Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-08
HIGH SGH00i NOTES.

The track team is starting early this
year. Last week Mr.. Jackson had a
bunch of sprinters trying out in the
lower hall of the high school The
practice was mainly for form and Dean
showed up strongly along this line
wniie Alexander was better at speed
One thing that Wausau will not lack
when it comes to spring track work
will be sprinters il as much interest is
taken in the work all winter as has
been taken this fall
The first foot ball team had their
| picture taken Saturday morning at the
high school. They are planning to
have picture of the team framed and
put in the assembly room
Thursday afternoon the high school
heard the story of prince who was
supposed TO have lived in Wisconsin,
from Mr. Bird. The story goes that
Louis XVII instead of dying when he
was boy as is generally thought, was
sent to America and placed with a
tribe of Indians. person supposed to
be Louis XVII was traced to Green
| Bay. This person, Eleazer Williams,
as he was called, was a missionary to
the Oneida Indians. After the French
Revolution, another member of the
| royal family came to America, traced
Louis XVII to Green Bay and offered
| to buy his birthright but Williams re-
fused How much of this story is myth
and how much fact is doubtful as other
! cities in the United States claim to have
been the place where Louis XVII lived
and some people think that he never
got out of France.
| A mandolin club has been organized
in the high school under the direction
of Miss Strouse. The first rehearsal
was on Wednesday of last week. The
following people belong to the club.
Mandolin players-Phoebe Jones, Gene
We've Edmonds, Lawrence johnson,
jeanette Reid, Herbert Schneider and
Frank Shskey. Guitar players-Susie
Roehl and Carmi Vaughn. Piano
Fred Levenhagen.
| The girls basket teams are very slow
in getting organized this year So far
only the Senior team has been picked
out and the present management may
not be permanent The Senior team as
picked now is:
Edna Thorn, guard capt.
Dorothy Barwig, guard.
Rachel Hudson, center.
Valoria Ringle, forward
Phoebe Jones, forward
Miss Wilma Burt will assist Miss
Gellhoefer this year in her work with
| the teams
"Shy's Minstrels" will first appear
in public on the lyceum program Fri
| day before Christmas This is treat
that has long been looked forward to
by the school.
Quite number of high school girls
helped in the tag day for charity last
Saturday.
Curtis Boyce was elected treasurer of
the Debating Club last week to take
the place Of Wyie Sampson who has
resigned. The following program will
be given at the next meeting of the
club. Debsoe, Resolved that the United
States should establish postal saving
service.
Affirmative Negative
Frank Shekey W. Lambert
Wells Turner Ray Wick
There will be no lyceum program
next Friday but the Friday following
the whole afternoon will be devoted to
lyceum.
The report cards were given out yes
terday foi the second six weeks
Miss Macgraw and Miss KiIlian took
charge of their rooms this week after
a long siege of quarantine.
DIR. j. b. Thomas who spoke at the
Baptist church, Sunday morning, gave
short talk to the high school, Monday
He spoke on his trip through Porto
Rico where he spent last spring; while
there he made tour of the island on
horse back and had many interesting
experiences, some of which he told to
the school, He said that although
Porto Rico has become civilized quite
rapidly there is still large room for
Improvement and that the United
States could be of great help to the
people of the island.
The floor space under the balcony in
the high school gymnasium has been
screened off thus giving a larger seat
ing room for basket ball games.