Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-11-24
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES

| The question to be debated this year
through the high schools of the state
has been announced as Resolved, that
the reduction of national ornaments
force is practicable The Public
Speaking class under the direction of
Miss Huss has begun to study debat-
ing and it is hoped that winning
team may be turned out this year.
The paid subscription list for the
school paper, The Skyrocket, now to-
tails COL. Last Friday the campaign
for subscriptions ended and it was
found that the team under the leader
ship OF Joe Winetzki had secured the
most paid subscriptions, their list to-
falling 9S. The first issue of the pa
per comes out early this week.
The basketball team has started its
seasons practice under the direction
of Coach Merton S. Lean, former
Lawrence player, and coach here last
year. Four wv" men are back from
the last years squad. They are Ker-
init L+aabs, Bernard Riebe, Walter
Reinke, and Woodward Bierbrauer. 1t
is expected that strong team will be
turned out.
On Friday the Junior and Sophie
more classes met and elected their
class cheer leaders. John Coates was
elected to lead the Juniors in their
yells and George Nequette was elect
ed cheer leader for the Sophomore.
On Friday afternoon mass meet
ing was held to work up pep for the
|inter-class basketball tournament.
There was much yelling by the various
classes. Joe Winetzki presided over
the meeting and called upon Valerian
Weisner, captain of the Senior team
and Hale Quandt, captain of the Jun
iors, for short talks. Mr.. Roeske, who
coached the Seniors, was called upon
for a short talk. Bernard Riebe, Walt.
Reinke, Mr.. Maxwell, Coach Lean and
Mr.. Painter were also called on for
short talks.
Saturday evening the inter-class
basketball tournament was held in
the Y. M. c. A. gymnasium The
strong Junior team captured first hon
ors and the Seniors received second
place while the Freshmen and Sophie
mores tied for third place. The first
game was played between the Senior
and Sophomore teams. The Seniors
outclassed their younger opponents
and won by the score of 1912. The
teams lined up as follows: Seniors:
Weisner, capt, and right forward;
Rapraeger, left forward Dickert, CEN
ter; Arquette, right guard; Spector,
left guard. Sophomores: Larson, right
forward; r. Patterson, left forward;
Peterson, center; Murchie, capt. and
right guard; X. Patterson, left guard.
Barden, Landon and Broadrick were
substitutes for the Senior team.
The net game played between the
Junior and Freshmen teams. The Jun
iors easily defeated their opponents
although the Freshmen put up a game
fight The final score was 1872. The
lineup of the teams was as follows:
Juniors: Quandt, caut. and right for
ward; Rick, left forward; Allen, CEN
ter; Hansen, right guard; Egdahl, left
guard; Slocum, substitute, A. Edwards,
substitute. Freshmen: r. Edwards,
capt. and left forward; Zilisch, right
forward; Eimerman, center; Litz,
right guard; Hussong, left guard.
The third game was the feature of
the evening according to some. The
"W' men from last years team played
the Faculty and gave them a nice
drubbing with a score of 1873. The
lineup of the tow teams was as fol-
lows: Faculty: Kubiak, IF; Maxwell,
If; Swenson, G.; Slade, rg; Lean, lg;
Roeske, sub.
After this game the final game be-
tween the Junior and Senior teams,
winners in the preliminaries, was
played. The Juniors showed up even
stronger than they did against the
Freshmen and defeated the Seniors
by a score of 2O-3, thus gaining the
class championship of the school. The
same lineups were used in this game
as in the preliminaries.
The two groups of the Girl Reserves
under the Waugonian club in the high
school have been organizer. The first
group is composed of the girls from
the eighth A and Freshman classes
in the high school. The following are
it's officers: Christine Mcdonald, pres
ident; Mae Liljeqvist, secretary; Re-
gina Terzewski, treasurer. This
branch meets every two weeks. The
teachers acting as advisors for the
girls are, Miss Olive Wells, Miss Jud-
|sen and Miss Gensmann. The Senior
group has just re GENTLY been organ
lied with the following officers: Alice
Rudberg, president; Norma Zilisch,
vice president; Helen Arsta, secreta-
ry; Joyce Anderson. treasurer; Anna
Schultz, chairman of the program
committee; Althea Weinkauf, chair
man OF the social committee; Eliza
beth Lemke, chairman of the service
committee. This group meets once
month but there are to be many
joint meetings Of the two groups.
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