The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-12-02
SCHOOL NEWS.

Thanksgiving vacation is over. The
pupils are all back looking for the
quizzes which will be given this week.
Selma Olson, editor in chief of the
Crimson, and Esther Haugen, subscrip-
ton manager, attended the Central In
terscholastic Press Association meeting
held at Madison last Friday. The con-
ference was attended by members of
stats of high school and university an
nuals. About $50 were present.
Need for School Paper.
Last week at the University of Wis
consin there was held convention of
editors of high school papers. In read
ing the lists of cities represented, we
this one Outside of our annual we
have no publication and no record is
kept of school events. BY beginning
in small way good weekly or month
ly paper could be published in the Ed
gerton high school.
A girls debating club has been form
i'd with ABOUT twenty members. Officers
have been elected, but as yet no work
has been done. Debates have been ar
ranged between a number of schools
The debaters to represent the school
in girls debating work will be chosen
from this club.
Edgerton has always had good bas-
ketball team. This year should be no
exception, and the team representing
us should be as good as, if not better
than that of last year. The team of
last year won II out of % games and
received second place at the annual
Milton tournament. This is very good
record for any school team to make
With five letter-men back and plenty
of other material, and with good
coaches, the prospects for the season
are bright.
Two delegates, Arthur Cunningham
and Austin Dodge, from the Hi-Y club
were sent to Milwaukee Friday to at
tend the Older Boys conference in ses-
sion there. Delegates were present
from all over the state. The speakers
were from New York, Chicago and De-
troit. The main object of this confer
ence was to discuss ways and means of
lettering schools and communities. The
delegates were lodged in private homes.
The hospitality shown by the citizens
was fine. Like conferences are being
held in nearly all other states.
The grade pupils and several visitors
enjoyed the play presented last We'd
nesday by the sixth grade. The In
dams. Miles Standish, Father Peregrin
and the Pilgrim maidens all did their
part in presenting the story, "Our
First Thanksgiving. The play was
reproduced Thursday evening in the
Masonic temple for the Masons and
their families.
The Good Fellowship club of the
grade schools showed its spirit of
Thanksgiving by bringing food, dressed
chickens, potatoes, carrots, cabbages,
pumpkins, apples, bread, cookies, can
ned fruits and vegetables and jellies to
fill IL large baskets for the needy. The
grocery stores donated baskets, while
several townspeople, the domestic sci
ence department and the grade school
teachers gave donations. With the
help of two high school boys and their
cars the baskets were delivered to the
homes Wednesday evening.
The girls of the domestic science
classes are getting ready fCT bazaar
to be given the last week of school.
Some articles are to be sold and others
are for display only.
A social hour was held in the gym
nasium Friday evening, Nov. 25.
The following assignment of groups
for the use of the gymnasium has been
made:
Monday evening, 7-8, Geo. Browns
group; 8-9, Clinton Green's group.
Tuesday, 7-8, c. L. Atkins group;
80, c. L. Atkins group.
Wednesday, 7-8, Frederick Filing
sons group; 80, Gordon Whittet's
group.
Thursday, 7-8, George Lynts' group;
80, Miss Phernetton's group.
Friday, 7-8, Chester Peters group;
80, Connie Midtbon's group.
Saturday, $40 a. m, 7th grade boys;
1O-11, 9Th grade boys.