Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-11
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.

duSdH LOOK Ulle llTSU lIlTee places
in the league declamatory contest
held last Tuesday in Marshield
Leah Deutsch took first place for
Wausau: Conrad Anthem, second, and
Selma Pagenkopf, third. Wausau's
other representative. Mary Nichols,
took fifth place. The winning of this
contest allows Wausau to send two
disclaimers to the district contest, to
be held next Friday in Stevens Point.
The program was:
Echo and the Fairy ..s. Helen Ebert
How Tom Sawyer Whitewashed the
The Passing Of the White swan. 49,; :.
The school Masters Guests Eva Holbrook
The Yale Harvard Boat Race .AIvira Nick
The Imperial Soldier. Conrad Anthem
The Marshfeld speakers had the
even numbered positions on the pro-
gram. The judges were: Supt. II.
A. Scholfeld, Neillsyille Miss Bra
haney, Grand Rapids; Prof. f. S.
Hyer, Stevens Point. Leah Deutsch
received two frsts and one second
place. Conrad Anthem got a first, a
second and third. Selma Pagenkopf
4! got second, fourth and fifth.
The field meet Saturday furnished
a good workout for the track team.
The weight throwers had some good
practice under Byre of Appleton.
The track was in fine condition, as it
had been scraped Friday and rolled by
the street roller Saturday morning.
Considering the condition of the track
the runs were not as fast as was ex-
pected. Mr.. Schneider gave the two
mile-runners a fifty yard start and
Mr.. Jackson was handicapped fifty
Yards in the half mile run. Alexan-
ier won three races: the quarter, two
, twenty. and hundred yard dashes.
Mccullough surprised everyone by
| finishing close seeo:::d in the hun
dred yard dash. Mumm I'D some
good board jumping and fast work in
the low hurdles.
Summary: H.
Mile-First, Schneider and Egge-
brecht tied; third, Clairmore.
Half mile-Jackson, first; Wells,
second.
Quarter mile-Alexander, first; Par
dee, second; Dean, third.
220 yard dash-Alexander, first:
| Pardee, second: Boyce, third.
100 yard Alexander, first; Nc
| Collough, second.
40 yard hurdles First heat: Boy
&c, first: johnson, second.
l2O yard hurdle Second heat: Pr
per, first: Stone,~second.
30 yard hurdle Mlmm ran alone.
Broad jump Mumht, first; Dean,
second.
High jump and pole vault Not fin
ished.
| Weights-No measurements taken.
An attempt will be made TO get
large number of students to 60 to the
Appleton meet and root for the
| Wausau team The work that the
team will do at the meet would be
helped greatly by large bunch cheer
| ing it on.
Conrad Anthem won the district ora
torical contest Friday evening, defeat
ling seven other orators for the honor
| of representing this district it the
state contest. His grafton, 'sIago,
written BY Senator LaFollette, was
admirably suited to Athens style of
oratory and there was little doubt
but what he would receive first place.
The Merrill contestant, Percy
Hughes. took second honors, with the
lorafion, "Regulus to .i1a CaTthagin-
ians" and Miller of Narshiield, was
third. His Grafton, the same as last
year, was the New South
The program was:
Nusis. ...ts. High School Orchestra
'.Seseessiog1s s..-.. Irving Tuteur. Lacrosse
The New south w alter Miller. MarShfield
'.Mackbeth and Iago'. Leo Crane. Tcslahawk
Intervention and Cuban Independence
George Honge. Niroaua
Il ago. Conrad Anthem WauSau
Treason OF Catelines' .--.--.-...-@--....-.
.......E Earl b. Catura- Westboro
.Eloeuence of Adams ..--.- 1885,. ......---.
..-.... Edward Mabie, Lacrosse
-ReguIus 10 the Car4haginians -.-.-....
..--......---...-..P Percy Hughes. Merrill
Musae-piano Duet -~--. -. -....---...s.-
-.....--- ssrgref Roach lnnsene hriskey
song ..---..--..-...-. --.-..-.-- Mixed 6aee Club
The Judges were: Prof. ]. W..
Treat, Appleton: Pres. J. #. Sims,
Stevens Point; Supt. L. NJ. Beeman,
Neenah.
With a few more weeks of training
and brushing up on the weak points
of his Grafton. Anthem ought TO make
a very creiitable showing in the state
contest,
Athens marks were: /, .. ,
Hughes marks. 1, ). 4.
MiIIerss were: ?, ;,