Mondovi High School - Mirror Yearbook (Mondovi, WI)

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THE HIGH SCHOOL MIRROR n The New Debating League. Mondovi ILgh School has again started in a new field of endeavor, namely, the New Debating League. This league is composed of the following schools: Neillsville. Aicadia, I Hack River halls, and Mondovi. The purpose of this league is to promote the scientific study of debate. The league debates will be held some time dur ng February or March. I he w lining school in each league become-' a member of another league, etc., until the winning school in the state is determined. This state organization is under the auspices of Lawrence College ol Appleton. The question for this year's debate is: Resolved, That a state income tax is desirable. , As this is the first time that Mondovi has entered contests of this kind it is hoped that she will make a good showing. J his should not be very diffi- cult, however, because the school has for the last two years supported a debating society. Much enthusiasm has already been aroused over this question and keen competition for places on the teams will be the result. The Loot-Ball Season, I'or the first time in a number of years Mondovi was represented by a foot-ball team. Popular opinion, taking the most hopeful view, ordained that we would have a poor team. But the team and the coach, working under the most adverse difficulties, upset popular opinion. The most pessimistic among us had to acknowledge that we had a successful season, and even our most sanguine supporters were surprised at the progress made after the first game. Most of the time we did not even have a second team to work against, but the foot-ball men showed the true athletic spirit by fighting harder than ever. A great deal of credit should be given the coach, for without his conscientious work a foot-ball team would have been an impossibility. From the very first practice it was evident that he knew foot-ball from beginning to end. With a bunch of fellows who did not know a foot ball from a bean bag, lie succeeded in hammering a team that certainly was a credit to Mondovi. Do You Read the Newspapers? There is an old saying that ‘‘ignorance is . bliss, but if any student in our high school believes this he is up against a pretty stiff proposition. Because a student is going to school is no excuse for not knowing more about the political and public issues of the day. Perhaps the majority of the high school students lead the newspapers. In this way they keep in fairly good touch with the world at large. But a large percentage are indifferent to what is going on about them. If they do pick up a paper they confine their reading to the joke column alone. This is not very beneficial, because it does not tend to broaden the intellect. Is it not commendable to know the issues and events transpiring every day? It is well, indeed, to study past events that have forged the chains of history, but should a person remain totally ignorant of the things making history today? It is a fine asset to be able to converse intelligentlv on popular questions and be able to participate in discussions that are continually arising. So we beg of you to read the papers more and learn more of our own country and its quest:ons pertaining to life outside of the high school.

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Pay Up. As every one knows, it takes money to support a puhlicat on of any sort, and the “M rror is no exception to this rule, besides the expenses of this year we have an old deficit to meet and arc badly in need of funds. From the foregoing it appears that we are justified in asking all subscribers to pay their subscr ptions A I' OXCE. Tlrs is not inserted merely to fill up space, but as a fact will influence future issues of the “Mirror,” so we sincerely hope that all who have not paid for their paper as yet will do so at once. Yv e ere planning on making each issue larger and better than ‘he previous one. Are you willing to have it so? If vou arc. PAY UP. Care of the Exchanges. hy some people persist in throwing Exchang about and defacing them is beyond comprehension. It is an easy matter to find papers literally torn to pieces, while others are covered with all kinds of scribbling. oil would not think of throwing school property about or of marking up the reference books. Why then persist in ' doing so with the Exchanges? They are not yours to mark up at will, but the property of the school and as such should be taken care of. Exchange have even been found behind the radiators, when there is a shelf built expressly for them. This is the place for the Exchanges, and tit's is where the reader should place them as soon as through reading. If the Exchanges are not used with greater care thev will be taken awav entirely, and will remain in the hands of the staff alone. This would be a great loss to the school as a whole, as they are worth reading and enjoved l all, but is the only thing that can be done unless more care is taken of them. Minror Sub- It would not be fair to a few students in the school if we let scriptions. all have credit of getting subscriptions for the Mirror. W e feel it necessary to eulogize a bit in the columns where we are wont to sermonize. So far this year the burden of obtaining Mirror subscriptions has rested on the shoulders of a few. To Charles Franzwa. Russell White, and the Sophomore Class we give our thanks for the work they have done in behalf of the Mirror. Since the firs call for subscriptions these people have taken the initiative in this work. Their work is certainly appreciated by the school, and with the co-operation of a few more student’s the Mirror would be more than a financial success. What is the matter with the remainder of the students? Are they not interest'd or is it that they have not the necessary energy to act? Think it over and help push the good work along. 12

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Lauretta Hauptmann, 16, has withdrawn from school, her parents having removed to Kilhenny, Minn. Percy Claflin, our janitor, spent a week in the northern woods hunting deer, and was rewarded for his patience by bagging a nice fawn. Eli Holcomb acted as engineer in his absence. The question for the state debating league has been received and twelve boys are busy at work preparing for the tryout which will come the latter part of January. I he question, Resolved, 'I hat a state income tax would be beneficial, is an interesting one and presents a good field for argument in view of the recent close election. All students should remember that their outside readings must be done before the first of May. GET BUSY. '1'he following have received “M’s for their work for the Blue and White: Basket-Ball—John Berg, John Dillon, Allen Whelan, Harry Merritt. Uoyd Smith, Clarence Ruff, Cecil Sherwin, Laverne Forest. Fred Litchfield. John Yoll. Lawrence Solberg, Edward Fitzgerald. Stanley Lockwood. Edgar Farrington, Hibbard Broadfoot. Lynn Howard. Blaine EUenberger. Base-Ball—Harry Dillon, Clarence Ruff, Lawrence Solberg, Laverne Forest, Fred Litchfield, Ingvald Kllingson, Reid Kenyon, Lawrence Hanan, Cecil Sherwin, John Berg, Peter dost, Rodney Cooke. Merle Claflin, Zeno Canar. Mttrle McNulty, Ray McNulty, John Voll, Robert Kuenzli, Milton Bond. Sherman Farrington. Edgar Farrington, Carl Lee, Paul Walker. Hibbard Broadfoot, Loren Borst. Track—Lawrence Solberg, Galen Pierce. Edgar Farrington. Hibbard Broadfoot and Loren Borst. Oratory—Glenn Pierce, John Voll and Earl 'I'rowbridge. Foot-Ball—Edgar Farrington. Lynn Howard, Loren Borst. Guv Hum phrey, Carl Lee. Paul Walker, Clayton Butler. Merrill Brobst. Arthur Koepp. Arnold Koepp, Harvey Bond, Sherman Farrington. Harrv Connett. Girls' Basket-Ball—Vera Howard. Edith Hanson. Millicent Fuller-. Golden W ard, Faye Fisher. Elsie Holcomb, Gladys Ward. Hazel Odell. Eva Helvvig. Henrietta Johnson, Ava Holmes, Fannie Holmes, Frances Broadfoot, Edna Halberg and Vivian Borst. County Superintendent H. .T. Niehaus visited schools December 5. 14