Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-03-04
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.


Miss Richards, teacher of sewing at
the high school, has been i'll the past
week with the grippe.
Sixty new typewriting machines
have been installed in the high school
In exchange of the old ones.
This week will finish the first six
weeks of the second semester of the
school year. Report cards will be
given out next Monday.
This evening the Merrill high school
basket ball team will play our first
five at the Y. NJ. G. A. The Merrill
team, although it has not starred, has
made a fair showing this year and
there ought to be good game tonight.
Merrill has not, though, as good
team as most of those that we
have played this year. Coach Wolf
is keeping the boys under strict prac-
tice and all of them are working hard
to keep in trim. 1t is expected chat
the basket ball team will 20 to
Oshkosh one week from Wednesday.
where they will play preliminaries
for entrance TO the Lawrence college
tournament which will be held at
Appleton the latter part of this
month and from all reports number
OF the students are making plans TO
accompany the team. All of the boys
of the live are in fine shape at present.
Herbert Christian, who was laid up a
week ago with bad loot, having
fully recovered. The game with NFer-
rill was planned to be played next
Friday evening here, but owing to
the fact that Merrill had game ea-
gagged with Tomahawk next Friday
evening the game with our team will
be played tonight.
S. B. Tobey, who has been attend
ing the National Superintendents' as
ISOLATION convention in PhiladelDh
is expected to return home some time
| this week. 1t is possible that Mr..
Tobey may go to Washington to see
| Presldent-elect Wilson inaugurated
The annual spring vacation is only
| four weeks off. 1t will be after Easter
this year.
Mr.. Monroe announces that within
a week or more the candidates for
the track team will begin indoor
work. There is plenty of good ma
able to pick good team
Miss Katherine Straus, a former
| music teacher of our city schools and
who is now connected with the
university OF Kansas, will teach music
during the coming summer months of
| this year at the Berkeley University,
| Berkeley, California.
| Eriday oftornoon Eoh 90 tbo e+,l
| entS of the WauSau high school were
favored by having the Wausau and
| Stevens Point high school debating
question, "Resolyed, That a State
Income Tax is Desirable" before the
school. The affirmative was upheld
| by the Wausau team consisting of
Albert Mohr, Walter Reinhold and
Paul Tobey. The negative side Of
the question by Karl Phffner, Emil
Hafsoos and James Hall. The debate
was given in an excellent manner and
| was greatly appreciated By the schol~
arS. In the evening the debate was
| repeated before the men of the Wau-
| Sau club, following dinner. G. ID.
| Jones spoke to the boys, after the
| debate, mpiimenting them upon
|
| had dealt with the question at hand
and telling them that they were GER
| tainly starting out right to take the
place of the sold Men,
The United States history classes of
| Miss Clark were entertained at the
| high school last Saturday evening
and most enjoyable time was had.
| The following program was rendered !:
Piano Solo-Lawrence Bernhardt.
-Chalk taIk-Miss Stoddard.
Reading-MiSS Esther LehrbaS.
a Solo-Miss Marie RICHTER accom-
| panied by Miss Rudebusch.
Reading-Miss Edith Dehos.
Singing of patriotic songs by all.
Games and folk dances.
A grand march lead by Mr.. Wolf
and Miss Morey This was followed
by dancing and refreshments until
| IL o'clock when the party disbanded
Many of those present arrayed them
ielves in Colonial, Puritan, Indian
and other costumes. All present
enjoyed delightful evening.
The Senior Girls basket ball team
defeated the Junior Girls team last
Friday, after school, by the score of
10 to IL. The Senior girls, themselves,
feel very elated over their team this
year. They have won two consecu-
tive games from the Junior girls. The
Senior teams-Aurora Halder, Ruth
Engler, Lprena Barden, Leona Ziebell
and Marion Boles.
The Junior team-Dora Gillian,
Esther Leuchow, Viola Strupp, Ester
Pagenkoff and Clara Pagel. The Soph-
ignores have only two or three candi-
dates out for team this year, while
the Freshmen are strong with % girls
trying for the team The Seniors so
far appear to have it over all the
other teams.
The FreShmen's debating club will
hold its annual meeting at the high
school next Thursday evening. No
visitors invited.
Derling Hackett of Stevens Point, a
former student of this city, accom-
panied the Stevens Point debating
team to this city and spent several