Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-13
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES

free to public and parochial school
children, above the second grade. This
was a big treat to the school children
of Wausau and the person who de-
frayed the expenses is surely "a
Friend Of the Children" About 1000
children were in attendance. They
were packed three in a seat besides
all available standing room being
taken.
This week slides will be shown on
George Washington, sPaul Revere's
Ride" and paul Revere's House" The
films are on Paul Revere's Ride"
The Board of Education held its
regular meeting last evening.
There will be no lyceum program
this week.
Following is a list of students who
are on the staff getting out the High
school annual this year:
Editor in Chief-Alan Pradt.
Art Editor-H Howard Wilterding.
Humorous Gretchen Paff.
Glass Editor-George Rick.
Athletics Editor Donald Evans.
Forensics Editor-Karl Mackmiller.
Organizations Editor - Wilbur
Dodge.
Business Mgr.-Warner Bump.
Asst. Bus. Mgr-Charles Manson.
Advertising Mgr.-Albert Butenhoff
Howard Wilterding has been draw
ing several cover designs which will
| be submitted to the staff.
S. B. Tobey acted as judge in the
Amigo Marinette debate at Amigo
Friday evening. The negative side
taken by the Marinette boys won by
to l.
l. C. Painter was at Green Bay the
past week He was judge in de-
bate between the East Green Bay and
| Stevens Point High school teams on
Friday evening.
Yesterday was Lincoln's birthday,
| and exercises appropriate to the day
were given in the schools, Washing
toms birthday will also be observed
by the schools on February 22nd.
The basketball game with Marsh
field on the Wausau Y. M. G. A. floor
Saturday night resulted in score
of Al to 20, a victory for the Wausau
boys. From the score the game sounds
| eli h11t
exciting game throughout and hard
fought one. The first half ended with
score of Is to II Tin Marshfield's
favor In the second half Wausau
scored 80 points and Marshfield seven
In this half of the game the Wausau
fellows made a little better than a
point and half minute, which
shows excellent work by the local
boys. Mr.. Tippet, coach of the Ste
vens Point High school team, refereed
the game. The Marshfield team was
the best one here SO far this year The
Wausau lineup was as follows Jen-
sen and Buttenhoff, forwards; Hess
center; Leak and Schneider guards
In the middle of the second half Frey
went in as guard, Leak forward in
place of Buttenhoff, and later Dou-
vile in place of Jensen, and finally
Grauer in place of Hess.
This week Friday the Wausau team
goes to Grand Rapids. This game is
expected to be one of the hardest
if not the hardest of the year. Grand
Rapids has a good team.
On Saturday evening the prelimin-
airy game was between the High
school second team and the Wausau
Business college seconds. The game
ended % to in favor of the High
school fellows.
The attendance at the game Sat
urday evening was not what it should
have been. Wausau people should take
more interest in these games by at
tending and in this way help the
boys. Basketball, so far, has not been
a paying proposition IN Wausau. There
is only one more nome game this sea-
son, and that is. with Appleton on the
End of March. Appleten has won al
ready from Green Bay and New Lon
don. The game with Appleton is
expected to be a very good one, and
at that time it will be decided whether
Wausau will enter the Lawrence tour
nament at Appleton.
The Washington and Humboldt bas-
ketball teams played against the
Franklin team Friday evening in the
High school gym. The game resulted
in favor of the Washington and Hum
boldt, 10 to Is.
The Lincoln and Grant schools also
played basketball Friday at the Lin
coin gym. Results were 81 to Z, in ia
vor of the former.
A new scheme was worked out by
the principal of the Lincoln &chool
this last month. AT the end of the
month the average Of the room having
the least number of days absences,
hardness and subject failures was
taken, and the room with the lowest
average got a quarter of a day off.
The room of Miss Georgia Stockly
won the honors.
The children in Miss Christine Addi-
sons room in the Lincoln building
gave her a pleasant surprise last even
| ing after school.
On Friday evening an interesting
debate took place at the High school
auditorium between the Wausau High
school affirmative team and the Marsh
field negative team. The question to
be debated was: Resolved, That