The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-27
TO PARENTS.
Can Open Letter.

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we can talk school to parents without
being accused of mere selfshness.
Ours is factory city, and there are
evidences already appearing that we
are drifting towards those characteris-
tics of the typical factory town every
where recognized as undesirable, un-
wholesome and degenerating. Against
a tendency toward lack Of respect for
age and sometimes parents, towards
irreverence, towards indifference to
the cleaner and better things of life,
towards low ideals in general, which,
for reasons unknown to us, are the
usual outgrowths Of purely factory
conditions, it is the duty of every citi-
zen to exert his influence, consistently
and constantly.
Parents especially should give these
conditions serious thought, for the
home, more than anything else, is de-
! termining what the character of our
| city shall be ten years hence.
| The next most potent influence is
the school, and this is the burden Of
orr article for this time. Hundreds of
young men and women are now en-
| p1oyed in our factories who were COM
/ PEELED to quit school years ago, before
! they had secured, many of them, even
the rudiments of education. They feel
! the embarrassment of ignorance every
day, to say nothing of their handicap
in the race for the better places in life.
They see others promoted to this or
that responsibility, for which they are
entirely unified because of the lack
of education. They must still serve as
| privates in the ranks, and their condi-
ton grows more fixed every week.
They must serve while others COM
mand. Nor is this the gloomiest side
of the picture, for the best things in
| life are not measured in dollars and
cents. The human being who has be-
come mere machine takes on the at
! tributes of machine. He loses inter-
est, becomes Indifferent, ceases to
grow, and fails to fill his rightful place
in this free republic that of an intel
| ligent, broad-minded, Independent citi.
zen, discharging the high duties of his
birti.right without fear or favor.
Many of the young people who left
school early now have the means to at
tend, and if they could do so without
wardness they would be glad of the
chance. Parents, it is for you to en-
| courage them to attempt nowSwhat it
will be too late to attempt one year
from now. One year of schooling for
the active, diligent young man or
woman between the ages of eighteen
and twenty-five will return to them as
well as their parents such a wealth of
| satisfaction as cannot be obtained
from any other source.
The College of Commerce started ten
years ago with four pupils; it now has
an annual enrolment of nearly two
hundred. Its pupils are found at work
in every block of the city. Business
men anywhere can tell you of the char
acter of our training. The First
National bank employs nine Of our
students; the Simmons Manufacturing
Co., seven; Aliens, four; Chicago
Brass Co, ten, etc.
| OF the twenty-one young people
graduated July 22nd last, sixteen are
now in good positions; three will re-
| turn to school and the other two are
needed at home. We have more appli-
cations for intelligent Office assistants
than we can fill. We say this not to
exploit the position" idea but merely
to show that the business world has
| plenty of work for those prepared to
do it.
| We have three courses: a business
course, supplying broad, general prin-
ciples of business absolutely necessary
for every business man to know; a
! shorthand course, for the training of
shorthand writer's; and an English
course, taking up the branches covered
by four years high school course
without the languages. Our school is
filled with earnest, wide-a-wake young
people who come here to learn. There
is no playing or loss OF time. No mat
ter how backward our pupils are they
Will unQ no SuOdIdSSLuSuC Whatever IN
taking up the work with us. One of
the chief objects that the teachers
have in mind is to be helpful to just
this class of young persons. Our
business and shorthand courses are as
| thorough and complete as can be
found in any business school west of
New York city. Our equipment
throughout is frst-class. For these
courses we want the brainiest and best
educated young men and women to be
found, and we wish to assure them
that no more profitable or more honor
able fields of employment exist.
The school year consisting of forty
three weeks will begin Monday, Aug.
31st. The Office will be open all next
week, and we invite parents as well as
young men and women, to call and see
us regarding the matter. Our large
catalogue giving full information is
free for the asking.
Yours truly,
OTIS L. TRENARY.
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