The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-11-27


corner Of the site at the corner of
rooms in all of the junior and senior
high school emptied their students;
retailers closed their stores from two
until four o'clock; hundreds of keno
shans assembled In the rainfall anxi-
Gus to take part in the ceremonial
which was to dedicate Kenesha's
$1,2b0,00O high school building.
AS guests for the occasion there
were members of the school board, the
county board, the city council, Mrs
Mary d. Bradford, formerly superin-
tendent of schools here, and others Of
the city prominent in the civic, in
dustrial and commercial worlds.
The entire ceremony and all Of the
arrangements incidental to the laying
of the cornerstone were planned by
a SPECIAL committee of the Board Of
Education of which Jay B. Glerum was
chairman, and which included William
J. Threinen and Mrs. Rose b. Me-
Clusky, also members of the school
board.
Have Monster Parade.
The ceremonial was preceded by a
monster parade led by platoon of
police under Assistant Chief John
Cyzak, and the Nash band, the services
for which were donated for the ocea-
sion. In line were $500 junior and
senior high school students carrying
their banners and colors--ail Drawing
q discemforting rain, but all enthus-
iastically willing to remain through
the program.
Lewis Powell, president of the Board
of Education, presided at the meeting.
Following the invocation by Rev. /. w.
Corey, President Powell, in his epen-
ing remarks, paid glowing tribute to
the members of the school board who
"by their untiring efforts have been
working for the betterment of educa-
tionaI facilities in Kenosha" "This
high school we are about to dedicate"
declared Mr.. Powell, els the third unit
in our program Of school building.
The Jefferson and Grant schools have
already been completed. And we are
going ahead with our work just as
fast as we can"
"City Keeping Faith"
Mrs. Mary D. Bradford, formerly
superintendent of schools in Kenosha,
and more recently of Wilmington,
Delaware, her new home, came to Ke-
nosha to take part in the cornerstone
ceremony as the guest of honor of
the city of Kenosha. Mrs. Bradford
has been identified with the work of
education in Kenosha for over twenty
years, and in this space of time has
established a reputation for sponsor
ing educational progress and advance
ment that has made her a national
figure In educational circles. Mrs,
Bradford was invited to give brief
address for the occasion.
"If / were to invent caption for
this OCCASION" Mrs. Bradford told the
large audience after brief introduc-
ton by Supt. G. F. LOOMS, Il would
suggest the words When Dreams Come
True This new high school has been
a hope and a dream for many years.
/ have oftentimes in the past been
afraid lest it always remain dream.
/ was afraid lest l might not live to
see this dream come true. But here it
is. Here is a dream come true. Sue
cess as this means success too of an
other kind. 1t means that after long
years of patient work, there has been
aroused public sentiment for eduea-
tion. 1t took some time to develop
here, but it is now very evident that
the public Of the city Of Kenosha APP
preeiate what it means to have up-to-
date and comfortable facilities for the
education of its children.
CongratuIates People.
"Col. Michael Frank, that glorious
pioneer of free schools, found much
opposition when he started out to
create favorable public sentiment
It was a matter of slow growth then
as it is now. He finally convinced the
citizens that schools are never worse
nor better than the public demand
they should be. This new high school
shows that the people of this COM
munity have taken their stand on q
higher level in the appreciation OF
sducation. They have made many
sacrifices to bring this about. They
will make many more in order to sus-
tain this monument to progress.
"Kenosha deserves congratulations
for its efforts. The people deserve it
The children and the teachers are ia
be congratulated on the opportunity
to be opened to them soon to carry
out more adyantageously their future
work.
Following selections from the Nash
concert band, the cornerstone was laid
G. F. Starkweather, who with Mrs. Re-
becca Jones Apologize, Hobart, Ind,
and E. l.. Grant of Kenosha, are the
three sole survivors OF that first class
that ever graduated from Kenoshs
high scheol-the Glass of 1s61-piaeeG
the copper box into the cornerstone
and placed the finishing touches or
the stone as it was laid into place
while the band and the school children
sang America"
Interesting Documents in Stone.
In the cornerstone were placed 1
list of the names Of all graduate:
from the Glass of 1861, to the Glass o.
1923; the names of the members o.
the school board for the past severs
years; a pamphlet published in 1919
by the pupils of Miss Winifred Earle!
of the Frank school, detailing a his
tory Of Kenosha; copy of the 1872;
"Spy," Kenosha high schools year
book; gold penny; copies of all o.