoubtedly
keep many boys in school who would
be taken from it if their parents did not
feel that their sons were learning prac-
teal carpentering and wood work.
The department will be under the sup
ervision of VIII r. johnson.
The eighth grade is larger than was
anticipated and it has been 'ound
necessary to engage another teacher
Miss Kate Williamson a graduate of
the Oshkosh Normal.
Miss Myrtle Lilly has resigned from
her position as kindergarten assistant
in order to attend the Menomnee kim
dergarten training school. Her place
viii be filled by Miss Ida Fuenfstueck,
of this city.
There are at present about $50 pupils
seated in the high school assembly
room, about two hundred belonging to
the high school proper.
The very large classes in the seventh
and eighth grades this year promise
well for the size of the high school-it
is exceedingly gratifying to note the in
creasing number of children who re-
main in the schools thro' the higher
grades. 1t shows that our citizens are
realizing more and more the value of
good education and the high standard
of the Wausau schools.
Supt. Mathie is receiving letters from
school men all over the state congratu-
lating him on his nomination for Super
intendant and promising him their
hearty support irrespective of party
The Ladies' Club of this city will make
a house to house canvass for the pur-
pose of giving all legally qualified
women the opportunity to be properly
registered, so that they may vote upon
school matters at the coming election
While the loss of Mr.. Mathie will GER
tainly be felt in the Wausau schools, if
elected State Superintendent his work
in that position-if it may be judged by
the high point to which he has brought
the schools of this city-will undoubt-
eddy be a great benefit to the state at
large.
One hundred dollars worth of excel
lent books have been added to the
high school library, most of them to be
used in the History reference work
among them are Won Holst's Constitu-
tional History of the United States, H.
Wilson's Rise and Fall of The Slave
Power in America, and an extra set of
Rhodes United States History, so well
to be remembered by the class of 1900.
One hundred and fifty dollars has
been appropriated for some much need
ed physics laboratory apparatus which
will be selected by Mr. Schulz, who has
charge Of that work this year.
The janitors of the high school are to
be congratulated on the excellent con-
dition of the building at the opening of
school. All the furniture and wood
work has been neatly vanished, desks
and chairs that were badly scratched
up look like new, and everything that
could be made to shine has been pol
ished up 50 carefulee" that the workers
certainly ought to attain in time to a
position as fine as that acquired by the
ruler of the Queens navee." The new
cork mattings in the halls and assem-
bly, room, and the rubber mating on
the stairs, are a great success. Before
their introduction the passing of classes
sounded like a. attack of calvary and
the footsteps Of a debated pupil were as
the approach Of thunder, however care
fully he tip-toed his uneasy way through
the halls
Yesterday afternoon the foot ball
players gathered on the campus and
tried their skill Eight of the old team
are cl hand this year and some of the
new material promises well. The team
viii not average more thaR $50 or l55
pounds, but a fast though light team is
expected to betbe result Of Mr.. Schule's
excellent training and knowledge Of
athletics. Mr.. Schule's work, both as
student and an athlete at the University
Of Wisconsin, Of which he Is a grad
uate, is too well known 10 need repeti-
ton here; aud We may rest assured that
both departments will be very efficient
il handled by him. The foot ball boys
are very enthusiastic and show a spirit
that augurs well for the success of the
team. The first game viii be played a
week from Saturday Alumni IS. II. s.
The first intention was to have a game
Sasnrdqy. but as Mr. Sehule considers
this too soon after the boys hare gone
into training the game Will not take