Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-03-30
TAME CLASS RUSH.

Last Wednesday aftern Don the stu
dents of the Junior and senior classes
of the Wausau high school, while at
the girls basket ball tournament,
showed little disposition TO get at
each other. 1t coming to the atten-
ton of the principal, he with the
other men of the faculty, easily and
quickly prevented any trouble. It
was not the place for spirit of this
kind to manifest itself, but as class
rushes had been started before at
such gatherings precautions were
taken and it was stopped short. There
was probably enough done by the
boys TO warrant their being discip-
lined, but there was no warrant at all
for Wausau's only daily to take the
opportunity TO publish disreputable
article about something which never
happened. The only excuse one can
make for this disgraceful slap at our
city in general, is that it was writ
ten by some kid reporter and not
brought to the managers notice.
Superintendent S. B. Tobey, in let
Ter, administered the paper in ques-
ton scathing rebuke, which 1t
roundly deserved. The following is
the letter in part:
"While we condemn the foolishness
of thoughtlesS school boys, we feel
that such an article as appeared in
the Record Herald yesterday under
the heading 'Disgraceful Glass
Rush, is far more reprehensible and
injurious to the schools and to the
city. Some callow reporters appear
to think that fiction is stranger than
truth and more seryiceable. 1t is
simply inexcusable in reporter who
has been given all the facts in the
case by responsible persons to mis-
represent, and distort the facts and
make false statements as did your
reporter in the article above referred
to.
The class rush was very tame
affair. 1t was not preceded during
the day by an intense spirit OF class
rivalry. 1t lasted not longer than
one minute. The implication that
the juniors did not appear until the
second half of the junior-senior game
and then in body is false. There
was no set order of entrance to the
| gymnasium, but freshmen seniors,
juniors, and sophomores freely inter
mingling came into the gymnasium,
| dUO Jll6 CllO1Ic
was assembled before the first game
began. The statement that several
INSTRUCTORS jumped down from the
balcony into the fray is false. The
statement that They began to quel
the disturbance by using their fists
hitting right and left until the boys
had enough, is absolutely untrue
Not a blow was struck by an in
structor. Neither the superintendent
nor the principal of the High schoo
had spoken one word of warning tx
the students nor suggested that {
class rush was expected, neither 'haC
they warned the students that the
lgirls' basket ball tournament woulC
not be held if class rush were
contemplated In fact nearly the
whole article was the product of thu
perverted and inflated imagination
of an irresponsible reporter. Tht
article will, no doubt, be copied by
other papers througout the state
and that it will be exaggerated still
farther to the injury of the schoo
and the fair name of our city Is
probable.
The reporter will, no doubt, soor
HE himself away to some other
field there to continue the detestabe
practice of villifying the schools
and defaming the city which pro-
vides his bread.
If in this article l have misplaced