Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-12-18
CHRISTMAS ENTERTAINMENT TN
OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS

The long looked for Christmas yaca.
ton is almost at, hand and the cit,
| public schools close their doors Fri.
day for two weeks, opening I'D agar
January Z.
Christmas doings will be given in
the various schools in Wausau on
Friday of this week. Appropriate en-
tertainments will be given as a fit
ting closing to the school year of 1917
including songs, drills, recitations
parties, etc. The kindergartens and
grades in the schools will be repre-
sented in the programs. The teachers
| and children have been working hard
to make the holiday activities a sue
cess. The Christmas parties to be
given, will not be on such a large
scale as in previous years.
The children of the Columbia school
will have an entertaining Christmas
program on Friday afternoon. A
prettily trimmed Christmas tree will
be enjoyed in connection with the pro-
gram. Gifts will be given the chill
dren.
A fine Christmas cantata, Santa
Claus at Miss Priems," will be rem
dered by the children of the Lincoln
school on Wednesday evening in the
gymnasium of the Lincoln building.
On Friday Christmas parties will be
enjoyed in different rooms. There
will also be Christmas trees in the
building to delight the children.
Christmas charity work is also being
done in the Lincoln school.
The children of the Longfellow
school will have a happy time Friday.
Christmas programs and parties are
to be given. There will be Christmas
trees in the lower grades in the build
ing.
Next Friday the children of the
Irving school will enjoy Christmas
activities Christmas programs and
prettily trimmed trees will be had.
The rooms will be. appropriately dec
GRATED for the occasion.
christmas programs and parties are
scheduled for Friday in the Washing
ton school. Trimmed Christmas trees
will also be feature.
The grade rooms of Misses Leose
LeTendre, Marie Linehan and Eliza
beth Wise in the High school build
ing will have Christmas party Fri
day afternoon beginning at 1870 o.
clock. The affair is to be held in the
gymnasium of the school building.
The children and faculty of the
Humboldt school gave up their usual
Christmas celebration this year, and
instead took up collection, as pub
l1shed in our last issue, and turned
it over to the Christmas Packet fund
for soldiers. They are rejoicing in
the fact that they sacrificed their own
gifts that some soldiers may be made
happy.
N viz oAhliA SCuOOl Tie boys
are going out after the Christmas
trees, and on Friday programs and
little parties will be enjoyed In the
upper grade rooms, Christmas boxes
are being furnished for soldiers, who
otherwise would not have much of
the holiday festival.
The kindergarten, sub-primary and
grades of the Grant school will enjoy
christmas doings at that building Fri
day afternoon. The faculty is plan
ming an interesting time. Some of
the rooms will have Christmas trees.
The students of the Industrial
school and teachers will have a
Christmas tree at the school rooms
on Friday afternoon The school
closes Friday for the holiday vacation.
The Domestic Science club and the
Agricultural club of the Agricultural
school will have an appropriate pro-
gram Friday afternoon. The school
closes Friday for the annual Christ
mas vacation and will open up again
on January 2.
The Training school will enjoy a
Christmas celebration Friday after
noon. The school closes Friday for
the holidays and will reopen on