The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-11
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High School Notes

Inc basketball squad has been
practising hard lately for the coming
game this evening with the Beaver
Dam high school. Arrangements have
been made to stay over night there
and play the Wayland academy team
Saturday afternoon Coach Thomas
feels confident that the team will
make a good showing, although the
coming game is to be the first played
by the quintet this year. Scrimmage
and shooting the basket has formed
the main practice for condition and
the coach has picked a fast five Eight
men will make the trip as it is likely
they will have to substitute in the
Saturday game. Both Beaver Dam
teams are in the better class so far as
basketball is concerned and will give
the local boys a hard tussle The fol-
lowing will represent the blue and
white: Earl Archie, Kenneth Archie,
Fred Henke, Wallace Buffmeier,
Thomas Brooks, Michael Kaminski,
Herbert Kohl, and Adley Pieritz.
The joint debate to be held here
and at Jefferson Tuesday evening is
on the, question Government con-
troll and regulation of food supplies"
Alvin Wegemann, Edward King and
Harold Hartwig will defend the af-
firmative side Of the question.
The high school orchestra will rem
der several selections and individuals
will play solos. The debate is open to
the public. A nominal charge will be
made to defray the expenses of the
meeting. The following have been Sc
lected as judges: Prof. Winnie, Mil
waukee Normal, Joseph Huepper,
Marquette University, judge from
Carroll College.
Fred Block, Alvin Wegemann and
Thomas Brooks will take the mega
tive side against the Jefferson high
school team in that city. The school
teams were chosen from the men,
bers Of the Forum and Webster So
c1etles in joint contests held recently.
Night school sessions will termin-
ate on Friday, February IS. There
are eleven more meetings. Attend
them all
Manual training students will be
interested to know that several new
bulletins have been issued by the
state department at Madison. The
movement for increasing the practical
value of manual training as a school
subject will be served by recent
bulletin issued by the state DEPART
ment and prepared by J. M. Dorrans.
supervisor of manual training, under
the title "Suggestive Outline in Wood
work and Drawing for Grades and
High School," also 'Preliminary
Statement Regarding Work in Metal
and Cement"
Inc Webster Debating society will
hold its next meeting Tuesday, Janu-
airy %. The following program will
be carried out:
Current Events Roland Gerth
Special Number William Coughlin
Resolved, That all tele-
graph lines in the United States
should be owned and controlled
by the government ------
Misunderstanding Meier, Donald
Kehr, Claude Atkinson
NegatlVe-Fred kreSinSki, Arthur Kill
liam, Earl BIaesius.
Three Minute Speech Lehman
defamation -----------Stuart Larson
EXtempOraneous Speeches.
The Rev. M. L. EVersz of Green Bav
spoke in the assembly hall Thursday
afternoon on '"The Progress of Edu-
cation" Rev. Eversz was formerly
pastor of the First M. E. church in
this city, and he compared educational
facllltles then and now. He also
spoke on the beautiful building in
which they were now receiving their
education
Miss Agina Witte rendered two
piano solos at the conclusion of the
address.