The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-02-08

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Schmutzler, Marion Daw, Lorna Voigt
Carl Stallmann and Lucille King.
The Portage Watertown basketball
game will be held in the gymnasium
here at o'clock. An admission charge
will be taxed students of Is cents
Others will pay Is cents. A prelimin-
airy game between the second high
school team and Northwestern college
will be staged at o'clock Saturday.
that the college five has not been
seen in action this season.
Portage will meet the regulars at s
o'clock. They have lost one of their
men through being ineligible on &C
count Of age, William Stegman, star
end, who reached his twenty-frst
birthday on Wednesday and according
to the w. A. A u. rules is Ineligible
Portage has these men to bolster up
the weak spot: L. Rollerton, A Steg-
man, l. York, I. Zastrow, W. Buckley,
F. Collupp, E. Crowley, F. Forbes, D.
VI. ~.
Rawson and l.. Ref
The locals will use the regular
lineup including Earl and Kenneth
Archie, Kaminski, PieritZ, Brooks,
Buffmire and Henke. They have been
practicing three nights a week under
Coach Thomas for the past two weeks
and owing to the vacation last week
Friday should be in fine trim.
Following the game the locals will
entertain for the Portage visitors I'M
til train time.
The third concert of the Musical
and Dramatic society of the high
school was held Wednesday evening
in the assembly. The concert was pre-
coded by a business meeting. Reuben
Spangenberg, president of the society,
presided Miss Marie Schmutzler, sec
rotary, acted as recorder.
At the time when the group picture
Of the society was taken at Meyers
studio very few members were pres
ent, and Adley Pieritz presented a mo-
ton to appoint a committee to solicit
the members for the sum necessary to
pay for the last pictures taken, the
one to be taken and the cost of the
plates to be used in the Orbit and to
see the faculty about the time for the
second sitting. The motion was passed.
A motion was carried to change the
next meeting from Wednesday, Febru-
airy 20 to Monday, February Is, owing
to the cOmmOtiOn made by the Boy
Scouts in the gymnasium downstairs
AS an interested listener put it at the
last meeting when the deer dance was
played, 1--WE have splendid American
savage music here upstairs, but the
real savages are downstairs"
Fred Kaercher was unanimously
elected historian to write up the hap
penings of the society for the annual
The program consisted of selections
by local talent followed by a grand
opera program on a Victrola, the re-
cords being loaned through the cour-
tesy of the w. D. Sproesser Co. Sc
lections from Faust; Rigoletto, Martha
Aida and many other selections were
played.
Miss Ethel Block rendered a piano
solo consisting of the Polonaise from
Mignon, by Thomas, and a selection
from Aida by Verdi The former
though heavy, has several light melod-
ious passages; the latter was clas-
steal selection. Both were rendered
with skill and ex preston.
Erwin Sandrock rendered How So
Fair, from Martha by Flotow. Miss
Ruby King accompanied him. The Sc
lection has several difficult passages
which were easily circumvented by
the player who as a whole played the
number with ease.
Paul Collins rendered II TrOvatOre
by Verdi as violin solo, accompanied
by Prof. Reichert at the piano. Both
were accorded generous applause, the
selection being about the best of the
evening. The interpretations of selec-
tions from the opera showed the fin
ished product. His harmonics, stocca-
tos and perfect shading were we'll
worth listening to. The opera as a
whole is rapid. The Miserere in par
ticular takes on a drear sweet trend
that is indescribable.
Reuben Spangenberg played a vio-
loncello selection with John Keck at
the piano, the number being o Thou
Sublime Bright Evening Star, from
Wagner The number was execellently
rendered, Mr.. Spangenberg being very
adept with the instrument and inter-
preting the selection in a free, clear
manner