The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-05-06
Preus Academy.

/ Nell SmlCQDaCk VISILGO over SuOGdy
at his home near Deer1eld.
Miss Martha Notseter resumed hel
studies at the academy last Tuesday.
Mr. Jermund Scolen of Mcfarland has
given to the academy 500. Mango tax.
Clarence Hearley and Mourice Ed
wards rode to Stoughton Sunday on bi-
cycles.
Profs Teisberg and Engeseth attended
church at Edgerton last Sunday morn.
ing and evening.
Misses Bessie Dickerson, Hazel Kusch
and Della Hebel called at the academy
Wednesday evening.
Miss Nellie Churchill went to White
water last Friday to spend Sunday with
her folks near that city.
The pupils of the music department
are planning on giving piano recital
about the third week in May.
Messrs Abel Naset and Edwin Mars
den, former students of the academy,
called here Friday afternoon.
We enjoyed half holiday last Thurs
day afternoon in order to get ready for
the entertainment that evening.
The English history class have fin
ished that study. The final examina-
tons will be held next Monday. ~.
Miss May johnson entertained few
friends Wednesday evening to supper in
honor of her friend, Miss Olson.
Miss Inger Jordahlen attended the
wedding of Miss Clara Moe and Mr.
Freddie Quale, held at Stoughton last
Wednesday.
Much time is spent in playing at
tennis these nice afternoons. Those
students not much interested in base
ball find great enjoyment in playing
tennis.
Miss Beatrice Olson of Chicago, who
has been visiting with Miss May John
son the past week, returned to her home
Sunday afternoon.
Prof Ristad and wife, May Johnson,
Beatrice Olson and Katharine Hustvedt
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs 0 G
Hanson at Edgerton.
The base ball game last Wednesday
afternoon between the Edgerton High
School and Academy teams was another
victory for the Albion team. Score, 5 to
q. The game held here Friday between
the Cambridge City and Academy teams
resulted in a score of to 10 in favor of
Cambridge. A return game will be held
at Cambridge next Saturday. The cal
bion Has Reens" will cross bats with the
Academy first team Wednesday after
noon of this week.
The following composition was written
by member of the rhetoric class Fri
day morning after the entertainment:
AN ENTERTAINMENT.
Last night the students of Preus
Academy, dressed up in their very best,
marched in a body to Chapel hall, where
the boys were to give varied entertain
ment for the benefit of the Athletic asso-
citation. AS we were the first arrivals,
we had the pleasure of watching the
tardy corners. which, for several reasons,
was quite an entertainment in itself
The solitary usher, the pitcher of our
base ball nine, otherwise known as
Mike" made himself agreeable and use
full too, hustling around hunting for a
broom borrowed weeks ago from the
Waubesa club. But as the more staid
members began to arrive, the young
folks managed to quiet down and
patiently await developments. By and
by these came, in the form Of a good
prof" to whom the audience is ever
grateful for preparing such program.
He was followed by the Glee Club sing
ing IF" Harry Harry's imitation of a
cat was enough to set several girls IN the
front row giggling. The colored gentle
men were very gorgeous in white trous-
ers, scarlet neckties and yellow chrysan-
themums nodding below shining black
faces. The gentleman at the right
locked very distinguished in the black
suit and im pressive eyeglass. The cur
tain fell and rose again on courtroom
in which the aforementioned honorable
Mike" was the Chief justice. The case
was very interesting one, the lawyers
became rather excited once or twice and
both jury and Witnesses sorely tried the
gravity of the venerable Judge. The
witnesses were strangers to US, evidently
from some back woods country in north
ern Wisconsin. A violin solo following
so pleased the listeners that they de-
manded and received an enchore. Then
wicked looking darby who had been
making goo-goo eyes at US all evening,
rose and played a duet with a pretty
young lady-then came the Ministries.
The dialect, especially of the stump
speaker, was inimitable, and together
with the middle man, our colored friends
kept us laughing most. of the evening.
The fire of retorts was broken by two
solos, one by darby which was realistic
enough to make US tremble in our boots,
and one by the middle man." Mr.. Cleve-
land. The looks, gestures and dialects
of the Ministries were we'll carried out,
but few of the jokes might bear a little
criticism. However, the audience SEEM
ed to take kindly to it all, and the Mas
todon Minstrels certainly were success.
A new feature, shadow pictures. followed
an artistic piano solo. The ostrich ap-
petite of the giant created serious appre-
hension IN the minds of some, while the
tragic end of the ghost and miser made
US gasp. The program closed with a
song by the Glee Club. One could only
wish they had sung more. The proceeds
of this entertainment were about twenty
, dollars,
Indian Ford.