Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-05-13
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES

AT a meeting of the Junior class
Tuesday the staff for next years an
nual was elected as follows:
Business Manager-Luther Brooks.
Editor in Chief-John Sturtevant.
Literary EGitor-Josephine Coates.
Glasses Editor-Beatrice Adams.
Athletics-Samuel Redetzke.
Forensics-Stewart Manson.
rganiZatiOnS-Vic Giessel
Satire-Charles Schneider.
Lyceum Program
The regular lyceum program was
very interesting and very we'll given
Friday afternoon. The program con-
sisted OF the following selections:
Reading" Setting a Hen" --
------------------- John Nichols
RecitatiOn-"TheF Fool" -
--------------- Robert W. Service
Emerald Wright
Reading-"How Girls Study" -
-----------------Ber Bernice Mcdonald
Vocal Solo Marie Merklein
Recitation-"A Telephone >Conversa-
tion" ------------by Helen A. GREGG
Margaret Graves
Talk-"Bolshevism" FrankKellermann
DialOgue-"The Little Hatchet Story
by R. N. Burdette
Alice Thompson and Jessie Varo
The DeclamatOry Contest
At the district declamatory contest
last Friday at Merrill, Miss Evelyn
! RolOff carried off first honors with a
very artistic presentation of Madame
Rnffnrf7U Cpnnnd r1Io h.
Miss Marie PelIegrin, who also gave
Madame Butterfly" and third place
was won by Miss Isabelle Weltman OF
Stevens Point, who gave "The Littlest
Rebel" At the state declamatory con-
test which will be held at Madison,
next Saturday the Stevens Point dis
Tict will be represented by Miss
Roloff, who will leave Friday morn
ing, accompanied by Miss Kimball.
A large crowd went to Merrill and
after the contest a pleasant social
evening was enjoyed at Liberty hall
OratOrical Contest
At Marshfield Friday evening, Roger
Wilterding and Leon Liljeqvist accom-.
panied by A. P. Minsart represented
the High school at the district oratori-
cal contest. A speaker who won third
place in the state contest last year
Donald Bulmer of Marshfield, won
first place with his selection, "John
| Brown" Mr.. Bulmer will represent
this district at the state contest, which
will also be held at Madison next
Saturday. Second place was awarded
to- Leslie Calder of Merrill, who useC
I q 9 hic fFAahsIt1s,aor -
America" Leon Liljeqvist who was
taken suddenly i'll before the contest
recuperated sufficiently to speak anC
as second speaker won third honors
for Wausau with his Grafton, "Presi
dent Wilson's Flag Day Address" AL.
though not announced Roger Wilter.
ding won fourth place with his ora
ton, '"The World Must Be Made SAFE
for Democracy"
The contestants were the guests o.
a very pleasant social time held il
the Presbyterian church parlors, re
freshments being served by the mem
bers of the faculty.
J, Social Events
The Pierette club enjoyed a picnic
. at Jim Moore Creek Saturday. Aftel
picnic supper games were playeC
until dark and then the club member
came back to the city and ATTENDED
; the movies. Miss Kimball and Mis-
Kieckhoefer chaperoned.
The Freshman class held theft clas
, party Saturday evening in the gym
and very pleasant evening was en-
, joyed, dancing being the chief amuse
ment. One of the special features o
the evening was a number of musica
selections excellently rendered by Mis-
! Helen Steurtevant, Victor Giessel, Ed
win Schultz and John Sturtevant
Punch was served by the Misses Mar
garet Stone and Dorothea Wells.
4 Commercial Contest
Elmer Giessel, who won first plac
. in the Shorthand contest held las
: week at Stevens Point, will represen
this district at the state contest g
!. Watertown. Mr.. Geissel accompanie
: by Miss Kieckhoefer will leave for tha
! place the latter part of the week.