Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-16
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.


school building be made special
business at the next meeting 1t
was also voted to give the teachers
the usual opportunity to attend the
Northeastern Wisconsin Teachers
association which is to be held at
Oshkosh in February The various
bills approved by the auditing COM
mittee were authorized to be paid.
Miss Pearl Rumpf of Appleton, who
is a guest of Miss Maude Meservey
was visitor at the high school last
Tuesday.
Miss Slack was unable to take her
position Tuesday and her classes did
not pass for the day.
Mr.. John Schneider of Portage, a
| brother of L. G. Schneider of this city,
was high school visitor Wednesday.
The experiments in physics for this
semester were completed Wednesday
A one minute test was given in
| typewriting Wednesday. The | B
pupils~were also given test to
familiarize themselves with the
method of giving tests SO as to elm
mate much of the nervousness that
attends the beginning pupils at exam
ination time. The highest results of
the various classes were as follows:
IB Anna Larson, %; Ellie Hof-
meister, 81 Eddie Rehfeldt "a.
IA Hazel Larson, 90; Arthur
Jaeschke, SO. LYDIA jess, "a.
II B Irwin Foltz, 81; Lawrence
GLASGOW. 96; Ernest Pearson, 90.
ii A Viola Strupp, 81; Bob Mumm,
90; Anna Feicht, 90.
III Albert Schmidt, 100; Alma
Berg, 90; Frederick Braun, 90; Edwin
LEM, 50; Ari Stole, SO.
" Geo. Ruder. 100; Harold Dietl,
81; Arthur Gross, SO.
Examinations will start Tuesday
morning, January 23rd, and will close
Friday morning, January 26th.
The girls have started practicing
for their basket ball tournament and
a large number of girls reported at
the opening practice Tuesday. Each
class has excellent material for a
team and fast and exciting tourna-
ment is assured.
A meeting of the Athletic Council
was held Wednesday to discuss the
basket ball schedule.
A meeting of the freshman class
was held Thursday for the election of
class officers. The following were
elected:
President-JohnM Manson.
Vice-PreS. Mark Bells.
ecretary-Lawrence Smith.
TreaSurer-Jake HodeS.
Mr.. Alex. Wilson was business
visitor at the high school Thursday.
Raymond Reiser 10 was high
school visitor Thursday.
Lloyd SOper, who has been residing
in Montana for the past year, was
high school visitor Friday.
Miss Lillian German of Arbor Vitae,
who is guest of. Miss Ruth Rosen-
berry was visitor at the high school
| Friday.
A request is extended to all persons
having old magazines and periodicals
containing topics of interest and in
| formation, to send them to the high
school where they will be gratefully
received. 1t is proposed to start an
Accumulative Reference Library with
them at the high school for the bene-
fit of the pupils.
The basket ball suits for the first
| team have been ordered and consist
of suction shoes, knee guards, and
basket ball uniforms with colors card
inaI and white The white strip on
the shirt is to be designed with the
word "Wausau" in red felt. The
outfits are expected to arrive in time
for the Waupaca game.
Capt. Henry of Eau Claire inspected
some of the schools of Wausau on
Saturday.
The boys basket ball tournament
was held Friday after school and
| proved to be fast and interesting
! throughout the entire time. The
first game was between the Juniors
and Freshmen and resulted in the
score of 81 to in favor of the J uniors.
I Their tallness and strength proved to
be too much for the fast little fresh
men and they couldn't get through
the defense of the Juniors, WHO have
fast and excellent team.
The second game was between the
Seniors and Sophomores and was more
even. The Seniors were strong on
defense but were rather weak on the
offense. The score at the end of the
| first half was 4 to 2 and the game re-
suited in victory for the sophomores
by a score of 12-5.
During the intermission of time the
| first team played the seconds so as to
give The school an opportunity to
witness the work of the school team.
The team was however not playing
its best and although they defeated
the seconds by considerable, ill they
are capable of much better playing.
The last game of the evening was
between the Seniors and Freshmen,
the losers of the TWO previous contests,
and resulted in victory for the
Seniors by the score of rs to 5.
The final test between the Juniors
and Sophomore will be played as a
preliminary for the first home game.