Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-01-19
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES

Last week a typewriting contest
was held in the typewriting classes.
| The following are the students who
finished in the first four places and
the average number of words written
per minute:
Esther Hamler, So 1915.
Selma Ashbrenner, So.
Joseph Bloomquist, So 9-15.
Alice Duerstein, 81.
Mabel Nickel, Henry Weisbrod and
Althea Weinkauff finished very near
the top with 48 words each.
Thursday evening the final debate
tryouts were held and theh two teams
were picked to represent our school
in the annual triangular debate. Miss
Huss, the public speaking teacher,
has announced that one team is COM
posed of Henry Weisbrod, Jackson
Taylor and Paul Mackmiller with Err
vim Marquardt as alternate; the other
team Is composed OF Dean Crawford,
Edward Huffman and George Marth,
with Arnold Wunsch as alternate. 1t
has not definitely been announced
which team is to take the affirmative
or the negative as both teams are
working on both sides of the ques-
siOh oo idt lie lOIlOWluk are the
students who entered the trials and
the order In which the judges ranked
them: Henry Weisbrod, Dean Craw-
ford; Jackson Taylor, Edward Kuhl-
man, Paul Mackmiller, George Marth,
Arnold Wunsch, Erwin Marquardt,
Marie Peterson, Eugene Conway, Har-
old Reinhardt, Frank Barden. The
judges were Messrs. G.. G. Kruger,
Il. p. German, A. p. Minsart, e. o.
Luebchow and b. Il. Smith
Thursday noon there was a meet
ing of the Senior class. 1t was de-
cided to dedicate the 1922 Wahiscan
to Supt. $. B. Tobey.
New drinking fountains, very much
needed, are being put in at each end of
the main corridors.
The "Skyrocket," the new school
paper. has joined the Central Inter-
scholastic Press association, national
headquarters of which is at Madison,
Wisconsin. The aim of this organi-
cation is to supply information, of
fer advice, criticism and other help
to make better school papers.
On Friday morning a short mass
meeting was held TO work up pep
for the Wausau-Wisconsin Rapids bas-
ket ball game played Friday evening
at Wisconsin Rapids. Joe Winetzki
presided and called on John SIocum.
bernard Riebe and Mr.. Maxwell for
short talks. Edmund Sawyer. the
school cheer leader, led in few pep
Ply yells.
Friday evening the Wausau team
defeated the Rapids in a fast game
OF basketball by the score of 14-13.
Az the end of the first half the score
stood TO in the Rapids favor but
in the second half Slocum immedi-
ately tied the count by the most spec
taeular throw of the game. After this
Wansau forged ahead and remained
in theh lead during the rest of the
game. Len LeRoux of the Rapids.
was the individual star of the game
but the Wausau boys succeeded in
holding him to three field baskets.
The Wausau team kept up their good
team work and due TO this they came
out on the long end of the score The
lineup of the teams and the points
made by each player was as follows.
Wisconsin Rapids: Frechette. lg:
Greiber, rg; r. LeRoux, c., 6; e. lie
RouN, II, |; l.. LeRoux, RI, 6, Total l3.
N""s"u' hlSue' TX, Z, l@aapS, re, y:
Allen. c, 4: Dickert, II. .: Slocum. ri,
?: Rick, RI. Total IA.
Next Friday the Merrill team will
play Wausau here in the Y. NJ C. A.
gymnasium. This will be the first
big home game.
Final examinations for the first SEM
ester started Tuesday morning and
will continue for the rest of the week.
The exemption system was used the
same as last year.
Edward Cawley has re-entered
school as junior, having attended st.
Johns Military academy the past year.
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