Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-08
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.


The Lincoln Debating club held a
business meeting last Thursday and
has disbanded until the opening of next
year. 1t was necessary to elect officers
who would return to school next year
and the following were elected:
Pres.-Harvey Scholfield.
Vice Pres.-Arthur Lamotte.
Sec-Clinton Bismarck.
Treas.-Lloyd Wells.
The club has met every Friday even
ing this semester and with the help of
Mr. Lewis and Mr. Scholes, the boys
have improved wonderfully in the art
debating and in parliamentary practice
The following boys will graduate this
year but will continue to be associate
members: Frank Osen, Orrie Peterson,
Oscar Brumberg, Edgar Wilson, Roy
johnson, Eddie johnson and Hugh
Durkee.
The members of the class of '06 are
hard at work on their orations and var
ious class parts and are striving to
make their commencement program
one of the best in the history of the
school. Four more weeks.
The arbutus is almost gone. The
penalty classes will again become
smaller.
Sol Heinemann was elected captain
of next years basket ball team.
The English ~ class had final in
Macbeth last Wednesday and will
spend the rest of the year reading
Sesame and Lilies by John Ruskir.
The invitations ana pr ograms for the
commencement exercises were selected
last week by committee of Frank S.
Osen, Elsie Dupre and Oscar Brum-
berg, and will be submitted to the
faculty committee for their approval as
soon as Supt. Tobey returns to the
city.
The game with Tomahawk between
the Wausau Juniors and Tomahawk
was called off, Tomahawk incurred
very large debt when they got Rhine
lander, so they could not stand another.
The Senior BIS decided to allow the
Junior AS to cooperate with them in
the prom The rules committee of the
board of education held meeting at
the high school Friday Committees
| from both the Senior BIS and Junior
AS were present and were given all
the privileges that the class of last year
had. They are quietly planning a
grand reception and are going to give
us some surprises.
The mayor and Mrs. Duncan, mem
bers of the city council, members of the
board of education, and the editors and
their wives of some of the city papers
were entertained at luncheon Friday
afternoon by the girls of the third
division of domestic science at the high
school. The members in charge were:
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Mamie Miller, Ellen johnson, Bessie
Campbell, Martha Fleming, Adelaide
Fluegel and Bertha Pearson. Lena
Kamrath presided at the serving table,
and Gertrude Corwith and Mamie
Miller were Mattresses This was the
| first luncheon of a series of five lunch
cons and suppers to be given. The
menu was as follows:
Crystalized strawberries
Cream of bean soup Finger croutons
Vealettes Brown gravey
| Mashed potatoes Peas in cases
Radishes olives Cucumber jelly
Waters SnowbaIls Chocolate Sauce
Coffee
7, Last Thursday afternoon Mrs. Davis,
of Appleton, addressed the students on
the building of character. Jacob Refs,
who wrote the well-known book, 1.-THE
Making of an American" was often
associated with Theodore Roosevelt,
and they were frequently mistaken for
each other, although Refs thought he
was the homeliest man in the city and
that Teddy was the handsomest. On
every New Years day dinner is given
to the newboys and bootblacks of New
York. On one of these occasions Refs
was visitor. When the boys sat down
at the table there was a whole minc0
pie in front of each boy, but after grace
many had mysteriously disappeared.
Suddenly one of the boys CHANGED to
see Refs, and called out, 81 know who
you are. You're Teddy Roosevelt" and
instantly every pie was on the table.
| Teddy had such a character, that they
could not steal in his presence. The
child is like tree-when stepped upon
| it grows morally out of shape. Some
of the things, that harm the characters
of boys and girls, are the poison in
strong drink and tobacco, and the i'm
pure literature, that is often seen be-
fore the eyes of little children. If we
wish to build good character, we
must understand the danger of these
things, and be vigilant, careful and
honest to the core of our very beings.
Once more w ausau has been success
full in the oratorical contest. At the
district contest held in Necedah last
Friday, Frank Okoneske won first place,
Muntz, of Grand Rapids got second and
Seims of Sparta took third. Frank
Okoneski will represent this district in
the state contest to be held in few
weeks. The program at the contest
was as follows:
Music. Orchestra
| l ne new SOuIn OIduu Ildplus
| The Black Horse and It's Rider. ......... Merrill
| Plea for Cuban Liberty ........... Grand Rapids
Daniel O'Connel. ........... Wausau
The Traitor. Observation-Disclosures Stevens Point
Vocal duet.
| Macbeth and llago. ....................N eeedah
| American Agitator. ....................Nec edah
Daniel 0'Connel ........... ............ Merrill
Plea for Cuban Liberty. sparta
The New Republic. $500. Stevens Point
The class meet for last Saturday was