Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-07
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.

The district oratorical contest which
was held in the high school assembly
hall Friday evening, was won by John
Stuhlfauth, Wausau's representative.
There we're about five hundred people
present at the contest and the interest
was intense. Although the speakers
were unknown to most of the people
present they were treated alike with
equal respect.
Principal Parlin presided at the meet
ing. In opening, requested that the
audience refrain from all applause, in
relation to the orations, until the con-
test was over, so that each orator could
have an equal chance. He also re-
quested that all remarks relative to the
orators should be withheld, lest they
be overheard by the judges who were
scattered throughout the hail. The
program then followed
Music. High School Orchestra
Eulogy on Henry w. Grady ....................
.....,.Spencer Woodwork, Black River Falls
John Quincy Adams and the Right of Petition,
................. benjamin Sias, Sparta
The Race Problem. -. Earl HILL Grand Rapids
Music .........,...............G Girls Glee Club
Plea for Cuba
The German Monarch Leo Sanford Neeedah
Music High school Orchestra
John stuhifauth, wausau
TouSant L0nYeTIuTe ,,nuno,omnn,o
.......... h. b. Woodwork, Stevens Point
Solo Miss Bertha Jaeschke
Announcement of judges was as fol-
lows. They ranked the winners of the
hrst three places as follows:
Judges, Stuhlfauth. Sias. Woodwork
H Mefqs'r ! !
Marsh, 3 l 2
= 8
The percentage accorded the winners
was:
Judges, Stunlfauth. Sias. Woodwork
earns, 100 93 80
Marsh, 80 50 "a
Hence the winners of the first three
places are, first, John Stuhlfauth, of
Wausau, second, Benz Sias of Sparta,
aud third Spencer Woodwork of Black
River Falls. The judges were Prin.
Z. o. Marsh, of Amigo, Supt. M. n.
Mciyers, of Oshkosh, and John Seaman
earns, Prof. of ElocutiOn at Lawrence
university.
Mr.. Stuhlfauth is certainly a fine
orator and it is as Prof. earns says,
"Wausau ought to feel proud to have a
speaker of the exceptional ability that
its representative showed in the con-
test Friday night" Mr.. Stuhlfauth
held himself well in hand and carried
the audience with him to the end of his
Grafton. As for the other orators they
all did fine work and showed the EVIL
dence of careful training and constant
practice.
The music which was contributed by
the Girls ce club was exceptionally
fine and the solo by Miss Bertha
Jaeschke was highly appreciated, which
was evident by the continuous applause.
Mr.. Stuhlfauth viii now represent
WaHsau at the state contest at Madison
and we hope that he will be as success
full there as he has been heretofore.
This will be the third successful year
that the Wausau high school has had q
representative in the state oratoricai
contest, which shows the great efficiency
of Miss Rogers, teacher of elOcution in
the Wausau high school.
After the contest the orators were
entertained at dancing party in Castle
hail.
The senior class held a meeting last
Tuesday evening. The question OF pro-
grams was discussed, and each senior
A is requested to tell Arthur Lamotte
how many programs are wanted.
Thursday afternoon the school was
started by the ringing Of the fire signal
which was caused By somebody tamper
ing with the wires on the lower foOr.
Thursday afternoon, during the music
period, Mr.. Parlin favored the school
with an illustrated lecture.