Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-06-02
HISTORY OF EAGLE RIVER
A Short Account Of Some Of the Most
Important Events in Its Life and
n Brief Me ntion of Some of lite lead =
ing Business Men, Both Past
and Present. by
Rev. Father aoepfert.
CONTINUED from last week.

In the fall of 1892, the authorities de-
cided to erect a school worthy of our
County and City, and the result of their
decision is our solidly massive, Roman
brick building, beautifully situated
Northeast of the city on a gently rising
hill surrounded by spacious recreation
grounds, magnificent in its isolation,
within a few hundred yards of our ever
,, glittering Silver Lake and of the broad
healthsome Eagle River. In our opin-
| ion, our Eagle River Public School;
which must have cost not less than
Thirty thousand dollars is a structure
that would do credit and adorn any
city in the world It is moreover sup
piled with every requisite that modern
civilization can afford Later on of
necessity, our Public American Schools
like the English National, and the
| French Commercial Schools, will have
to allow God and His religion to hold
their first place in the sanctuary of
education. This is an affair Of time,
patience, and progress. Public Schools,
without religion, in any cline, cannot
prosper. From religion and enlightened
teaching depend the welfare and pros.
perity of states and nations. The ON
nipotent rights of the Almighty must
be recognized and safeguarded, at all
times: or. schools will have to be closed
and commonwealth perish. Such is
the experience OF. ages.
TN the fall of '93," continues Miss
Margaret Mcleod, 1--WE moved into a
nice, large brick building which was
erected at cost of something like
twenty three thousand dollars. 1t was
opened up with a new corps of instruc-
tors. There were two hundred and
fifty pupils in daily attendance that
year;-the largest number ever regis
tered in this school; the largest number
of school age was four hundred and
two.'
When the writer of these lines
reached Eagle River: i'm September 1894,
Mr.. Cross was Principal of our Public
School. From '94 to '95 he was aided
by most efficient staff of teachers,
and sound work was done for our COM
munity.
I'm 1886, says Miss Mcleod, y Mr..
James A. Walsh, recently graduated
from the University, was our Principal.
He introduced new branches of work,
therefore improving the grading, and
made decided advancement in the dis
cipline.
"Our present Principal, Mr.. FL. B.
Wentz a graduate from the State Nor
nal School, at River Falls, is we'll
known to you. During his administra-
ton, discipline, in the school, has been
further promoted, through the intro
duction of electric bells;a good set of
physical apparatus has been purchased
and the grading of,the whole school adj
vanced. The upper department now
works under the course of study pre-
scribed by the state superintendent for
the three years high school.
IA slight reflection will recall those
among the school ranks who have
taken their position in life, and who
do there compete with their fellows,
There have passed outfrom among the
students who have become physicians,
dentists, lawyers, and teachers, who
have taken and hold positions in the
several ranks of their professions.
Though we.live among pine stumps,
the timbers which go out into the world
are of firm, sound character.
81 hope" says Miss Mcleod, Il