Mondovi High School - Mirror Yearbook (Mondovi, WI)

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Wednesday Evening, November 20. 1912. The regular meeting of the Debating Club was held November 20. The .eature of the program was the oration by Thomas Lee, “The Rebirth of the i rue American Spirit.” The debate was spirited and brought out many good arguments I he decision was in favor of the affirmative, the teachers'of the lugh school acting as judges. Although the debate was interesting, better preparation might have been made. ll the preliminary work for these regu lar debates is in the hands of the debaters I he following is the program: Roll Call.......................... Text Book Work......................................... Songs ............................ ” I-he World’s Rid for a Man ................... Current Events....................... 1 he Rebirth of the True American Spirit ............ Rudimentary Principles of Parliamentary Law........... Debate: Resolved, I hat I nited States Senators be electe I . F. Neverman ....Coy Knowles .... Elmer 1 Hiker ....Thomas Lee ....R. L. Cundey d by direct vote of the people. Affirmative—Merrill Brobst, Raymond White. Rex Claflin Negative—Sherman Farrington. Russell White Francis Pabst Business Meeting. The meeting of the Debating Club of December 4 was marked by an almost perfect record of attendance. One noteworthy fact about the program was that nearly one-half of the speakers were Freshmen, appearing before the club for the first time. The feature of the evening was the debate, wInch considering the inexperience of most of the speakers, was highly interesting I hey are to be commended for the increasing spirit, accuracy of statement and quick thinking shown in the debate. Members of the high school faculty acted as judges and gave a four-to-one decision in favor of the negative 16

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THE HIGH SCHOOL MIRROR 1? 1 r. P B. Amunson lias presented the school with a skeleton. This is a much aj predated and valuable gift, as it has been a long-felt want in the phys ologv classes. I'he date for the inter-county teachers’ meeting has been changed from February 21 and 22 to March 7 and 8. 'I'he second annual Buffalo Countv Spelling Declamatory Contest will be held March 8 at 3:30 and 8:00 P. M. ' I lie debating teams for the league and Durand contests are busy with the income tax. Twelve boys are working for the three teams. A juvenile band of almost forty pieces is busily at work under the direc-non of Mr. Cundey. Boys from both the grades and high school are members of th s band, and it is from this material that the future high school band members will be recruited. W hen the standings for the second six weeks were averaged it was found that the Sophomores had gained an average of 4 over that of the first six weeks, the Seniors 3»4, the Juniors 3 and the Freshmen 2. This shows better work all along the line. The classes now rank as follows in scholarship: Sophomores 1, Seniors 2, Juniors 3 and Freshmen 4. Among the high school visitors during the last few weeks were Mrs. Win. Ilelwig, Mrs. L. H. Howard, Mrs. Albert Hovev, Rodney Cooke, Mr Miles Brotzman. The teachers spent their vacations as follows: Mr. Mutch Ripon • Miss Shea. Menasha; Miss Hahn, Jefferson; Miss Gillen, Racine; Miss Hessing Windsor; Miss Baker. Rewey; Miss Johnson, Walsh; Miss Banter, Oshkosh-Miss Schmidt, Menominee, Mich., and Miss Terlinden, Campbellsport. New classes will be organized the second semester in the following subjects: Commercial Law, Commercial Geography. English Historv, Ex- pressive Reading. Physiology. American Literature, Advanced Algebra' Farm Mechanics and Agricultural Chemistry. The Senior teachers' training class will have their practice work in the grades during this semester. The following classes will be discontinued, as they are but one semester classes: Solid Geometry, Physical Geography, Elementary Science, Practical English M M. History. Rev. Pinkney gave a very interesting as well as instructive talk to the high school on Courtesy. He showed that courtesy is not alone a matter of tippiii -t ie hat to a lady, but that it is an inborn feeling which finds expression not alone m the presence of ladies but everywhere. He cited the deed of the Garv newsboy, Billy Rugh, as an example of true courtesy. We shall be pleased to hear Mr. Pinkney again. Hie Buffalo County Board at their session appropriated $50 annually for ihe County Spelling-Declamatory Contest. This is certainly a step in the light direction, and we wish to thank them for this material aid. Harold Hill has been out of school since the last part of October on account of illness. We are hoping to see him back soon. The schools were closed at noon on Tuesday, December 10 on account of an epidemic of scarlet fever which had broken out in the city. It was hoped to reopen Monday. December 16, but at the last minute this was deemed inadvisable and an early Xmas vacation was declared. Four weeks of no school at this time of the year is something unusual and should make lor good hard work during the winter months. The Nautilus reception for the Debating Club, which was to be held 1 ecember 13 and postponed on account of the closing of the schools, will be held in the near future.

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THE HIGH SCHOOL MIRROR The following is the program: Roll Call............. I ext Hook Work—Brief for Debate.................... p ]•' Neverman Current Events................................................Ray Parr „..nr •..........................................Russell Nelson rree Miners Law in the Klondike .......................Archie Helwig Debate: Resolved, That the United States should maintain a large navv Affirmative—Lyle Howard, William Moy, Leland Lamb. Negative Earl Robinson, Harvey Rond, Romeo Koepp. Business Meeting. Interest in the coming league debates is increasing and many of those who have done good work in the preliminaries have been selected as probable candidates for Afondovi's three league teams. League tryouts will be held January 15. High School Notes 1 lie sale of Xmas seals was lessened by the enforced vacation. The sale during the first few days totaled almost $30. or twice that of the corresponding tune last year. The total sale, together with the winners in each grade, will be announced in our next issue. I he business men of Mondovi certainly did Pie handsome thing by offering substantial prizes for the winners in each grade. This excellent spirit on the part of the business men of Mondovi would have led to an unprecedented sale if the schools had continued until the holidays. No Nautilus program appears in this issue of the Mirror .on account of the enforced vacation of the schools. Related programs of all three societies will l c held during the first week of school and will appear in the next issue. Blaine Ellenberger finished his work the first semester and has received his diploma. It is this kind of grit that wips in the end. CURE FOR LAZINESS. A hrench scientist has discovered that a hypodermic injection of formic acid will cure the most obstinate case of laziness on record. Experiments have been made in France which have proved this conclusively. A tired type of Parisian hobo was the subject of an experiment. A few drops of formic acid were injected into his vaccination mark. The tramp cut and split four cords of wood that afternoon, and when night came refused to stop work, but was forced to. He was so enthusiastic that he sat up most of the night waiting for morning that he might again hie himself to the wood-pile and wrestle with the axe. Another subject for the experiment was a Paris copper. W ith a few drops of formic acid in his system the officer actually covered his beat once during the day. I hose who watched the experiment sav that not once while on duty did he fall asleep. One more experiment was made, on a messenger boy, who wore out two pairs of shoes in three hours delivering messages, and when his day s work was done pleaded to be permitted to work all night. Formic acid has not yet been tried on the woman who dallies to get her hat on straight, nor on slow trains, nor on Xmas shoppers, but we are now only in the infantile experimental stage with this wonderful “get busv drug.”—High School Students' Notice.