Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-06-11
A SURE THING.

When the county board met Friday
morning the matter of establishing an
agricultural school in the county was
brought up and was fully discussed.
g. S. Gilbert had previously presented
the following petition;
WHEREAS, The state of Wisconsin
having provided for the establishment
of county schools of agriculture by
Chapter 2SS, Laws of 1901,
Resolved, That a special committee
Of three be appointed by the chairman
of this board with instructions 10 make
an investigation of the matter and if
they deem it wise report basis for the
organization and maintenance of such
a school at this session of the board.
G.. S. GILBERT.
The chairman appointed as such COM
mittee G. s. Gilbert, Jacob Kiehl and
Matt Mess, who reported the following
on Friday morning:
To the Honorable Board of Marathon
County:
The undersigned, your special COM
mittee, to whom was referred the resO-
luton in regard to the establishment of
a county school of agriculture, do re-
port as follows:
The committee is of the opinion, from
what investigation they have been able
to give the matter, that the school
would be of great benefit to the county
of Marathon. We are of the opinion
that the school can be built and ready
for occupancy at an expense not to eX-
coed $4,000. That if in the Judgment
of the county board it is desirable to
secure this school, we would advise
that the county of Marathon issue its
bonds in the sum Of ten thousand dol
lars $4,000 payable one thousand dol
lars per year, and that committee be
appointed to carry out the further work
and organization necessary.
G. S. GILBERT,
JACOB KIEHL, Com.
MATT MESS.
The board was addressed on the sub
iect by A. L. Kreutzer, Neal Brown, c.
d. Jones, M. A. Hurley, Prof. o. E.
Wells, and by members of the board.
The addresses took up the entire fore
noon.
The report was afterwards amended
by the board and upon motion of super
visor A E Beebee it was voted to refer
the matter to the next meeting,
and the original motion was
adopted as amended, which action
complicated matters somewhat and
John Ringle, thinking that the matts.'
had been misunderstood, offered the fol-
lowing which was adopted
Resolued, That it is the sense of the
county board that one of the agricultur-
al schools authorized by the state legis-
lature should be established in Mara
thon county. That therefor a commit
tee of three be appointed to report on
that subject, and said committee be in
structed to receive propositions for a
suitable site and cause to be made GER
tain plans for such q school building,
the county training school and report
at the annual meeting OF the county
board.
JOHN RINGLE.
Prof. Wells, in his address, stated
clearly in an intelligent manner the
ACCESSIBILITY of connecting the school
with the county training school, as sug-
gested by the PILOT, the same to be put
in one building. In the agricultural
school there are certain studies to be
pursued, which TO fully understand,
one must have acquired sSme of the
knowledge as impaired by the latter in
stitutiOn, and thus the life of the train
inc school is necessary to the life of the
agricultural school. The proposition of
placing the county superintendent
office in such a building has also been
talked of and meets with favor. The
action of the County Board makes the
school a certain thing, and the senti-
meut for it is daily growing stronger.