Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.

Miss Rankin, teacher of domestic
science, was absent from school the
latter part of last week on account of
illness.
Last Thursday Imogene H. Harger,
of Milwaukee Downer. and Marie Book.
of the Milwaukee normal, visit ed
school. Friday, Genevieve Bowel, of
Merrill, Bel Murray, '04, Amy Rosen-
berry, O3, and Geo. McNaughton, '05.
were visitors.
Miss lmogene Rosenberg, who is the
guest OF her cousins, Katherine and
Margaret Bissell, visited school yester-
day.
Profs. Munro and Elliot, of the Wis
consln university spent Thursday in
Wausau inspecting the school. They
were well pleased but offered many
valuable suggestions which if carried
out will improve the schools equip
ment. The former has charge of the
department of history in the university
and the latter the department of educa-
ton. They came here as substitutes
for the regular high school inspector
who could not see his way clear to come
here. They departed the same evening
for Amigo to inspect the school in that
city.
The school has received copies of the
Arbor day manuals issued by the state
superintendent OF public instruction.
The schedule for the declamatorv
contests has been arranged and runs as
follows:
Girls Local. at Wausau-April 20.
Girls League, at Wausau-April 81.
Boys District, at Merrill-May f.
Girls District, at Stevens Point-May
II.
The judges selected for the evening
of April goth are: S. b. Tobey, o. E.
Wells, M. b. Rosenberg, Rev Brig
ham, r. 2. Regner, and Mesdames P.
V.O. NanVechten and K. B. Johns.
Following these contests there will be
the State contest at Madison.
The following is the program for the
first named event
Music. ............ High School Orchestra
Madeline Brabau" ........... Elsie Dupre
''The Christmas Substitute" 49,. Edith weeks
Nv hen the Moon Rose ..............M May Roach
"Her First Appearance" ....... Helen Winton
"Star of the Eastern Night .. Quartette
Frank osen, Frank Okoneski, Ernest Higher,
Geo: Anderes. Encore, Abel Bugbee.
The Night Run Of the Overland" o.'OD
Iona Nickerson
Cherokee Roses -. Elizabeth Plantz
Music -......... High School Orchestra
At a class meeting last week the
Seniors chose the swastika pin for the
class pin. They also decided to get '0o
hats. President Edgar Wilson appoint
ed the committee on announcements,
which is composed of Frank S. Osen,
Elsie Dupre and Oscar Brumberg.
A week of general training has been
put in on the track, and practice for
the field events has begun. The track
men are working to get in condition.
A new planer has been ordered for
the manual training department, and
will be here and ready to set up in
short time. There is now band saw
and two lathes and a larger lathe is
wanted before next year. The boys
are now working hard to get their work
ready for the exhibit, which is always
held the last week of school. There
will be about two hundred pieces of
furniture in the exhibit this year
About eight prizes will be offered for
the best work.
During last week we were unusually
we'll treated in the way of speeches.
On Wednesday the Hon. Oliver M.
Stewart, the only prohibition member
of the Illinois legislature, spoke to US
on ''What is the right attitude for the
government to take toward saloons"
On Thursday Prof. Munro, the head of
the department of European history in
the university of Wisconsin, spoke
about the study of history Prof.
Elliot, of the department of education,
talked about what he considered
the most noteworthy thing in the world
today, which he proclaimed to be the
fact that in this part of the world there
are so many people going to school.
On Friday Rev. Mr.. Chalmers, of
Waukesha, gave the students a few
words of Inspiration and encourage
ment.