Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-12-17
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.

vile, Wis, on account OF the illness
of her father. She will not return
until after the Christmas vacation.
| Among those who visited the schools
the past week were Charlie Parchel
and Edwin Pagan, both of the class
OF 1912.
4 The city schools will close on Frida,
for the Christmas holidays and thu
teachers are busily engaged preparing
for the Christmas exercises which
viii take place on Friday Afternoon
in the different schools. The children
of the kindergartens and lower grade;
| will enjoy their Christmas trees
laden with bright decorations anC
pretty gifts, while in the higher
grades, short and appropriate exercises
will be held. The Christmas spirit
in the schools is growing more in
evidence each year and the busy
teachers have done much toward
Installing in the hearts of the children
the Christmas story and the love OF
unselfish Christmas giving.
Chas. n. Seymour, historical lectur.
er, presented Father Marquette and
Frederick the Great last Friday and
Monday evenings and in such an in
teresting manner that even the
youngest did not tire. Mr.. Seymour
has lectured in many of the high
schools of our state during the past
month.
Miss McCarty, teacher of the 7th
grade of the Franklin building, was
very sick last week but is better now.
Instead OF the regular lyceum last
Thursday the three boys, Paul Tobey,
Walter Reinholnt and Albert Nohr,
rendered their side of the debate
which they were in, at Stevens Point
Friday evening.
Miss Leah Deutsch of the class of
1910, visited at the school on Wednes-
day
The boys basket ball tournament
for the school championship COM
menced on Friday. When the Seniors
played the Sophomores, the latter
winning by score of Is to 6, and the
Juniors the Freshmen, the former
winning by score of 20 to 6.
The high schools OF Wausau and
Stevens Point held a debate in the
latter city Or Friday evening, in
which the latter came out victorious.
The Stevens Point Journal gives the
following account of it, viz:
''Tha Stevens Point High school de-
feated Wausau at the high school
assembly hall Friday night in de-
bate on the Wisconsin income tax.
The debate was closely contested
from start to finish and was extreme
" interesting to the large audience,
which numbered about three hundred.
The Wausau team consisting of
Albert Mohr, Walter Reinholdt and
Paul Tobey, supported the negative
of the question, which was Resolved,
That the Wisconsin Income Tax Law
Should Be Repealed" They argued
that the income tax was a much
better system of taxation than the
personal property tax.
The Stevens Point high school
team, consisting of Karl Pfffner, Ed
mund Formella and James Hull, as
Stunning the affirmative side of the
question, maintained that the Wis
consin income tax was essentially a
tax on the consumer, and that it is
unfair to the consumer, the producer,
and the taxpayer Superior work in
refutation was largely responsible for
the victory Of the local team. Super
intendent Miles of Waupaca, Super
intendent Beeman of Neenah and
Principal ONeil of Oshkosh judged
the debate and gave the victory to
Stevens Point by a vote of 2 to l.
Geo. B. Nelson presided and in an
nouncing the speakers said that many
people in Wisconsin, those who come
within the operations of the law, as
well as those who will never be sub
ject to an income tax, disagree as to
the merits of the measure, many APP
proving and many Others disapproy-
ing, and therefore the subject selected
for the debate was both timely and
opportune.
Mr.. Steckel, music director, fav-
ored the audience with a vocal solo
and the high school orchestra fur
nished excellent music before and
after the debate.
At the close of the public exercises
the girls of the domestic science de-
partment served an excellent oyster
stew lunch. Those seated at the
table included Superb. tendent Rob
erts, Principal H. G. Snyder, Geo. b.
Nelson, the three judges of the debate,
and the coaches and members of the
teamf Superintendent Roberts acted
as POSTMASTER and called upon a
number of the guests, all of whom
made happy responses.
Miss Ethel Smithies and X. X.
Borsack, teachers of our high school,
accompanied the debatels to Stevens
Point.
The Juniors gave their annual party
in the high school gym on Friday
evening from to II O'Clock. The
decorations were in green and very
attractive. Games were played and
dancing followed.
The domestic science class taught
by Miss Brumsted's at the industrial