Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-03-27
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES

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Paper cutters have been purchased
for the Lincoln and Grant schools.
Motion pictdres will be shown
Thursday evening on Electric En-
gines," Alfalfa Raising and la
Crosse"
Still pictures on Early Wisconsin
History" will be shown in the his
tory classes; Wisconsin in Litera-
ture," in the literature classes, and
Founding of Rome" in the Latin
classes, this week when convenient
Miss Mamma Hoegh's condition is re-
ported encouraging. She recently sub
mitted to an operation for appendicitis
at Merrill.
Edward Everett Hale is being read
by classes at the Fign school.
The High school typewriting room
was equipped with four new RenIing-
ton typewriters the past week. Three
old Remington typewriters and one
Monarch machine were exchanged.
j. NJ Colby took pictures of the
classes at the High school the past
week to be used in the Annual.
The motion pictures and slides on
Shakespeare" which were to have
been shown over week ago, were de-
Iayed by the snow blockade, and were
shown last Wednesday before very
large audiences.
The Wausau High school has re-
ceived letter from the North Central
Association of Colleges and Secondary
schools with the pleasing information
that the local High school is accredit-
ed for the current year. This asso-
citation includes the schools of the
north and central states and west
ward to Colorado. There was a meet
ing of this organization in ST. Louis
on March 1924.
The annual girls basketball tourna-
ment comes off next Friday afternoon
at three o'clock in the High school
gymnasium. Two trophy cups will be
given out. An invitation is extended
to all, admission fee, 10 cents. Follow
ing is the program for the afternoon s
play:
Seniors VS.. Juniors-20 minutes
Sophomores VS.. Freshmen-20 min.
Winners VS.. Winners-20 min.
Losers VS.. Losers-10 min
Last Wednesday evening the Wit
tenberg and Grand Rapids basketball
teams played on the Wausau YIN. c.
A floor. The score was 81 to "a in IA
vor of Grand Rapids. This means that
the Wittenberg team has been elimin-
ated from the Lawrence tournament
Elroy MacFaul, Warner Bump and
| Morton Schaefer carried off the hon.
ors in the oratorical contest held last
| Friday evening in the High school
| auditorium. None Of the orators were
| lacking in ability, for everyone pre-
sented his selection in such a pleasing
manner that the judges found it some
what difficult to make final decision
| The two first named boys mentioned
| above will represent Wausau in the
league contest with Grand Rapids. The
program was given as published in our
last issue. The High school orchestra
| entertained with delightful musical Sc
! lections, and motion pictures on "Chi-
cago to Seattle" were shown. Dr. D. j
Williams presided at the contest. The
judges were o. V. Wheeler, w. K
Mitchell and F. P. Regner.
Thursday evening of this week the
declamatory. contest is scheduled to
come off. Following are the contest
ants and their Rotations:
Margaret Merklein-"Penrod Finds
His Voice."
Mildred Hudson-"The Piper"
Jeanette Nequette-"The Disillu-
sioning of Alexander Oldwartny."
Leah Meyer-"Old Mother Goose"
Esther Oswald "Guenn."
Elizabeth Mooney-"A Soldier OF
France"
Louise Pedigo-"His Majesty, the
King.
Music will be furnished by the High
| school orchestra Mrs. E. L. Boehm
will render a solo. During the judges
decision motion pictures will be shown
on the Electric Enginee, Alfalfa Rails
ing and La Crosse. This contest is
| given for the purpose of selecting two
contestants to participate in the league
| contest with Grand Rapids. Admis-
sion fees of 10 and Is cents will be
charged
Last Friday the literary editor, Roy
Seim, met with a committee composed
of the English teachers. Many manu-
scripts submitted by the students were
read and the following were chosen
to be printed in the literary section of
the Annual.
THE Wonderful History - Ruth
Halvorson.
Spring Has Come"-Louise Pedigo.
How the Porcupine Got His Quilts"
Pauline Bancroft
"A War Prophecy"-Clarence Benz.
THE Origin of the Pancake9-Roy
Seim.
Extracts from Chapter in the
Travels of the Grand Duke .Paulow-
sky'-Donald Evans.
Experiences of a typewriter
Selma Ohm.
"A Burglars Doom Edmund Wet
eel.
The Mistakes of My High School
Life"-Anonymous.
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