Mondovi High School - Mirror Yearbook (Mondovi, WI)

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stairway. They are convenient pieces of furniture and are made good use of bv the students. The Commercial Department was favored with a pleasant surprise from Santa Claus during the holiday vacation, the present coming in the form of six new Monarch typewriters. Our Domestic Science teachers, Miss Dodge, did not return to us after the holidays because of a severe illness of pneumonia. She is convalescing at time of writing and if is hoped by the time this is published she will be back with us again. Miss Winifred Miller, of this city and a graduate of Mondovi High School has charge of the Domestic Science Department in her place. The Senior Class has selected its class pin and ring and the display of jewelry will soon be gorgeous. The Ladies Musical Literary Society of this city has voted to give the High School Band twenty-five dollars. JUNIORS HAVE ANOTHER GOOD TIME. On an evening during the week before Christmas, the Juniors had another one of their good times. They met at eight o’clock in the basement of the Congregational Church. They spent the time in playing games until ten o'clock when delicious refreshments were served. Everyone reported a good time. HIGH SCHOOL PRESENTED WITH FLAG. Friday evening, January 7, the churches, halls and schools of Mondovi were presented with beautiful large American Hags by the Ladies Relief Corps of this city. The occasion was an elaborate one, the schools furnishing their share of the entertainment in the way of music, songs, drills, recitations, etc. Several prominent speakers took part and Principal Swartz spoke in behalf of the schools on acceptance of the flag. The High School Orchestra with thirteen pieces was on hand as usual, and the quartet was called back more than once. SEN. ROBERT M. LaFOLLETTE. Wednesday, December 15 the students of Mondovi High School had the genuine pleasure of treating our United States Senator from this state to a royal welcome, and of hearing him address us from our own Assemby platform. At 3:00 P. M. the entire school and eighth grade carrying flags, and the high school band met the train which brought the Senator to our city. A parade of students led bv the band and followed at the end by Hon. W. L. Houser’s automobile carrying the Senator, marched from the depot to the high school building where Mr. LaFollette and his little party marched through the ranks of students into the building. There Senator LaFollette, introduced by Mr. Houser gave us the speech printed on the next page. In the evening Senator LaFollette addressed the citizens of Mondovi in the Opera House; one of the largest audiences every assembled here. 28

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benefit ami entertainment is obtained from bis talks. Rev. Mild Mrs. Horth visited classes Monday, December i. Monday December Id, we were sudden ly surprised when the (ire gong sounded. Every one rushed out in true to training older, expecting to find the exterior of the school building enveloped in flames, but it was only a practice drill. That the diills have proven practical is evident. The walls of the classrooms are beautifully enlightened with stunning new calendars, given either to us or the teachers in charge of these rooms bv our janitor. DR. E. L. PARMENTER. Friday December 10, Dr. E. L. Par-menter of this city favored us with the first of a series of lectures on practical physiology. Dr. Parmenter illustrates his lectures with charts of his own drawing and really gives us more practical physiology in one lecture than we could obtain in weeks of study in a text book. In this, the first lecture, he dealt with circulation and the heart, showing the course of the blood through the entire circulation of the entire body. We are indeed fortunate that Dr. Parmenter is to favor 11s with more of these entertaining and instructive lectures. FOOTBALL BANQUET. On November If), the football squad was given a reception by the girls of the high school in the Commercial Room. About 7:00 o’clock twenty members of the squad and Coach Mathys sat down to a royal good feed, which certainly did credit to the girls, who were the culinary artists. The feed was begun with an oyster stew after which several other courses were served. After the knife and fork stunts were over with. Coach Mathys gave a brief (?) talk in which he presented our possibilities for 1916, and also “doped” Mondovi out to have one of the strongest teams in the state. He also gave a short review of 1915 season. Amid great applause he modestly and blushingly resumed his seat. Toastmaster Smith then called upon different members of the squad and all responded with a beautiful, almost pitiful array of oratory. We had the pleasure that evening of listening to an impromptu (?) speech by one of the best, if not the best, half-backs engaged in high school football in the state of Wisconsin. We won’t need to mention his name. You all know “Pa.” Our cheer leader was also present and he led several cheers. We drank a toast to our 1916 team, proposed by La Verne Adams. —A. S., ’17. HONORS TX TYPEWRITING. The Remington Award tests in typewriting have been given our commercial students from time to time during the vear. The company sends out pamphlets each month containing the copy to be written. The matter is new to the student and he is given ten minutes to write on the copy. For every error five words are deducted from the writer’s total, and ten errors disqualifies him. If twenty-five words per minute are netted a pennant is awarded him; for forty words a card case, and for fifty-five words a gold medal and certificate of efficiency. Last month the idvanced class took the test with the company’s representative present. The following prizes were awarded to successful students: Emil Silverness was awarded a pennant having netted 25 words per min-jte, card ..uses were awarded to Ruth Houser and Ada Fleisehauer who netted 48 and 42 words respectively, and the gold medal and certificate was awarded to Lincoln Quarberg who netted 67 words per minute. During vacation our janitor built a fine rubber rack and umbrella combination for the landing of both the boys’ and girls’ 27

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 SPEECH OF SEX. ROBERT M. La- FOLLETTE TO STUDENTS OX WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15. Professor Swartz, Mr. Houser, Students of the Schools and Teachers: Your kindness to nre here today in turning out in a body is indeed a very great welcome . to the party traveling here on this trip, and I shall always remember it as an obligation on my part. I can only say a few words to you. and what I have to say T shall connect with your work rather than with mine. If I might look into the way you did your work this morning, the preparation you made for the work of the day: if I might know what your daily habit is in that regard, I could pick out of this gathering this afternoon the men and women of tomorrow who will be useful to this state and community and whose lives will go to enrich the commonwealth of our country. There is no part of your lives so important to the next generation in Wisconsin as the time you are now spending in the schools of your splendid little city. It is here that the future of the state of Wisconsin is built; right here all the future life of old Wisconsin is being molded, and the particular successes and tragic failures that will be made hy you, and that you are now having, are laying the foundation for the future. What you get out of books is important, it broadens your mind wonderfully. Why pick up a piece of Old Mother Earth and it will talk to you, it will tell you its history and impart old secrets which lay hidden within it; that shows you have used your hooks. There are the practical things you get out of books, too. These are determined by the way in which you use them today. Whether you are in earnest, whether you are honest in the use of them, is going to determine the story of your lives. You can cheat the teacher, you can beat it through often times, you can nig and cheat perhaps in examinations, you can do many things that will place you far above the average, but yon are not beating tbe teacher, you are beating yourself, all these things make a weak place in vour character. Are you making that which is of good, sound material, or are you building up the opposite ? School buildings and books are but tbe tools by which knowledge is made. It is the work, the effort, and the ability that accomplishes; these do not come from books. Great care should be taken in the study of your lessons and if you prepare them as you should, good returns will be the reward. Like a knight of old, whose armor being made of good material, could withstand the attacks of the enemy, you are making just such an armor, you are welding either good material or bad as the case may be, and when the test of strength comes and you have to fight your way, you want that armor perfect so that it will afford good protection. If you do a dishonest piece of work and if you pass it off as sound and right, you have that day forged an unsafe place in your armor ; it is a weak place and some time or other when the test of strength comes you will think sadly of the many just such weak places and wish that they had not been welded in the coat of arms. Do your work honestly and although you are not the best student in school, it will determine whether you can make your way and your success will be sure. Now I want you all to feel that you are soldiers and that when you enter school you enlist in the service of the state. The state gives you the school, and the school in turn gives many great opportunities. Therefore you should attempt to pay back to the community in which you live the most you can in good service to the state. The great obligation you owe to your fathers and mothers who are giving you the opportunity of becoming the future citizens of the State of Wisconsin, and the (Continued on page 33) 29