Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-17
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.

The district defamation contest
will be held here next Friday evening.
A first class contest can be promised
as the contestants are all winners in
their respective leagues.
Pres. Simms, Supt. G. w. Schweede,
and Hon. T. w. Brazeau will be the
judges.
The contestants win be:
Selma Pagenkopf of Wausau, repre-
senting Wausau and Marshfeld- "The
Bishop"
Helen Ebert of Marshfeld, repre-
senting Wausau and Marshfield--
"Little God in Dixie"
Alvina Krause of New Lisbon, rep
resenting New Lisbon, Elroy, Maus-
ton, Necedah and Wonewoc.
Della Stoddard of Merrill, repre-
senting Merrill and Tomahawk-" The
Goose Girl"
Faye Smith of Stanley, represent
ing Stanley, Ladysmith, Colby and
Abbotsford- "In the Tolls of Enemy"
Lousene Rosseau of Rib Lake, rep
resenting Rib Lake, Westboro, Park
Falls, Phillips and Prentice "a Pris-
oners Plea
The district oratoric2l contest will
be held here next Tuesday evening.
The contest in this district has always
been very good and this year will be
no exception to the rule. Both the
state defamation and the state
oratorical contest, will be held May
81, week from Friday.
Talbot Montgomery, who has been
i'll the past few weeks, with scarlet
fever, returned to school Monday
morning.
Owing to the continued prevalence
of contagious diseases, the exhibit
Of school work which was scheduled
for May 81 has been postponed until
some time after the opening of school
in the fall.
Miss Minnie Cliff, principal Of the
irving, was i'll Monday, and her place
was supplied by Miss McGuine.
Miss Myrtle Lille visited the kim
dergartens in Merrill Monday.
P. S. Hamrick who underwent an
operation at st. Mary's hospital is
improving.
Miss Crane Of Merrill visited school
Monday with Miss Lena Lund.
The high school track team will go
to Appleton next Saturday to enter
the North Eastern Wisconsin Inter-
scholastic Meet. This meet held uns
der the auspices of the Lawrence col
lege is the biggest meet next to the
state meet in Wisconsin. Last year
we won this meet and that being the
third time that Wausau had won the
meet, the Zones Trophy Cup" be-
came permanent possession OF the
Wausau high school. This year we
have hopes Of winning the new cup.
A large number of students and
others are planning to accompany the
team and yell for Wausau.
The team will consist Of nine men.
The half mile relay which has been
introduced this year will be a very
fast and exciting event.
There will be several very strong
teams entered in this meet. Oshkosh
and the Fond du Lac "Web Footers,"
are formidable opponents.
The Wausau team at Appleton will
consist Of nine men; Eggebrecht,
Dean, Brown, Boyce, Lam
pert, Hubbard, Prahl, and either
Piper or Turner. The tryout for the
State meet was held last night and
the following seven men were CHOSEN;
Eggebrecht entered in the 440 yard
cash and the relay, Alexander In the
low hurdles, the 440 yard dash, and
relay, Dean in the pole vault and
relay, Brown, mile and relay, Boyce,
relay, Lampert, discus, hammer and
pole vault and Hubbard, mile and
mile.
DASDELIoNs,
To rid your lawns Of dandelions
make saturated solution Of sulphate
of iron in water and sprinkle the
dandeIion plants with it. In day or
two the plants will turn black and
the leaves will fall of. Two or three
Of the solution win des-
troy the dandelions and will not hurt
the grass. Sulphate Of iron in pow
dered form may be bought at any
drug store and is cheap.