The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-01-18
Work of Rebuilding Dormi-
tory Ruined by Fire to
Start Next Week.
TO BE READY IN JUNE
Sessions under Hampered Con-
ditiOns to Be Resumed at
Hall on Tuesday.

Kemper Hall is "rising Phoenix-like
from the ruins" and at a meeting of
the trustees and friends of the school
held on Friday afternoon plans were
made for the immediate resumption of
school sessions and for the immediate
rebuilding of the dormitory wing which
was ruined by the fire of Thursday
afternoon. While it is expected that
it will take until the first of next July
to restore the dormitory, it is expected
that school sessions will be resumed
at the hall on Tuesday and that by
that time arrangements will be made
for comfortable quarters for all of the
activities of the school.
Teachers and members of the Sis
terhood, whose devoted service have
built Kempef Hall into a grand edu-
cational institution, have met the
emergency with loyalty and have vol
unteered to give up their quarters in
order to provide for the proper hous-
ing of the students and it is believed
that within week all classes at the
school will have been resumed.
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A weekend vacation was declared
on Friday and most of the students
have gone to their homes with the
understanding that they will return on
Tuesday. In the interim the buildings
will be cleaned up and the heating
plant put in shape to provide for the
proper heating of the rooms so that
they may be used for dormitory and
school purposes. Builders were busy
today placing a temporary roof over
the ruined portions of the main build
ing and heating pipes which had been
exposed by the fire are being covered.
With this work done it is believed that
it will be possible to get heat going
to all parts of the buildings and have
them dried out and ready for use by
the students on Tuesday.
The gymnasium, the dining rooms,
the chapel, the parlors and the convent
have been in no way damaged by the
fire and all that is needed to restore
them into condition for use by the
students is to have them dried out and
cleaned up. This work can be easily
done and large force of workmen
are busy today taking care of it. Many
of the dormitory rooms could be used
by the students today, but it was the
desire of the Sisters to have them
thoroughly dried out before the young
women returned to- them.
Abundance of Funds for Work.
The insurance carried on the ruined
building and the contents has been
found to be ample to repair all of the
damage done by the fire and rapid
adjustment of the insurance losses is
to be made. The adjusters have been
notified to be here on Monday and it is
understood that the work of adjustment
will go forward just as rapidly as pos
sible in order not to delay the re-
building work. K. P. Knudsen, who
has had charge of erecting practically
all of the buildings at Kemper Hall,
will have charge of the rebuilding of
the dormitory and he has given as
surance that there will be no delay
in the work.
Many of the parents of the girls
were at the meeting on Friday and
they were convinced that the students
will be we'll taken care of. The girls
are intensely loyal to Kemper Hall and
they have Loyalty declared their will
ingness to accept some inconvenience
in order to permit the work of the |
school to go on without serious
interruption.
When school is resumed on Tues |
day some of the girls will be housed
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seeking rooms elsewhere. Others will |
be taken care of in the dormitories not
hit by the fire and some will find ac-
commodations in the convent. 1t is ex-
pected that the dining room will be |
ready for use some time next week.
Many Plans Are Discussed.
At the meeting on Friday many plans
were discussed. One suggested plan
was that the school take over the Hoyt |
home at the corner of Park avenue and
Deming street for use as a dormitory |
and that school sessions be held at |
the Guild Hall of st. Matthew's church |
which had been generously offered to |
the Sisters. After the report of the
contractors who had examined the |
building and who had found all the
walls and partitions intact and safe
it was not thought that it would be
necessary to follow out plan of go
ing to some other location to take care
of the demands of the school,
Sentiment Against Moving.
The oft discussed plan of leaving
the old Durkee home and seeking a
new location for Kemper Hall to the
west of the city, came up at the meet !