Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1921-12-23

Thursday morning, December Is,
the High School Assembly was en-
tertained by a delightful program.
Mr.. Postel read such parts of the new
constitution of the Athletic Associa-
ton as were necessary for the occa-
sion. This was followed by an inter-
esting talk on Benefits of a Physical
Training" by Kathryn Butler. Mr..
Kolb gave the students an insight into
the earlier history of football in the
High School and the physical benefits
of athletics. The program was con-
cluded with the awarding of emblems
for proficiency and excellency in foot
ball to the members on the first team
for the season of 1921. The emblems
were presented to the boys by the
coach, Mr.. Miller. Those receiving
emblens were: Captain Robert Kolb,
Willard Havel, Kneeland Godfrey,
Glenn Holcomb, Harrison Robinson,
Herbert Eggert, EDWARD Ilomas,
Edgar Muellner, Joseph Gentner, Ray
mond Schmidt, Forest Fottler, Paul
Curtis, and Raymond Renders. Each
of the boys expressed his apprecia-
ton in few words.
1t has been decided to reward the
members of the second team, too, but
the award will not be definitely de-
cided upon until the Art class has ex-
perimented for an appropriate size,
and the Athletic Board has adopted
it. The members on the second team
in football who win receive an award
are: Kenneth Fottler, Joseph Bell,
Harrison Spaulding, Robert Mcintyre,
Frederick Willard, and Norman Wig
dale.
Friday morning Miss Sanders sur
prised the High School Assembly
chorus by presenting them the first
grade trio, Jack Meyer, Howard
Ruenzel, and Norman Rom, who enter
tanned US by singing Silent Night"
first ensemble and then a solo con-
sisting of one verse and the chorus of
the above song. The singing sug-
gested strong possibilities that the
boys would be future members of the
high school Glee Club. Everyone en-
joyed it as was evidenced by the APP
plause.
Tuesday morning Mr.. Postel an
nounced the results of the Reading
Intelligence Test. In almost all cases
the results were very satisfactory.
Wauwatosa High School has no ex-
tremely inferior students in reading
ability. On the whole it has higher
record than the average high school,
Mr.. Postel suggested that Bacon's es-
say on "Studie" would be valuable
source OF information for some of US.
Mr.. Babcock says, Concentration is
the secret of success in reading"
Not enough can be said in praise
of the operetta, Patricia" presented
by the High School Glee Clubs Sat
urday afternoon and evening. The
characters were well chosen, and all
lived up to expectations. Frances
Aburg as Patricia was just as sweet
and unassGming as any critical audi
ence could w1sh, and we might sug-
gest that Edward Thomas make the
writing of sonnets his life work-bow
ties and monocle suit him perfectly.
1t looks as though Ruth Menninger is
going to follow in the footsteps of her
sister, Selma. Her singing was ex-
ceptional. Kneeland Godfrey, Edward
Moering, Margaret Koenig, and Vir-
ginia Jacobs also deserve honorable
mention" If one were asked to write
down the best, all that would be nee
essary would be to copy the entire
cast of characters.
Janet Smith should be congratu-
lated on her ability as an accompanist.
A great deal of the success of the
operetta can be given to her.
Mention should also be made of the
fact that the settings were very pretty
and unusual. The students of w. HI.
S. are handicapped by small stage
and lack of material for stage and
lack of material for stage settings,
thus, the praise of the settings should
be doubled.
The w. H. S. Orchestra played be-
tween acts. 1t is not necessary to
mention their work as their fame as
an orchestra of unusual ability is
widespread.
1t has been several years since any
thing of this sort has been presented
by w. H. S. students and all that we
can say is "Let the work go on.