Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-05-12
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.

The boys district oratorical contest
last Friday was won by Paul Escb. Of
La Crosse, who spoke Murder WIN
Out" Second place, was given to Peter
Miller, of Marshtield His piece was
The New South" and the earnesfness
with which he spoke lnade very favor
able impression. Two boys tied for
third place-Conrad Anthem. of Wan
sau, and Herman Helt, of Merrill.
Anthem spoke the same piece as Esch.
bat his manner of presenting it was en-
tirely different, and some people
thought his to be the better of the two.
Helt spoke the piece entitled ssFhe
Union Soldier
Esch had a larger total humber of
points in markings than Miller but he
won, as he had two firsts. The follow
ing is complete list of the speakers
given IN the order in which they ap-
peared
Conrad Anthem, Wausau Murder
Will OUT
Paul Winner, Black River Falls-.The
Affairs in Cuba
Alfred Baker, Stevens Point-"Cen-
traiization."
Claude Venne, Repeal
of the Unionn
Peter Miller, Marshfield- THE New
South
Herman Helt, Merrill-"The Union
Soldier"
Paul Esch, La Crosse Murder viii
Out"
The markings of the judges were
First place-Esch lilo Total s
Second place-Miller 2-3-2. Total 7.
Third nlaoe Anthem 3-2-5. Total 10.
Helt 4-5-l. Total TO-
Fourth place-Winner 5-43. Total u.
The judges were John Callahan.
superintendent of schools at Neenah;
principal Stanley of the New London
training school, and Prof. Sage of the
the Oshkosh Normal school.
The musical numbers for the evening
were: Song by girls glee club, a solo
chorus of twelve girls from Miss Wake
fields room. Last, but not least. of the
musical numbers, was couple of songs
by the boys basket ball team glee club,
better known as the Little German
Band with the Big Leader"
Next years graduating class met last
week 20 prepare for the reception to be
given in honor of the class of 'OS. June
9th. The following officers were elect
ed /:
HreSldent-hugh Campbell.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Single.
Secretary-Edith Weeks.
Franklin Pardee.
The president appointed the following
committees
Expense and invitation Wylie Samp.
son, chairman; Wallace Shymanski,
Ethel Thomas, Irene Shekey, Helen
Single and Franklin Pardee.
Mnsio- Wallace Cbuo,ouoI.:
man; Norman Stone, Wilma Merklein.
Florence Thomas and Harold Sloan.
Reception = Clytus Norman. chair
man; Edith Weeks, Ethel Thomas, Con-
rad Anthem, Meta Dressed, Mae Roach
and Jane Van Adestine.
Refreshments = Fred Levenhagen,
chairman; Phoebe Jones, Edith Weeks,
Harvey Weik, May Roach and Sarah
Ostring.
Decorating Single, chairman;
Marie Brands, Clytus Norman, Frank
lin Pardee and Norman Stone.
Seating committee for commence
ment exercises-Charlie Sipes. chair
man; Conrad Anthem, Fred Leven hagen.
Clytus Norman, Wylie Sampson, Wal
lace Shymanski, Harold Sloan, Norman
Stone, Harry Weiks, Arnold Kloster-
man and Herbert Schneider.
Wausau won the field meet at Stevens
Point on Saturday by score of 81 to "A
Wausau was easily first in all the field
events, except the broad Jump. In the
pole vault, the highest that a Stevens
Point man went was seven feet nine
inches, while the Wausau entries were
good for at least foot higher. Lake
was the highest point winner for Wau-
saus taking three first places-the 100
yard dash, 220 yard dash and the shot
put. In the shot put he broke the high
school record by one foot, and in the
hundred yard dash he tied the school
record. Captain Week won the low
hurdles and had the lead in the high
hurdles until he tripped on the last one.
He tied Griffen in the high jump at five
feet one inch. The quarter mile was
won by Katerndal, of Stevens Point,
with Sloan a close second. The time
was under the high school record. The
mile was won by Edwards, of Stevens
Point, aud the time was within two
seconds of six minutes. Taugher, of
Wausau, took second, but as he had
been sick the week before he was not
up to his usual form, which is about
forty seconds faster. Wausau had nine
point winners and Stevens Point five.
Wausau took seven firsts, one tie and
six seconds, and Stevens Point took five
tirsts, one tie and five seconds The
following is a summary of the events:
100-yard dash-1st, Lake, w cond.
Katerndal, ST. 2. Time, 10 2-5
220 yard dash-1st, Lake, w; 3D.,
Katerndal, ST p. Time. % So
440-yard dash-1st, Katerndal, st. P;
I'd, Sloan, w Time, 544-5.
= 8S0-yard dash-lst, Taugher, W.; Cd,
Anderson, ST p Time, 2:12 SO.
Mile run-1st, Edwards, St. P; Cd,
Taugher, w. Time, 5:58
High hurdles-1st. Park, st. P; I'd,
Wefk, w. Time, 1871.
Low hurdles-lst, Weik, W.; Cd,
Park, st. p Time, 80 35
Pole vault-Dean and Lambert, W.,
tied for first. Height, 5 feet.
Hammer--1st, Lambert, w; I'd,
Jones, w. Distance, 102 feet inches.
High jump-Griffen, ST p, and Weik,
W, tied for first Height, 5 fit. u in.
Broad jump-1st, Park, St. p ! I'd,
Shot put-1st, Lake, w; I'd, Griffen,
St P. Distance, 81 TT.
Relay-1st, st. F., 1:402.5
All the lower grades in the high
school combined in an arbor day pro-
gram in the gymnasium. Six trees
were planted this year on the school
grounds.
The senior boys were ''all swelled
out" last week with their new red skull
caps. The under class men thought the
seniors good people to copy after so
they also ordered caps which will be
here In short time.
Orrie Peterson, graduate of the
Wausau high school in 1906, and who
goes to the state university, tied for
second place IN the pole vault in the
meet between Wisconsin and Illinois.
Peterson holds the high school record
in the pole vault.
Mr.. Seholes received list of events
for the Ripon track meet and in the list
are two new events, forward pass
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