Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-04-13
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.

LIE district UEat WauSau belongs to
will have lis boys district oratorical
cSntest on the seventh of May. The
district declamatory contest will be on
the l4th of May. Grand Rapids ard
Stevens Point will not have repr, sents.-
ss:yEes in the decIamatory contes: as both
schools have dropped that line of work
this year. Anthem viii represent Wau-
sau in the oratorical ccntest.
The drill that is to bc given 1t CON-
mencement by twelve of the seniors
will be what is called japanese Fan
tasy.n The girls started practice on
the drill last week The senior boys
who take part with the glee club 1T COM
mencement have been practicing Mon
day and Thursday evenings for the past
couple of weeks. DIR. Smaller Mathew
OF the University of Chicago, has been
engaged to give the baccalauerate adj
dress. The baccalauerate service this
year will be held the sixth of June.
model of the drinking fountain that
was invented by Mr.. Hamrick and Mr..
Tobey was received Monday from the
manufactures, The fountain is one
that may be installed in public build
ings, such as schools. The cup is at
tached to the fountain and the flow of
the water is arranged in such man
ner as to make the cup self-cleansing and
SO prevents the spread of disease This
part of the fountain ard the valve for
the shutting off of the water are patents
OF Mr.. Hamrick and Mr.. Tobey.
Ruth Cliff is i'll with the mnmps
Last week the members of the track
team put in some hard work. The
weather was little too cold and the
field too hard for any work in the jumps
The weight men and runners were out
nearly every night. Saturday after
noon there was trial in the 80 yard
dash. This was won by Alexander. A
new take off for the broad jump was
put in Saturday afternoon and a new
discus has been ordered. Several of
the fellow trying for the team received
new running spikes last week.
John kaufman, who has been work
ing in Ingram during the winter, re-
turned home Saturday for short |
vacation.
Merritt Jones and Meinhart Koenig, |
who are attending the state university, |
spent Faster in Wausau.
Judge Reid spoke to the high school
Thursday on the Outlook of the Law
for Profession" He told the school |
of the thorough preparation that is
needed in these days to make success
full lawyer. He showed some of the |
thiags that lawyer had to work
against TO even get started and the |
harder things that followed in the every |
day experience. The rewards. he said,
were even greater after the lawyer had
stuck to his profession until he had |
mastered it. A lawyer is always a
man of influence in community.
Henry Conlin came home from Mar
quettee college for Easter vacation.
A sale was held Saturday by some of
the pupils of the drawing department
to raise money for pictures. Easter |
cards, book marks, place-cards and |
candy were sold and about thirty-three
dollars were taken in. The money will |
be used to decorate some of the schools.
Some of the grades voted to have their
share of the money received put into
pietares for the second floor of the high |
school,
Fritz Baum end Oscar Wehrley en-
tered the eighth grade Monday.
The program for the declamatory
contest to be held next Friday is as fol-
lows
Music-High school orchestra.
Mary Nichols Tom Sawyer
Whitewashed the Fence"
Stella Berger-"The Lady Across the
Aisle"
Ada Clement-"High Tide on the
Coast of lincolnshire"
Leah l,eutseh-"J amesy."
Plar., solo-Lawreaoo Rernhardt.
Catherine Molter-" Prince of Illus
sion.''
Selma Pagenkopf- 1.-THE Going of the
White Swan
Ruth Cliff Selection from Black |
Rock"
Conrad Althen-"The Imperial Sol
der
Music-Orchestra
The qualifications for the Appleton
meet were received this morning They
are nearly the same as last year.
100 I'D. dash-1l 1-5 sec.
200 yd. dash-26 sec.
440 yd. dash-60 sec.
mile run-2 minutes 25 sec.
Mile rum minutes Is sec.
100 I'd. hurdle-22 see.
220 I'D hurdle-30 sec.
High Jump it. 10 inches
Broad jump-17 fit. in.
Pole Vaults TT. 10 in.
Shot Put-33 it.
Discus-S5 #.
Hammer 90 fit.
Relay-to qualify in any of the above