Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1921-05-27
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.

The District Declamatory Contest
was held at the Milwaukee State Nor
NAL School, Wednesday, May 1S.
There were contestants from South
Division, Washington, Sheboygan,
Menomonee Falls, Bay View, Ocono-
mowoc and Wauwatosa High Schools,
and Wisconsin Memorial Academy
The judges gave first place to Florence
Root of South Division, who spoke
"The Littlest Rebel; second place to
Bernice Woleott of Wauwatosa, who
gave "Pro Patria"; and third place
to Jean Kuyper, of Wisconsin Memoir
ial Academy, who spoke, "For Dear
Old Yale". We have reason to feel
very proud of the honor won by our
contestant, for the contest offered very
close Competition inasmuch as there
were representatives from some of the
largest high schools in the state. Our
school was given further recognition
by having our orchestra furnish sew
eral musical numbers.
The Freshman class in Elementary
Science spent an enjoyable period one
day last week in the study of leaves.
AS many as eighteen different kinds,
styles and shapes were found on the
high school campus.
Botany became a pleasure on Mon
day morning when the Sophomore
botanists took field trip to Honey
Creek, the golf links, and back along
the river route for the purpose Of find
ing and analysing native flowers.
Mrs. Ernest Lefeber is completing
the work of Miss Gladys Wheeler, who
has recently resigned.
On Monday morning of this week
the Reverend W. C. Stinson, DID,, for
mer pastor of the Congregational
church of this city and now of New
York, gave most inspiring talk to
the high school on the value of voca-
tional education. He gave some very
vital and helpful suggestions to the
class about to graduate relative to the
choosing of their life work. He en-
phasized the Importance of first elimi-
nation and then concentration in the
choice of vocation. DR.. Stinson won
the interest and confidence of every
boy in school by telling of his days as
an athlete.
Mae Collins had for the subject of
her Senior talk on Tuesday morning
"The Future of the American Negro.
Last week Thursday, the Junior and
Senior Hi-Y's held a joint meeting and
were entertained by a movie comedy.
The years work of the Orchestra,
the Boys and the Girls Glee Clebs,
eliminated in a joint concert given on
Tuesday evening, May "a, at the high
school. The program was most pleas
ingly varied, and was undoubtedly one
of the best ever given by the COM
bined musical organizations of the
nigh school. The concert demonstrate
ed the unusual talent that exists in
our school, and proved once more that
our students have real ability wheth-
er they appear in dramatics, in con-
tests, or on musical programs. The
orchestra played numbers that ranged
from the best and wen known classical
selections to those of a more popular
nature. and thus displayed its ability
in Interpretation and execution. The
Boys aud Girls Glee Clubs sang sew
eral songs that showed pleasing va
rietv and finish ON the part of these
organizations. Natalie Brigham, Har-
rison Robinson and Selin.. Menninger
were the soloists of the evening, and
each performed most creditably. Too
much credit cannot be given the d.
rectors of the various organizations.
Mr.. Brendel, under whose direction
the orchestra has worked, has had re-
naarkable success in this, his first year,