Mondovi High School - Mirror Yearbook (Mondovi, WI)

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HIGH SCHOOL SONG In the north of old Wisconsin ’Mid hills and streams so clear Stands Mondovi with her High School The home we love so dear Where we spend our happy school-days With hearts so gay and light While we sing Rah Rah Mondovi ’Neath our colors, Blue and White. When vacation days are over September comes 3t last We greet our friends and schoolmates As in the days gone past It is then we banish sorrow To sing with all our might “Rah Rah for old Mondovi And our colors, Blue and White.” But the time comes all too quickly When we must say adieu To teachers, friends and schoolmates And basketball teams true. Tho we wander from Mondovi And roam the wid e world thru Our hearts will e’er be loyal To the grand old white and blue. —STELLA PLANT, 1908. COUNTY SPELLING AND DECLAMATORY CONTEST. Last year a spelling and declamatory contest was held at the State Fair, the contestants being representatives from the various counties of the state. This year Mr. Neverman wrote to the teachers of the county and asked them to write their opinion regarding the holding of a county spelling and declamatory contest. Nearly all favor the proposition and Supt. of Schools, H. J. Niehaus, decided to co-operate with the Mondovi school. Supt. Niehaus has divided the county into nine contest districts, all of which are to hold their district contests on January twenty-seventh. The winners of the district contests will meet in Mondovi February twenty-second. The winners in both the spelling and declamatory contests will have their expenses paid to the State Fair next fall. Besides this the following prizes will be given: 1. Medals will be given to the three winners in each of the final contests. 2. The winning school in each of the final contests will receive a large sheepskin banner. We sincerely hope that all the schools will take hold right way and we are sure it will be a success. 8 of this in the

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THE RESERVE FUND. At the end of the last school year the Athletic Association faced a deficit in the treasury which there seemed to be no way of meeting. To avoid anything of that kind this year the Reserve Funa was started. In this Reserve Fund is placed five per cent of the gross receipts of all athletic games and every other entertainment given under the auspices of the High School or by any High Scho 1 organization. This Reserve Fund will not be drawn upon until the end of the year and then if any organization has a deficit, enough of the money will be given them to pay this off. The remainder, if there is any, will be divided among all the societies or will be left in the fund, to be used next year. This certainly seems to be a much better way of meeting any deficit that may come up than to try and make it up during the last week or two of school when everyone is busy preparing for examinations. CLEAN ATHLETICS. Mondovi, as a school, has always stood for clean athletics in every sense of the word and they still stick to the belief that they can win more games honestly than they could by tricky and dishonest methods. With the intention of promoting clean athletics in High Schools the W. I. A. A. was organized. The affairs are in charge of a board of control of which Supt. Callahan of Menasha is chairman. Mondovi early became a member of this Association and in all its athletics, which are carried on under the supervision of this board, it has gone by, not only the wordings of the ruling of the Association, but also the spirit in which they were given out. Some of the main rules of the Association are: 1. Players must be less than twenty-one years of age. 2. Must be bonafide High School students carrying full work. 3. Must have mark equal to passing mark of school. Mondovi is strictly adhering to these rules even tho it means the loss of one or more players who are nearly sure of making the team. We hope every school in the state is as careful as Mondovi about playing players who are ineligible. In the future, as in the past, let the motto of Mondovi be “CLEAN ATHLETICS. BLACK RIVER FALLS. During the first part of the school year Black River Falls suffered one of the greatest disasters known in this part of the country. The city treasury was in such a poor condition that it was thot the schools would have to be closed at Christmas. At the teachers’ convention at Milwaukee an appeal was made to the schools of the state to assist the Black River Falls schools. Mondovi, thru a benefit basketball game, sent $58 to the relief committee. Can’t every school do its best to help the schools of Black River? Try it anyway and we know Black River will appreciate your efforts.

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HIGH SCHOOL NOTES A new set of leaves has been received for the encyclopaedia. This brings them up to date, something that cannot be had with the permanent bound books. Anyone not receiving their copy of the Mirror should notify John Voll or Paul Walker. This will be considered a favor. We wish to thank the Jones Drug Company for the two Mondovi pennants they presented to the High School. Friday, December eighth, Hon. S. G. Gilman gave the school a very interesting and instructive talk on “The Ascent of Popocatepetl.” We are sure the school would be very much pleased to hear Mr. Gilman relate some of the other experiences he has had in his extended travels. Supt. Niehaus visited the High School and grades Wednesday, December sixth, and reported everything in fine condition. After the second reports had been handed out the class averages were made out. Every class had gained during the six weeks, the Juniors leading with a gain of five points and the Freshmen next with a gain of three. The average standings of the classes now are: Freshmen 84 2-3: Sophomores 83 1-2; Juniors 82 1-4; Seniors 80 7-10. The standings as a whole were much better, there being only sixty-seven failures as compared to one hundred eighteen the first six weeks. We hope to see even a greater increase during this six weeks. Wilmer Pabst. ’15, has withdrawn from school. Since school opened the following have become resident pupils: Ivy Goss, Merrill and Everett Brobst, Dorothy Brownlee and Bernard Dugan. The High School Orchestra has been organized again. The Orchestra made a fine showing last year and we hope they will be better this year. Rhetoricals have commenced again. All those who belong to societies are excused from rhetoricals. This leaves only a few who have to appear before the school but this number is being rapidly increased by the tardy cases. If anyone is tardy three times he must appear before the school. Thus far quite a few have gained the right of appearing on the list. There were quite a few visitors at the open meetings of the Debating Club and The Nautilus. The meeting of the Nautilus was only Open to the mothers. The large number present shows the interest that is taken in this phase of school work. The courses of studv for the second semester were called for December eighteenth so that t e program could be worked out during vacation. The Seniors have received their rings, and nearly everyoni is well r leased with them. They are by far the neatest and prettiest class rings anv class has had and certainly now that the Seniors do not intend to let any cf the previous classes git the best cf them. 4