Mondovi High School - Mirror Yearbook (Mondovi, WI)

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Escorting Senator LaPollette from the station to the High School

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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

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Tfl- (' M T13 f : 0 !‘ Gilmanton Girls 24—Monclovi Girls 4 Gilmanton Boys 8—Mondovi Boys 60 On December 8 our basketball teams were scheduled to play a double header at Gilmanton. The first game was called at eight o’clock. This game was Oilman-ton’s from the start. The Mondovi girls were used to the “pink tea'’ style of basketball and the game was of a benefit to them because of the knowledge gained as to the game. It would he hard to name a star for Mondovi as it was a very loose game, although Cora Thompson did her share of the mixing. Line up was as follows : Forwards—Thompson, O’Mera. ('inter—Jacobi (Capt.). Guards—Perry, Houser. Substitutions—Fuller for Perry. Immediately at the close of this game the boys occupied the attention of the Gilmanton rooters. Gilmanton was very confident of winning this game too, as their spirit was considerably aroused over their trouncing of our girls team. When the game started and Gilmanton made the first basket, the rooters thought without question they were our superiors. How sad is a fall. The Mondovi machine set the wheels in motion and did not apply the brake until a total of sixty points were credited them. The hall was so very small that Mondovi was greatly handicapped teamwork being almost impossible. The game was rough, a great many fouls being called for “holding” and roughing the man. Gilmanton was lucky to get six more points during the game. The lineup was as follows: R. F.—Andy Ward. L. F.—Ralph Hubbard. C.—Lorn Howard. L. G.—Loren Borst (Capt.). R. G.—Allan Smith. Substitutions—Canar for Ward, Claf-lin for Hubbard, Jacobi for Smith. Mondovi Girls !)—Gilmanton Girls 20. Mondovi Boys 85—Gilmanton Boys 10. On December 10 the Mondovi girls were defeated before a large attendance of basketball fans. It was a poor exhibition of basketball, Mondovi didn’t show one flash of teamwork during the entire game. Stars for the local team could not be picked as the game was too loosely played. Gilmanton had however a star in their center who stood bead and shoulders above the rest when it came to real playing of the game. At the close of this game the fans were treated to a somewhat faster, but very one-sided game. Within three seconds after the sound of the whistle Mondovi began to pile up the score. The plays worked like a charm. It was evident at the beginning of the game that Mondovi would run up a large score. Gilmanton seemed rather out of place on our floor and at our style of playing. The line-up was as follows: 11. F.—Canar. L. F.—Hubbard. C.—Howard. R. G.—Smith. L. G.—Borst (Capt). Substitutions—Claflin for Hubbard. Ja-iolii for Howard, Sather for Smith. 31