Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1922-12-21


tary; Theodore Helm, Treasurer: Ed
ward Thomas, Leader.
The splendid talks given during the
month were by Edward Thomas, Mr..
McCredy, Coach Miller and Willard
Havel.
The Christmas holidays will find
Mr.. Livingston in Wauwatosa.
Miss Carlson in Whitewater.
Miss Geseil in Lodi.
Miss Gesteland in GAINESVILLE.
Miss Handel in Manitowoc.
Miss Thatcher in Brook6eld.
Miss Rogers in Appleton.
Miss Vandevelt in Waupun.
Miss Cash in Sterling, Illinois.
The Misses Sanders and Strehlow
like Wauwatosa so well that fair Iowa
has no charms for them this year.
The Junior High wishes to all who
read its columns a Merry Christmas.
Christmas vacation begins this Fri
day, December twenty-second and con-
tinues through Tuesday, January sec
ond. We are all anMously waiting for
the holiday vacation, when we can rest
up and enjoy the gaiety of the Christ
mas season.
The teachers of Aetna Park, Wash
ington School, Lincoln School and the
Junior and Senior High Schools, met
together at the regular monthly ban
quet held at the Lincoln building. A
very delicious banquet was served by
the girls Of the Domestic Science De-
partment.
Mr.. Kolb was master of ceremonies
and had arranged very interesting
program. Miss Saunders rendered us
two pleasing vocal solos. Mr.. Brendle
played two clarinet solos, and Miss
Metcalf accompanied him on the piano.
Mr.. Frank Clapp, of the Education
Department of the University of
Wisconsin, was the main speaker of
the evening He spoke on 1.-THE re-
lationship of the difficulty Of the num-
Der combinations in relation to the fire.
quency of their occurrence in arithme-
tic text books"
After the program, Sanity Claus
came to the party and brought all the
teachers that had been-good-
that was most of them--a very appro-
pirate gift. The teachers of the
schools presented Mr.. Kolb with a
leather travelling case.
During the party Xmas songs and
carols were sung, and the party dis
banded at about nine-thirty. Mr.. and
Mrs. Grove and Mr.. and Mrs. Smithy-
man were the guests Of honor.
Mary Behner had charge of a most
interesting Anna Copeland Club meet
ing, Tuesday noon. The subject of the
meeting was christmas and its True
! Spirit" The following gave very in
teresting talks: Elizabeth Schmidlv.
"The Meaning of Christmas" Phyliss
ingalls,, "The True Spirit of Christ
mas" Ethel Miller, "How to keep the
True Spirit All the Year" Helen
Palmer, Thelma Irwin and Mary Beh-
ner sang some of the Christmas Car
OILS. The meeting was closed by Mary
Behner's reading Of a poem.
The Senior High School is to have a
Christmas l,arty this Friday afternoon
at the High School. Classes will be
dismissed early and the first part of
the program will take place in the as
sernbly. The orchestra will play
"Tannhauser," "Frat," a march, and
one or two popular numbers. A short
Christmas play, entitled: talented
Dollies," will be presented. The cast
of the play is as follows:
The Shop Woman. 5. Dorothy Wolcott
Babette--the Maid :. Lucia Ragsdale
Scotch Doll ..... Margaret Hall
Oriental Doll ........ Helen Winding
| Gypsy Doll ......... Evelyn Jannsen
| French Doll .... Frances Garrard
Rag Dell ............ Phyllis Ingalls,
| After the program in the Assembly,
Sanity has been scheduled to come and
bring a gift for each person in the
High School. We hope he won't dis
appoint us, but we realize how very
busy he is. After the presents have
been given ous, we will all adjourn
to the gymnasium, where we will have
a Christmas tree. The remainder of
the afternoon will be spent in dane
ing. A Jolly good time is in store for
US all.
| Last Saturday evening an unusual
demonstration of the dramatic ability
which exists in our high school
was given when the Mosques Ora
matte Clubs three plays were pre-
scented. AS a reward for their hard
work, the young actresses discovered
a full house in the evening. The first
play, Lima Beans" showed Elizabeth
Walker as the pretty young wife in
a lavender harlequin costume. Fort
ney Stark, as the vegetable dealer,
comes along just as soon as she IS de-
batting what to have for dinner, so
she purchases some string beans. But
when her husband, whose part was
taken by Pauline Martin, came home,
quarrel ensues because there are
string beans ins.sad Of the usual lima
beans. The play is Of different type
than has been undertaken by the Wau-
watosa High School students before,