The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-10-05
PIONEERS TELL OF STRUGGLE
Members Of the Association in Meet
ing on Thursday Evening Make
Many Plans to Advance the Work
of the Schools.

The interesting history of the Ke-
nosha high school is to be published
as members of the Kenosha High
School association met at the Office
of the Kenosha Realty Company's Of
fees on Thursday night as the guests
of President Walter Burke and it was
decided to take immediate steps to
have the interesting history of the Ke-
nosha high school compiled and it will
be published in book form before the
end of another year. Committees have
been named to have charge of the diff
ferent features of the publication and
it is the plan of the officials and com
mittee in charge to make it one of the
most complete historical documents
ever issued in Wisconsin. No school
in Kenosha has had as unique a his
tory as the Kenosha high school and
the history of it has much to do with
the history of the development of the
free school system of Wisconsin. The
purpose. Of the members Of the alumni
association is-to have the history writ
ten at this time in order that some of
the men now growing old, who took an
important place in the early days of
the school may be able to contribute
some part to the enterprise. The men
Nvhn oafIxraIu onpnno4a1 ba
first fight for the establishment of the
free schools are nearly all dead, but one
or two of them remain and they have
agreed to aid in getting out the book.
The publication will be of a permanent
nature and it is certain that several
thousand copies of it will be sold.
President Burke and the members of
the official board of the Alumni Asso-
citation are enthusiastic over the work.
The committee in charge of gathering
and editing the historical matter is
made up of President Burke, Secretary
JAY Glerum, Conrad Sbearor, Mrs. e.
s. Jordan, Margaret Pirsch, Beulah
English, Fred Morse, Mrs. Il. E.. Nc
Kenzie, l.. M. Theirs and Perdita Dew
ey.
At the meeting on Thursday evening
it was decided to have the Alumni take
q greater interest in the work of the
schools of the city today and commit
tees will be named to visit the schools
at regular periods. An effort will be
made to have the younger graduates
of the High School take a deeper in
terest in the affairs of the association
in order that they may keep some clos
er watch over the development of the
schools. 1t is planned to have an AL
umni lecture course provided during
the winter months at which five or six
lectures will be given for the benefit
of the High School and money raised
by these lectures will he used for put
ting In improvements as the building.
The interest being shown In the pro-
posed work gives assurance that it will
be carried to a successful conclusion.
Work on the history of the school will
be started at once and the special COM
mittee in charge is now getting figures
from the publishers. While the reun-
ion of the Alumni will not be held I'M
til 1913 it is certain that the history
will be issued and ready for circula-
ton long before that time.
One of the features of the gathering
on Thursday night was the tributes
paid to the memory of Charles w. AL
len. Mr.. Allen had been one of the.
most active members of the Alumni
Association and his labors for the as
ISOLATION brought forth high praise.