The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-15
High School Notes

AASh OSkaOO1 1NONNO !
*-o-o-o-o--o~-a-
+ The basketball team is practising
three nights a week to keep in trim
for the state championship battle to
take place in Stevens Point March II
and %.
In winning the sectional champion
ship at Milwaukee last week the team
received a silver shield which was
inScribed winners of Milwaukee
Normal school sectional basketball
championship WATERFOWL" The
shield is being displayed in the win
dow of the Sproesser jewelry store.
In addition to the shield six members
OF the team were given gold watch
fobs. In recognition of the work done
| by the second team in helping to
make the first team a championship
aggregation, the authorities have ar
ranged a game here with Waterloo on
Friday evening, March %.
The biology class, following the adj
vice of Mr.. Rasmussen of Oshkosh,
who spoke befor the students some
time ago on war gardens, have
started miniature war garden in the
class room. Tomatoes were chosen to
experiment on Three varieties, the
POnderosa New Stone, and Chalk's
Early Jewel were planted in egg
shells. AS the plants come up they
will be prnued and only the fruit
shoots will be allowed to grow By the
first of June the plants will be from
eighteen to twenty inches high and
can then be transplanted to outdoor
gardens.
The Orbit editor has his hands full
these days. What with prefacing copy
for the printer, eliminating near
jokes, rushing thAvarious societies
for money, sending In photos for cuts
and lining up advertisers, it's a gay
life. Copy for the printer is to be ready
April l. The annual is to be dedicated
to those of the Alumni who are now
in service. The department for those
serving in the army and navy is to be
as near complete as possible Last
year the total subscription list num-
bered 230. This year between 260 and
270 subscriptions have already been
taken
The Liberty Chorus formed at the
| request of the State Council of De-
Tense has been asked to sing at the
local Defense Council meeting We'd
nesday evening, March 20, in the gym
| nasium. The chorus is composed en-
tirely Of high school pupils and num-
bers seventy-two members, of which
forty are girl members of the Glee
club, sixteen boy members of the Glee
club and sixteen members of the Or
| cheStra
The Forum Debating society will
meet Tuesday, March 10. The follow
| ing program will be rendered:
| Current Events 'Laffey
Debate, Resolved That the govern
ment should own and control the
coal mines in the United States
| Affirmative-R. Usher, w. King, j.
Ballet; Negative-J. Kings, G. Duff
fly, A Schmidt
| Three Minute Speech Richter
| Critic Thomas
4 o
| Miss Marie Joerdens and Edwin
| Dostol, practice teachers sent out
from the Milwaukee Normal school
| twelve weeks ago to do practice work
in the high school and grades, have
finished the work assigned them and
have returned to Milwaukee The OBJ
| ject was to better fit them for the work
of teaching. They worked under the
supervision of the teachers of the re-
| spective classes.
| The Musical and Dramatic club will
meet Monday evening in the assembly
room. A miscellaneous program has
been arranged. Members are request
ed to be present
| The Webster Debating society has
pledged the Red Cross the sum of five
cents month per member