The SPY 1903

The Kenosha High School Year Book, The SPY, for the 1902 to 1903 school year.

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SENIOR CLASS '03
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Dedication

To THE TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS
under whom we have studied during
our f'our years and under whom we have
struggled to gain what knowledge we
now possess. we, the members of' the
class of' 1903, do respectf'ull7 dedicate
this book.

Preface
In presenting thi

book to the public, it has been our desire to place

before our readers, a

complete a history of the Kenosha High School as

,.,:as po sible to obtain.

In doing this, ho\\"eYer, we were obliged to labor

under the difficulty of haying no official record
list of the graduates was to be found.

for reference.

Not even a

l t was therefore necessary that we

gather our information from out ide ources.

In this work we were greatly

aided by the assi. tance of Frank II. Lyman, Supt .• orman L. Baker and
Principal \\'. J. Hammill, and to them much of the completeness of thi work
is due.

\Ve al o wish to thank all others who haYe in any way helped u

the preparation of thi

work and hope that our reader

in

will consider the

difficulties under which we have worked and oyerlook any mistakes which
may appear in thi , the Hi . tory of the Kenosha High School.

History of Kenosha's Public Schools
In June, i835, the first '"bite settler came to Kenosha, then called outhport. During the next year, Re,. John Lothrop arri\'ed, and in a short time
opened a pri\'ate school.

se,·eral other persons held pri\'ate school . in the

years immediately following. :\lost notable of the buildings of 1837, was
the famous "Dlock School llouse." lt was the second structure on :\Iain
Street and stood a little south of the present "Simmon's Hall." Here in this
little room. surrounclecl by its continuous bench on which the pupils reyolYed
to face out\\·arcl or inward at command. :\[rs . •\lien (afterwards :\!rs. J. \ -.
Quarles, Sr .. ) was soon found teaching school. But the house seryecl not for
school alone: there the sermon:::. ancl debates were heard; there election ,
caucuses and communions were held; and there was the general gathering
place for many a year.
The people of Southport, then a Yillage, surrounded by trees and

tump ·

of those that had been fellecl, were large I: immigrants from X ew England.
New York, and Ohio, with comparati\'ely few Germans, Irish, English and
Scotch. The control of business and of public affairs was largely in the
hands of nati\'e •.\mericans. but the foreign-born population was of more
than ayerage intelligence and enterprise. The pioneer. of outhport, of all
nationalities. were not excelled in intelligence and culture by those of any
section of the west. At an early clay there were homes here as comfortable
and refined a tho e that hacl been left behind. The early settler · br;ught
their books with them, and their loYe of learning ga\'e a tone to their social
life that would not suffer by comparison with that of the present clay.
It is not remarkable that such a community became a pioneer in the
cause of education. The Yiews of the more intelligent found expression in
the columns of the Southport ";\merican" ancl the Southport ''Telegraph."
"\s early as 1840. Colonel Frank, the "Father of Free Schools," beo-an the
agitation of free schools through the Telegraph. :'deetings were held for
the discussion of the Free 'chool question. He introduced the first bill into
the legislature in 1843 ha\'ing in Yiew the establishment of free schools in
\\ isconsin. It met with no fayorable response and by most member · was
cleclared impracticable. In i8-1-5 he secured the passage of a law authorizing
the establishment of free schools in the corporate limits of the village of
Southport. This law was passed with the prm iso that it be ~ ubmitted and
accepted by a majority of legal Yotcrs of the town before taking effect.
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the first meeting for ,·oting on the acceptance of the law, the excitement pre\'ented \'Oting and the meeting broke up in confusion.
The injustice of
taxing those "ho had no children to educate. to pay for the education of
thei1 neighbors' children, \\'as so strongly pres -eel, that poor men unable to
pay ior the schooling of their own children, thought such a law unreasonable .
. \t the second meeting the law \\as apprm·ed and accepted.
Colonel Frank
saic!: "The school here was the first 'Free ,'chool' in \\'isconsin, and the first
outside of . •C\\ England in this Cnion.
It \\'as opened June 18, 1845.
Strange to us it seems, born to the conditions of things, when public schools
ha\'c become an incorporate part of the state that fifty years ago it needed
the aggrcssi\'c spirit of the reformer to urge the claims of public education
ancl break clown prejudice against it, and to fight for its recognition.
:\Ir.
Quarles. in his speech at the 5oth anni' ersary saicl, "They were far seeing,
those early pioneers, men whom Fate must haYe designed to place together
in furtherance of their great republican idea.
( )nc hundrecl years hence,
children will talk of them as we do to-day.
In England, in 1891, the British
House of Common wa - wrestling with the problem of free chools.
Fifty
year.., ago, in the "·oods. a small cluster of pioneers sol\'ccl the problem. They
soln~cl not alone the problem of schools but of a republic for there can be no
republic without free schools.-\\-hen these early pioneer - e\·oh-cd this first
school, Kenosha became a beacon light in the early clay, ancl, nm\' there arc
more: people scattered t>Ycr the state, who started from Kenosha than from
any other cit)."
For a time an academy and female seminary O\'crshadowecl the public
school in the south ward, but in lR+S public opinion had crystallizecl and the
founclation \\as laid for the tructurc that in 1890 ga' c place to the present
high school building. This building is not only on the same site, but it
wa. C\ oh eel from that oi half a century ago and is only the old building in its
dc,·dnpecl form. The men and women who erected that built this. Their
sagacity. self-denial and liberality made the present edifice po -ible and
their spirit influenced the work in after years. It is impossible to measure
the influence of Kenosha in shaping the educational policy of other cities
and \'illagcs as they opened their scconclary . chools. In the summer of
1R+9. the building was complctecl, and on :\fonday. July 30. it was clcclicatcd
with appropriate ceremony. On Tuesday, July 31, the school was opened
with an enrollment of about 400 scholars.
The first principal Z. C. CraYes, of Ohio, organized the chool into the
four usual grades. It was unfortunate for the school that he was compelled to resign beiore the expiration of the first scholastic : car, by a serious
illnes.., of his \\'ifc. \\'!10 had remained at their Ohio home. IIis successor
was :\Ir. :\larks, \\'ho resigned at the encl nf the year. John :\I. oe succeeded him, and resigned at the close of the second ) car, ha\ ing the proicssion of law in Yiew.
:\Ir. :\Tc:dynn. lR.+8-1853. succeeded :\Ir. Coe. ll) common consent he
is <u:corclecl unnH!asurecl credit for haying gi\'en Kenosha schools the high
-.tancling they ha\'e eyer since maintained. This patron saint of the Kenosha

11 igh School was intimately and acti' ely associated \\'ith the educational
interests of \\' isconsin for 50 .'ears, excepting the time when he was helping
fight his country's battles as Colonel of the 10th \Yi-.;consin l nfantry. In
1853 his connection with the l'enosha J ligh School ended. .\fter lea,·ing
h:enosha. he was High School Principal in Racine, ,·tate Superintendent of
l'ublic Instruction, Regent of the State l'niYCrsity. and all the time an
a<h ocate of better schools.

:\lrs. Ella Hatch- a pupil from r859-18rl3-writes of her principals, .\Ir.
Connatty . .\Ir . .\[cKindley, and .\Ir. Stone. "Few educators could surpass
the-.;e noble men in their high calling as teachers. To ha,·e a diploma from
Kenosha 1I igh ,·chool, \\'as of great value to a young man or woman in
g-aining a foothold in business, for the simple reason, that the school was
noted for its excellent discipline and for the perfect deportment of its members. Thus Kenosha l ligh School has establi-.;hed through the merits, and
intrinsic worth and thoroughness, a \\ orlcl-w icle reputation, and I trust that
the pupil-; of the ~ew Iligh School \\ill help us to support the honor we
ha,·, just!: gained b: preparing for the practical duties of liie."
Coming down to later times, we find another great and good man, .\Ir .
. \Ible, at the head of our schools. .\lr. .\!bee, at the time of his death a few
years ago, was Presiclen t of Oshkosh . · ormal School.
. \mong the distinguished sons of our 1l igh School \Ye ma: name, Senator Quarles, L. J. English and ( ;eorge \\ arnelle. leading members of the
Chicago bar, .\Ir. Chas. 1lackky of .\luskegon. 1 le imbibed his manliness,
hi-; generosity in l'enosha atmo-;phere. and in Keno-;ha schools under John
(; . .\ldlynn .
.\Ir. .\lc.\lynn wrote 111 1891, "There is no school in the stall' that ha-; a
nobler his tor: than the l'enosha 11 igh School." 1t behoo,·e-; us then. as
graduates. to put forth our greatest efforh that \\'e may ever keep the
i · eIJ<>-;ha schools up to the 'I I igh Standard' set before u-; by our predecessor-;.

john Holderness.

Mark Dresser, City Sui:t.

Nellie Hall-Dresser

Eliza Hamlin-HoldeMess.

The Old School Building

The corner stone of the "()lei • chool Building'' was laid in 1848 and the
building dedicated with a public celebration July 23rd, 1849. The following is the interesting program of the dedicatory exercises as announced in
the Keno ha Telegraph:
Dedication of the Public School House

The Public School of District Xo 1, Southport, \\'ill be appropriately
clecLcated on :Jlonday, the 30th inst.
The scholars of the district, the Southport Hanel, and the friends of eclucation will meet in the park al 1 :30 o'clock t> . .\I., where a procession will
be formed under the direction of J. R. Phelps . .\larshal of the Da), assisted
by T. G. Prendergast and John \\'ilbur, .\ssistant :Jlarshals. The procession will pass through a part of .\lain Street, and then to the school house.
Order of Exercises at the House

The exercises at the house will commence at precisely 2 :.w o"clock,
under the direction of Theo. :\ewe!!, President of the Da).
1st. Prayer by R. H. Deming, Chaplain of the Day.
2nd. Singing b~ the Jun'nile Choir.
3rd. :Jlusic by the band.
4th. Address by J. Bond, Esq.
5th. .\ddress 1)\ C. Clement, Town Superintendent.
6th. ~ inging.
7th. Original l'ocm, (dcJi,erecl by II. J:. llinsdale.)
8th. Introduction of Teachers and remarks bY /... c. c;raYes, principal
of the School.
9th. \-oluntary ,·pceches.
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10th. ,'inging.
I I th.

Benediction.

Juvenile Committee

Ric '.1ard \ \ ' lweler.

.' arah Clarkson,
liekn \Valdo.
Eliza Cole.
Harriett \\ attles,

Octa\ iu" Xe\\ ell,
Jam es Duff:.
\\' m. \\' ard,

:-I. , \. X obles.

Geo. llildrcth.
John Xichob
Robert I linsdale.

:.\fan Riley.
Eliza !'eek.

:.\I. FR\ . T,
11. :\l'I !.'LEY.
T. C. l'REXDER(;_\.'T.

Committee of \rrangements.
Southport. July 23rd. 1Rfl).
The Southport Telegraph of .\ug. 3rd, iR+<J. thus comments editorially
upon the new school building.
"The school house erected Ill I )istrict Xo. r, in this \·illage. is decidedly
t.he best school house in the State. l ts dimensions are forty-three by se\·enty
feet and t\\'o stories high abo\'e the basement: it is a substantial brick building and well \ entilated. the room-.; in each stor: being fourteen feet high in
the clear. The first and second stories each contain a hall of about 50 by 40
feet. There are four recitation rooms all com·enientl: arranged, a library
room, t\\O wash rooms. etc. The seats are constructed on a nC\\ plan nen:r
before introduced into the \\ ' est. the standards of the seats and desks are of
cast iron. and of a pattern which combines ornament with durability. The
cost of the building thus far has been iour thousand fi\ e hundred dollar-.;,
this docs not include the lot \\'here it stands-the lot was giyen to the District
by S. Fisk. Esq .. and is \'alucd from fi\'e to six hundred dollars.
The project of erecting the building \\'as originated some three or four
years ago by some friencb of education in this place. and for this object a
special act \\as procured from the legislature. allo\\'ing the district to [eyy a ·
sum sufficient to erect a suitable building and to tax the property of the
district annuall: to pa: the expense of supporting a free -.;chool. The friend:;
of the enterprise ha\ c labored assiduously for its accomplishment. and ha\'c
no\\' the gratification of witnessing the completion thu-.; far of one of the
noblest free school structure-.; of the State."
This substantial structure serYcd ''ell the citizens of Kenosha for oYer
forty : cars until the city had gnrn n so large that mllfl' accommodations had
to be supplied and then the nc\Y building \\as constructed in It'l)O. -'" cct
indeed is the memory to the alumni of the high school \)f the many pleasant
clays the: spent amid its educational a-.;-.;ociatinns and --chool iriend,..hips.
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M. FRANK.

"The school here was the first Free School in Wisconsin, and the first outside
of New England in this Union. It was opened June 18, 1845."

Colonel Michael Frank
B;y Mar;y D . Bradford

.\ history of the ;;chools of Kern)sha, and, indeed, a history of education
our state \Yotild be ;;eriousl) defectiYc \\'ithout an account of the work of
oionel :dichacl Frank. His labors in the cause of education during the territorial and earl) statehood clays of \Yisconsin won for him the title of
"Father of Free Schools," which words have been inscribed under his
portraits, hanging in the beautiful lfo;torical Library at ~laclison.

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:-lichael Frank was born in \ ·irgil, Courtland Co., • •. Y .. in 1~04. and
clied in Kenosha. Dec. 26, 1894. For those ''ho remember the gentle dignity,
the noble face, and hero spirit of Col. Frank, it is ea;;y to believe the family
lq.~cnd that he dcsccnclccl from a race of ( ;erman princes, his grandfather, it
i;; -;aicl. haYing been a claimant by right of heredity to the position of Prince
of Urunswick. lli-; father came to .\mcrica at about the beginning of the
Revolution. became interested in the ca11;;c, cnlistccl. and ;;ervcd six years
in the . \merican army. .\s a rC\Yarcl for his sen-ice-;, he received a bounty
Janel patent to a section of Janel in the central part of the State of :\cw York,
then an unbroken wilderness. ancl there the young (;crman established his
home.
'ol. Frank \\as the youngest of the family, and at the time of hi-; birth,
the sn·erity oi pioneer life had been ;;ome\\ hat ameliorated. allowing the
father, who \\as an cclucatecl man, to enjoy some leisure. and indulge his
tastt ior books. This fact. without doubt. gn•atly influenced the career of
his son, :dichael, who early manifested a great love for -;tudy and reading.
\\ h,Jc yet a boy he eclitecl a \\eek!: manuscript paper calkcl the ".'pLctator."
and from that time on through hi-; active lik. he lo\'ed nothing better than
\\Tiling for the press. Heforc lea\ ing the farm at twenty : cars of age. he
had attracted attention as a debater of unusual strength. I !is natural bent
in the direction of public sen ice was earl: demonstrated. leading to election
tu office as soon as he \Yas of legal age. l le helcl the position oi inspector
of common schools as long as he remained in hi-; nati\'c town.
I liave referred to the "hero spirit" of Col. Frank. 1 lis was the heroism
of the reformer. \\'hen a youn~· man he iclcntificcl himsl'lf with the cause of
progrcs-; in whale\ er form it manifestl'd itsdf. I Tc \\as among the fir:-;t in
hi::; natiYe community to take up the temperance cause. and he adhered to it.
though it cost him hi-. position. I le supported the anti--;l;n ery mm-cment,
\\hen to do so was to be regarded as an enemy of the countr).

In October, 1839. Col. Frank and his wife, whom he had married two
years before. came to ~outhport. then a four-Year-old Yillage, which in l< .=;o
bec;unc the city of 1,enosha.
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His first effort, after being we t but two months, \\as the organizatio n
of a lyceum. \\ hich continuecl ·ome years. meeting \\ eckly during the winter
months in the Jon· school house, corner of ~Iain and l'ark streets. ln the
ummer of It -1-0 a better means for the extension of his influence came t o
him, when he became joint editor with Latham Sholes of the Southport
Telegraph.
One has but to read his early eclitorials to feel the courage ancl cle,·otion
he hr0tirrhl to his work.
Tho e editorials, so broacl in their interests and
S) mpathies. so brave in attacking prejuclice, so earnest in appeal, so pertinenL to his object, enable one lo realize what Col. Frank·s influence was in
m o ulding the public opinion of the time.
That Col. Frank soon won the confidence and respect of his townsmen
is proven b) the fact, that he was the first president of the village corporation in 1840. Ili-; reputation for integrity. zeal and goocl juclgmenl soon
cau eel more important duties to press upon him. l le was a member of the
Territorial Council from 18-1-3 to 184(i. \\"bile a member of that body there
were two ideas that he e pecially stood for; namely. statehood for the territory, and eclucation for the people. the latter of which he hacl been ag·itating
in his eclitorials. ln the int~rests of the former. Col. Frank made the first
official movement enr made in \\'isconsin. by the introcluction of a bill in
the territorial legislature in 18...j....j.. In the interests of the latter he was also
the prime mover. introclucing into the legislature in 1843 the first bill for the
purpose of establishing free schools in \Visconsin. ~lost of the members
regarded the measure as impracticable an cl it was lost. l n 1845 he was
ready with another proposition. If the legislature was not rcacly to support
his bill for a state system of free schools, supported by public taxation,
woulcl they pass a bill authorizing an experiment with free schools in the
village of Southport? The legislature assented, with the prO\·iso, that the
law he , ubmitted to the legal voters of the town ancl accepted Ly them, before
taking effect.
Strange it seems to us _, born to the condition of things when public
schools ha' e become an incorporate part of the state. that only half a century
ago it needed the aggressi\·e spirit of a reformer to urge the claims of public
education. an! to break clown prejudice against it. nut dwell for a moment
upon the significance of this paragraph from Col. Frank·s cliary: "Thurs.
~larch 27, i845. School meeting in the c\·ening, to vote on the acceptance
of the school law passed at the late session of the legislature. ~leeting
broke up in confusion:· This means that the voters of Southport became
o excited over what they considered an encroachment upon their rights. that
the chairman could not control the meeting. Then the expression. "::.J"o taxation to educate my neighbor·s children .. seemed to many as well founded
upon the la\\·s of right. as the old cry. ··xo taxation without representation ...
did to our Renilutionary fathers.
\\'hat was to be clone? \\' hy educate the voters up to a higher standard
of duty; bring them to see beyond narrow self-interest, ancl to think of the
ultimate good that must come to the community ancl to the state from educated citizenship. To this task the Southport friencls of education set them12

sclve , and Col. Frank was their lcacler. Thl're were Re\·. R. I!. Deming,
Judge J. H. Jilson, and Ilon. Chas. Durkee to gi\ e him 'aluable aid. That
somf' effcctivl' work ·w as done we know, for under elate of June 23. 1845. but
three months later, we find this record in his <liar: : ·· \ttended school meeting in the evening, elected trustees and superintendent, under new law.
Voted to raise $300 to pa) arrearages on school house and for clefra) ing expenses of ·ummer school."
Thi-; summer -;chool in 1845, was the first frl'e school in \\"isconsin, and
is also conceded to be the first in the L'nion outside of Xew England. It
continued until merged into the free school system under the state Constitution.
\Vhen the time came for \\'isconsin to prl'par' for statehood, Col. Frank
was called to be one of the three commissioners to revi e the territorial laws,
and adapt them to the state 'onstitution. \\' hen the commissioners diYicled
their work, the part that fell to Col. Frank was the formulation of the free
school code. Ilis report was submitted to the legislature in Jan .. i849, and
was finall: adopted b) both houses, substantialJy as it came from the Committee. This code, with such modifications as time has made necessary. constitutes the school code of \\'iscon ·in to-day .
. \fter this Col. Frank helcl many offices of honor and tru-;t. Ile was first
mayor of the City of Kenosha in 1850, regent of the State L~niversity,
justice of the peace, county treasurer, postmaster. and city superintendent of
schools.
For twelve years, from 1869 to 1882, Col. Frank lived in \Yashington,
having a position in the treasury department. During those years he wrote
much for the press in different parts of the country. ·c pon his return to
E:enosha, he again engaged in newspaper \\Ork, his failing eyesight at last
compelled him to desist from his life-long occupation.

I have dwelt largely upon the public .sen·ices of Col. Frank. for which
\'Yisconsin citizens in general. and Keno ha citizens in particular should
remember him. To many, besides a\\akening a feeling of pride that we can
call him fellow-citizen, besides stirring emotions of gratitude for serYices
rendered us and ours, this account will awaken tender memories of a clas;;ic
face, indicative of intellectual and moral strength, of a personality refined
and lovable, a character pure and noble, of an influence benign and inspiring.
L'pon the successi\·e generations of pupils of the Kenosha High School,
rl'sts the duty of keeping alive the fires upon the altar of his memory,-the
memory of Col. :dichacl Frank, whose life purpose. as expressed by himself, was, "to engage in no enterprise of doubtful morality, but to give his
influence as far as practicable to all mO\·cments calculated to benefit the
people."

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SO ME OF K E N OSHA'S E DUC A TORS.
T . ]. CONATTY.
R H. DEMING.
]. G. McKINDLEY
JOHN G. McMYNN.
GEORGES. ALBEE.
T. P. MARYATT.
FRANCIS CLEARY.
E. C. WISWALL.

I. STONE, Jr.
JAS. R. GOFFE.
CEPHAS LEACH.

Our Schools and Schoolmasters
By Mrs. Jess i e

Nelson Luther

l t is with mingled feelings of joy and sorrow that '' e walk again the
streets of this dear old town seated by the inland sea, ancl early Joye and
friendships old come back and throb in memory still, and throughout all is
a feeling of exultant prick.
The free school system of this state is one of which we are all justly
proud, and we recall with pleasure to-day that it had its beginning in this
fair city. It is the bloom and fruitage of the seeds sown by the pioneers.
:'den and women of broad Yicws and bra,·e hearts. who kept a]iye the spirit
of progress through the dark clays of aclycrsity, who contributed largely to
swell the sentiment in behalf of education. freedom and humanity. which we
now sec crystallized into wise and humane laws .
. \mong the generous spirits of those times J,cnosha can claim a royal
majority, and it is fitting. my friends, that we should halt on the march of
life and erect this golclcn mile stone on the pathway of the years, for we
delight to honor them. The history of l(enosha free schools is full of interest. abounding in many indiYidual examples of noble enterprise and perse,·ering effort.

Y cars before the Cons ti tu ti on of th is state ga \'C to e,·ery you th within
its limits a free education. the foundation of our S) stem was laicl and b:
special enactment a free school was giyen to Kenosha.
To accomplish this.
the energies of the friends of education were brought into requisition. \\' e
ha' e great reason to feel proud to-clay of our school. for not only being the
first. but for keeping its place in all these years in the front rank.
1)uring the early : ears it was raised tu a reputation of acknowledged
superiority to an~ in the state. Distinguished educators from :\lassachu
setts, who Yi sited the school whilst :\Ir. .:\1 c:\lynn was the principal. bore
testimony to its being the equal of any in :\cw England. i\s principal he
gaYe the school an ek,·atecl character. and opcnecl the public mine! to an
iclea of what the free school might be under proper management. ancl all
attempts to establish priYate schools failed-prejudice against free schools
passecl away rapiclly. The character and position of our school was and is
greatly inclebted to this able and efficient instructor. It has been said that
he ''ho goes through a lane! scattering hlo\\ n roses ma) he trackecl the succeeding clay by the withered petals, but he who goes through it scattering
rose seed. a hundrecl years after leaves behind a land full of fragrance and
beauty for his monument and as a heritage for his sons and dau~·hters. :\ot
only Kenosha. but the whole state of \\'isconsin. ha" felt the po\\'er ancl
influence. the fragrance ancl beauty emanating from the ro"e "eecl "catterecl

by John G. :dc:'dynn. . \ man of accomplishecl and thorough ;;cholarship, of
·terling ;;ense an cl goocl judgment, a man of un;;\\ erving principles, of high
and honorable purpose. wise in conception, prompt and energetic in action,
stern, but just and true.
Our school was called the model school of the state. l Ier pupils and
teachers were high!) complimented and the \\hole surrouncling c0t1ntr) was
stimulated by contact. It was Yi ited and eulogized by grand jurors and
uperYisors in bodies, authors ancl lecturers, -ince famous. men and women
prominent in reforms and national affairs, sat upon its platform. addrcssecl
iL ;;cholars and went away praising its discipline and mcthocls. Stuclents
from country and adjoining towns . ought admi;;sion. ancl many were turned
away bccau ·c there was no room. Its course of stucly was broacl and
thorough.
Taxation ancl money expenditures alone dicl not make our schools what
they arc, money was essential it is true, nor was it altogether because the
people were fortunate in their selection of teachers. \\' c will not forget that
the good name and success of our schools is largely indebted to a goodly
number of the citizens of thi town, many of whom toiled diligently ancl
expenclecl much effort for this cause. The constant sympathy ancl sustaining influence of these friends gaye prominence ancl character to the school.
It ha;; been proYcn that without the co-operation and influence of the friends
of eclucation no amount of money or other appliances can builcl up a good
public school. A early as 1857 ·w e could claim the graded system and in
1858 a normal department was established.
The first rccorcl of prizes given we find noted .1-\pril 26, 1855. Twenty
lads appeared before juclges to compete for fiyc prizes to the best speakers.
The first prize \\as won by a lad callee\ Joseph V. Quarlc -, the remaining were won by \\'alter Stebbins. E. S. Pope, \\'. L. Gibbons and frwin
Bli h. Public recitations were ach·ertisecl ancl the public flocked to hear the
boys and girls as they analyzed flowers, demonstrated problems or translated \·irgil. Think of it, 745 Yisitor during the fir·t four weeks of a term;
21 r visitors in one week.
\Ye might account for this by remembering that
in those clays foot ball had not become one of the sciences, base ball was in
its infancy and the people Joyed to witness contests in the fields of knowledge.
Lift we now the twilight curtains of the past, let your hearts call the
roll of the -choolma;;tcrs, they answer not all, but the fountains they opened
still gush by the '' ay ancl the worlcl for their living is better to-clay, and we,
of all others. haYc reason to pay the tribute of thank for the counsel that
turned from the follies of youth, for the beauty of patience, the whiteness
of truth, for the wouncls of rebuke when love tempcrecl the edge, for the
school room rc;;traint;; and cliscipline·s hedge. They were devoted, elfsacrificing men and women. enthusiastic. original, practical, and we have no
reason to regret the ) cars spent under their care. c;od keep their memory
green, whether they still dwell with us or walk in the land of the immortals.
The result. of their labors arc written in letter of light. The children
and youth who ha\'C gone out frum these halls Jiaye been a blessing and not

SOME OF THE EARLY TEACHERS.
MARY B. PATTERSON.
MRS. LEANDER STONE.

CARRIE DARLING.

HELEN 0. WALDO.

V. V. BARNES.

KATE DEMING WHEELER.
ANNA GILLETT

AMELIA DOOLITTLE.

MRS. MARY DAVISON BRADFORD.

a cur e to this land. lt has been saicl that "\\'hat : ou clcsirc in a nation's
life you mu-;t put into it-; -;chouls," and we "ere -;n taught in lessons oi
patriotism. that \\"hen the \\'ar cloud em·cloped our Janel our school "as
loyal and true cYen unto death. There went out from our midst as brayc
ancl h 'roic souls as c\·er marched beneath our country"s banner. Life wa-;
fair and beautiful to them a it is to the boys of to-day, but one flag, one
nation. freedom. right. justice. ''ere dearer. They suffered and dice\ to make
this country united. free. the asylum of the oppressed of other lands, and
it is our duty to them and to our children to prescn e inviolate religious and
ciYil liberty. to this end we mu::--t foster the free public schools. encourage
its teachers, sustain its trustees, uphold its honor and labor cliligcntly for its
highest good.
··Long liYc kcnosha's Free school,
(;i, ing out : car by year
Recruits to true manhoocl and womanhood clear.
Jlnt\ c bo) s. modest maidens,
In beauty sent forth
The liYing cpi-;tlcs ancl proofs of its worth.
ln and out ma; the ;oung life steadily flow,
"\nd its sons ancl its daughters 111 prairie and tO\\ n
Remember its honor ancl guard it. reno\\ n."

Principals of High School

Z. c. Gra ,·c-;.
rR+9.
i850-51. John ), I. Coe.
i8: 1-53. John C. :\ldlynn.

iW>9-7.+.
187-t 7(1.

1853-57. D. 'f. De\\ olf.
1857-j<J. John ( ;_ :\Id.:indln.
18-9-6r. Thus. J. Cnnatt , ..

1878-79.

I 871>· 7R

187<J-,'o.
18''0-88.

11. (), Durkee.
c. c. l\annon.
'I'. l'. :\I aryatt.

J. R. Goffe.
'I'. I I uh hard.
c. H. Leach.
\ \ . J. Pollock.

180 r-(12.

(;eo. Conant.

1888-<)0.

r&i2-(1..j..

Isaac ~tone.
I I. ), [ :-;immons.

18<)0 93· F. Clean .
18<)3-1902. E. c. \ \'is\\·all.
1<)02\\. J. l lammill.

180..j.-O 5.
r865-(1X.
1808-(19.

C. ' . .\lhcc.
D. F. 11 icks.

Col. J. G. McMynn
"John c; . .:\Ic:.\Iynn \\as born in the State of Xe\\ York, of Scotch parentage, in 182..J.. Ile came to \Yisconsin in 1R+8. soon after hi· graduating from
\\ illiams Collerre, then under the presidenC.) of Dr. :.\lark Hopkins, \\hose
influence on himself, Col. :.\!c:\lynn ahvays admitted. and took frequent occasion to speak of it. 11 is first teaching experience began in the i • orth side
school. A letter from the old-time principal to the ,\lumni Association meeting of 1891 will best explain Col. :.\ldlynn·s teaching experience in this city
and the profound impressions \Yhich the people and schools of this commtmity macle upon him.
:i.\ladison. \\'is .. June 13. 1891.
Daniel :.\!alone). Cit) Superintendent:
Dear Sir-Through the courtesy of :.\Ir. Frank lI. Lyman. 1 liavc your
ill\·itation to attend the dedication of your new Iligh School building. on the
19th inst. l am unable to meet the citizens of Kenosha on that interesting:
occasion, \\'hich I \'cry much regret. One of my boys expects to graduate
at Connell Cni' crsit) on the 1,'th inst. and the other expects to graduate
from \Yilliams College on the 24th inst., and it seems almost necessary that
I should visit them on an occasion of so much interest to them ancl me.
To meet the citizens of J,enosha on the 19th would afford me a pleasure
difficult to describe. Some are still li\·ing \\horn I first saw in 1848, and there
are probabl: some who were my scholars bet11een that year and 1853.
The old school building. which ) ou intimate is soon to clisappear. has
man: associations Clustering around it. and they are all pleasant ones to me.
\\hen I reached Kenosha (then Southport) in September, 1848. the foundation of that building had been laid. J l "as finished and occupiecl in i849.
I taught a pri,·ate school in the winter of lR.j.8-49. and 1 had some hope that
when the high school builcling should be reacly for occupancy. 1 might be
i1wited to take charge of the school. l\ut the school board were men of
rare good judgment an! clecidcd that I "as not qualified for so important a
position as that of l'rincipal of the Kenosha lligh School. lloweyer, the
school board of the Xorth clistrict gaye me emplo: ment 111 the spring of
r849. at a salary of S450 per ) ear.
The school boarcl of the South district emplo: eel :.\fr. L. C. (;raves. of
_.\shtabula. ( )hio. as l'rincipal of their I !igh School. l lc was a man of fine
sclnlar~hip and exceptional abilities. He was most kind and generous towards me, Yisitecl 111) school and spoke kind!} of 111) \\'Ork and in eyery way
shO\, eel that he was a true teacher-that is a true gentleman. I can think
of t~(, other teacher of the man: 1 haYe known ~incc, whom I "·oulcl consider
his equal. I taught in the Xorth ward three years. [ think. :.\ly opinion i::-;,
lil

that all things considered. that \\as the be;..t school I ha ye eyer taught. The
South side people dicl not consider the Xorth side people quite up to their
le' •' l of intelligence and refinement, but the :-'\ orth side folks consiclcrecl
themseh·es respectable enough for all practical purposes. They took an inten: ~t in the education of their children, and, at the first district meeting
afte1 I took charge of their school they YOtecl a tax for school purposes of
three and one-tenth per cent. This is probably the highest school tax e\·er
una11imou ly Yotccl at a district school meeting in this state.
:\Ir. (;raves was unable to remain more than one year and he was succeeded by :\Ir. :\larks. a brother-in -law ancl a Ycry fine teacher. \\'hen he
resig-necl. the school board im·itecl me to succeed him. The success of the
school under my management, such as it was. was largely clue to the fine
condition in which the school was left by c;raycs and :\larks. T may state
incidentally that I recci,·ecl the munificent salary of $(>50 per y car. ln 1853,
I accepted an offer of the principalship of the Racine High :chool, the
principal inducement being 100 more salary. \\"hilc l haYc no reason to
think the people of l'cnosha desired me to Jcayc them. l am ;;ure that their
regn:t at our parting was not equal to my own.
\\ ith the exception of the writer, I am confident that the cit~· of Kenosha
has had the ablest teachers during the past forty years of an: city in thi~
Stare. This has been largely clue to the intelligence of its school officers
and the actiYc interest in ;;chool officers on the part of its citizens. Teachers
of any ordinary ability '' ould ha' e succeeded with the aid of such judicious
ad,.;..,ers as Col. Frank. Elder Deming. John ll. Jilson. F. \\' . L; man. Charles
C. :-:holes. Dr. :\lcl,inley. IIarH') Durkee. Charles Durkee. C. Latham .' holes
ancl many others to \\'horn I feel greatly inclebtccl ior the moderate success I
ach1l' eel. but ''hen men of great ability like Cra\ es and :\lark;, and Coe and
De\\'olf and :\lcl,incllc; ancl Conatty and 1\lbee \\·orkecl in harmony with the
men mentioned. succc;;s meant educational Yictories of \Yicle ancl lasting
influence. But I am forgetting that this is only a letter of regret.
.\ftcr leaYing Kenosha in 1853. :\Ir. :\lc:\lynn \\as J>rincipal at Racine
till 1, 61 with the exception of one ) car. 1~59, when he was in Europe. l lis
arn1y sen·ice began as ~lajor of the 10th \\ isconsin Infantr: in 1, 01. but he
\\'as soon ach·ancccl to the colonelcy of that regiment.
.\fter sen·ing continuously in the .\rn1\· of the Cumberland from the
titm of his enlistment he resigned June 15th. 1~63. During the nc;.;t four
Years he filled the office of State Superintendent of l nstruction. ln this
capacity he did much to bring about the establishment of the present normal
school s: stem uf the state. Ilut his influence has cxtcnclcd to almost c\·cry
branch of \\.isconsin"s public educational institutions. Form er t\\ enty) cars
he was a member of the 11oard of Regents of the State L'niYcrsity, he took an
actiYe part in the fir;;t teachers· institute conducted in the state, and he was
a foremost leader in the introduction of the graclecl school s: stem. and \\ hile
he" as principal here in l'enosha he, with a few other principals of the state,
he.lei the first meeting of the .'tate Teachers' .\;..sociation in :\laclison.

In I868, after rctmng from the pos1l1on of Stale Superintendent, he
entered the office force of J. f. Case .\lanufacturing Co. in Racine, \\'here he
remained SC\ en years and then again returned to his educational labors as
founder and principal of the Racine .\caclem:. Ile remained at the head of
this school till 1882 when he retired from acti,·c \\ork and rcmo\ ed with
his family to i\Laclison, that he might proYiclc them \\'ith the ,-cry best of
cclt11:ational a<h·antages. There he spent the remaining years, some\\'hat
broken in health. but al\\ays cleepl: interested in education and educational
institutions till his decease in June. 1900.

1· enosha can just!: feel proud in haying had among its early educators
this great formulator of\\ iscunsin's educational institutions \\'hose inHucncc
is t•i-day felt in eyer: branch and department of them from the lowest
primary to the l·nin·rsit:. "l l is \\'as a strong; character." sa: s President
.\lac<;regor of the l'latte,·ille :\ormal. ".\ Carlyle in rugged thinking. a
\\ clJ:-;ter in his clear and iorcible e'q>rcssion and an \mole\ in his \\'Onc\erful
inllucnce o\ l'r the ym1ng. c:-;pecially : oung men."

INTERIOR OF OLD HIGH SCHOOL MAIN ROOM.

21

Programme
Closing Exercises -- Kenosha High School
July 15. 1859.

Order of Exercises
Friday Afternoon, July 15. 1859

:ong-" ' tar of the Twilight."
\Y. J. English.
Reply to Sir Rob"t. \\'alpole-Decl.,
• 'ellie :\l. llall.
The Bouquet-Essay,
T. Reitbrock .
The 22nd of Dec., ifoo--Decl.,
'ereno Fisk .
. \frica, the Country and People-Essay,
Song-"The Moon·s Beaming ()°er the Lake."
Robt. H. Lines.
IIoratiu at t h e Hriclge-Dec l. ,
Susie
:\1. \ "eazie.
Parting-Essay,
\\'m.
E. ' mith.
The Jolly :\lariner-Decl..
Emma
L.
Henry.
Our Daily Paths-Essay,
Chas.
D.
Dana.
The (;rammar of Life--Decl.,
ong-"I Remember Ilow my Childhood Fleeted bv."
Emory L. Grant.
The Chase of Konno-Deel..
:\Iary Blish.
Xight-Essay,
T. R. Starkey.
The Closing Year-Urig-inal Poem,
\V. R. tebbins.
Home-Deel.,
Rebecca South\\ orth.
Humility-E say,
John L. Goff.
Palestine-Deel..
Amelia
Doolittle.
Leayes-Es ay,
Cha
.
F.
Ji!son.
Extract from :\Iarmion-Decl.,
:ong-''The Dearest Spot on Earth to me is llome."'
Voice ,
_;'-Jaggie :\IcKinney.
Report of the School Year ending July 15. ·5<)-0riginal. E. \\' . Sherwood.
Ruins-Deel.,
;\. C. .\bhott.
.\ggie L) man.
The Gallant Twenty-Essa),
G. F. Starkweather.
The :\!oral of :\lythology-Essay,
~ ong-7.ephyr of • 'ightfall."
Joseph Quarles.
Bad Ilabits-Decl.,
:\ledora Durkee.
One Year-Report,
Julia Bullen.
l\Ie111ory-l~RSa),
.:
Chauncey
Baldwin.
Death of Benedict .\mold-Deel.,
l
fenr:
F.
Linc .
. chool Experience-Essay,
Rebecca E. Jones.
Original Poem,
I. G. Thompson.
Yaleclictory-Original,
Chant-'"Tell me ye winged wing ."
.\ddresses.
Closing IIymn-"\\'hen Shall we Meet Again."
22

Mrs. Mary Head-Sutherland.
Mrs. Nellie MerriJl-Baldwin.

Mrs. Lizzie O'Neil-Calkins,

Mrs. Eliza Mitchell-Wallace,
Mrs. Eliza Comstock-Head,

Mrs. Julia Treadwell-Skinkle.

Mrs. Jane Croslt-Klng (not in the class).
Mrs. Harriet Wattles-Saunders,

Mrs. Mary Foster-Merrill.
Mrs. Anna Wheeler-Adams.

Mrs. Frances Pettit-Wells ,

Letter from Mrs. Leander Stone
3352 1ncliana . \' e.. Chicago. 111.. ;'day 12. I<)03.
To the Kenosha 1 ligh School girls and boys. old and young :
Dear ·omrades and Friend-,. l regret that the press of business and
the earl; sailing of m; self and two daughters. J larriet and Isabelle. for
Europe. pren?nt my gi,·ing as much time to this notable subject as it d esen es-The founding of the first free school. west of the \lleghany .\lmmtains- yes of the Xcw England States. It will he impossible to name all
the noble men and \\Omen \\ho took part in the uphuilding of the ](cnosha
public school. yet honor. \\hen· chief honor is due. impels me as a Ji,·ing
\\'itncss of the earh davs. to naml' Colonl'l .\I ichael Frank as chief founder
and promotor.
Colonel Frank came to Southport. now 1'enosha. in the : ear 1X:w. hecarnl' a member of the "Territorial Council" in 1R+3. ln iR+.:;. he proposed a
hill and secured its passage in the territorial ll'gi-dature. prm iding for iree
schools in the 'illage oi Southport.
In iR-1-8. Col. Frank \\'as chosl'n one oi three cornmissionns to rl'dsc the
tl'rritorial laws. and adapt them to the adoptl'd Constitution. l n this \\ ay.
he e\ en framed the school law-,. In 1R+X the first public school building
we-,t of ··The ~ e\\· l~nglancl State<" \\·as begun and our clear f)ld lligh School
building wa-, completl'd and dl'dicated in 1X-1-<J. July 30th. Thl' first principal
wa-, /'.'.. C. (;raves. thl' second \Ir. \lerbn and thl' third John \I. Coe. J)ur
ing this time I \\'as a ··slip" of a girl pupil in the school of Sam. R . Ll'onard.
m: hrothl'r. \\ho had a pri,·ate school in \\'hat \\a-, kno\\ 11 a-, the \\hill'
School Ilousc. standing on thl' prl'sl'nt -.ill' oi thl' Epi-.copal Church .
There \\ere many private schools in Southport at that time. \Ir. l lar\'l·:.
during the CiYil \\'ar. goYernor oi \\"isc<m-,in. and called the " war gO\-ernur."
ha\ ing a school. .\Ir. John C. \lc\lynn caml' to . outhport and opened his
private school in 1X-1-X. and in the spring of 1X-1-<J. took charge of the ~orth
Side public school. In r850 . .\Ir. \lc\lynn 1ook charge of the J(enosha I ligh
School.
\-, my brothl'r had leit Keno-,ha. and a-, my education \\as incomplete.
l became a pupil of John C. \lc\lynn at my brother's recommendation. I
found him and hi-, able a-;sistanl. .\liss \\ iley-aftenrnrd .\!rs . .\lc\lynn
most earnest and con-,cientiou-; tt•achers. [ l l' was -,omewhat se,·en· and sarcastic. but \\'e all got both knowledge and the most irnpressi n· moral lessons.
one is capable of administering or rcce1y1ng. \\'c all went out of the dear
~cl10ol, fully impressed \\'ith thl' responsihilit; oi our \\Ork in "the uphuilcling
of character and societ:.
The men and \\omen grad uate<l from th is school ha \'e prm·ed them-

seh·es noble patriot:; of a free republic . They represent all callings of trust.
professional and industrial.
\mong the honors l ha,·e recei,·cd. public or private. there are none I
esteem greater than the fact that l am accounted one of the pupils of the
good old I [igh School of J(enosha in the year 1R50. and a teacher in the
same school in the years 185(>, '57 closing my school life in the year 185R
l t used to he a saying in those clays. "That no one need look outside of
l..:enosha ior a good \\'iie or husband." This fact \\'a::-; thorough!; demon strated by myself-I first saw my most noble husband. Leander ,' tone, in the
old \ \ bite School I louse a y01111g ho;. \\. e were both afterward pupils in
the school of John (~ . .\lc.\lynn, married .\larch i5. 1855. I le \\'as called
b; the "Chicago l'ress." of \\'hich he was a member for more than a quartt·r
oi a cl'ntun-. "the man without a vice."
.\I; clear comrades and friends. : cn1 need not ask me \\'In· I loYe Yott
all. Then· \\'l'l'C giants oi moral strength as \\ell as physical in those clay::-.
The naml'..; oi s chool commis..;ioners. teachers, patrons and pupils rush upon
me like thl' tlo\\' of a beautiful riyer, \\'hose \\'aters arc clear and transparent
as the river of life- I will not mention a single name for fear of neglecting
justice in a single omitted name. ,'o many of the bra\ est. most no hie. most
beautiful. ha\ l' passed the border to the Janel beautiful. So man,· others.
like Ill_\ self. stand within the halo of their glor; ready to depart. and join
them in thl' land bcautiiul. ''here the sun ne'er sets and the tlo\\'ers eH'r
bloom. l shall he on the ocean when ) ou meet in June. 1 lea,·c my Ion~
and hearts best \\'ishcs for the clay and each and c,· en~ ones future liie.
,\dieu - Fare\\·ell.
II \RRTET .\1. ST<l.'\I·: . ! .\lrs. Leander Stone.)

JOSIAH BOND.
Josiah Bond delivered an address at the dedication of the High School Building in 1849 and planted
the stately elms that now shade the school yard.

l:l

SOME EARLY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

Some Early High School Studenta.
1.

:\lat. Derll\·:·d1ire.

23.

;\liss .\lice llill.

2.

* :\I iss Lizzie Fisk.

24.

;\Jrs . . \mclia Doolittle-Capron.
;\!rs. Cornelia Francis-Smith.
Johnnie Baile}.

3. :\I rs. Dot. IIead \\'right.
4. * ;\Jrs. Luq, :mith-Schoff.

2(>.

5. * ;\J iss \Vin n ic Sholes.
6. _las. 11. \\ inson.

2t.,.

7.
8.

Charles IL :\lclkrmott.
;\Jrs. Luc} Doan->;ewbury.

9. * Edward II. Durkee.
10. ':' ;\liss llattie Doolittle.
I I
()!lie Currie.

2.1.

27. · :\lrs. J•annie \\'heeler-:\larr.
~lat. \\ ilkins.
29. ·:, :\!rs. >;ctt. J>atcrson-(;aylord.
30.
31.

Xell Smith.
:\lrs. :\ linnie :\liner.

32. Jam es Robertson.
33. ;\Liss ;\lary niish.
12.
Frank Huck Yates.
34. * James llannan.
13. ~' ;\[rs. ;\linnie Tcfft-Da\ is.
35. :\[r-;. Lil; Bond-Lyman.
q. ,A ugustus 11. Loomis.
36. Sereno Fisk.
1 5.
:\I rs. ;\I aria Clark-Thompson.
37. Rachael Crotzcnburg.
1(>.
llcrbcrt ;\I. Lee.
38. Ceorge );" ixon.
17. ;\!rs. :\laggic .:'dcl(inney-Polk.
39. :\liss Emily E . llond.
18. Frank IL Lyman.
40. :\ I rs. Florence Lee-Loomis.
19. :\!rs. Cady-Talcott.
41 ':' :\ !rs. Ella Stryker-Pettit.
20.
:\I rs .. ·a rah Carpenter-Bronson. ..J2. \\' ill Shepherd .
21.
:\lrs. , \nna Johnso n-Ensign.
43. Alfred I). Lewis.
22. ,., Roselle X. Jenne.
.,. Deceased.

The Class of 1861
Emory L . Grant

I came to l(cnosha and entered the Iligh School 111 .\lay. 1857. This
was the last term in the brilliant career of John l; . .\lckindlcy.
lie \Vas foll01Yed by .\Ir. Conant for one :car. and then Thomas J.
Conat t; became principal. L· nclcr his rigid clisci pl inc and general efficiency
the school wa;; graded for a graduate course. an! ours \\a-, the first cla-.s to
receive diplomas. the exercises taking place in the old I 'ark .\Ye . .\I. E.
Church, in .\pril. 18(>1. It \\as doubtless quite a solemn occasion for us, as
a class, and '' e may ha1·c lookccl pale ancl serious, for the tlndergraduates
sent u-. out into the worlcl with an inspiring song. whose \\·orcls and melody
have been ringing in my cars ever since:
''Cheer. boys. cheer. the hour has come to part u~.
Courage. true hearts. shall hear us on our wa:.
Hope points hdore. and shows the bright to-morrow.
Let us forget the partings of to-clay."
The follo\\·ing members constituted the cla-,s:
Joseph \'.Quarles. Jr .. no11· L'nitecl States Senator.
Chancey Baldwin. who cliccl in the army in 18h5.
Sereno Fi-,k. who died in 1-..:cno-,ha a fc1v : car-. since.
Rebecca Jone-,. 1H>11· \I rs .• \pplegate. residing· in Indiana.
James I'. :\ixon. nm1 a Jllclge at Lebanon . .\lo .
."uc \'cazic. now .\Jr-.. \\"akeman. Fillmore Stark11eather. \Yilliam I·~ .
."mith. all residing in Chicago.
E. L. Grant of Kenosha.
To many it might seem presumption to as~ume that ours \\'as the ( ;<llclen
•\ge of the I-..:cnosha 1 l igh School. It \\'as surely the equal oi any other
period in the follo\\'ing co11clitio11 : The enthusiasm and lofty purpo-,c of its
stucll'nts: the efficiency of its teachers: the lo: alty ui the citizens of l(cnosha
to ib intcn~sts: the high character and unselfish den>tion of the gentlemen
who constituted the School l\oarcl. In the last t 11 o conclitions it \\·as very
nearly ideal.
\ny prolongecl account of remini;;cences ui those happy lligh School
: ears would he impossible in this brief space.
:'demory pictures Yi\·idly
man: of their jo: s and some of their sorrows. Surely g;rid ne,·cr wounded
hearh more keenly than upon that (let. 9th. "hen Julia l\ullcn clied, for her
pt1rc bright life had won the love of every schoolmate.
< >ur sports were somewhat limited in variet:. but our play-gnmncl had
no btrn1Hls. The block west of the 11 igh School was 'acant, and there we
had our games as well as our clrill-grouncl. The approaching war of the
rt·l>dlion kincllecl our spirit of patriotism. which founcl earnest expression.

and under the able military drill of Capt. Joseph \'. Quarles. Jr .. our Compan: of /'.ouaYes became as proficient in tactics as man.' of the best' olunteer
soldiers.
In the schoolroom therl' were commendable zeal and ri' airy in class
study. in obedience. in public exercise and debate.
-:\[any of the strong
friendships formed were for a lifetime. "ithout distinction or prejudice of
nationalit} or creed. Could all of the class of 18r>I join with me in a retrn<ipect of life, I am sure that our appreciation of the advantages and associaions of the old High School would find most hearty and most thankful
expression.
Roster of Class of 1861

E. L. (;rant,

Lumber :'d erchant,

Kenosha,\\ is.

_I. V. Uuarles,

l ·. S. Senator,

.\I ilwaukee. \\'is.

Chauncey Baldwin,

(Deceased, 1864.)

(;. F. Stark\\ eather,

.\lechanical Engineer,

Chicago. 111.

Jas. I'. :\ixun,

Judge.

Le ban on . .\Io.

Sereno Fiske,

( l )eceased.)

\\ m. E. Smith.

Insurance . \gent.

Chicago, Ill.

Susie .\I. \ eazie,

.\lrs. \\ akeman.

< lak

Rebecca E. Jones,

.\I rs .. \pplegate.

l(endalville. Incl.

-

l'ark. fll .

Kenosha High School
Annual Exasnination and Exercises of the
Graduating Class
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, April 3, 4 and 5, 1861

Programme
\\ ED:\l~.·D.\Y .\IOR.'I:\<;.
Time.
~:15 . . \rithmetic,

10 :1 ;.

3cl class.
Essay-Sunshine and Shadow,
( )riginal Declamation-:danliness,
l~ssay-Santa Filomena.
:dl'ntal Jlhilosoph:.

:diss Darling-.
-:\I innie Tefft.
E. F. l'arker.
. \gnes Lyman.
.\Ir. Cunattv.

Rece,s.
I I : 1 1).

•

l ~ nglish

c;rammar.
Es. ay-Childhood can :\e'er Die.
I >eclamatinn .

.\li ,, l'attLr~·" 11.
FlorencL LLe.
\\·. \. \\ inslc \\'.

,\FTER:\< H ):\.
1 :Jo.

Essa\-The Parting of the \\'ays.
. \lgebra,
Essa\-The l'ka:->ures ancl Pains of :\lemon.
2 :JO. Rhetoric.

Clara c;off.
:\liss Darling .
, \da French .
:\ l iss Patterson.

3 :JO. l'olitical Economy.

:\1 r. Conatt:.
Robert Line-;.
.\rtie C. Hick-;.
E. C. Towslee.
l l. lL Briggs.

Dec lama ti on.
Essa:-The La\\" oi IIabit.
Declamation.
Declamation.
Tl ll'RSD _\ Y :\IOR:\I:\C.

9:15. :\atural Philosophy,
Essay-The l\eginning ancl the Encl.
Original Declamation. :\lytholog:.
Essa:-\\' oman's Sphere and Influence.
Declamation.

:\Ir. Conatty.
Lametta Gulic.
\\'m. English .
Ruth Pitkin.
R. Jenne.

Recess .
11 :oo.

, \rithmctic. ist cla-;s,
Declamation.

:\li:->s I1atterson.
Frank LL. Lnnan.
AFTER:\C )0:\.

Latin. Sallust.
:.ri. Con atty.
E-;sa:-"Tenclimus in Latium",
:\ l aria Clark.
( lriginal Declamation-The Po\\'er of \\.ill,
C. Jilsun .
Essay-. \ssociation,
Fannie \\'heeler.
2 :JO. . \naly:-;is, From l'araclise Lo:->t.
:\Iiss Patterson.
EssaY.
2\Iary Dli . h.
( )riginal Declamation-Self-Reliance.
Ceo. H. 2\Iarr.
Essa:-The Young sec \'isions. the olcl cl ream dreams,
Lucy Doan.
3 ·30. Trigonometry.
:\ Tiss I)atterson.
Orig. Declam'n - Quicl times Caesarem portas?
C. Quarles.
Essa:-To the Cracluating Class in hehali oi the School.
\melia Doolittle.
1 :JO.

EX Ull:\I:\G CO:\DI LTTl~ES.

Re'.

J. T. 2\lathe\\ s·

Rhetoric and 2\lental l'hilosophy.
·atural l 1 hilosophy.
F. 1T. J lead. l~sq. :\lathcmatirs.
:\Ir. P. J. \\'olfe Latin.
The I Ion. J. L. Pickarcl. State Superintendent of l\1blic Instruction \\'ill
adclress the Craduating Class and citizens, in the 2\lethoclist Church on
Thnrsclay E\'ening, at 7J o'clock.

J. ll. Jilsun. Esq.

;30

Exercises of Graduating Class
to be held in the
Methodist Church. Friday Afternoon. April 5. 1861

.\ l usic.
J>rayer.
Salutator: \dress .
( Jriginal Declamation, . \ncien t Em pi res.
E::;say-l.ses and .\bu::;e::;,

Chaunce: l\ald\\'in
Sl·n.~no Fisk.
:usie :'d. \·eazie .

.\lusic.
Original Declamation::;.
James l'. :\ixun.
C. F. Stark\\ cat her.
Emon· L. (;rant.

Ethical l'hilosophy.
Labor.
Educated :'den.
.\I usic.
Original Declamations.

\\'m. E. Smith.
Chauncey 1\alchyin.
Joseph Quarlc-..
Rebecca E. Jone:-:..

The Spirit of <lur Fathers,
The Logic of Events.
True l'atrioti::;m,
\ alcdictor;.
Conferring of Diplomas .
.\l usic.
\ddres-.e-. .
.\lusic.
Benediction.

( Account of the Conunencment of the Class of 1861
as published in the Keno•ha Telegraph )

The \\'inter term of our l'ublic Schools closed last \\'eek \\'ith the usual
examination::;, and in addition, thl Exercises of the fir-.t graduatin~ clas-.
from our l ligh School.
The examinations commenced on \\ cdnesday morning and \\·ere continued through \\ cdnesday and Thur::;da:.
I Ion. J. L. l'ickard. State ~·uperinlcndent of l'ublic in-.truction was
present throughout the examination and took an acti\ c part therein.
The
attendance of our citizens \\'as fully as large as in pa-.l years. sho\\'ing that
the intcre-,t in the cause of education and the confidence in our free -.,choob
is undiminished.
This last examination has demonstrated that the ::;chonl
.\Ir. Conatt:. the principal. ha-. IH·cn unis at present in excellent hands.
remitting in his labors to clen:lop the energies and talent... of his pupils. and
we arc happ: lo sa\' that the result of his labors has !wen high!; gratifying·
:n

to the patron of the school.
L' nder his management the standard of scholarship has been raised ancl pupils recciYe that thorough training that only
admits real excellence as a stepping-stone to ach·anccmcnt.
If the citizens
oi 1-..::enosha haYe hitherto felt a commendable priclc in the high stancling of
their l)ublic Schools in the eclucational s; stem of the State. we think they
ha,·e ampk grouncls in the examinations of last week for the belief that
their pricle \\'as not \\'ithout founclation.
The Declamations with which the examinations \\'ere interspersed. aclcled
much to the interest and enjoyment of the occasion.
As a general thing
the speaking was excellent. showing not only deciclccl talent in the speakers,
hut also the thorough and correct training they ha,·c hacl.
The original compositions h: the young laclies \\'ere of a high orcler of
excellence. many of them showing a facilit; of e'Jffl'ssion ancl correctness
of diction seldom surpassed by much more experienced \\'ritns.
On Thursda: CYcning :\1 r. Pickard acldressccl the gracluating class and
the citizens generall: at the :\lcthoclist Church.
.\'cry respectable audience
was present ancl all were high!; edified \\·ith the Lecture or Address \\'hich
was a thoroughly practical one.
The speaker rdcrrecl in highly complimentary terms to our l ligh School as one of the first in the State.
\Ye may
be allowed to sa: in passing that :\1 r. l'ickarcl enters into the cause of education \\ ith enthusiasm. ancl is gi,·ing clail; e\ idencc oi his fitness ancl supnior
qualifications ior the responsible position to \\'hich he has been called.
( )n Friclay afternoon the exercises of the (;raduating 'lass took place
at the :\l ethoclist Church.
E,·cry aYailahle foot of sitting or stancling room
"as occupied: ancl still all could not he accommodated.
This "as the first
gracluating class from our l ligh School. ancl our citizens \\ere 'er~ generally
anxious ti> be present. not onl; for their own gratification, hut to sho\\ by
their presence their appreciation ancl apprO\·al of the persc\ ering efforh of
our excellent l'rincipal. and the studious diligence of the members oi the
class.
The Craduating Class from the Racine lligh School \\ ith :\fr.
:\lc:\l; nn. the Principal. ancl sc\ era! other Yisitors from abroad, were present
at the exercises.
The following arc the names of the (;racluating Class. with the suhjl'Cts
oi tlwir Compositions and original Declamations:
The speaking \\'as admitted by all to he of a high order of excellence,
and \\'C haYe heard many encomiums passed upon the class at large and upon
incliYidual members. by those competent to juclge. but \\'here all did so \\'Cll,
it would perhaps :-.cem out of place to particularize.
The t" o young lac\ies,
:\liss \ ' eazie ancl :\liss Jones acquitted themseh·es most creclitahly.
This class. now prepared to enter any of the Colleges oi our ountry.
clcmonstratcs the fact that there is no obstacle in the way oi a high standanl
of acquirement in all the branches of a p1 actical education.
< lur : uung
women ncecl on!} the will to fit themseh·cs for the pursuit of an: branch of
bu"ine""· or. if a Collegiate course i" bciore them. they can prepare thcmseln~ s for College withn~1t lea\ ing home or paying extra tuition ice~. and

these opportunities are opened to all-poor and rich, high and low, on the
same terms.
After the exercises were concluded short, appropriate addresses were
made by several of the gentlemen present at the clas ·.
Go\ crnor Randall hacl been im·ited to he present by ::.Ir. Conatty, but
the pressure of official duties prevented his acceptance of the ill\ itation. But
he did the next best thing-he wrote an excellent letter in which he gave
the c;racluating Class some excellent ach·ice.
\\'e copy the letter below:
:\ladison, .\pril 3, 186r.
Thos. ]. Conatty, Esq.
Dear ."ir :-Your note of ::.larch 25th. im iting me to be present at the
Craduating Exercises of the l\:eno ha IIigh ."chool came here "hile [ was
absent from the State.
I recrret very much that the pressure of my duties
here, a. the session of the Legislature is closing. will compel me to forego
the pleasure of attending upon those exercises.
l am obliged to you for the kind invitation extended to me.
:fo man
can appreciate more forcibl) than l do the great good resulting and to result
from our S) stem of schools, and particular!:: from such schools as yours.
l have heard your High School very highly commended and deem it worthy
of all encouragement.
I should be glad to meet with ) ou, an cl in a few brief words tell to your
class a few of the many things I have learned in my short but fruitful
experience.
Tell ) our tudents for me that they go from a school of books
to a ·chool of men; from reading the history of great crimes ancl many of
them, and of great virtues, though but few of them, to see crimes committed,
and virtues practised, and to bear no small part in the struggle of humanity.
Tell them they have something to live for beyond mere personal gratifications and succe ses.
They are to live '"in deeds, not years."
Let them
undcrstancl, that we arc lea\ ing a visionary, and coming fast upon a practical
age-an age of established ancl acknowledged fact: an age of illustration,
elucidation, ·olution; an age that will rattle the dry bones of dead thcorie·
and exploded heresies in the startled ear of mere speculati' e philosophy.
Tell them the great practical aim of this life next to. and as a part of the
duty they owe to God, is utility-to be good and to do good.
There will be no corner cupboards in the coffin in "·hich to hide
title deeds, or "pockets in the shroud" to hold the jingling coin.
It is better
to be very good than to be 'cry great or very rich.
Their struggle should he not to make the world think them hone. t but
to be honest and just and true.
The true philosopher· stone, as applied
to morals, religion, politics. law, goYcrn men t and all our deal in gs with the
\\Oriel, is at all times, under all circumstances, in all accidents an<l exigencies, \\here\ er \Ye may go. or wherever we tay. or whatever we <lo. to do
right.-Tell them that, in the great moral contrO\·crsy going on in the \\·oriel
between right and cxpcdienc:, the: \\ill always find it c~pedient to do right.
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\\hen the g;reat encl come-;-an encl to\\'arcls which \\e hurr). as \\C folio\\'
,a passion-the inquir: \\ill bl'. not what gold or guocls they ha\ e st<l\\ l'd up.
or what position they lia\'L' attained. or power e....:ercisecl. but how much good
they ha\ e clone in the \\·orld; is the world an: better for their ha\·ing been
in it ?
\\'ith my hl'st \\ ishes ior the wclfarl' and prosperity oi : our school and
graduating clas-..
I sub-;crilw mysl'lf.
\ "l'n· truly.\ours.
"\le....:. \\' . Randall.

E F

PARKER,

62.

J. V. QUARLES,
61

C. F. TILSON,
62.

CHAS. QUAR LES

62.

John Buddle, the Philosopher
Senator J. V . Quarles

You ask me to write some inciclcnts of rnv school cla: s at the Kenosha
11 igh school. There was nothing in my c:-.;perience that differed essentially
irom that of e\ er) other ploclcling hoy,-certainly nothing that is \Yorthy of
comment. You remember that John llucldlc, who was for so many years our
philosopher, guide and friend while he held the po::;ition of janitor. used to
speak of "prccautious" bo) s. 1 \\·as one of them, hut was cumpcllccl to g·ct
whatc\ er l acquired b~ hard work.
It would be impossible lo express the gratitude that I feel tel\\ ard the
old school \\here so many of us began the life struggle. l ts recollections
and associations arc foncllv cherished. The school was ne\\ and we \\ere
ne\\" and cn:rything in \\'isconsin \\as new. \\' hat a marYelous transformation has taken place in our own goocl state in a single lifetime!
Speaking of John llucldle. \\ e are all reminded \Yhat a quaint character
he \\"as. I le had a philosoph: that was all his O\\·n and what sage ach·ice
Ill' used to dispense in his -;ofter mo()(ls ! lle was somctiml'" -;tern, but how
else could he maintain the dignity of his position? Lt will be remembered that
whencn·r the equinoctial storm caml' around and the children complained
oi the weather. he would sa: with an air of wisdom. "\'cs. you\·e got to
expect this when the -;un crosses the I 'l·nohscot." llut he was kine! to us and
was altogether a model janitur.
If l \\ere put in the confessional l \\ oulcl be obliged to admit m: connection with man: foolish pranks whose recital might demoralize the ns111g
youth. I h~pc they arc ahon· such rough and uncouth ml'lhods as we -;ometimes resorted to in our quest for fun.
The rhetorical exercise . . held in the olcl school on Friday afternoon
were something unique. They .gTl' \\ out of conditions that were local and
peculiar. The 11 ig·h School was cr<l\\'<led with the elite of the to\\ n C\ cry
Friday. It was a feature in the monotonous routine of frontier life and supplied for the time being thl' lack of the theater and other means nf amti-;ement. . 'uch gennal interest an cl enthu ·iasm can never be reproclucecl no
matter what degree of excellence the modern school may attain. Classe ·
\\Cre then drilled for exhibition as well as for examination. This popular
interest gan· a strong impetus to the school. It \\'as an expression oi public
sympathy which inspired both teacher and scholar to . tri,·e for better results.
The audiences that greetecl us on those field clays haYe passed away. They
were the pioneers who laid a broad foundation for our present ciYilization.
Let it he held to their eYerlasting credit. that they supported the cau::;e of
<.'clucation and upheld a splendid school with all the inAuence at their command.

F i rst Graduating Class 1861 .

Emory L. Grant.
W. Edwin Smith.

James P. Nixon.

G. Filmore Starkweather.

Sereno Fisk.

Jos. V. Quarles.

Chauncey Baldwin.
Rebecca Jones.

Sue Veazie.

Class of 1862

C. F. Jilson,

Chicago, Ill.

).lary A. Blish.

J(enosha, \\'is.

R. B. Lines.
.\nnie E. Gillet, E. F. Parker, Ruth S. Pitkin,

(Deceased.)
Teacher. -

Chicago, Ill.

Lawyer, -

De Pere, \\ is.

:'llrs. \\'111. Dickenson,

-

Kalamazoo. :'llich.

'has. Quarles.

Lawyer. -

Clara A. Coffe.

:\Irs. F. Waters, (Deceased).

:'I I il\\"aukee. \\'is.

Ceo. A. :\!arr,

( l )eceasecl.)

Fannie \\'heeler,

:\I rs. Geo. :\Iarr, (Deceased).

\Y. J. English,

La\\'yer, -

Chicago. Ill.

Amelia Doolittle,

:\!rs ...\. Capron, -

\\'innetka, 111.

Graduating Exercises Jul,,. 11, 1862.
()pen i ng Chorus.
l!ail, liail, Happy l>ay ~
Prayer.
:\Ian and a l'rogrcssi,·e l;o,·crnment.

5alt1tatcH) .\cldress,

C. F. Jilsun.
Essay-.. For of all sad words of thought or pen,
The saddest are these, It might ha,·e been ...
:\I iss :\larv \. l\lish.

Ulcl and Young England.
Essay.

R. lL Lines.
Influence of the lleautiful 111 the formation of character.
:\liss .\nnie E. (;il!ett.
:\ l usic.
The \ acant Chair.

The Language of ~ilence.

E. F. Parker.
Thought, The Enlightener of the \\oriel.
Essay.
l\Iis R. •. Pitkin.
Philanthropic Equations Eliminated during the last half Century.
C. Quarles.
Essay-"There is a secret drawer in e,·ery heart.
\\'herein "e place life's treasures. one by one."
:\liss Clara .\. Coff.
:\Iusic.
The ,\merican Ensign.
The L"ni,·erse our Text Hook. Duration our Term Time.
Geo. :\Iarr.
Fountains of lleaul\· and L"tility.
:\Iis Fannie \\'heeler.
The Constitution.
\Ym. J. English.
Grapes at the Time nf \-inta~e.
\-aleclictory.
:-Iis, .\melia Donlittk.
l\f usic.
'\'hall we know each other there?"
Conferring Diplomas.
:\I usic.
"~oft (;Jicles the . ca.
Addresses.
:.\[ usic .
.. En. ign of l;Jory."
Denediction.
:Ji

CLASS OF 1863.
JAMES HANNAN.

NETT. PATERSON.
ANNA JOHNSON.
LUCY DOAN.

MAGGIE McKINNEY.
ED.DURKEE

AL. LEWIS.
ANNA RHODES.

MARY JENNE.
LOUISA HYNES.
FRANK LYRNAN.

ROSELLE JENNE.

The Class of 1863
F . H . Lyman

The class of Sixty-three. l\:enosha l ligh School, first had entity on the
opening of the school year in September, 185q, most of its members ha\ ing
been promoted from the Cram mar School under :d iss :d ary Locke.
The population of the l · nited States \\as then 30,000,000, now it is more
~han t\\o and one-half times that number.
The population of \\' isconsin was 775.000, now it is three times that
number.
The great national question then agitating the public mind was the
extension or restriction of the system of .\frican SlaYery, in this ''land of
the free and home of the braYe."
.\bout this time John l\rown of ( )sawatomie made his memorable raid
ill-a<h·ised in conception and momentous in moral effect.
"He captured Harpers Ferry, with his ninety men so fe\\',
I le frightened old '\'irginny,' till she trembled through and through.
They hung him for a traitor, themsch·es a trait'rous crew,"
as the e,·ents of the follO\Ying six years fully demonstrated.
The nation \\'as already agitated by the premonitory mutterings
and seismic disturbance, incident to the pre-com cntion period of the most
momentous presidential campaign in ...\merican history.
Se\\'ard seemed the logical candidate, hut the Chicago Com cntion
assembled in the historic Republican \\'igwam nominated \hraham Lincoln.
The class of Sixt:-onc graduated nine days before the opening of hostilities in ('harleston llarbor. Three oi its ml·mhers aiten,ards saw scnice
in the yoJuntcer army. \n1cn Fort Sumpter fell on the fourteenth of .\pril.
the depth of patriotic indignation that pcnadcd the entire . ·orth cannot
he imagined by those who did not experience it. and cannot he described b:
those who did.
Tweh·e da:s thereafter, the "l'ark Cit; Crays." the first quota of "The
brave men of kl•nosha Count\'
- who\ ictorioush·- dciended the L'nion on land
and sea <luring the war of the ( ;rcat Rebellion" left for :dilwaukee to join
the "First \'olunteer Infantry," \\ ' isconsin's first response to .\braham Lincoln's call for 75,000 men for three months. :\!any of the l\:enosha company
,-,·ere lligh School boys. .\s the eyentful years "·ore on such episodes were
of frequent occurrence.
Then there \\Ould follow at Yarying inten als ne\\'s that friends and
schoolmates had been wounded or killed in battle.
( )n Sunday the ninth of June the regiment broke camp and started fnr
the scat of war. The e\ er-patriotic and hospitable woml'll of l'enosha 111:m

'itecl the regiment to dinner. 'l'he im itatiun was accepted. Tables were
spread in the park near \\'here the Soldier< l\lonument now stands. The
train stopped at Prairie An'nue, along "hich this bod; of patriotic young
men marched, fully armed and equipped. The scene was thrilling, im pre ·si' e. inspiring. ne\ er-to-be-forgotten.
The school boys and school girls "ho helped sen·e the soldier bo\'s
\\'ill eYer cherish the precious reminiscence.
Company C. 39th \\ isconsin lnfantr;. had for its captain, Robert
(;raham, county superintendent of schools; for First Lieutentant, Jo, (now
Cnited States Senator) Quarles. a graduate of '(ll ; for Second Lieutenant.
lJorace ~ \. Ca: lord, principal of the Crammar School; for ( lrderl: Sergeant.
Ed. Durkee. a graduate of '(13. and 25 other 11 igh School bo: s. ancl the
janitor.
Can the boys and girls of l<J03 realize the effect of such a decimation of
the ranks of scholars and teachers by the enlistments in a single company?
Can they imagine the impressi,·eness of the occasion when this regiment
one thousand strong. passed through Kenosha on its way to the front? It
seemed as if the entire population hacl packed the streets along· the );orth
\\Testern Rail\\ay to shout and \\a,·e a cheer to the bo:s in blue .
..\nd "hat of the mothers of those school bo\"s " ·ho came to sa'' perhaps a last good-bye?
But the scholars and grade teachers ancl janitors \\'ere not the onh· one:-.
\\'ho fought for the ·c nion.
John (; ..\lc:dynn principal of the t..::enosha schools in 1853. ancl in '<ll
at the head oi the Racine Schools "·ent to the front as Colonel of the 10th
\\ isconsin Iniantn.
In the fall of 'or Thomas J. Conatty. the principal in charge when '(j3
entered the I ligh School, rai:-.ecl a company for the Fir:-.t \\ isconsin CaYalr:
and \\'as commissioned its captain.
11is company \\'as made up largely of
school boys and school teachers and was nicknamed the ".'choolma'm"
company.
The colonel of the regiment "as t>rof. Edward Daniels of the
. late L ni' er:-.it:.
The regiment encamped 111 l..::enosha. on the ground
\\here St. James' Cemetery i:-. 110\\ located.
On the 27th of ~larch. Capt. Conatty \\·as given a S\\'ord by his former
pupils, ~I iss Ruth Pitkin making the presentation.
l'rincipal Conatty':-. successor under whom the class of '03 gracluall·d
wa:-. Isaac Stone. Jr. I le too "·as called to the Country's sen·ice. In the
spring of ·ri-1- President Lincoln appointed him Consul to Sing-apore. ancl
because of the depraclations committed by the Pri,·ateer \labama in .\siatic
\Yaters, .:\Ir. ~tone was compelled to take abrupt lea\ e of the school and
hasten to his remote post of clut: accompanied by his \\'ife, who as high
school assistant \\as held in hig·h esteem. ~Ir. Stone acquitted himself
creditably in his mission in far-off .\sia.
Commencement occurred on the 3rd of July at Simmons hall. ( )n the
eyening- before ReY. llug-h ~liller Thompson-afterwards Episcopal Bi hop
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of :\I ississippi. clelin.' recl an l' .·c ellent aclclrcss to the graduating class and the
public.
.\l the \cry hour \\hen the graduates of '(13 Wl'l'L' exploding \\' cbstcrian
oratory, and dispensing profoundest wisdom for the delectation and eclificatio of doting parents an cl incl ulgent neigh hors. two of the most import ant
campaigns of the CiYil \Var \\ere culminating.
The army of the Tennessee was closing the memorable ..1.;·-clays siege of
\ ' ickslrnrg by a general bombardment of the Rebel stronghold.
< >n the folio\\ ing day our Yictorious arm; entered the city. Pemberton
ancl his entire force of 20.000 men ha\·ing accepted Crant's terms of "Cncond it ion al ~urren cler. ..
l n another part of the arc11a of civil strife, the desperate, the bloody
"llatlle of c;cttysburg" was clra\\"ing to a close.
The fl<)\\ er of th'..' ~outhern Arm: under General Robert E. Lee had
crossed the Potomac and entered J>ennsyh·ania. menacing \\' ashington.
Our forces \\ ith ( ;eneral :\1 eade in command. aided by such corps
ComnHtnders as ~icldes. \\ arren, Sedgwick. Reynolds. I lancock. lloward.
~·locum. and Pleasanton intercepted the inYaders.
l'ickett"s famous charge on Cemetery llill with his ..J.2 H.egimcnts of
Confederate Ca\'alr; \\as repulsed b: the l"nion Ca\'alry under l'Ieasanton,
and thus the outcome of this decisiYe battle was determined at the ycry moment \\ e \\ere rccei\ ing our diplomas.
( )n the following clay. the most momentous Fourth of July since the
first, Lee and his defeated army \\·ere in full rdreat from Gettysburg when•
lay dead 0.500 of the flower of the young manhood of both sections, graduates of the log school house at the cross-roads. the red school house on the
hill. the Yillage academy, the city high school. the college. the \\·orkshop
and the farm.
The cYents marking the beginning ancl the ending of the career of the
class of ~i-xty-three are here mentioned to convey to the present generation of : oung men and young \\'Omen a faint impression of the .\merican
11 is tor; that was being enacted \Yhile its members were puzzling m·er
declensions and conjugations and tr) ing to en>ln· thL' value of ::\:.
The papers were nol then read to learn what "color" had won the
latest boat race. or what favorite had had his physiognomy disfigured. or
his clavicle fractured. \\ hile contending nn the "( ;ridiron," but rather
to learn the outcome of some clecisiYe battle fur L·nion and for Freedom and
to scan the list of kilkd and wotrnded. oft-timl':-- tn find the names of friend:-or school mates in the dread number.
These ",'imple .\nnals" \\otdd he incomplL'tc without mentioning the
l'atriarchs of the Free ~chool ~:stem of Kenosha. To quote Colonel :-rc.\1; nn in his address al the I ligh School reunion of 1,\J.). "Their sagacity.
self-denial ancl liberality made the present edifice (educational facilitie:--)
possible, and their spirit \\ill influence the \\ ork here during : L'ar-; to comL.
The names of Josiah l\oncl. Charles Clement. Reuben ])emming. Charle-;
H

Durkee. llarny Durkee. :'dichacl Frank. Sereno Fisk, ~amucl Hale, Ucnry
ll. llinsdalc. John l\. Jilson. F. \V. L: man. I lays :'dcKinley, Theodore
'\e\\dl, Joseph \ ' . Quarks. C. Latham Sholes and Charles C. Sholes. may
not meet the \ iew of the youth who daily assemble here. nor their portraits
adorn these wall..;, hut they and others who labored with them, as worthy
oi remembrance should ne\·er he forgotten." (The members of the class of
'()3 knew all hut one of these men. only one of whom now sun·i\'es.)
"::\or
-.hould others \\·ho arc still with us, the compeers of those \\'ho ha\C gone to
their rest, whose presence is an inspiration to this community, fail to command the respect of their fellow citizens ancl the re\'erence of the youth
who owe them so much."
\\hen the class of '03 entered the I Iigh School, the building was hut
ten .'cars old. It is now 5-1- years since its erection. J t was then a comparati\·ely fresh achieYemcnt, a new prize. It marked an era in \\'isconsin 's
progress. It \\as J(cnosha's first and matchless contribution to the upbuilding of the Creal \Vest.
\\'e, of the class of '63, were the youthful contemporaries of these pioneers of \\'es tern Education.
\\'e cherish the reminiscence as did our fathers the memory of childhood acquaintance with actiYe participants in the \\'ar of the .\merican
H.enilution.
Later generations haYe de,·eloped the agricultural. mineral and timber
resources and manufacturing interests of the state.
They haYe amassed
millions. Some haYe made good use of their wealth for the betterment of
their iellow men.
These founders of our Free School System won unfading laurels, and
the gratitude of future generations while struggling single-handed 1n this
new cot~ntry for an humble home and for daily bread.
< )ne member of the class of '63, James IIannan. now deceased, was wont
to designate our period as the "] !eroic .\ge" of the l(enosha lligh School.
.'urely we cannot ascribe all to superiority of teachers, and scholars.
Certainly educational methods haye kept pace with general nineteenth ancl
t\\'entieth century ach·ancement. The assumption of distinction must then
he based large!: on the more intense, unremitting ancl practical interest of
patrons in the schools.
The annual rush to witness, gratuitously, the pomp and circumstance
of commencement exercises \\as not then the singk, spasmodic, manifestation oi interest in education.
< ln each recurring Frida) afternoon the seating capacity of the lligh
.·chuol room \\as taxed to the limit by those \\ho came to encourage
teachers and scholars and incidentally to gather nuggets of wisdom and
gem:-. of sentiment, dispensed through the medium of declamation and composition by embryo soldiers, statesmen, jurists, educators. clerics and "::\apol eons of finance .. ,

\\hen the regular order of exercises was finished, :\Ir. Con atty or :\Ir.
:-,tonl' \\'ould i1H'ite some of the \ isitors to address the scholars.

Then some "\Tillage l lampden."' some "mute. inglorious :\I ilton." or
some "Cromwell innocent oi his country's blood" \\ould regale us \\ith
golden \\·orcls of encouragement. advice and reminiscence.
The usual e:xordium of those unaccustomed to forensic oratory, con-;istecl in a comparison of our superior educational ach·antages \\'ith those
enjo: eel by the speaker.
\\'e \\ere giyen memory pictures of the :\ew-Englancl-Recl-School-llouse
and "York-Stall'"-Log-School-1 louse interiors with their rude benches. the
"bare-foot boy."' the austere teacher. the birchen rod. the curriculum limited to the "three R's." and \\ eb-;ter'-; Spelling book. the .\merican !'receptor, Lindley .\I urray. and Daboll for text-books. the home library consisting of the l\ible. Baxter'-; Sainh Rest. and The l\ook of .\lart:r-; ''ith
the occasional addition of Young's :\ight Thoughts, .\lilton or Shakespeare.
The stereOt) peel peroration was an admonition to "make the 1110-;t'' of
our present opportunities.
There were other addresses, replete with present-da) thought. inspiration to higher ideals. fen·id with affection for our Free School System .
.\Ir. Reuben ll. Deming ("Father Deming" as he was affectionately
called) was wont to close his remarks with the words: "l ask no better
epitaph than to have written on m: tomb-stone "I l ere lies the friend of
'Free Schools.'"
The pioneers who framed and procured the enactment of our school
laws. under which. in spite of ignorant or selfi-.;h opposition. was established
in l(enosha. the first Free Public School in the L'nitecl States. outside uf
.\cw England, were men still in acti\ e life among us.
They and their fellow citizens had the same commendable pride in our
Free School, the building and the beneficent \\ork. that the Kenosha citizen-;
of to-da) and its founder han· in the Public Library and ih ci,·ilizing
influence.

Class of 1863

Luc: Doan.
Edward If. Durkee. Louisa l lynes.
Jam es I Iannan, :\lary Jenne.
Roselle :\. Jenne,
•\!free.I D. Lewis, Frank If. Lyman.
i\laggie .\lcl(inney.
\nna Johnson.
:\ettie Patterson.
. \nna E. Rhode-;,

.\Ir-;. Chas. :\e\\'berry.

Romeo . .\1 ich.

(Deceased .)
(Deceased.)
( Decca -;eel.)
\lrs. T. \\ illiams.

i\I erchant. - .\lrs. \\' m. l'olk.
\Ir-;. F. En-;ign.
.\Jr..,. 11. ,\. ca,lorcl.
.\Ir::--. Lungky.

.'terling. 111.
Jordan. :\. Y .
Kenosha. \\ is.
Florida.
< )ak I 'ark. 111.
( Deceased .)
(;rand Island. :\eb .

Following is a cop:y o;f the printed

Progranune
Opening Chorus.

.\ Thousand 'i L'ar:-.
Prayer.

Salutatory .\cldress,

Frank ll. l ,vman.

Essay-l ·n ln1rnished J C\\·cls.

.\I iss

Essa:-1 lcroes and I leroines of the \\'ar,

\n na

I~.

Rhodes.

.\liss .\Iaggie C . .\lckinnl'\ .

.\I usic-Patriol .\I other's l'ra: er.

l.tility of Chemistry to all Classes,

. \lfred D. Ll'\\'i..,.

Essa:-Fcar Thou not to Die, Rather Fear to Li\'C,

.\ 1iss Louise 11 \'Ill's.

Essa: -Trageclies of the ()[cl \ \ ' orlcl re-enacted in the ~ e\\ .
.\liss .\Ian· ~. ,ll'nne .
.\I usi.c-The .\fountain Shepherd's Song.

Chorus.
Edward II. l>urkce.

The \\'est the Field for Enterprise,
Essay-There arc no Returning Foot-steps,

.\I iss .\nna .\!. Johnson .

.\lusic-Yuices of the ~ight.
Roselle ~. Jenne.

Sources of Kno\\·lcclgc.

Es a:-'"Duty be th: l'olar Cuicle, Do the Right whate'er betide."
.\ l i::;s 1...:: . • \nettc Patterson.
The Future of Europe,
James l lannan.
\ · aledictory-Outward Jlouncl,

.\ l iss Lucy Doan .

.\I usic-. \n~ct and Lu\\".
Conicrring Diplomas .
•\ cld resses .
.\[usic-The Star Spangled Banner.
Hen edict ion.

Class of 1865
Ellen I:art er,
.\cla Doan,
Sarah Dabbs.
Cornelia Francis.
( lliYia Leonard,
•\nna Stanton.

.\[r-; . .'hm e.
.\I rs. E. J. llentley.
( Ueceasecl.)
.\I rs. F. I I. Smith.
.\lrs. _las. Fink.

-

.'heboygan. \\ i
(I )eceascd.)

St. Louis . .\lo .
Racine. \\is .
Chicago. lll .

Class of 1867
Celia English,
Libbie \\'inegar,
Celia Gibbins,
Emma .\fcrrill,

.\frs. Thos. Hailey,
.\I rs. Taylor,

Chicago, Ill.
I:os ton. .\las::; .
1•cnosha. \\'is.

"The Free School Boys of Kenosha
in the War Cor the Union"
Col. Dennis J. Hynes.

\\here could there b e found a more acceptable theme ? \\'hat pths1bilities it suggests! and \\hat a gforious solution it brought forth! lt is
symbolized in t\vo suggcsti\ c \vorcls, clear to e' cry loyal heart: Educati o n
and l 1atriotism.
Education-the home of all it · cherished as ociation ·. Patriotism-Our
grand, magnificent country, \\"hose glorious banner has never yet been trailed
in the dust.
E,·er since the world began all great questions have been settled finally
the arbitrament of war. This being the case, it bchoO\ cs all governments to provide adequate means for the education of their young. to the
end that they ma) be properly informed on all subjects of difference \\ hich
may arise, and thus be enabled to draw their swords only in defense of
right and justice; and the nation which makes the wisest provision ior
this education i · the one about whose success there is the least doubt.

h~

The great aim of this government should be to build up a society of
people qualified in every way to bear the great responsibilitic" of the
sovereignty which is their birthright. To do this effectively, college · and
universities can never take the place of our free public schools .
The million· who arc born into Ji,·cs of labor-these children of the
common people-bearing the bright birthmark of intelligence and industry
upon their brow , will naturally find the universities and colleges too far
beyond their reach. Thus the public school· become their chief reliance for
education and instruction, and we thank Goel mo t fervently. that in no instance have t h ey failed in the accomplishment of their sublime mission.
Far be it from me to decry or underestimate the value to citizenship
to be clerivecl from colleges and universities. Hut after all, our hope must
lie in the public schools to make our citizenship worthy of the great republic.
or we will fail in our high purpose, and our civilization will inevitably decline.
There is not to-da' a first-class nation that attained ib place through
the doctrine of peace; but, on the contrary. every leading nation fought ib
way to the front hy an appeal to the arbitrament of arms. .\bsolutc peace
means stagnation. and stagnation means retrogrc ·sion. \ \ ar brings with it
gross evils, but it comes to destroy grosser ones. \\'ar is a bloody form
of logic. but it averts dishonor, gin·s life to libert:. and through the !'\\·ay
of the latter de,·elops the intellectual and moral forces. Perhaps there i->
delay in these developments owing to the time needed to still the passion:-;

KENOSHA FREE SCHOOL BOYS IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION .

1861

1865.

Free .School Boys in the War of the Rebellion .
1861 1865.

Co. C. 39th \\'is.

r.

.:\lat. DcrbYshire.

2.

Chattncey llaldwin.

3.

Birney llriggs.
Jas. [~. l'ettit. L". ~- :'d ilitary Telegraph Corps .

...J..

\\'ill. ~hepherd.

I )ied in the scn·ice.

Taylors l\attery.

10.

J. \.Quarles. Liettt. Co. C, Jl)th \\'is .
John .\I cClcllan. Capt. and , \. A Q. l ". ~. \ ' ols.
F. 11. Lyman. Cu. C .•wth \\'is.
Dottglas I . '\ewell. Taylors l\atten·. Killed at the siege of \ "icksburg. 18(>3. aged 20 years.
Fred. llates.

I I.

Will l'ettit.

12.

Jim \ \' insor.

7.

8.
9.

13.
q.

15.
16.
17.

18.
19.
20.
21.

Lieut. 34th \\is.

Co. ·. 39th \\is.
Co.
C. 3<Jth \\'is.
Ed. Durkee.
:'dal. \\ ilkins. Co. C. 39th \\'is.
Ccorge \'ichols. 1st \\ .i-,. CaYalry. Licttt. 33d \\'is. lni.. Capt. 3~th
\\ i-,. Inf.
l'rincipal Tl10s. J. Conatty. Capt. Co . .\I. 1st\\ is. CaL
lh:nni-, J. I[_> ncs. ~ttcces-,i\ ely 2d Lieut., 1st Lieut.. \djutant and Captain 8th !II. Ca' airy. C >n ~taff of .\laj. c;cnl. . 'ttmncr and of .\laj.
\ olttntecr-, ior .\[critorious .·en ice !lorn in l< unt:- .\layo. lrcland.
Ccnl. l'leasanton. Lieut. lo. l. 17th Ill. Ca,· .. l\rcYct l'<>luncl l· . .' .
.\lar. 17th, 18-1-r.
Lyman D . .\lowry. Co. C. 3l)th \\ i-,.
Fred ~hcphcrd. Co. C. 39th \\is .
Cristophe I looker. Co . .\I. 1st\\ is. la\·.

llenn Lines.

Ta,Jors llattcn.

23.
2...J..

I loracc Hald\\ in.
Ti moth: L. Carpenter. lo . .\l. 1st Ca\.
Eugene Comstock. Co. ll. 24th \\ i-,consin.

23.

(~us. L.00111i~.

26.
27.
28.

IL F. \\'hitman. C. 3<Jth \\'is.
Frank l\uck Yates.
.\lark !'case. Co. F. ist \\' is.

29.
30.
3r.

Ed. Durkee. Co. C. ,)9th \\is.
Jas. E. Pettit. L ~ . .\I iii tar: Telegraph Corps.
Irwin Blish. Ellsworths Zouayes.

32.
33.

llcnry Campbell. Co. C. 39th \\'is.
linton Ilooker. Co . .\ I. ISL \\'is. ca,-.
Principal John (; . .\lc.\l \'1111. Colonel 10th \Vis.

22.

·a\'.

])icd in the service.

Portrait elsewhere.

oi war, dc\(?lopment comes, ncycrthelcss, with renewed Yigor and splendid
cnerg). The flashing of sword blades, the thundering of cannon and the
shedding of precious blood, re,·iye the echoes of liberty, and bring the blessings of peace in a more stable form.
J t is "ith great generals as it. is with great nations: t.11C) HC\'Cr attain
greatness by pursuing the lines of least resistance. The S\\ ord has founded
e' cry throne in existence.
Strange as it. may seem. battle-, and blessings
arc closely allied. The struggle bet.\\ ccn England ancl the Colonies was
ine,·itabk from the first. The causes were so grievous, the oppressions so
intolerable. and the llritish car so deaf to the cries of colonial distress, that
nothing but. war could effect relief ancl judicial separation, ancl hence war
" ·as necessary to effect through bloocl what peace could not accomplish
through statesmanship.

_\gain in 1820, on the ad mission of :\ l issouri. the agitation of the sla Yer)
question dominated all other questions of a domestic character. and seriously
threatened the perp<.:tuity of the LTnion. lt was temporarily scttlccl by a
patched-up truce, called the :\I issouri Compromise. This compromise operatecl as a species of rest from the perplexing question of s]a, cry for thirty
years, when measures for its repeal were i1~troclucccl and passed b) Congress, thu, opening anew the yexed question, with all its rancorous feelings,
bitter animosities and undying prejudices fanned into blazing conflagrations
by the ncycr ending contentions of the opposing parties ancl sections of the
country, continuously on to I 61, when the culmination came by the secession of the slave holding stat.cs ancl the firing upon our national banner
floating over Fort Sumter. And as that first shot spec! on its winged Hight
over the waters of the Hay at Charleston, its reverberations rcsoundecl all
over the free states, ancl callccl their young men to arms in clcfcnsc of the
l'nion ancl its Hag. And for five years following, a portion of this great.
nation became a bloocly battleground, while the whole country, north ancl
south, was transformed into one vast military camp.
Thus came the opportunity for the boys of the Kenosha public schools
to give expression to their lessons of patriotism acquirecl in this school, and
right nobly dicl they respond. .\ company was immediately formccl unclcr
Cassius :\lc\-ean and attached to the glorious First \\'isconsin, with which
they recei,·ecl their baptism of fire at Falling \\'aters, one of the earliest
engagements of the war.
.\rnl now I feel a delicacy in attempting to gi,·e a list of names of those
who recei\' d their first lessons in learning ancl patriotism from between
these \\·alls-knowing full well that many "ill he omittccl in speech \\ho
are indelibly imprinted on all our hearts. Uut I will, nevertheless. make
the best effort which memory will permit in that direction.
First ancl foremost our well-belo' ed principal, Col. John <..; . :\lc:\lynn.
Col. De\Volf, who succeecled Col. Mc:\lynn as principal. ancl another
principal, Thos. J. Conatty, Levi llowland, Ichabocl llowland .• \lfred Ilo\\land, john :\lcClellan, I1orace naldwin, Chauncy Baldwin, Eel. l~alclwin, \Yilliam Pettit, James Pettit, Lyman :\ewell, Doug-las :\cwell, \!Ian I liggins,
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lloracc Locke, Frank :darston. Chas. Leonard, Elliott Scribner. l'hil Harmon, \\'ill l Jarmon, John \\'ilclcr, \\ arren \\ ilcler, Jerome \\'hite, c;corge
Xichols, Eel. \\'incgar, :\lark l'case. John Thompson, Timoth) Carpenter,
\\'alter Stebbins, Birney llriggs. \\ill Shcphcrcl, Charley Dana, Fillmore
Starkweather, Cus Loomis, Jim Bayliss, Seth .\lien, Charles l l. Blood,
:\!)roll Baker, Francis Cibson, .\lfrecl :\liller. John C. :\lagill, Ezra :immons, Rob \\'incgar, Charley EYerett, Lon \\arc!, John Xichols, John IIoy,
Robert York, Thomas Kearns, James ()°::\cil, Eugene Comstock, John
Frank, Horace Capron, . \lbert ·apron. Russell Dimmick.
'harley \\'aite,
\\'allace Bullen, Reuben Fuller, \\'ill • ' clson, Tom Jordan, Irwin Blish .
•\nd the following of a little younger age who went together in the 39th
\\'isconsin: H.obert (;raham, Fred Shepherd, :\Jal \\' ilkins, . \lbert SteYens,
Sereno Fisk, IIorace c;aylorcl, DeForest Kinney. Jim \\'insor. John Hailey,
Freel Stebbins, Phillip ·arey, John Carey, . · orry Bailey, Frank Lyman . . \.
ll. l'nclerwood, Fred Stebbins. Ed. Johnson, Ira
·ook, Henry Campbell,
:\lenzo Campbell, D. :\1. Pettengill, Joseph Quarles. Eel. Durkee, Bryant
\ \'hitman. Charley Demming, Lyman :\ rowry, Ceo. Dimmick.
To this enumeration may be added without impropriety, the following,
who, although not students here, always held such clo e and intimate relations with u · as to be entitled to a conspicuous 1>lace in our roster: Col.
LoYell, "ol. :\lcDermott, :\Iajor Mc\' ean, Capt. llarry Scott, Lieut. Hamhrook.
It would be too palpably smothering the natural de. ire I feel for proud
ancl honored a · ·ociations, were I to omit from this list the names of my
mother's sons, John and Dennis, who, although in Illinois regiments, imbibed all their early inspirations of 10\ e of country from the l(enosha public schools.
The list is incomplete without the name of L. 1'. l lan·cy. who taught in
the log school house on :\lain street in 1843, and who afterward became the
illustrious "\\'ar (;o,·ernor of \\' isconsin," losing his life \\·hile at the front
looking after the welfare of \\'isconsin's sick ancl wounclcd after the battle
of Shiloh. ::\or hall we fail to mention the re\ creel name of his wife,
Cordelia Perrine, who was also a l(eno ha teacher in the ·-1-os. 1 fer conspicuous and efficient work in the interests of the sick and wounded soldiers
ancl of their widows and orphans has canonized the name of :\[rs. I lan·ey in
the hearts of every man and woman of \\'isconsin.
The genius of courage ancl patriotism was no less marked in the
women of the "ar. It is impossible here to pay suitable tribute to them, but
we cannot omit to consider their claims to honorable and grateful mention.
\\'hcther on the battlefield. in the hospital, or at home, their title to our
tribute is \\ell earned. and their right to a liberal share of honor for Yictorics
won cannot be denied, and shoulcl not be withheld. In their \\'atchful care
of the sick ancl wounclecl in the hospitals, in their courage and fortitude di . pla: cd on the battleficlcl. in their tender deYotion ancl self-sacrificing lo\ c
bestowed upon home ancl family, \\'e shall find their responsi,·e endeaYor
nob!: sen ing the cause of the l ~nion; and like :\1 iriam of olcl. "hen, with
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timbral in hand, she led forth the women of Israel to the shores of the Reel
~ea, and there sang the songs of glorious triumph. they proYecl the richness
of their patriotism and their de' otion to cau;;c ancl country: and as ::\liriam
opened the wa} to the intellectual and ;;pi ritual de\ clopmcnt of her sex, ;;o
let the modern Dcborahs reach a fuller and more glorious triumph oYer
e,·ery right, intellectual. spiritual and political. now exercised h; the highest
types of manhood : for
"The braYest of battle. that eyer was fought,
~hall I tell you where and when?
On the maps of the \\·oriel } ou'll find it not,
'Twa;; fought by the mothers of men."
Look around on thi;; glorious countr;. think of her mighty resources.
Let the loYe of her grandeur sink into : our soub, and "hen you contemplate
her o-reatnes . remember that it was by the daring deed;; of her citizen
soldiery, done in the line of duty and honor, that she was raised to this
glorious height. Their reward is worthy of them. Their glory shall ne\·er
die. Their praises arc written in the hearts of their countr; men. and where\'er there is allusion to noble deed;; their name;; are held in greatest honor.
Of the dead. who die in such a cau;;e. truly is it said:
"On fame's eternal camping ground
Their silent tents arc ;;preacl;
.\nd glory guards with solemn round,
The binrnac of the dead.''
::\Iany of the men who stood as a wall of fire between umon ancl c\i-;union lie in the ;;hroucls of death. Their sacred memories and heroic
attributes remind us that the tumults of this world are nothing to the e dead
comrades. But ,pringing from their gra' cs come;; the hope of the patriot,
the beneYolence of peace, the strength and felicity of union, the progrc;;s of
the people and the dignity of the nation.
Justice shall not he postponed, the honor attached to the ;;en' ices of the
"Cnion soldier cannot he withheld. IIe ;;tancb unique, grand, glorious in the
hi tory of nations. and there he will foren'r stand, crowned with laurels,
acclaimed the \'ictor.

A Fairy Tale.
S this hook is intended for school children. young and olcl,
it seems most appropriate that it should contain a iairv
tale. So we \\"ill proceed to relate the

TIIE T .\LE OF TlIE LU . ·c; !'ROI E:. OR.
Once upon a time. in a fair Yillage. on the shores of
Lake :\lichigan, there stoocl an institution of learning. the
fame of which had gone abroad in the Janel-and many
famous men had \\ ielded the rod in da: s gone by .
•\t the time of \\hi ch we write, there was great sorrowing o\·er the Ju;,s
of one of the most bcloYed and highly respected professor:-. who had e\·er
stood at the head of this institution. :o the learned body which presided
O\' er its goyernment sent out notices far and \\'icle stating their berea,·ement
and seeking fur one who should he worthy to follow him whose loss they
deplored.
At length, their efforts were crowned \\ ith succe:-.:-.. and on an appointee!
day the Long Professor made his appearance and entered at once upon his
dutie .
Ile was very long and thin, with large, wild-looking eyes, and was po . . sessed b~ a habit of grasping a tuft of hair on top of his heacl ancl rushing
about with coat tails and shoe strings streaming out behind at a tangent.
He hacl a very unrul: lot of boys and girls tu deal with. and wa. alway . .
about to haYe a "radical change" and to ''draw the reins tighter and tighter."
There 1\a:-. an old organ in the school which was pumped h: a bo: at
the rear, and. judging by the cloleful sounds which issued from its depth .....
it must haYe been possessed by a spirit in dire distress.
X 0\\ there \\ere in the school di\'ers ho: s who claimed tu b1.: proficient
in the knowledge of the secret mechanism of the said organ and \vh o w o ul d
frequent!: offer their sen·ices to repair the . . ame.
These boys were sad dogs-who put pieces of chalk under the keys and
thereby caused the instrument to \\·ail and howl in the most excruciating
manner.
\\"hen the nerYes of the Long Professor had been racked almost beyo nd
endurance, the chalk woulcl be remm ed. and the boys. \\·ith an air o i innocent triumph, \\'Otilcl announce that the e\·il spirit \\-as exorcised . an d
only the most dulcet of tones would then greet the ear oi the listL' ner.
But there \\ere also girls in this school. m ·er which the L n,... ro ie" r
prcsic\ecl with fear and trembling.
.\ncl they were. ii PL'""il !L. m rcc> a
thorn in the flesh than the unruly boys.
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Un one eYil day they concocted the plan of mocking the sound of the
"·ild winds at play.
A low, humming sound arose-first from one :-.iclc, then
from a remote quarter.
The Long Professor :-.tole quietly from one po:-.ition to another, but the
hummincr rose and fell e\ er afar.-1 n Yain the coat-tails and shoe strings
flew, a he silently gliclecl about.-The sound was e,·er just beyond, while
the maiden · pored with unusual diligence 0\ er the erst neglected tasks .
Da) followed day and the uncann: sound still rose ancl fell-but the
mystery remained unsoh·ecl-whik the Long Professor grew longer and
thinner-and he gra peel the tuft of hair with a desperate fury \\ hich filled
the souls of tho ·e unregenerate maidens \\·ith glee.
X ow it wa the custom at this scat of learning ( ?) on Friday afternoons
for the pupils to appear upon the stage and with much grandiloquence reproduce the masterpieces of orator:.
The fame of these performances spread far and wide, and large audiences
came to listen to the soarings of genius.
These times were peculiarly trying to the Long Professor as the performer:-. ''ere wont to aclclrcss their
perorations to him in a way which was most personal and harrowing.
For
example-Youth fixing his eye sternly on that of the Long Professor and
adyancincr threateningly toward him·'.\nd if thou sayst I am not peer
To any lord in Scotland here11 ighlancl or Lm\land-far or nearLorcl .\ngus-thou hast lied!"

B) this time the orator·s fist \\as in close proximity to the Long Profe so1-'s no e.Following this ardent burst of eloquence came a tall young woman. who
after making a low obeisance recited:
"l-ncle Simon he climbed up into a tree
\nd presently l 'nclc Jim followed him
. \nd squatted clown by he-"
.\nother profound bow to the Long Professor and she retired ,,·ith an
air of upreme satisfaction.
The density of intellect. display eel by these youthittl aspirants for
knowledge, wa at times appalling.
.\II one afternoon the Long Professor
labored with a fair maiden mer the problem ·· 1f 2 X
20
what
will X - ~
The more he explained the less she understood. -Long he
laborcd-eYen until the sun went clown-but still she failed to comprehend .
•\ time wore on. it seemed to the Long Professor, as if all the powers
of darkness were in league with those youthful conspirators whu made life
a wearisome burden to him.
It ''as his custom to sit on the high organ stool, inr the cloubk purpose of
accommodating his long limhs-ancl at the same time gaining better facilitie
for observation.
One morning on taking his usual scat-he found to his dismay that someone had thickly co\Trecl the stool with a coating of mucilage.

One innocent little maiden remarked that it \\as such a :;hamc-that he
didn't stick!
Time would fail to tell all the miserable ach·cntures which befell the
poor hero of this t11warnished talc, and \\' C clo not wish to unduly harro\\ the
. . ympathctic hearts of our reader-;, so we will hasten <ffcr the last da: s of
the reign of the Long Professor.
Like all other earthly things it. came to
an end-and he our Ir cro-disappeared as silently an cl suddenly a . he
came upon the scene.
Rumors were whispered about that the Long Professor had relinquished
the noble calling of" hich he had prm eel ...,uch an ornaml'nt and had Accl into
the wilderness where he had erected a saw-mill.-. \ncl that the chief joy of his
life \\a.., the naming of logs after hi.., fa,orite (?) pupils, and then thrusting
them under the giant sa\\ s ancl watching their heads being :;c\'ercd from the
trunk .
llut_ remember I )ear l~eaclers - this is hut a fain tale.
:\f.\RY CEURGE Rcrnrx. OX.

Class of 1871
:\lary C. < ;corgc.
Fannie ] Ian nan,

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:\I rs. \\' . I'. Robinson.
:\I rs. P. (;. Healey, -

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f(l'nosha. \ \ ' i
( lkceased.)

Strike in the Kenosha High School
Nora Seeley Nichols

Talking of strikes, did : ou e\ er hear uf the strike that the pupils of the
1-\:cnusha I Iigh tonk part in "once upon a time?"
Long ago, so long that I would hate to ,·enture a gue...,s of ju. t how long
ago it wa ..... \YC hacl a principal in the 1ligh ~chool by the name uf I[-. a tall.
l<>ng. lean incliYidual of rather uncertain intellectual attainments-at least.
\\e, in the great knO\dedge of se,·enteen years. thoug·ht them uncertainreigned and "ruled ,,·ith a rod of iron ( ?)."
:\ Ir. 11- succeeded a much Jo,·cd and respected professor. who:;e lea Ying
us for different fil'ids of labor. \\ l' \ l'r~ much resented. and the 1 ligh :chool,
as a body. cleterminccl to shm\ the I lonorablc lloard of Education. that if we
could not have our own Profc...,sor. \\'e would not pay allegiance to any other.
ll<l\\'l'\·cr \\'orthy he might he.
Poor I )omine ~

he had a hard time ahl•ad of him!

I ''ill only tell of one of all the many pranks ancl tricks which ,,·ere
im ented during that long winter to make life rosy for our honorable profc ·sor. but enough to sa\' that he \\a" annoyed. and teased out oi hi. 'cry

senses-until om' clay he fairly lost his temper.
Fancy that, you dignifieti
proper younglings of to-day. our professor actuall) lost his temper, '' hile in
the school-room.
I le brought his ruler do" n on his desk with such a
resounding tin\ ack that the bust of Shakespeare, which stoocl on a little
..;helf oYer the blackboard to tht' right of the clock fairly jumpecl with
amazement. and the bust of Jlyron on the left. moYcd l\Yo inches out of place,
and all the other pla:-;ter member-; of our numerous bu:-;t family. oYer the
winclO\\:-i, qui,·erecl with excitement, as our "orth: professor roared out:
"I want : ou to respect me, you shall respect me. l \\·ill have respect."
\\·e. the dignified seniors of the back scats, frowned upon such an exhibitinn oi warmth. and when a "uppres..;ed titter arose from the desks where
the freshmen sat. a slight sibilant sound wa" heard coming from, no one
knew "·here.
The Profe..,sor called out: "Stop that noi ·c !" but it did
not cease, and from that time on for weeks, I think there were but a' cry few
minute ,,·hen the sound \\'as not heard from some quarter of the room, so
low as to be hardly discernible, and yet surely there, and as surely unJelectable.
The annoyed professor at first did not seem to notice, but after se\'cral
days the sound "got on his nen cs."
\Yhen he was in the rear of the room.
it seemed to be near the principal's desk. and when he \\as at his desk. the
. ound seemed to emanate from the register near the recitation rooms.
It
afforded most unholy glee to the uni,·ersal offenders to sec him go peering
about and listening in yarious parts of the "large room" trying to locate this
mysterious sound .
<lnc clay. :.Jr. II- asked ~ora Seeley, the girl who played the organ for
the morning hymns, what she thought ,,·as the cause of this noise.
She
innocently ( ?) replied that po. sibly it might he in the organ pipes. maybe, the
"·incl escaping through some leak in a clefective stop.
That night the organ was thoroughly m nhaulcd, and just aitcr morning prayers the next day. the professor unfolded his long lengt h from his chair
and announced with a most reassuring ancl triumphant smile that the organ
tuner had been there the night before and fixed the instrument. so that \\C
should no longer be annoyed with that buzzing -.;ound, of which we had all
been o con 'Cious ior some time past.
But ala , and alack, the sound still continued.
One of the senior boys
-Herbert Thiers was next interrogated as to what, in his opinion, was the
cause of thi most irritating noise.
Ile graYcly replied, that he had noticed a loose shingle on the roof ju t
over the northeast window, ancl the wind blowing under that might cause it.
··nut," says the professor, "'I do not hear it after school."
"Probably the wind dies a\\a) when the sun goes down." soberly replied
:.rr. Thier .
That night, the janitor. :.Jr . Curtis, bra,·ely tackled all loo e places of
c\'ery kind, on the roof and else\\ here-the professor remaining to sec that
the work was t horoughly done.
:.rr. Curtis suggested that this strange sound might come from the pupils.
but the principal flouted the idea, because he declared he had most carefully

watched C\ cry individual and it \\'oulcl he impw.. sible for any one to be undetected by his "eagle eye."
I think this sound was heard, at inter\'als, as long as :.Ir. II- was
principal of the 1'.. 11. S., but he never found out the cause.
~[oral :-It is nc\'cr wi ·e ior principals to lose their temper.
Hut I ·tarted out to tell about the strike.
It was during the reign of
:.tr. 11- along in the Spring the latter part of :.lay, when everything out
of doors, trees, birds, flowers ancl sunshine were calling us so loudly and insistently, that close our eyes and cars as tightly as we would, we could not
help but hear this ciiYinc cal\ of :.!other Xaturc to all her young, telling us
that the Spring is the play time, the he~ clay of youth.
l t \\as chool election da), all the intermediate and primar) schools \\·ere
to close, and we saw 110 reason \\ hy we, the I !igh School pupils, should not
have a holiday as well as the infants .
. \ committee waited upon :.Ir. Hicks ·tating the case and saying we
wanted a holiday and that we would spend it "botanizing in the woods."
I le greeted us pleasant!), blancll> -miled and replied, (using a fa\'orite
expression of his) that whereas "he liked to sec young people enjoy themselves" he could not grant this request.
\\'hen the committee returned and reported Bell Pierce exclaimed,
":.lean old thing."
Lillie Burgess said, "\Yell. l\·e just a good mind to go
anyhow!" \\hat a\\ itch, that girl was. always up to mischief!
"Howard Van \\'yck spoke up instantly. "Oh !:'ay. let's·· (Listen to that,
G. S. ,\!bee, hear one your favorite senior saying "let's").
Will Strong was
a quick second in. ''I'll go, if you will!" and he was immediately greeted
with a chorus. "'\\'ell, just let's, we'll all go."
Then Theodore Cole, wise boy. spoke up.
"Xm,·. if we can get the
\\hole ·chool too, so that the Prof. will Jiayc to clo e up, it will be all
right, but if only a few of us go, we'll haYe to make up time for running
awa) from school."
That aspect of the case looked a little serious. so it was
agreed that every one houlcl quietly work upon eYery one el e, and proclaim
a grand strike of the entire clas. -so that no one would be in the school room
the next day, and \\e would all bring our lunches and go out on a picnic.
Then there \Yas trouble, man: of us \\ ent home at the noon hour and
there would be trouble at home if \\'e failed to report at the proper time, and
none of us cared to incur any home cliscipline, so we decided that we would
strike at noon and there should be no afternoon session if \YC could preYent it.
\\'hen one o"clock came and we counted up our forces we found nearly
all \\ere present.
There was Ott Pettit. Alice Tasbell. Dell Pierce, \\ill
'-'trong. Jeanine :\lartine and her y<lunger sister Imogene. Theodore Cole,
Ilcrb Thiers, Howard \'an \Vyck, :-\ora 'eeley, :.tary George. Lillie Burge .
Kittie Tiisscll.
I think. but do not quite remember that Hattie Brown \\as
in the crowd .. \llie Eng-lish and a lot of others.\\ hose names I do not recu!l.
The only ones \\'horn l now remember. who \\ ould not join u - were :.Iary
Kane, \\'ho was too conscientious. and Elerick Cole. who would not spoil hi·
record.
l•'or fiye ) ear-;, I think it \\'as. Elerick had never been ab-ent or Tardy

and our lark did not tempt him to absent himself e'en that once.
Su he
and ::\Iar: Kane and one or two of the country pupils stayed at school and
looked longing!: out of the windows. krnm ing what a lovely time the rest
of us were haYing out in the woocls by the railroad hridg-e. picking the wild
flowers and enjoying each other and our lark more than \\'ords can now tell.
The after clap \\as n •ither loud nor hard.
There \\'ere too many of tt"
to punish; 'twas near the end of the year and of ~Ir. I licks reign, so nothing
was done. except that ~Ir. I licks made a visitation at each home. a.nd our
parent learned the enormity of our offense.
However. \Ye\\ ere cautioned not to do it again. and \\-e ne,·.:r did.
Phoenix .. \rizona, ::\lay<). 1903.

Programme of Closing Exercises 1873
I.

2.

J.

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;1·

(1.

7.

John c;allaghan.
~Iiss Snell.
~Iiss l 'ienk<m sky.
E. l'olc.
~Ii"" :\icol.
~lis-.; \\'cbstcr.
··Jonnie. ( ;l't the l'<l\\ s l lomc."

Robert Emmett.
£-.;-.;a'"
E. say.
Declamation.
Recitation.
E-.;say.
::\l usic,
School.

~.

CJ.

Deel a mat ion,
Declamation.

The

:\athan .\lien.
'httrch ( >rgan.

Toatie Seeley.

l T.

Declamation,
German I kclamation,

12.

Essa~.

13.

Essa:.
Recitation.

IO.

q.

_I. 1[1l\\e.
II. Simmons.
)-!iss 1\. English.
~1 iss Clapp.
The Frenchman and the Rats.
Louie Thicrs.

l:.

::\I usic.

I 0.

Recitation,

"The Litt IL- Uni\\ n Church 111 the \'ale."
School.
The Last Charge.

L. ~lerrill.
17.

The .'ong of the Shirt.

Recitation.
~Ii ss

T< •

1 CJ·

20.
21.

\ \ ood.

;11 iss ,\n ti rew s.
Sergeant Buzius.

E say,
Recitation.

J. Lewis.
::\liss Thiers.
Hurrah, Now ior Some Fun.

Essay,
::\I u-.;ic,
chool.

CLASS

Fannie Whitaker.
Jennie Tarbell.

F

~7

Emma Thiers

Sarah Adamson.

Louise Wood

Heroic Age of the Kenosha High School.
By Lillie Burgess Lewis

Chicago, April 20th, 1~95.
\\·hen i1wited by our !'resident to speak of the "lleroic .\ge of the
Kenosha Ilirrh School," l wondered just" hat was meant by the Heroic .\ge.
\\ ebster's definition is, "the age when the heores or those called the
children of the gods are supposed to Im Ye livcd."-llut onr friend and tern nsman. Lee Fellows. describes the heroic age as the one when the school boy
got \\·ell '\,allopcd" and bore it manful!:.
The heroic age of a nation seems to be a time when after 'arious internecine struggles it is at last upon a firm foundation and can assert itself
with other nations. can begin to command and dictate-to be a power in the
\\'Orld.
During the heroic period of Grl'.ece occurred the celebrated Trojan \Yar,
and in Rome's heroic age, her conquering armies went forth to subdue the
neighboring tribes.
\Yi th every nation such an age has been a time of stirring e' ents. of
scenes of great activity, of busy enterpri e, of restless and feverish desire
to obtain and maintain a upremacy.
J\ nation and a school re emblc each other in many ways, the Board of
Education, Superintendents and teachers arc the legislatiYe and executive
functions, the pupils represent the constituency. the different classes correspond to the states or diYisions of the nation.
In a well organized and rightly goyerned school we haYe the incipient
nation. and as a nation's life is- o the school-there are the first year of
truggling to gain its independence, to establish itself before the community,
to obtain a permanent and firm foundation; then when its own town and
county recognize the ' Choo! as a grand and Aourishing organization, fit to be
the alma mater of its ons and daughters, it may begin to array itself among
the other noted in titution.., of the state. and if there ~e the right material m
it executiyc and administratiye powers. can at last come to be foremost, to
rule and lead-a mighty influence in the land.
Sush was the position of the Kenosha l l igh School about twenty-five
years ago.
The city fathers,-all praise ancl glory be to their honored names-had
labored zealously to establish. against much prejudice, a high school, and
there it was finally. a cro\\ ning and lasting glory to the fair cit) and noted
throurrhout the tate, an ackno\\ !edged leading institutoin of learning.
Such men as :dc:\lynn, :\ld\:inclley. Conatty. Simmons, .[\!bee, had made
its fame.
Its pupils were knO\\ n throughout the state also as scholarly,
faithful and energetic.
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I well remember, in my early year:;, when first l essayed to teach the
) oung idea in another location, meeting an august and '-'Cholarly man-The
,'uperintendent of :chools in a distant city-who said to me: ·•\\" e ga\'C
you the preference of three other applicanb because you \\'ere from the
Kenosha lligh ~chool.
\\ c ha\'c had teachers from there, and one especially. years ago, Fannie.\. !laker. "·ho was one of the finest who c\'er taught
our youth, we think that school scn11" forth bright pupils: energetic and
faithful workers, therefore we shall expect much from you ...
It is a fine thing to listen to such a ghrn ing tribute to your natiYc school,
but an arduous task to try to keep up the high reputation of your predecessors.
That Kenosha I figh ~chool pupib haYc acquitted thcm..,ch cs creditably
out of their nati,·e -;tatc. the number of teachers "ho ha' e succes-;fully filled
the -;chools of thi" city and the high position of our honored townsman. Prof.
Hannan. will amp!) testify.
\\' here C\ er on this mundane sphere it has been my lot to <l\\ ell, I have
encountered some one \\"ho either had been a pupil or knc\\" something of
the Keno· ha ll igh , · chool and alwa vs ha Ye I heard its praises sounded.
There was something in the 'cry air of that school room that 111ade us
a ·pi re to higher things-\\ ith our class motto. per asp era ad astra-we
mounted in i111agination. even to the stars.
l'crhaps it was those Frida) afternoon rhctoricals, when \\C used to
listen to recitals of deeds of the ancient heroes-of Regulus· Return to the
Carthagenians· of Iloratius at the Bridge-of Lars l'orscna of Hen Uattle
who ··was a soldier bold''-ancl llingcn on the Rhine-that made us long to
go forth in life and achieve reno\\ n.
Or it ma: have been on account of
the stirring words of those good old men who u:-;cd. on such occasions. to
Yisit the school and tell th of the trials and tribulations that assailed the111
when trying to found that temple of knO\dcclgc.
Can you not, even now, hear the ringing notes of Father Deming's
Yoice as he aid ··all the epitaph l wish inscribed on the stone that shall 111ark
my last resting place is 'The Father of the public . choob of this city'."
The only eulogy he desired was that he had faithfully given his time and
sen·ices to the building up of a good school "ystem that should continue to
develop the youth long after he had joined the innu111erable carantn and
passed on to the realms of shade.
Col. !''rank. Father ~lcl(indlc). l!:iaac Ceorgc. Judge Jilsun and others
used to fill us "·ith enthusiasm when they spoke of those e,·cntful times ancl
urged us to impru,·e our a1h·antagl's and the opportuniti
they had striven
so hard to gain for us.
Those co-\\'orkers, 1n founding that admirable institution. buildecl better
than they knew. and generation aftl'r generation \\ill continue to rc,·e rc the
names of those progressi\'e men \\'hose influence for good has been felt iar
he) nnd the confines of the Yicinit ,. \\herein they li\'l'd and labored.

\\'hen our country was in clanger and called for \'Oluntccrs there were
Kenosha lligh School pupils ready and willing to take up arms in defence
of their countr: and la) down life if need be to protect that flag '' hich now
floats proudly over each public school in the land.
Xot only has our . chool furnished heroes and instructors, but also
honorable members of other professions-noted Jurists, doctors-mini ters
and possibly at some later clay we may be able to include a congressman,
gm·ernor or president in the list. one can ncycr tell what Fortune or ),Ii fortune ma,· have in store.
\Vi th pleasure I look back through the 'ista of ~ears to that time when
was enrolled as one of the Kenosha Iligh School pupils-some of my classmates I 110\\ can sec-to them it may be pica. ant to again recall some of the
olclen scenes and revive forgotten memories.
Our class went up from the Grammar to the 11 igh School when l'rof.
\!bee came to our hospitable shores.
Three years of g·ood solid \\·ork with
little time ior 11011se11se. zealous!~ we stru\'e to attain the high ideals our instructors C\Cr set before us-the goal of our ambition to climb the path
lcacling to the Temple of Knowledge to which there is no royal road and
whose portals arc ever open to the arduous \\ orkcr.
"Labor om n ia vi nci t"
we inscribed in our lexicons and pressed on, often we realized that "of making many books there is no encl; ancl much stud) is a weariness of the flesh."
\\hat pleasant hours we used to spcncl in the l{hctoric class with clear

::.1 iss Doolittle patiently and smilingly listening to our effusions, correcting
and rcyising our ter.rible similes and false s: ntax. encouraging the timid and
g-cntly restraining the forward, how kind!: "e \\'Cre led by her through the
paths oi literature. how we \\ere incited to read and make ourscl\'es familiar
with noted authors. then urged to wield our own untried pens and mounting
our flying steeds we Yaliantly rode through azure realms. astonishing our
classmates with wonderful productions.
There was nothing that we: did not attempt from fiction. allegory. history
and simple narratiYc to poems of cYery description, and on e\'ery kno\\ n
subject. from the whistling winds that attuned themselves in and around the
school house to parodies upon many of the prominent poems.
\Ye produced original compositions in rhyme and blank ,·crse-hlank
of 'crsc and blank of meaning too, I fear, at times.
Once the \Visconsin Dairymen \\ere holding· a Cheese Com c11tio11 in our
t0\\'11, and one of our classmates-::.Iar_\ (;eorgc-from \\-hose facile pen
many goocl things flowed-came to the class with a parnd: on Exrclsiort he only stanza of which m_\ memory retains ran thus:
• "llcwarc the wiles of wickecl men.
\ncl keep the cows all in a pen.
This \\as the farmer's last good night;
\ \oice replied far up the hcig·htChccsc."

,\ number of really good things that found their way in print were prnclncecl by our amateur poets-as the following by our esteemed classmate
Hetta ~ue Japp:

··c ;olden hearted daisy, Aower we clearly Joye,
Lifting up a happy face to bending skies abO\ e.
Ile one bright exemplar, from thee we will learn,
Cod in heaven stoops to bless when fond hearts toward him turn."
.\nd this on "The Teacher" by :\Jar; Kane-who was the l'oet Laureate
of the class:
Only a "schoolma'am" marching on to her daily \\'Ork,
( )n!y a wear: teacher, toiling where others shirk:
Face neither bright nor listless: step neither quick nor slow;
~leasured and firm and stately, just as all schoolma'ams go:
. \ slight air of importance, measured by practised eye,
\Vhich seems to say to others "if yon can't be nice, don't try."
( )nly a young girl, tra\'elling a well-worn, toil-some road,
Bearing without a mnrmer her oft times hcaYy load:
Thirty to sixty scholars, ill yentilatcd room,
.\ salary oft trifling. and checks that lose their bloom.
Rather good-looking. hey?
"There goes the last new teacher!
They say he's doing nicely.

She ought to get good pay."

From early morn 'till eyening. working with cheerful \\'ill,
Tired of the restles;, shuffling of feet that "won't keep still."
To youthful minds imparting the "pearl beyond all price":
Caining her ends h: patience, where nought else \\'ill suffice.
\Yhcthcr for all her toiling her patrons gin~ "good pay."
l !er pupils. now hut children. \\'ill show some future clay.
Ye critics proud and cold!
l'ity, respect and Joye her!
\\' hether she's yot111g and prett;. or whether she's plain and old:
l l er work is high and noble: worthy of woman·. name:
~'' eet dreams and aspirations, and hopes of future fame
~lay fill her heart with longings: but, if 'tis here nnstored,

In the untold hereafter, )'he'll reap a rich reward.
The Latin Clas;, was also a favorite one. we \\·orked cliligentl; at thusP
olcl verb..;, grubbing and deh·ing among roots and idioms until like \ncient
Dido. "L' "ere often "suffused a..; to our shining eyes with tears."
Prni. . \ !bee's name and fame had spread abroad ancl a sister city called
him from u:-.-other principals came-one \\'ith a "radical change" to imprll\ c

the mincls and mannl•r;; of a cntain iew who had grown wi;;er and were e,·er
on mischief bent.
History, to be goocl. must be true.
The first essential is truth. Therefore these reminiscences must not leaYe you with the impression that our
class was al\\ a: s a stuclious. model one.
Like many another it was composed of bright and ordinary mincls. seriou;; and comic natures.
\\ e worked
hard at times. and then. fearful that all work and no play would make us dull.
we instituted pranks and performances to sharpen our \\'its and those of the
unfortunate teachers who tried to subdue us.
Perchance our worthy President. George \\ an·cllc, ma) remember some
of tho c occasions of fixing the organ with a bit of chalk hidden so that it
pres ed down one of the deep bass notes which rc,·erbcratecl with a .cpulchral
boom as the organist. Belle Pierce. stepped to the platform .
.\Iucilagc has its uses in the school room e\·en in this enlightened cla:.
but the heroes of that age considered it a necc;;sary adjunct to retain a certain
profe. sor in his chair.
, \t the present time the teachers in our public schools arc much exercisecl
over the study of science and its proper de,·clopment in the minds of the
children. In our time that branch wa sadly neglected, but the wide awake
pupil in their groping after knowledge went forth into the highways and
byways, regardless of the state of the temperature in search of material
'' hich woulcl now be thankfully accepted by teachers whose ad,,antagcs for
gathering specimens arc limited by the city's ein-ironmcnts.
, \ heterogenous collection of spiders, caterpillars, bcellcs, mice. etc ..
were brought in and daintil) clistributcd in little paper boxes of quaint de' ice in the desks of timid girls. who in i1westigating would at the stillest
moment of our study hour utter the wildest shrieks .
•\nd once upon a timc-disag-recablc as it is to this chronicler to rclatcran awa) from our duties.-· yes. really absconded, "folded our tents
like the .\rabs and silently stoic a\\·ay ... The occasion was the firemen's annual review. which was to take place upon .\larket ~quare. and as all available space would be taken before the old lligh ~chool bell would declare
;;urccasc from SOITO\\. we cletermincl to he on hand: but oh. what a weary
afternoon it wa;; ! and. verily we found the wa: of the transgressor to be
hard, for after hours of dodging around corner;;, streets and buildings to
avoid this one's father or that one's cider brother or sister, and nearly perishing with colcl on that raw .\pril clay. we learned that the review would
not take place until -J. :30. and the Principal out of the goodness of his kind
heart had given the faithful a half hours' respite from <lut). and a solid
phalanx had marched to the I \>st C)fficc steps and appropriated the coveted
place which we had not dared to assume earlier, \\'hilc we tired and shivcringones \\'Onclerecl ho\\' \\'e should 011 the morrow account for our absence from
school. and how much bribing- it \\'Oti!d take to get from cider brothers and
sister the necessary excuses and promises of secrecy from watchful parents.
Those halcyon clays arc numbered with the past, fondly memory 10\·es
to dwell upon them and smiles ancl tears succeed each other as Time turns
\\' C

,_..,

'

hack\\ arc! in its flight and \Ye arc ho~ s and girls for one night. li,·ing <>\'Cr
tl10sc happy hours when life \\as : oung.

fc,,

,\n appeal sent out to a
of our classmate· for something for this
paper was onl: responded to by one.-:.\lary George Robinson, who sent the
following:
"\\'hen memory, like a silver bell.
Chants forth the names we\·e loYcd so well,

Our hearts slip off the chain of ) earsThosc years so full of smiles and tears,
That came and went with flying feet
Since we as bo) s and girls did meet.
And nO\\·-wc're ho: s and girls again\\ ith heart· as free from care as then.
\Ye hear the old hell's welcome call!
\\'ith hurrying feet pass through the hall
And sink into the accustomed seat
\\'ith checks a-flush and heart's quick beat.
The classic busts from their place on high
Look down on us all with critical eyeThc organ old, with many a wheeze,
Peals out a wail to the listening trees.
And Yoiccs now again we hear
That hushed haYc been for many a year.
The old clock, ticking on the wall,
llas a friendly greeting for one and all.
There's .\1 and May on mi ·chief bent,
\\'atchcd by the Professor with graye atlcnt.
";\" with a most stucliou

look

I deep in her 10\·c<l tory book.
Helle and \\'ill across the aisle
Are flirting in a quiet style.
Lil is stupid and cannot see
If 2x
20 what~' must be.
".\mo amarc-ama\ i-amatum,"
Herb shouts out in sufficient quantum.
"I:
_\nglc. X-Y-Z
Plain as clay. do you not sec?"
curous hum now fills the room
The l'rofessor·s face is dark with gloom,
Go where he will he hears it still,
£yery corner it seems to fill :

Y l't no\\ hl're nearer cloes it seem,
It comes and goes like a fitful dream.
nut a "raclical change"' we're soon to see,
The reigns tighter ancl tighter drawn shall be .
. \ \'Oice at our side ancl the 'ision's gone.
The room, the schoolmates, the old time song.
Yet the 111L' mor\' like a sacrecl spell
Stays 111 our hearts ancl we Ion' it well."'
RcYcrentlY \\' C turn the pages that contain the names of clear classmates who ha,·c gone hcfore-l)da \\' ehster and :dinnic Kelley, tender and
lm·ing friends, were the first to go. They laicl clown life's burden when only
18 beautiful years had been told. Louie Yule and . \lice Tarbell longer
dwelt among u . making the earth brighter with their 10\·ing presence; clear
true companion · . we shall nc,·er forget you. Ilattie Lee. sweet. faithful
classmate. your studious earnestness was e,·er a reproach to the iclle. your
place in our hearts is always myrtle crownecl. c;iJhert Simmons. whose
kinclly smile and genial presence maclc brighter the hours, passed on when
only half the allottecl years were told.
Theodore Cole ancl other classmates ha,·e crossed the ri,·er and arc
\Yaiting for us on that sih·er shore where parting and :-.orro\\' come no more.
"They are not clcacl. those clear ones of our affection,
But gone unto that school where they no longer ncccl our poor protection
.\ncl Christ himself cloth rule."'

The Kenosha High School reached the zenith of its glory \\·hilc :\Ir.
Co.1atty was principal. For number ' , enthusiasm, discipline an cl :icholar..,hip combinecl no other periocl can compare. \\' hen a clistinguishecl ,·isitur
caml' to to\\·n it was :\Ir. Conatt) 's delight to im·ite him to aclclre:-.s the
Iligh School. In this way the pupils \\·ere permitted to hear Joshua (;icIcling.-;, the noted abolitionist: john lL Gough, the temperance lecturer; Theodot"! I 'arker. the great di\'ine: l lorace c;reelcy, Freclerick Douglas. a11cl other
men of note. The number of 'isitors was increditably large. l )uring 1Roo
there were 2.353 Yisitors and on a single clay, .\pril 5, 1Roo, 2R.=; persons
attended the closing cxc1-cises.

Principal H. O. Durkee
Louis M. Thiers

:\Iy most Yivid recollections of the old High ' chool room are of the fir ·t
} car spent there.
It. was in ';2. J think, when our very large class was lifted to the High
~chool room, we went there a year too early, because the grammar room
\\as full to m ertlO\\ ing.
Condition were not much more favorable above, as the scats were
nearly all filled with the regular classes, and we who were small of stature,
(some of u , now fair sized boys, had then only started to grow in the feet),
were seated on the long visitors benches which extended the length of the
room on either side. The smallest in the class were of course not put thu ·
aloft because they needed more watching-there were many much larger
sinners, only the) weren't so often caught.
Prof. IJ. 0. Durkee was principal. "Hod" as he was familiarly called.
when he was well out of hearing, by the boys, and many of the girls I fear.
l [od, or :\Ir. Durkee I should say, was a \' Cry good disciplinarian and a most
excellent teacher withal. and all of the boys and girls of the early ';o' have
but the kindest remembrances of him. I am sure. l~ut to the evil doers among
our number then. he had a most uncomfortable habit.
\\'hilc in the school room he wore oft and noi eless lipper , and he
had a Ycry distressing way of pouncing suddcnl: on a ho) from behind
when the boy was Ycry busy snapping paper balls. writing notes or perhaps
cutting a fresh and lasting initial on his de k.
In connection with ~Ir. Durkee I shall never forget a certain proverb.
In was in the spring,-onc of those soft warm clays when. as the poet
says: "The green is in the trees." and our boyish thoughts turned longingly
to Bond's \\'oods, Jerome Creek and !lowland's t>it. \\ ' e were an awful
thirsty lot on such days and many were the hands raised in request to go
out for a drink of water from the old well.
On this particular day I had permission to go out. had quenched my
thirst, but instead of returning to the school room in the allotted time, stood
in the doorway \\ ith a much greater longing in my heart for a plunge into
Jerome Creek than into \\'alton's \\'ritten Arithmetic.
Presently I fancied I heard slippered feet coming 'Oftly down the stairway. I made a quick retreat around the corner of the building and hid
behind one of the big pillars of the old south porch. Dut unfortunately the
slippered feet went out of the girls' door, came around the building the other
way, and very shortly I was having a "heart to heart talk" with Hod. I
remember that he closed his impressive remarks with the quotation from Prov.
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28, I: "The wicked flee when no man pursneth; but the righteous arc bold
as a lion."
It was in the "dear dead da: s," when II. 0. Durkee was principal. IIo<l,
a we loYingly called him. I plumped myself considerably on my abilit: to
wield the pen. I had written a Yery fetching compo' I imagined, and handed it
in to dear old Hod, \vith the expectation of receiYing merited praise. During
the afternoon he pas ·eel my desk and patting me on the head, in the fatherly
manner, which perhaps some of my readers will remember, he said, ":-liss
.~ eeley, you haYe a Yery fertile imagination" and handed me my essay.
.\ll
my girlish indignation was aroused. I conlcl say nothing then. It was during school hours.
But I bided my time until school should be dismissed,
and I sailed up to his desk with fire in my eye, and perhaps impudence on
my tongue. "Professor," I began, "If yon did not like my composition, do
you think it \vas kind of you, before a half dozen of my class-mates, to call
me green?"

"i\ly dear girl," said he, "what can you mean? \\' hat did I say? I thought
your compo ition was unusually good. The be t one handed in in some
time." "Yon told me I had a yery fertile imagination, and I don't like being
called green, even if I am!"
I leaye it to my readers if I was not about as verdant a things grow. I
can see the smile lurking in his kind eye . (He must have been bursting
with laughter!) He only remarked, "Dear :-1 iss Seeley, go to your dictionary
and learn that 'fertile' has another meaning than 'green.'"
I straightway did, and felt like 30 cents the remainder of the week.
Dear old Hoel!

od bless him, where\'er he may be!

XETTIE SEELEY-i\ll'RPHY.

Historical Notes
The period including the administrations of :\ldlynn, :\IcKindley, and
Co11atty, is called by the enthusiastic alumni the (;olden Era of the K. II. ~.
The largest graduating cla cs from the "Old School" were in 1862 and
186~.
In each year twelve pupils received diplomas.
There were thirty-nine graduates during Principal Leach' administration- I 88o-88.
The new school building was occupied in September, I 9r.
Principal De\Volf-1853-57-was known as a fine elocutionist.
Principal John G. :\IcT'inclley-1857-59--was so proud of his chool that
at 1!ifferent times the Grand Jury were i11"itecl en masse to Yisit it.
The war having o depleted the rank of the school, no class was graduati.:<l in 1864.

Class of 1874
Sarah Adamson,

Sister Xatalic,

Jennic Tarbell,

~ [rs . •\.

Fannie \\' hi taker,

~lrs.

C. Leach,

Roger's Park.

Emma Thicrs,

~lrs.

Chas. Quarle_,

~Iilwaukec, \\'is.

Louise \\'ood,

~lrs.

ll. \ ' an \Vyck,

:\lilwaukee. \\'is.

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H. Curtis,

-

-

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Sinsinawa, \\'is.
St. Paul, :\Jinn.

Programme of 1614
Declamation,

Josiah Bond.

Essay-llope and Disappointment,

Louie \Vood.

Essay-:\ Train of Thought,

Emma Thicrs.

Essa}-Life is \\'hat \\ e :.lake It,

Jennie Tarbell.

Class History,

Fannie \\'hitakcr.

Class Prophe y,

:arah Adam -on.

Class of 1875
The class of 1875 entered the High School with about -1-0 member .
Fannie \\'hittiker and Jennie Tarbell finished the course in three years.

T\\O,

Because of sickness (one) and other reasons, one after another left
school, until at the end of the four years but three were left, .\ddie Lieber,
X ettie Seeley and ,\Ilie Robinson. They arc the one· who graduated a the
'lass of '7 5.
This is the last class which graduated from the Kenosha High School in
the lligh School Room. It is noted also for being the first to ha Ye a reception given in their honor by the Junior Class. This was given in the Seeley
\Vater Cure.
During the Seniorship of this class the teacher and pupils O'a\"e a series
of entertainments in Kimball's I !all, in order that the hemistry cla might
have apparatus. They were quite successful, and bought a few pieces most
of which have long ince disappeared.
:\Ir. II. 0. Durkee was the first principal of the class. i-lr. Geo. Bannan
filled this position the last year.
Both were men of sterling qualities,
loved and respected by the pupils .
. \mong the as istants were ~Irs. Kate \Vhcclcr and Mr. Yi hur Barnes
who cheerfully and willing!) helped all.
A. A. ANDER~ OX.
ffj

Class of 1875

.\dclie Lieber,
~et tie Seeley,
•\Ilic Robinson, ..\lartha \Vharton,
Emma .\tJ.::inson,

(Deceased.)
..\I rs. T. G . ..\lurphy.
..\lrs. C. S .• \nderson,
..\!rs . Carter.

NETTIE SEELEY MURPHY

1875.

Philadelphia. Pa .
Kenosha, \\is .
1..;:enosha, \\'is .

Progranune of 1875
Song,

l.lake a )Jote of This .\ly Hoy.
)Jettie Seeley and Chorus.
Re\. Clark.
l:nion c;reeting.
Chorus.
Life 'omparcd to an Ocean.
,\Ilic Robinson.
Old Folks at J Iome.
Dotie Seeley and Chorus.
:..ry .\fission.
.\ddie Lieber.
Joy. Joy. Happ) arc \Ve.
The Hou e \\'e LiYc In.
)Jettie Seeley.

Prayer,
Song,
Essay.
Song,
Essay,
Song by Chorus,
Essay,
Presentation of Diploma

Prof. G. C. Bannan.

Class of 1876
Clar ·nce Yan \\'ie, Freel Ranney,
::-\cllic Pierce,
Totie Seeley,
l-Iary X icoll,
Emma .\tkinson,
Julia .\lien,

Law: er, Lawyer, :..!rs. l<'. \\'. Low.
.\I rs. E. C. Thiers.
Teacher. - -

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Los . \ngeles, 'al.
Detroit. l-lich.
LTtica, X Y.
Tacoma, \\'as h.
l(enosha, \ \ is .
Chicago, Ill.
](enosha, \\'is.

Progratntne of 1876
Es·ay,
Essay
Essa),

E say,
Essay,
Essay,

Essay,

Looking Forward and l\ackwanl.
Julia C. Allen.
For \\hat Do \\ l' Lin.
Totie 'eeley.
\\'atching for the ::-\ext.
Emma C. Atkinson.
Starlight of the Past.
Clarence \'an \\'ie.
,\im .
:..Iary Xicoll.
The • trcets of By and Hy.
X ellie Pierce.
The Situation.
Frederick T. Ranney.

Class of 1877
Arthur D. \\"heeler. :\ledora Head,

Lawyer, :\lrs. E. H. :r.Iullin,

Chicago, Ill.
Xew York, . •. Y.

Coininenceinen t Programme
i\ 1edora llead.
Arthur \\'heeler.

E ay,
Oration,

Class of 1878
llelen Ila ·tings.
Jennie Ha ·ting·s.
i\finnie Starkweather,
Etta Hannahs,
Anna :\lurphy.
Jennie :\laryatt.
Cora Jennings.
.\nna (;ibbons,

Teacher. :\Irs. H. :\larcusson,
Teacher. -

l(enosha, \ \ is.
:\1 ii waukce. \ \ is.
La Crange. Ill.
Chicago. Ill.

Teacher, -

Chicago, Ill.

Coininenceinen t Programme
Annie (;ibbons.
Etta Hannahs.
IT elcn IIaslings.
Jennie Hastings.
Cora Jennings.
Jennie :\laryatt.
.\nnie :\I urphy.
Hattie Starkweather.

E ·say,
Es ay.
Essa},
Essay.
E ay.
Essay.
Essay.
\' aledictory.

The graduating class from Racine \\·as present at the first graduating
cxet cises of the l(enosha High School in 1801.
The grounds no\\ occupied by the Central School \\'ere gi\'en the city
b~ Sereno Fiske.
The beautiful elm trees arouncl the ground were planted b,· Josiah
Bond about 1850.
The first session in the old school building was July 31, 18-t<J.
The whole number of pupils in attendance in 1, ...j.CJ, was 48K
The old records of ,·isitors at the school show names from S; ria. countric.; of Europe, :\c'' England. :\cw York and Ohio.
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Class of 1879
Ada Tarbell
~lcmorics of far off da) s gather again, slowly at first and then in
throngs innumerable. Once more I see the school-room and eatecl in their
places. when ~Ioncla: morning arriyes. so many familiar faces. [ sec in
thi Yi. ion the teachers. the schoolmates all who remain immortal, changele
in my mind. They glicle before me and speak.

l\Iemory follows on, retracing step by step the onward march with its
hopes and fears of the adyanccment we were making in our tudies; the
erious talks that were occa ionccl by our too low progrc s and the renewed
efforts, on our part, that were sure to follow. I cannot but remember the
merry laughs, at each other pranks. we had among these serious talks.
The last term of our school-life in the Grammar Department wa held
in the basement of the ":\cw Building ... so-called. It had long been unoccupied for school purposes; but. when the Grammar Gracie was ovcr-cro\\ded
we hacl to take what room was left. Of course we felt till more important
there, for we could show our learning and uperiority among the pupils of
the lower grades. ~Iany pleasant memories arc connected with those last
few weeks; yet, there arc others we would rather not think about. That
<lark furnace room. woe be to the girl or boy who had clone some mischievous deed. she or he \\as sure to cc the inside of that dungeon.
It seems but ycstcrda) when we were preparing for that terrible ordeal.
the entrance examination for the High 'chool. Should we surYive that week
of public examinations to which a copy of the programme had been sent
to our parent· and friends \\ ith the request: "\\' e hope to see man) of the
parents and friends of the school in attendance."
~Io

t of the student

present at this examination succeeded in reaching

the goal.
\Ye numbered about thirt:. but as the four years drew to a clo c few
were left of that number. Some. who had scycrcd their connection, hacl other
ambitions. Out of that clas hardly any two chose the same calling: for
\\ c have to our accredited list the doctor, the lawyer. the merchant. the
butcher, the baker, and the candlestick maker.
The class graduating in '79 numbered three .• \da A. ~Iillcr, David • 'icoll,
and .\cla ~I. Tarbell. Judging from the numbers comprising the clas · of
to-da:, one \\Otdd almost wonder how a class of three could make much of
a public demonstration, and more so when David wa. unaccountably absent
although the impression had gone abroad that his essay would be one of
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the most l'laboratc of the lot. The class acco unted for this non-appearance.
however. David's democratic Yicws were entirely opposed to any such
useless demonstrations of our ::;upposed declamatory abilities.
The "class of "80" was called in to help graduate us for the highest
honors conferred by the Kenosha public school. Those who composed the
class made a remarkable howing and great things were expected of them
when their time came.
ln reading O\ er the news issues of '79 we notice this: "'The room "as
packed to almost suffocation with the best people of the to\\ n, the many
friends of the participants in the programme and the school children who
composed the chorus...
·
This hows that the interest taken in educational matters was as great
in tho ·c clays as at the present time.
( )f the class of three. ''ho did not strive to do remarkable things but to
do common things remarkably well. two are living. The other has passed
to the "'great beyond'" where he can make his influence felt in the line of
higher moti\ cs and nobler li\'es.

Xothing is more interesting. it seems to me. than a casual re\ icw of the
classes that have been graduated from our Keno ha High School. .\lost all
have held positions of honor and trust. This should be a great incentive
for pupils who arc now in the l l igh School stri' ing for that goal.
··Attempt the encl. and never stop to doubt;
?\othing's so hard hut search will find it out."
, \D _\ .\I. 'L\ RI \ELL.

Class of 1879

DaYicl Xicoll, -

( Decca::-.cd.)
Teacher, .\I rs . .\I arkham,

, \da Tarbell,
Ada :.filler.

Kenosha. \ \ is.
I )akota.

CoDlDlenceDlent PrograDlDle
Part Fir t.
Entrance .\larch.
Prayer.
Chorus.
\\'hat do the ho: s read?
. \da Grant.
Partial \ ' icws of Hi tory,
Fred Lyman.
".\Tuch 1s the force of l leavcn-llrecl Poesy,"
Cora Caverno.
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Solo-"The Clang of the \\' oodcn ,'boon,"
:-liss Jennie Head.
:-lan·s \Vay and \,\'oman"s \\' ay,
Louis Kinney.
'"Talking Makes a Ready :-Ian,··
:-raude :-1 illcr.
Vocalizations,
, \mphion Club.
Part Second.
"The Young Desperado,"
Ella George.
A Practical Question and How I soh·e it,
Frank Leonard.
Piano Solo-Impromtu Ups. 42,
:-Iiss :-fedora Head.
··our llcroc of the Former Days,

~lolloy.

T. B. Aldrich.

Schubert.

Deserved and \Yon their Xever-Fading Days,"'
.\da Tarbell.
\\'hat '"Our Fathers" \Yould Think of l-s.
, \da :-1 illcr.
Conferring Diplomas.
Chorus.
Benediction.

Class of 1880
The cla:-.s that entered the Kenosha High , chool in the fall of 1876 wa
said to be the largest that had c\·cr been enrolled there. \Yhethcr or not
the records would substantiate quite so broad an assertion. it was certainlv
much larger than an) '' hich followed it for man: ) cars.
Since the city and con;;equently the schools ha' e taken a new lea e of
life, doubtless the Freshman clas-.;c-.; of recent ) cars far outnumber it.
During that one year, at least. the "Old High School" assembly room
had a student for C\ cry <le k, an<l almost as much could be said of the following ) car.
It is difficult to account for the lack of interest which permitted a class
commencing its Fre · hman year with forty or more student-, to decrease so
rapidly in number that only six were grad·uated, two of these being pupils
who joined the clas later in the course.
It is a matter of great sati;;faction that this condition 110 longer pre\ ails,
and that some of the same spirit which pen·adcs all successful colleges now
animates the old High School.

CLASS OF 1880 .
Louis Kinney.
Maude Miller.

Ada Grant.

Charles Leonard.
Mrs. Ella George .

Miss Cora Caverno.

\\' hilc the results arc doubtless a sufficient reward for those who have
brought about this happy change. the gratitude of c\·er-' alumnu-. is surely
theirs.
,\ tribute of Joying gratitude and remembrance is clue the teachers who
made of tho e years a chain of golden days-l'rof. T. P. :-rarryatt, :-Iiss :\Iary
Davison (now prominent in educational circle-. as :-lrs. Bradford), Prof. J.
R. Goff, 1r . Fraser; and la t but by no means least. the teacher who
remained during the entire four years, whose sympathy and encouragement
gave to the senior -'car all of success and pleasure that it contained, :-1 iss
.\nne (;illett, to whom the class of 1880 must surel-' be credited.
( )f the graduates of this class not one now re-. ides in old Kenosha, three
being located in Chicago. one in the \\ ' est. and one in (;rand Rapids, :-rich.
while one, Ada Crant \\' illiams. some ten 'ears ago. took the long JOtm1ey
which knows no return.

Class of 1880.

:-laud :-tiller, Cora Ca,·anaugh.
Ada Crant,
Ella Ceorgc.
Lou is l(i n ne_\ .
Frank Leonard. -

:-lrs. :-I. Robinson.
Teacher, :-Jr.. Joe \\ illiams.
~Ir;,,. Joe \\ illiams.
l 'rinter.
Druggist.

Chicago, Ill.
Chicago. Ill.
(Deceased.)
Kenosha, \\. is.
-Chicago. Ill.
Chicago, 111.

History of the Class of 1881
By Ella McHenna Ada:rns

This class numbering about forty-fiYe, entered the Kenosha lligh
in lt'/7. coming from the grammar room. in the old Cong-regatiunal
church. which was presided m-cr by ~Ir-.. Demming.
The principal wa · T. P. :-laryatt and his assistanb. ~liss .\nna c;illett
and :-liss :-rary Da,·iclson, now ~lrs. ~lar-' llradford .
•\t the encl of the first year :-tr. :-Iar-' att and ~liss Da' idson left. Jn
their place came James R. Goffe as principal and :-lrs. Frazer a-. hi-. assistant.
Thomas \\'. 11 ubbard was principal the third year. assisted by his '' ifc
and Anna Gillet. During this year great dissatisfaction arose among the
pupils which culminated in about two·thirds of the pupils agreeing to run
away. This agreement was carried out on an afternoon which had been
chosen for the absconding. This caused considerable excitement and superintendent Grant was called upon to restore order.
Each run-a-wa: was required to \\rite an apolog_\ to the principal before
returning to school. This the pupils refused to do so the fathers and
mothers were called in and then-well-then the apologies came quitt'
rapidl: and order "as once more restored.
~chool

CLASS OF 1882.
Cera Sutherland .
Susie Stout.

Florence Marsh.
Anne Budd in.

Belle Slosson.

The fourth year brought another change of teachers. The new principal
was Professor Leach, now of Chicago, with :.Ir. L. Rogers and :.Iiss Alice
Ewing assistants.
By the time we reached our senior year only three remained of our
once illustrious class. These members wcre,-Kittic Head, now :.rrs. \Vil~on of Oshkosh, Hattie Limpcrt, now :.lrs. \\ ' . .:.lcKenzie of Chicago, Ella
:.rcKenna. now :.Irs. Frank .\clams of Kenosha, \\-is ..
Zalmon Stebbins and the late Elizabeth (>'Brien abo graduated with
us but \vere not regular members of the class. Thus you sec that out of
forty-fi, c member only three remained of the original class. Some were
obliged to work, others were not of over studious mincls while other· were
obligccl to stop on account of failing health. Doubtless there are other reasons
why so few persevered to the end but in vie\\ of the bright and shining light
the few have been to the world, what sorrow must fill the hearts of those
who fell by the way-side.

Class of 1881

Zalmon Stebbins.
Hattie Limpcrt, Lizzie .\. O'Brien.
Ella :'dd..::enna,
Kittie D. Ileacl, -

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i\lrs. F .• \ . .:.lcI(enzie.
(I )eceascd.)
~[rs. Adams.
:\l rs. \Vilson,

Xe\\ Orleans. La.
Chicago. Ill.
Kenosha, \\' is.
Oshkosh, \\'is.

Commencement Programme
Prayer,
Labor,
Records .
.:.r usic.
Enthusiasm,

Re,·. :.Ir. :\Iiller.
Ilattie :\I. Limpcrt.
Lizzie ,\. O'Brien.
Zalmon G. Stebbins.

~Tusic.

Ella :.le Kenna.
Kittie D. Bea<~-

\Vho is Brave,
E,·ery \\'iclening Horizon,
.:-1 usic.
Conferring Diplomas.

Class of 1882
The most unusual. and perhaps the only remarkable thing about the
cla s of '82, was the fact that it was the first on composed entirely of girls.
This distinction it bore until 1891 when it was called upon to divide the
honor with the class of that year, which consisted of thirteen young ladies,
while the class of "82 could boast of but fiye. It i · true that at the beginning
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of the Senior year it was the proud possessor of one young man, but he was
OYerpowerccl with the sense of loneliness or for some other good rea onde ertecl.
So the clo e of the year found ready to enter into the "Wide \Viele
\\"oriel" the following young ladie :

:d iss Anna Dudden- ince returned to England, :.Iiss Susie Stondt, now
i\Ir . (ieo. :.Ie!Yillc. :.Iiss Belle

losson. who has won succes - as a teacher
in the public schools of Chicarro, .l\liss Cora Sutherland, now :.Irs. Harry
Skinkle, and :.Iiss Florence :.Jar h who became i\Irs. Frederick Bell of Iron
Ri\·er, \\'isconsin.
'82 was before the day of cla s colors and cla s flowers, at least o far
as the Kenosha Hirrh School was concerned, but the cla, s posse sed a
motto-"Onward and L"pward,''-which should haye inspired it to do great
things.
During it· fir · t year in the High chool thi · class. then much larger,
was guided by the able Professor ] ames Goffe, assi ·ted by :.Iis Anna Gillet
and :.Ir . :.rary Bradford. "\Veil begun is half done" and surely no three
teachers could have given a class a better start, than they did this one. The
second year of the course wa a very amusing and memorable one. The
High School was presided over by Profes or Thos. Hubbard and his wife,
and many were their disagreements, and the adju tments thereof in the
school room. The settlement of the simple question as to whether the
windows should be open or closed, often consumed many minutes and a large
vocabulary; but :.Iiss Gillett was till first assistant, and to her influence is
due the fact that the school was kept together. This year wa · the last one
of a long term of faithful en·ice rendered by :.Ii
Gillet to the Keno ha
public schools, and by her departure from Kenosha, Chicago gained an able
in tructres .
During the ] unior and Senior years the welfare of the class was looked
after by Profe ·sor Cephas Leach. Ile had but two assistant·, :.Ir. Rogers
and :.Ii Alice Ewing, both of whom bore tribulations out of proportion to
the size of the class.
\\'hy is it that scholars sometimes do things to tantalize teacher of
whom they are really fond?
Knowing that social distractions were frowned
upon by the profe sor, one of the members of the class of '82 conceived the
brilliant idea of coming to school occasionally with hair in curl papers-to
conYey the idea that "a party" was in prospect for that evening.
ther
members promptly helped to carry out the idea and it i to be hoped that
the satisfaction cleri' ed therefrom was sufficient to compensate for the di figurement and discomfort of wearing the curl papers.
The commencement exercises were held in .\polio Hall, which was the
old Episcopal hurch co1n-erted into an Opera llouse. It stood on the site
of the present ourt Ilouse and was almost entirely destroyed by fire in '84.
Those who considered it desecration to conn~rt a house of worship into an
opera house, belieYed the fire to be a direct visitation from Providence, but
it was found to be of incendiary origin.
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On the night of June 19th, the hall was pretty but simply trimmed with
green!:>, which the Seniors them..,eh cs had helped to arrange. The J union;
did not at that time assume all the responsibilities of decorating, as they do
at the present time. The programme was opened with a prayer by Rev. R.
\\' . Bosworth, pastor of the :\lethoclist Church.
,\ftcr some music .:\Iiss
l\udclen read her e ·say on "The Real and the Ideal," she also delivered the
salutatory. .:\li!:iS Stondt spoke 011 the theme "LiYe for a Purpose." .:\Iiss
Slosson 's essay on "Little Things" fol lowed. :\I iss Sutherland wrote upon
the subject "\\' hat is Success." :\liss :\farsh was the last to read her essay
on "Our Future" and to cleliYer the Yaleclictory. The Kenosha ~ourier of
next clay was pleased to comment upon the remarkably clear and distinct
delivery of the essays, stating that each word could be perfectly heard in
every part of the house. This fact must have been gratifying t Professor
Leach who made a great point of distinct enunciation, choosing alway, to
stand in that part of the room most remote from the cla s he was conducting.
"'.\Iiss :\Iedora Head. one of l(enosha's favorite ingers, added much to the
pleasure of the evening. by gi' ing se\'eral selections .
. \t the close of the exercises an informal reception was held at the home
of :diss Belle Slosson for the visiting clas from the \\' aukegan Iligh School.
The exchange of hospitalitie.., with the \\ aukegan class, was one of the
pleasantest social features of the year.

Cla&s of 1882

.\nnic E. Budden,
Florence E. :\larsh. :\lrs. Frederic nell, Belle E. 'losson.
Teacher, Susie E. tondt, :\ l rs. ( ;eo. :\I eh·ille,
Cora E. Sutherland, - :\lrs. I larrv Skinkle.

England.
Iron Rinr, \\'is.
Chicago. Ill.
l(enosha, \\' is.
J(enosha, \Vi .

CoD\menceDlen t PrograD\D\e
June 19, 1882 -- at Apollo Hall

"Onward and Upward ..

Prayer.
:\ fusic.
The Real and the Ideal,
Live for a Purpose,

Annie E. Dudden.
Susie E. ~·tonclt.
:\ l usic.
Belle E. 'losson.

Little Things,
:\ 1usic.

\\'hat is 'uccess,
( )nr Future,

Cora E . .'utherland.
Florence E. :\[arsh.
:\lusic.

Conferring Diplomas.

Superintendent.

Class of 1883
\nnie .\damson.

:\1 rs. I'.

(~.

:\I cClory.

~arah

. \damson.
Kate I I ow land.
Hcssie :'doth, . \nnic Knudson,

:\!rs. F. Piper.

De,·ils Lake City, X.D.
Dubuque, Ia.
Racine, \\'is.
Kenosha. \\'i-; .

S. D.

Commencement Programme
[>raycr.

Re\. \\'.

J. \\.atson.

Duct,

Laura . \ndre.
- { :\faucle Baker.

Essa), IJurns,
\\'asted Time,
Essay,

Bessie :\Ioth.
Sara L. ,\damson.
,\nna Knudson.
c\.nna .\damson.

\ Retrospect.
1· nO\\ ledge.

Kate L. Howland.
Jas. CaYanaugh.

Conferring Diplomas.

The Class of 1884
Henry J . Hastings

In the fall of i88o a class of se,·entcen entered the lligh School. but
of this number not one completed the course. so that when the four year
rolled arouncl, the graduating cl as - was made up of those who had come
in later. or through ill-health and irregular attendance had droppecl behind
the original classes they originally entered.
During the entire course we had the benefit of being continuously under
the rule and guidance of l'rof. C. I I. Leach, a man whom we all esteemed,
and I must sa) as many of the class ha' e said, "l nc,·er had a better
teacher who could explain and make me understand as he could." Until
the last year he wa ably seconded by Prof. G .•\. Roger as fir t assi ·tant.
\\'e pursued our course with \'arying success, and with but little of general interc t, until finally on the i3th of J unc, 18R+, it was determined that
we had made suitable proficiency in our studies, and we were sent out to
make our way in the world. The class, a it finally lined up, was as follows:
l\Ii e Ada E. Holbrook, Mary E. Adams, 1\ellic Rafferty, Kellie O'Brien,
and Henry J. Hastings.
After the graduation we separated. :\liss Holbrook moved away, and
in 1887 took up the study of the ministry, b ing ordained a few years later
a Free :\Iethodi t minister. She continued in her cho en profession, most of
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the time in charge of a church at lkdford, Indiana, till ill-health forced her
to giYe up the work. She died at Indianapolis • ·m~ember q, 1902, and was
buried at :\ 1ilwaukee. Her life was spent for others, and she had greatly
endeared herself to her congregation. She rests from her labors.
:\fiss O'Brien taught school until her marriage in October. 1888 to Dr.
J. n. Devlin, and after two years in 'hicago. 1110\'e(l to Denver. ''here . he
no\\ li\ cs a quiet happy life '' ith her hu ·band and two children. :\li-;s
,\dams married ~Ir. \ddison :\!. l!olton, and :\liss Rafferty. ;\fr. 11. S. ·arroll. Both Ji,·e in Chicago. but l ha' e been unable to learn anything further
oi them. [ do not think I have -;een more than one of m: class for fifteen
years. So the classes ..,eparate. waiting for the grand reunion abo\ e.
For m: self there j.., little to be said. .\fter a fc,, years interYal I took
up the study of law under Prof. Sea' er at the l-niYersity School at Kenosha,
and recein·d my certificate of admission to the \\ isconsin nar, January I,
r89i. .\ftcr a short time in a Chicago law office. learning the practice, I
returned to l(enosha, where I have since continued in the profession. Ji,·ing
with my mother in the old home where 1 was born.

CLASS OF I 886

Carrie Bray.

Herbert Johnsor.

Lizzie Zweenic.

Class of 1884

flenry J. Hastings. -

La\\"yer, -

\da Holbrook,

(Deceased.)

X ellie Rafferty.

.\I rs. 11. S. Carroll.

. -ellie <YBrien.

.\lrs. J. I\. De\"lin.

Denyer. Col.

.\I ary E . . \dams,

.\lrs . . \ . .\I. Holton, -

Chicago, 111.

Kenosha \\ i-;.

-

Chicago. 111.

Cotntnencetnen t Progratntne
Re, . .\Ir. Bray.

Prayer,
.\l usic,
.\I iss ":\ f aud Baker.

.\liss Laura .\ndre.
.\da Holbrook .

Fixedness of I \irpose,
":\l usic,

l\} the !\and.

Gold,

Xellie Rafferty .

.\I usic,

.\lessrs. Hinsdale, Bain, Kimball and Lewis.
Xellie O"l\rien.

\\' ork oi Time.
.\I usic,

":\Les-;rs. English and ":\lcDermott. Kupfer and Hald\\"in .

Elizabethan \ge.

E . .\laY .\dams.

' iyiJization,

Henry !lastings.

.\lusic-l'iano and Organ Duet,
":\lisses .\laud !laker and Laura .\ndrc.
Supt. CaYanaugh .

. \ddress.

l\y the Band .

.\1 usic.
Conferring of Diplomas.

Class of 1885
lletween twenty ancl twenty-fin· pupib entered the lligh .'chool in the
class of ·~5. <)f these on!: four graduated at the end of the four years.\lyron E. !laker, \\'illiam Schroecler, Hubert \\'ard, ancl E\'a Beachel. .\n
unusual feature of this class ancl one of which \\ e were alwa: s proud was
its large percentage of ho: s .
.\Ir. James Ca,·anaugh \\'as Superintenclent of Schools during our entire
course. There were but three teachers employecl at that time in the I !igh
School, the principal ancl two assistants. Prof. Leach \\'as principal during
the four : ears and the other teachers cluring that period were 'd rs. l\raclford . .\liss Carrie llansen, :\liss .\lice Ewing, .\liss Spence, :\liss !~ldreclge,
an cl :\Ir. Rogers .
•\t that time there \\as but one course of stucly. Latin \\'as an electi,·e
-.Ludy. but ( ;erman and (;reek were not taught. (;erman had been tau~ht
-.ome years pre\'ious to this time but had been clropped from the course.
There was no special stud: of music. but \\ e enjoyecl the singing \'cry
much under the leadership of .\I rs. Bradford and Prof. Leach. Laura .\ndre
\\as the organist. Some of the old songs from the "Song \\'a, e,"-"\\'rap
the Flag .\round :\le. lloys." "The Old :\lountain Tree:· "\\'incl of the
\\' estern Sea:· .. Hoe< >ut Your Row:· are still remembered ancl Ion:·<!. There
\\as one othn fayorite that perhaps those who u..,ecl to ing with us will
rcmember-"Thc Olcl lllack at.
The l l igh School \\as not then accredit eel at the State L'ni,·ersity.
am not sure whether it \\as the first effort or not. but a strong effort to
ha,·c it accredited \\'as maclc by .\lyron E. !laker of our class during his
course there.
The l !igh School room seemed a ycry grand place incleecl to us and
still looks pleasant as l look back, with its broacl middle aisle. the wide platform coYered with matting extending aero ·s the \\'hole irunt of the room.
and the benches along the sides. usecl for recitations and filled \\'ith 'isitor '
,,·hen \\C hacl special exercises. . \ small book case of reference books tanding in the back of the room ancl a set of encyclopedias in a smaller case on
the platform in front. completecl our library. <>ne thing that \\·e al\\'ay-. enju: eel was the reading table in the front of the room which \\a-. supplied
with the latest papers and magazines.
( )ne of the mysteries of our school life which \\'e girl..; \\ere ne,·er
o\·cr anxious to solve was the skeleton in the closet off the '' e-.t recitation
room.
Do'' nstairs in an unu...;ed schoolroom \\ e hacl our laboratory apparatus.
ancl here \\·e performed experiments in physics. The :'rincipal then had no
office except the lligh School room. -.o a part of thi-. rno1~1 1h)\\' nstair-. \\'a:-

partitioned off for an office. This board part1t10n brings to m) mind a little
incident. One day when Prof. Leach was occupied in his office with a
Yisitor, one of the girls dared another to climb to the top of the partition to
see who the 'isitor ''as. Uf course the dare was sufficient. I 1rof. Leach
looked up ju t in time to see the top of a head disappearing behind the
partition. Xaturall) he \\as surprised. and not knowing who it was he
stepped into the hall where he encountered the group of girls. He expre ed his surprise and said he \\"Otdd not haYe belie\'ed it possible that
a youncr lady in his school could be guilty of such conduct. "\\'hy, how
did you know it was l," was the unexpected inquiry.
At the close of the session we marched out of the room to the music of
the orcran. \\'e disbanded in the hall and were allowed to leaYe the building at our leisure. I remember that Clayton's Grancl :.larch \\as one of the
fayorite marches played.
For our morning exercises the pupils recited memory gems or read
short news items that \\·ere thourrht to be of interest to the school. Our
special exercises. generally consisting of songs. recitations. es a) s, and sometimes a debate. were Yery enjo: able e\'ents we thought, at least those of us
who did not ha\'e to take part. l can picture to myseli the room on these occasions crowded with 'isitors. the pupils sitting two in a seat to accommodate them. Two 'isitors that I remember all through 111) school life
\Yere Col Frank an cl :\Ir. F. \\' . Lyman. Their Yisits were frequent ancl
they al'' ays encouraged us by their presence and words.
The years of our school life were quiet. uneyentful ones. but as we look
back they are beautiful with the happiness of youth. health, hope, and hard
and successful effort.
Our class motto was, .. lie conquers who endures... The preparation of
the gracluating l"-.sa: s and the thought of the ordeal to be passed through,
caused great anxiet:. and sleepless nights and days of hard work preceded
the commencement. But the memory of that night with its music and
flowers. the presence and congratulations of lm·ing friends, the kindly. helpful. inspiring words spoken to us, is a most precious one. One of life"s
greatest treasures is its sweet memories.
Death has claimed one of our number. our gifted 'aleclictorian, .:\Iyron
E. Daker. Ilis life ''as Yery short but short as it was it richly fulfilled the
promise of his school life, both in intellectual achievement. and in the deYelopment of all that was noble in heart and soul.
.:\1 R~.

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CR< l\'ER.

Clase of 1885

Ilerbert \\an!,
Eva Beachell,
\\'illiam Schroeder, .\1) ron Baker,

.\I erchant,
.\lrs. L. 11. Grover, \\'ith .\lien Bros.,
(Deceased.)

\\'est Superior, \Vis.
Kenosha, 'v\' is .
Kenosha, \\'i .

Commencement Programme
Prayer,
l\lusic-"Fill the Shining Goblet.''
Kenosha :\ational Dand.
Salutatory,
Eva Jlcachel.
Song-"! Come,"
School Chorus.
Oration-,\mbition,
\\'illiam 'chroecler.
'olo-"Clean ·ing Fires,"
Emma Darber.
Oration-\Var, a Thing of the Past,
Iluhcrt \Yard.
Song-"llow Past the Days arc Jlassing,''
Quartctte .
•\nna \\-enc,
Bertha Leonard.

Donizetti.

Virginia Gabriel.

Freel\\'. Engle,
Henry .\lar h.

Essay-Sappho,
Eva Deachel.
Piano 'olo-.. La Somnam bu la, ..
.\laucle Baker.
Oration and \'alcclictory-.. The Spirit of Success,"
.\I yron E. Daker.
Solo-··n1 .\wait,"
Daisy Lane.
,\ dclres es,
Cornet Solo

Leybach.

F. Howard .

Selected.

C. E. l )ewey.
Presentation of Diplomas.
Superintendent James Cavanaugh.
Class Song and Doxology.
(The audience is requested to join 111
Benediction .
.;

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Class Song
Tune•• " Old Hundred"

J )ear '8.=; \\ e stand to-cla:
\\here yet our willing- feet \\ oulcl stay;
llut duh· calls to labors 11l'\\
J\ncl \\l' mu;;t to her n>ice he true .

There';; work to clo un e\-ery ;;ide;
?\a:. falter not for foolish prick:
The worlcl we nrn;;t exalt. refine,
Like to the mythic :-luse;; nine.
( >h. happy school-clays. fare: e well!
::-;till with us let : mir memories cl well;
Fond memories of hopes ancl fears
To cheer us in the after Years.

CLASS OF 1885.
Herbert Ward .

Eva Bea hel; .

Wrr. Schroe der

Myron Baker .

Class of 1886
rn 1882 a class composed of about sixteen members. the majority girls,
<!ntercd the l\:enosha 11 igh School. :\earl: all were bright ambitious cholars, anxious for a good common school education. The bo: s \\"ere: John
l\:upfer, Freel Engel, James Hailey, Charles I lastings. \\' m. Senne, ancl John
Dempse:. The girls: llelle Bcmcl, ).lamie \ ' an \\'ie. :\I illie Lewis, Carrie
\\'right, .\lice Sanborn, Emma Stebbins, :\I aggie Durns. Clara Truesdell,
Katie Zahnen, and Ill) self, Elizabeth Zwenic.
J'rof. C. 11. Leach was principal at the time, ancl ).Ir. llenry Rogers,
and :\[iss Alice Ewing. assistants.
The stuclies completecl the first year were: practical arithmetic. descripti' e Ceograph). l'. S. l I istory and Language .
. \t the beginning of the second year there was a perceptible decrease in
membership, many dropping out to enter on their life-work, or to enter other
schools. Prof. Leach continued as principal. with :\Liss Emma Hansom and
i\liss llattie Spence to assist him. The studies completed were: \\'ore\
.\nal: sis, Ph: sical Geography. Elementary .\lgebra. Rhetoric and Ph: siology.
( ln entering the school work the third year, I was the only one left of
the original class. ).Jiss Carrie llray came to our school, :\liss llertha
Leonard. Herbert Johnson and llcnrY :\larsh came in from other classes.
and formed the third year.
( lur clearh loved :\lrs. :\lary Bradford was \\ith us that year, and :\liss
Lilian l~ldredge as well. \\'e finished Botan:. Xatural Philosophy. Accounts
ancl Constitution. \\' e read portions of Caesar. but as Latin was not a necessary study in the course at that time. we did not continue it.
The class of i886 dwindled down to four members. I lenry :\larsh not
returning for the Senior work. .\Ir. Leach. :\lrs. Bradford and :\liss :\lav
\\ "orris assisted us in our last year's work.
Ceology. <;eometry. l~nglish Literature. l'olitical l~conomy. c;eneral
1listory. and l'honics \H'rc taken up and finished.
I enjoyed the four : cars· " ·ork in the 1\:enosha lligh :chool very much.
l'roi. Leach. ah\ ays kind and courteous to the pupils. \\as a ycry proficient
teacher: his assistants were all good conscientious people and excellent
teachers. and helped him in e\·ery \\ ay to make the school a success. :\I any
pleasant e\·enh occurred during the four years· course to relieYe the monotOll) oi stud~.
I ~ \ er: l\\ o weeks rlH·torical exercises \\ere held. \\"hich were
\cry enjoyable. songs. recitations. essays. and readings comprising the program. They were largely attended by parents and patrons of the school,
who appreciated the work of the tl'achers.
The graduating classes \\·ere small those days. our class consisting of
iour. and those who \\ ent before us. during m\· four \Tars of attendance
n e\·er more t ha 11 seyen.

The graduating exercises of class of i88o took place in the
tional Church, and "as 'er: large!} attended .

ongrega-

..\liss Carrie Bra: was salutatorian, and (.\bbet) (.\lbert) Herbert Johnson, valedictorian.
Supt. Jas. ·a, anaugh presented diplomas, ancl addresses were gi,·en by Rev. \Yrn. llray, ..\Ir. E. L. Grant and others.
Flowers in profusion and books \\ere presented to the graduates by appreciative relatives and friend .
..\IRS. l\. T. PETERS.

Class of 1886

llerbert John on,

:derchant,

Racine, \Vi .

Lizzie z,\eenic, -

..\lrs. Lester White, -

Cogs\\ ell, ;\. Dakota.

Carrie Bray.

(Deceased.)

Cotntnencetnent Progratntne
Rev. E. n. Lonnsburg.

Prayer.

"'(;reeling to Spring."

Song,

Chorus.
Carrie L. Bray.

Salutatory,

"Forsaken."

:ong.

Song.
Essay.

Duet.

•\ Quartettc.
The ..\linstrel of Ancient Egypt.
Uertha .\ . Leonard.
··The \\ oodnyrnph's Ca e."
Daisy .\. Lane.
•\ phorisms.
Lizzie .\ . %weenie.
"Sleep, ..\ly Lad~ Sleep ."
..\Ir. I Jarry llald\\"in .
DC\\ s of the Summer :'\ights.
Open Sesame.
arne L. l\ray.
Gettysburg.

\ ' aleclictory,
Herbert F. John::;on .

"Oh, If l \ \'ere a !lee."
..\liss Jessie Johnson.
Conferri n g of Diplomas,

Supt. Ca ' anaug-h.
··Bring Back ..\ I' Bonnie to ..\[e."

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Class of 188 7
:\lotto-"Look one step on\\'arcl. and secure that step."
Because of the cro\\'cled condition of the Crammar School. t\\'eh·e pupils
entered the TI igh .'chool as preparatory clas., in the fall of 1882. an cl \\·ere
follo\\·ecl by a class of eight. in the spring of 1883-probahl; the on!: classes
that "ere aclmittecl to the lligh School on probation. These were followed
by a class of tweh·e. in the fall of 1883: ancl these three classes, numbering
together thirty-t\' o. were finally cunsolidatecl.
From this bod:. by the natural e,·olutionar: proces-;es of school life.
finally e,·oh·ecl the seYen that constitutecl the class of 1887.
( >i instructors. this class certainly had a sufficiency.
l'rof. C. I l. Leach. now of Rogers !'ark. Ill.. distributed kml\\ ledge as
Principal throughout its lligh School course.
During its probationary year. a .\Ir. Rogers was first assistant, and
.\liss Carrie llanson of ()shkosh. \\'is .. second assistant.
The following
year . .\I iss Ida Elclriclge of Cambridge. ~. Y .. became first assistant. ancl
.\I iss Hattie Spence of Somers. \\'is .. seconcl assistant-the former holclingthat position two years.
The fall of 188.+ was markecl by the achent of .\lrs . .\lary D. llradforcl
uf Ste\'Cns Point. \\'is .. to the corps of High School instructors. she taking
the place of :\liss Spence and remaining in that position two years.
The fall of 1885 . .\I iss .\lay .\forris of ( lshkosh, \\' is .. succeecled .\I is!,
[~lclriclge as first assistant.
In the fall of 1886 . .\lrs. llraclforcl became first assistant. and .\liss
Jennie ( llcott oi ( l-;hkosh. \\is .. seconcl assistant.
\\ ith no exception. all of these instructors stoocl high in the affectioth
of this class.
I 'rof. Leach \\'ill he remembered iur hi-; ability as a disciplinarian. ancl
also ior certain 1H1mbers in the old "Song \\a\ e" which he required to be
renclerecl irequentl: : such as "S\\·eet ancl Low." "Swing, Cradle S\\·ing." and
"(>lei !\lack Cat."
.\lrs. :\lary U. llracliord. the ideal teachl'r, remai1h the hrighte-;t star in
the school firmament-the best liked and ablest instructress during the 11 igh
.'chool life of the class .
.\I iss ( llcott had the honor of being the only teacher to cause the young
men oi thi-; class tu burst spontanl·ousl: into -;ong: ancl her presence near
I)\· was alone sufficient to cause all to s111g. \\ ith more ,·1gor than occasion
required,
"Jennie. my own true lo\·ed one.
\\ ' ait 'till the clouds roll
!IQ

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The curriculum of studies was not di\ ided into courses as now: but all
,\ere gi\ en the same branches. except Latin. \\'hich \\as optional with the
student.
J)uring the .Senior year. two ne\\' studies were introduced- Theory and
\rt of Teaching, which remained theor: to all but \l rs. Lottie Schroeder
1-.:ohler: and Psychology. \\ hich, of course, could not be of interest to young
men and \\Omen so far adntnced in their school work.
\Ian: pri\ ilegcs \\'ere accorded this class- the use of the "Physics
Laborator: ... \\'here sundry things not in the usual course of stud: took
place. such as ··sparking" the teacher's cars \\'ith the :-;tatic current: :-;ctti11g
the girls' dresses on fire \\'ith a carelessly handled bottle of sulphuric ether:
sho\\'ing the expansion of steam by filling a copper flask partly full of water.
corking tightly. and heating oYcr an alcohol lamp. resulting in clriying the
cork with an extremely loud report against the ceiling. and ha\·ing \!rs .
llradiord open the door Yery much startled and uncertain as to the welfare
of the experimenters-and long jaunts by the class. as a whole. in search of
proper and unusual botanical material, cluri11g \\ hich miles of surrounding
country \\'ere \ isited and stripped. not on!: of blossoms, but fruits a:-; well.
During the third year, a class of club-s\\'inging was organized by Prof.
Leach. and resulted in ha\·ing the male members of the class gi\·e, as one
of the commencenH.: nt numbers. an exhibition of their skill in that line.
( )f course. like all other classes \\'hose .\Ima \later is the Kenosha 11 igh
.School, this one \\a" no exception to the hurry. worry and bustle during the
last portion of its Senior ,:car. when preparing to take a waiting world by
storm. .\s conquering heroes. they burst forth in all their glor:. on the e\ cning of June 24th. 1887. from the rostrum of the Congrq.:-ational Church.
\\hen 1\ ith orator:. poetry. and scientific dissertation. was launched forth
upon a poor. defenseless world. this galaxy of stars-each with a "\\' ell done.
thou good and faithful." and a diploma presented by \Ir. James Cavanagh,
then Superintendent of Schools. \lesdamcs Josephine \lartinc Eichelman.
\\·hose e-;sa\ \1 as entitled "Character 011d Reputation." and Charlotte
.Schroeder 1-.:ohler of Shebo:gan. \\ ' is ..-essa:. "\\ ords arc Things:" \liss
Laura IL .\ndre-essay. ··_'cott°s l'oem-; :" \lessrs. Charles .\. Leonard. Jr ..topic. " _\lcohol :" Robert \I. I loldcrnc..,s-topic. "The French Rc\·olution :"
. \lex is Lindquist of I kLand. F\a .. - topic. "Coral Formatirnb ;" and Frank
E. _\ndre.- topic. "T\10 \ ' ie\\·s of \Ian ...
\11.S.'

L.\L"l~_\

\.-DRE.

DR. !'. E . •\. ·nRE.

lll

CLASS OF 1887.
D•. FRANK ANDRE.

MISS LAURA ANDRE.

MRS . JOSEPHINE MARTINE.

ROBERT HOLDEMESS.

CHARLES LEONARD.
MRS. CHARLOTTE SCHROEDER.

Class of 1887

Chas. Leonard,
Alex Lundquist, Frank E. Andre, Roht. E. I Iolderness,
Laura B. Andre.
Lottie Schroeder,
] osie E . .\ rarteen,

.\I erchant,

Kenosha,\\ is .

l )e Land, Fla.
I 'll\·sician.
l:ain \\' agon \\"ks ..

Kenosha, \\'is.
Kenosha.\\ is.
Kenosha.\\ i::..
Sheho,Jgan, \\'is.
Kenosha, \ \ is.

.\Irs. \\'. Kochler.
.\!rs. L. .\f. Eichlmann,

Class of 1888
.\lillie l'tter. Susie Rowe, Kate .\Iitchcll,
Daisy Lane,

Kenosha. \Vis .
llcloit, Wis.
Chicago. Ill.
l cnosha, \ \ is.

.\!rs. F. Cleary.
.\I rs. Snider.
Clerk.

Commencement Programme
June 26, 1888

Kenosha High School
Held at M. E . Church

Opening IIymn.
School.
Re\. J. J. Garvin.
\ ' oice of .\Ioonlight.

Prayer,
Chorus,
School.
Salutory .\cldress.
.\I iss Susie Ro\\ e.
Chorus.

The Herc! l\ells.
School.
Ye~terclay.

Essay,

To-clay and To-morro\\".

Dais' Lane.
Chorus,
School.
Essay,

Russia.
.\Iillie Ctter.

Chorus,

.[\ \\ ish for the .\lountains.
School.

Yocal

olo.

Essay and \ alcclictory.

.\liss Daisy Lane.
\'oices of the Past and l'rescnt.
Kate B . .\Iitchell.

Conferring of Deplomas.
Supt. Ja~. Ca' anaugh .
.\l usic.
Class Fare\\·ell.
•\mcrica.
Audience.

CLASS OF 1688.
Daisy Lane.

Susie Rowe.
Kate Mitchell.

Millie Utter.

Class of 1889
\\ c cln not propose to co ntribute a history of the class oi "'<J. but a kw
facts in rdercncc to the class. with perhaps a recollection or t\\ o, may be
'' orthy of a page in the Sch ool 11 istory.
The class of ·~!J en tercel upon High School \\·ork in Sl·ptem her. 18R+.
although :\Ir. 1kxtcr an cl :\I iss Roberts. coming from the country. dicl not
join the class until later. The fact that we had fin : ears of 11 igh . ·chool
,,·ork \\as not clue at all to any lack of ability on the part oi the class. but
rather to the amount ancl character of our ,,·ork and its arrangement by
the school atlthorities. \\ "hen '' e en tercel. there \\ere si' classes to pass,
First Year ll. First Year . \, Second Year IL .'econcl Year _\, Third Year
ancl Fourth Year. \\ l' had not begun to designate the classes as Freshman,
Sophomore. Junior an cl Senior, although in the last : car '' c \\ere sometime-.
1·cfcrred to as Seniors. Then there was but one course of study. all pupils
oi a class pursuing the same \\ork. The branches studied were much the
-,a me as no\\. l''cept that ( ;erman an cl (;reek were not taught in the l l igh
School. an cl all pupils had one or two years in Latin. I )tlring our first
term in the l ligh School. there were but fifty-nine pt1pils. and the ntlmber
increased but a trifle during the fiye years we attended. The iactllty con-,istccl of the principal and two assistants. There \\·ere but t \\"O rc-:itation
rooms and much of the reciting \\'as done in the main room.
The school \\·ork was concltlctecl then about the same as nm\. < lur
teacher:-. \\·ere uniformly strict adherents tn the marking s: stem, and the
little : e\lm\ care\ with its squares ior clots. \\·as a familiar katurc of l'\'Cry
recitation. I low eagerly \Ye noted ho\\' near the margin of the card each
dot was placed! \\ e used to think the most outrageous thing \\as tht
giYing of a clot in zero's place. no\\" and then, to punish the frisky lac\. .\ncl
examination:-. were ill\ cntecl before our time. Then there was absoluteh
no \\ ay of escaping them; and to keep up their interest ancl excitement.
\\ c prc-;un1l', it \\'as a cu:-.tom to publish in the local papers. at the close of
each term. each pupil's ayerage standing in the different studies, together
'' ith his standing for deportment and attendance.
\-.; \\·e think of the old school da: s, hm,· YiYiclly arise the \'isions of
our Frida: aitcrnoon c'nci-.;cs particularly those on our gala day'-'. lt
is Decoration Day. 188s. and fnr the first time we arc to speak bdore an
audience. The school has assembled and the l''>crcisc" arc in progrc-.s. \\'e
arc sitting t\\O in a scat in front so as to gin? up as man: scats as possible
to our ,-isitors. They ha,·c crm\!lccl the narrO\\ rostrums l''ll'ncling along
the sides of the room. and chairs ha,·e been brnng·ht in to fill e\·cr: aYailahle :-.pace. and yet \\ l' can see people standing in the four dtHlJ'\\a\" at the
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rear. . \t the left of the hrnad rostrum extendin~ across the front of the
room and cm creel with fiber matting. behind his desk-( the ycry desk before
which \\ e sometimes now bow our heads in thoughtful reYerence as "e pass
it in the darkest corner of the present lligh School basement.) sits l'rof.
Leach: and at the opposite end of the rostrum stands the old organ. In
front. just abO\e the blackboard. is the old clock and near it the portrait
of \\ ashington. L'pon the side walls. we see the pictures of "The \ 'oyage
of Columbus." "The Landing of the l'ilgrims," and "\\'ashington Crossing
the Dela\\ are." From their places on little brackets on e\ ery side of the
room, look clown upon us, the faces of great philosophers, poets and statesmen-once we learned the nanws of all.
\t the rear of the room is the
reading table and the old brown bookcase with doors so hard to slidc(just now. largely for that Ycry fault. to he banished from the l'rincipal's
office.) Through the natTO\\ panes on either side. \\"e see the dancing leaYes
of the trees that still shelter boys and girls at pla:. The rays of the
descending sun. streaming through the \\est windows, begin to annoy the
ho: s. \\ e ha\'e just sung a patriotic song, and l'rof. Leach arises and
anounces: "The next upon the program is a declamation. ".\ Tribute to
Our 11 onored Deacl.-:d aster ;\ orman I \akcr."
llow we shin?r; how difficult to \Yalk ! Trembling \\"e pass out of the
narrow aisle and walk east nearly to the organ. l\eiore ascending the
rostrum, we turn. pause and bO\\ to l'rof. Leach. just as we were taught.
He bows. and we step upon the rostrum and. walking in a cun·cd line back
nearly to the wall and then forward nearly to the edge of the rostrum,
just as we were taught. we stand at the end of the broad center aisle that
separates the girls' desks from the boys'. \\ e how ancl then. though half
unconscious from fright. "e make a dcsparate effort to speak with the
emphasis. pause and gesture that ~I iss Eldredge taught us.
How \\·e
glory in her smile of appro\'al. as, finishing. \\'l' how ancl lea,·e the rostrum
at the ,·cry point "e stepped upon it.
•\nd. as with memor: 's e' e \\ e still \ 1cw the olcl school room as an
outli,1e and background. how the scene changes in detail. "\"ow, for ThanksgiYing Day. :diss Rowe and :.Iiss Schroeder lrnYe co,·ered the blackboards
with drawings far too beautiful for a single cla:, ancl near a pyramid of
fruit:-. and Yegetables upon the olcl rostrum, one after another. in song,
essa; and declamation, schoolmates tell of the han·est cla' s.
Xo\\ the
pictures on the blackboarcl, the songs and all ha,·e changed to harmonize
with the happy Christmas time. In one instant we can fairly feel again the
gentle breezes as they pass through the room from open window to open
window. and seem to giye us strength to recite Gray·s Elegy. at the opening exercises. In the \'Cry next, 'tis the coldest spell of winter. The olcl
\\'inchm s rattle to tell u · where the cold comes in. and the frost upon the
panes shades the room. The girls gather about the large register in the
center aisle and "hisper-about their lessons; and the frequent appearance of :.Ir. Fay at the hall door to ,-iew the thermometer hanging near.
assures us he is doing his best and we may shiYer in hope. Xow we sec

CLASS OF 1889.

Walter Dexter.

Mary Roberts.
Miss Winnefred Martine.

Norman Baker.
Miss Marie Keating.

Prof. Leach standing before us beating time with a long pointer. and while
she pla: s the tune of .\nnie Laurie. at the organ, "e distinctly hear the
boys about us singing of Laura .\ndrc .
•\ncl so the pictures come ancl go. ( )nc after another before us in that
old room, we sec again our teachers, .\1 i::-;:,; Eldredge, first teacher, whom
we have nc\ er ceased to love; .\I iss .\I orris and .\I iss Olcott, with us but a
year, highly rcspcctecl, but whom we sec not quite so distinctly; and so
often. with warmest gratitude, .\liss \Yells and .\lrs. Hradford \\'ho sen·ccl
us so well. Let us not fail to speak of Prof. Pollock. principal during our
Senior year. whom just no\\ '' c sec before us, leading us in singing:''::\lany as the stars that t\\'inklc, etc.," and entering so natural!: ancl so
complete!: into the spirit of the song!
\\'bile it is presumed that in a history of a Iligh School half a century
olcl. little space can be dc,·otcd to its indi,·idual graduates. : ct their lives,
their usefulness in the worlc\, their successes ancl achicyemcnts, fulfilling
the grand mission of the school, arc inseparably a part of its history. .\!though fortune has not yet permitted any member of the class of '&J, b:
wonderful work or clccd to acid particularly to the fame of the alma mater,
it is certain that each. thus far in his career. has lived a useful and honorable life.
The young ladies of the class all entered the profession of teaching
immediate!; after graduation. .\I iss !-(eating began to teach in the public
schools of Kenosha in the fall of 1889, and has c,·cr since been one of the
most successful teachers of the Kenosha schools. .\I iss .\lartine was so
fortunate as to obtain a position as primary teacher in the schools of (;rancl
Rapids, .\lichigan; and (;rand Rapids has been so fortunate as to be able
to retain her sen ices c\·cr since .
. \ftcr teaching in l(cnosha County one year, .\liss Roberts moved to St.
Paul. where after attending the C nivcrsity of .\1 innesota for a time, and
after a short experience in teaching in the St. Paul schools, she married .\1 r.
Henry l'. Behrens of that city, October 12th. 1892. .\lrs. Behrens is prominently connected with several \\'omen's Clubs of her city. and the Federation of \\' omcn 's Club.· of her state. and devotes her time not consumed
with her duties to her family, in their work .
.\lr. Dexter has spent most of the fourteen years since graduation in
farming; and .\Ir. Daker. graduating from the College of Law of the l'nivcrsity of \\'isconsin. in 1895. has since practiced law at Kenosha.
TOBIAS TCR:\I PT< )P.

!I

Class of 1889
~

orman L. Baker,

Attorney at La\\',

Kenosha, \\' is.

-

Teacher, -

Kenosha, \\' is.

'\\'innefred :-Jartine, -

Teacher, -

Crane\ Rapids, 1Iich.

\\'alter Dexter,

Farmer,

Pleasant Prairie.

Mamie Roberts,

:-rrs. II. C. Behrens,

St. l'aul, \linn.

~Iarie

Keating,

-

Co1n1nence1nen t Progratntne
June 1889

K. H. S.

Piano Solo,
~Iiss

Benedict.

Prayer.
ong.
:-;chool.
Salutory Acldres
:-rarie Keating.
J\Iale Quartette,
,\nnie Laurie.
:-re· rs. \\'hi taker. \ngle. l\ald\\'in. and Cass.
Oration.

Our Flag of Freedom .

\\'alter Dexter.
\ -ocal

olo.
Daisy Lane.

:-;ong.

'I
~

School.
Essay.

Golden .\ge of France.
:-rarie Roberts.

\ ' iolin Solo.
H. C. Hullinger.
Oration and \ ' aledictory,

l;rowth of Liberty.
::\ orman L. Daker.

\'ocal Duet,
.i.\Iisses lllyn ancl Bray.
l'resen ta ti on of Deploma

:-;upt. :\Iahoney.

Earth's Datlleficld .
\\ inndred :\Iarteen.
Prize Essa' Contest for\\. l·. T. L-. \ledal won b,· \larie keating-.
\)\I

Class of 1890
\I ary \I c. · amara,

.\lrs. S. \\. \\ ilkinson,

Day Stuart,

I'h: sician.

Louis \\arc!. -

I )ruggist.

\lice \I. Kearns,

( Deceased.)

Henry Plummer, -

\\' est Superior, \\'i

- \\'ith C. c ~. \\'. R. R..

l(ennsha. \\' is.

():.;car I Jansen,

l~lectrician,

Rogers Park, 111.

Charles Yule,

:'d crchant.

Chicago, Ill.

Commencement Programme
G. E. Whiting.

ong of Greeting,
School.
Prayer.
1lymn,

Creation.
School.
Our Country's Greatnes ' .

.'alutatory and Oration,
Cha . I. Yule.

The Eye.

Topic,
:\lary E. \le?\' amara.
\' ocal Solo,
:\ Irs. Farr.

The Southern Que tion.

Oration,
Louis :\f. \\'ard.

The Cooper "Cnion.

E say,

IIarry Plummer.
.. Pretty Village :\faiden."
School.
Essay.
Topic,
\Iusic,
Oration and \'aledictory,

Reminiscences of High School.
.\lice \I. ](cams.
The Air Pump.
Oscar 11 an sen.
Selected
. \rion Quartctte.
The Literary Independence of "\merica.
C. Day Stuart.

.'ee how lightly on the Blue Sea.

Song,
School.

Supt. D .. \. \lahoncy.

Presentation nf Diplomas,

America.

Song,
100

CLASS OF 1890.
Harry Plummer

Mary McNamara.
Chas. Yule

Allie Kearns .
Louis Ward

Oscar Hansen.
Day Shuart .

Class of '91
Lois E. Northway

Turn back, 0 Time in your flight and let us feel once more the pulsations of conscious pride as on that cYentful e\'ening of '91 when "we thirteen''
stood, as a class, before the people of our community and poured forth words
of eloquence freighted with wisdom to our minds at that time, unsurpassed
and un ·urpassable throughout all ages to come.
1\ut rclentlcs. time has brought many changes in the years that Jrnyc
passed since that cyening, an cl as we ha\'c listened to the 'olume · of knowledge hurled at the indulgent audiences assembled each year to do honor to
the chosen fc\\. we ha' c realized more and more full) what little we actually
did know compared with the immense amount of knowlcclgc assimilated by
our \\'orth y successors. \ V c arc con tent, howcyer, to take our hum blc place
among the graduates of the Kenosha High School, and arc happy to shine
in the reflected rays of their glory.
The history of any class during its four years in the high school, and the
subsequent .'car-.; may well he likened to the ebb and flow of the tide. I [ow
little. how insignificant the class seems. \\hen as freshmen, its members are
enrolled upon the records of the school. \11 sorts of compliments ( ?) arc
heaped upon their meek and low!: heads. Then little by little e\'Cll as the
tide increases almost imperceptibly, but slowly and surely. it gains recognition among the other classcs-cYen if it has gained only one round of the
ladder. Finally the class reaches the pinnacle of its glory as Senior class, the
climax coming on Commencement night. "hen amidst a blaze of glory the
class bids farewell to schoolmates and teachers and takes its place among the
members who Jiaye gone before. to be crn\\'ded back and lost sight of among
the many to come after.
The class of '91 pnwcd no exception to the fate of its predecessors, but
eYen though we ha\'e been forced back into the dim past h) more youthful
graduates, we arc old only in comparison "ith younger classes, and arc just
as proud today of our \Ima :.later as any class ever can be.
Entering the high school in the fall of '87, numbering only twenty, we
began our battle for recognition ,-knowledge was then a matter of secondary
importance-with as much determination and energy as a much larger force
could haYc commanded. I low we envied the Senior class of '88, its many
pri,·ileges and Ya ·t knowledge on all subject ! Possibly we were a little too
forward and descrYed all the lectures we so humbly rccci,·ed from its high
and mighty members. \\' e \\ere proud that they C\' Cn deigned to notice us
and the only effect of the lectures was to keep us awake, incliYidually during
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the night, ancl collectively during the clay, clcyising wa: s ancl means to call
forth these lecture storms, to us such highly clelightful affairs.
\\' c rcsoh eel among our::-.ch cs, hO\\'C\ er, that when we became seniors,
we would conclcsccnd to look do\\ n upon the hapless freshmen with beaming
countenances instead of with the stern foreboding ones cast upon us, ancl
gain their Ion· hy our compassion. \\'e kept our resolution so well that
immediately after gracluation, the Juniors tendcrccl us a farewell banquet, the
first in the histor} of the school.
As the years passed, our number diminishecl until at the beginning of the
fourth : ear, we had only fourteen members- a lone boy among a class of
thirteen girls. l\ut we were not allowecl to enjoy the pleasure of his company longer than the first half of the year. .\II the entreaties, promises of
good hchaYior-it had hcen so much fun to pick on him-smiles and e\·cn
tears could not incluce him to remain, so we consoled oursch cs with the
thought that we had left our boys far behind in the race. The thought that
\\'C were to gracluatc with that fateful numher thirteen caused a slight feeling
of consternation at first. but not being superstitious our -elves, \Ye enjoyed
the shock to those more superstitious than "e, as well as the novelty of
daring Fate. The nineteenth of June-the clay ::-.et for commencement-came
all too soon and we were forced to say good-bye not only to our schoolmates
and teachers. hut also to the clear olcl school building around which clusterccl
so many happy memories. Day by clay almost stone by stone, we had
\\ate heel the building of the nc\\' school. but minglccl with the pricle felt for
the ne\\' structure was the regret that it meant the clemolition of the old. \Ve
arc oroucl of the fact that \Ye were the last class to finish in the old building
and the first to graduate from the new auditorium.
The afternoon of our commencement day was the birthday oi the Keno<;ha \lumni .\ssociation, ancl all the old boys and girls Rathercd once more
111 the old assembly room to sing.
"Home again, home again from a foreign shore,
\nd oh. it fills my soul with joy, to meet my friends once more."
\\hat an incentive to us has been our class motto: "\\hat Cod made
11·oman able to do, That 11 c intended she should do," and coupled with that
our class flower, the humble reel clover symbolizing industry, has led us on to
do and dare whate1·er came in our pathway.
The September following our graduation found fi, c of nur number enrolled at the ( )shkosh >,"ormal and t\\'O at the \\'hitewater >,"ormal. all bending their energies upon learning hm\· to teach the young ideal how to shoot.
l'hn:e of that number arc still putting into practice the theories inculcated
during that year and more recent years else\1 here. It is no icllc boast to say
the influence of the cla~s has been felt as much as that of an: class that e\'Cr
completed the course. Ele1 en of the cla::;s macle school teaching their aim in
lik until some \\'ere com·inced that their ideal "as "rong. . \t present one
of our number is stationed on the i-.land of Le; ll'. in the l'hillipincs. where
for the past t\\'o years she has been engaged in instructing Cnclc :am's latest
subjects-the Filipinocs: t11·0 an· teaching in Chicago. and t\\'n in this citY.

CLASS OF 189 1.

Liz.zie Lynch.

Mary McC1ellan

Lois Northway
Eva Lewis

Hattie Butcher
Annie Butcher

Mamie Frantz.
Bessie McClellan.

Ella Pfennig.

Allie Toner.
Emma Moeller.

Lulu Meyers.
Jennie McClellan.

~ix found the public schools of this state too crowded and decided to conduct pri,·ate schools in the state of matrimony. One only has chosen a business career and is still content to do her own battling.
Despite the unlucky number in the class its members have fully realized
their share of lifc"s blessings, and each year as \\'e ha\-e gathered for our
class meeting. we ha' e found plenty to look back upon \\·ith pleasant memories. and few regrets.
Death has twice entered our ranks. taking irom us Jennie :'dcClellan. a
fragile !lower that withered and cliecl fi, e yl'ars aftl'r graduation; and only
recently our salutatorian. :\!rs. Ella l'riclclis l'fennig. a mild and gentle nature
known only to he lo\'ecl. For years Ella has been the chief source of all the
mer; iment at our annual class gatherings and she will he sorely missed when
\\T ml'L'l at..;ain.
These death-. arc the saddest memories. for both held the love
oi all ml'mhcrs of the class.

Following is the cla-.s roll:
Kenosha, \\' is.

Hattie J\utcher,

Teacher.
:\!rs. , \. I\. , \nH·s.

:\Iarnie Frantz.

:\1 rs. F. •\net re,

kenosha, \\'is.

Eva Lewis.

:\Irs. F. :.

!~a' ens wood.

Jennie :\leClellan.
Bessie \JcClellan,

(Deceased.)
:\lrs. IT. :tollc,

Clinton, \\' is.

:\Iary :\lcCle\lan,

Teacher,

l'hillipine ls.

Emma :\I oellcr.
Ella l'riclclis,
Lulu :\!eyer:-;,

Clerk.
:\lrs. Chas. l'fcnning,

Chicago. Ill.

:\[rs. 11. :heridan.

Creen llay. \\ i:-;.

Lois . ortlrnay. -

Teacher.

1'.enosha, \\' is.

,\lice Toner.

Teacher,

Chicago. Ill.

Lizzie Lynch.

Teacher.

Chicago, Ill.

Annie l\utchcr,

~tocking,

J,enosha. \\' is.
l ll.

(I )eceasecl.)

Programme
:\I ixecl Chorus.

··,' ong oi Crecting,'·
I 'ra \'L'r.

.\mphion Quartette.

~election,

~alutatorv

and Essay.

The Ymmgesl of the ~ciences.
Ella lJ. . l 'ricldis.
l'atriutism .

Essa:,
.\nnic lltttcher.
Oration.
Jennie~-

From :\larathon to Gett: :-;httrg.
:\lcClcllan.
Life in the Colonies.

Ilarrict :\l. !hitcher.
10.;

··:-ltirmur. (;entle Lyre,"

:\lale Chorus_

E ~ay,

.\merican [ 11\ en ti on .
Eva G. LC\\ is.
The :\I ission of the Early English :\lonastcries.
Lizzie F. L) nch.

Essa),
Topic,

Coral Formations.
Emma J. :\loeller.
. \ssociatcs.

Essay,
:\lamic C. Frantz.

Amphion Quartette.

Selection,

:ilcnt l nAucnccs.

Essay,
.\Ilic R. Toner.

Reminiscences of :chool Life.
Lois E. :\orthway.

Essav
.'

Dooks.

Oration,
:\[an· IL :\lcClellan.

\\c ancl Our :\cighbors.

Topic,
Lulu F . :\lcycrs.
··~ray

Day:·

:\ l ix eel Chorus.

The :.tission of the Beautiful.
Jles ·ie L. .\lcClellan.
Presentation of Diplomas.
Graduating Clas ·.

First History of a Class of Kenosha High School
Class Histor7 July 1st 1892

\ \ ' c ha,·c all learned that history in its broadest sen e, 1s a record of
all mankind, but in its special sense it is a record of the rise and progress
of those famous nations that ha,·c hacl an influence on the general current
of ci,ilization .
. 'o a class history in its broadest sense j,, a record of all the classes that
have ever graduated from any ;.chool, but. in its special sense, it is a record
of the ri:-;e and progress of those famous classes that ha' e had an influence
on the general current of higher education.
In a still more restricted sense, the history of the class of '92 of the
Kenosha Iligh ~chool, is a record nf that particularly famous class composed
of S:x young, beautiful, amiable, and intellectual maidens. the admiration of
their teachers and the en\'\' of their mates- " ·ho arc no\\ about tn leave their
alma mater to engage in the acti,·e duties of life.
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The last years of school life have been our most prosperous ones. \Ye
haYe seemed to realize more fully the purpose of our studies ancl haYe labored
more earnestly than in former years.
School-life has not been without its trials. Often we became indignant
at the teachers for giving us deportment marks, but our one consoling
thought alwa) s was,"( )h well I don't care, l don't get as many as I desen·e ...
\\'hen the clas;, of '92 entered the high school it numbered 23 pupils, the
majority being bo)s. The boys seemed to realize the superior talents of
the girls and one after another became discouraged and dropped out. so that
now the once large class of '92 is represented by only six of the fairer sex.
\\' e shall ha ye to acknowledge there is one study \\·hi ch boys can master
more easil) than girls, and that is c;eometr:. Frequently when ,,.e had
original Theorems to work out did we wish. "( )h if there \vas only one boy
in the class to help us get this <;eometry." But of course that was the only
time we wished to haYe a male representatiYe in our class.
\\'hen we were Freshmen we used often to hear the teachers reprO\·ing
the Seniors for imperfect lessons and unbecoming conduct, and firmly declared
that \\hen '' e became the happy possessors of the coYeted title of Senior-;
that we would be paragons of excellence-always liave our lessons, alwa)..,
conduct ourseh·es with decorum. It is needless to say we lrnve accomplished
it all-rarely. .\s a class we realize that our merits are greatly in excess of
our demerits. Long ago we discovered man) a hidden talent that \Ye knew
in time '' ould make Lls a class far surpassing any that had e\·er been before us.
\'olumcs might he written about the noteworthy qualities and deeds of
the class of '92, but lest it might appear boastful I refrain. trusting that the
opportunities which '' e ha\ c enjoyed shall be so used that our live-; and
achievcmL·nts may become the worthy themes of orators, barcls ancl historian ·
of national renown.
There arc two .\nnas in the class. .\nna :.\l-- -;pent the early years
of her school life in migrating from St. Jame< school to the public school.
Four years ago ·he enterecl the Freshman class of the high school. During
her Sophomore ) ear her e: es \\ere not strong enough to endure the steady
application to books and she "as obliged to . tay out for ·ome time. Thi::;
impC'ded her progress hut h: unceasing labor she ha-; prosecuted the work
to a successful encling.
\nna is the modest, demure one of the class. The other members oiten
times shocked the dignified . \nna by their some\vhat gidtly conduct.
. \s a :-;enior. she ha-; been an edifying l'xample to the younger pupils\\ ho
are earnestly striving to gain the heights upon which \\'e stand to-night.
In her younger clays . \nna K - was kept from -.chool for over a year
on account of sickness. But "ith her industry and per::;everance she ,,·as
enabled. upon her return, to do two Years \\Ork in <me. \\·e ha\C heard
the statement that a girl without a temper is almo::;t \Yorthle;..s. A.nna·..,
value then, is cntainly l'nhanced. for "L' have faint recullectil)lJS oi ha' ing
seen exhibitions of it in some of her -.;chool e:\.ploits.
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ITer curiosity 1s boundless. She will know the "ln and wherefore of
In .\lgcbra she would ask \\'h: the proportion II R. : C. 11.
n. II. : .\. :\1. and in c;eometry how if t\\'O \'ariables !less and Christie be
al\\'ays equal, their limits Bell and ,\nna arc equal.
e\"C1: thing.

llell, with her laughing, sparkling hro\\'n eyes \\'hich arc a good index to
the jolly fun which is a characteristic of the gir.1. and her dimpled checks
that are as pink as a fresh blown rose. is the beauty of the class.
She is deYoted to her studies,-to (;cometry and History in particular.
\\'hi le she often ga' e up in despair of C\'cr learning ( ;crman. \\hen the
composition class wrote reproductions, original stories and essays. this member of the class \\as al\\'a: s complimented by the teacher for her \\'it and
originality,-and was told that some clay she might become a scClmd Harriet Beecher Stowe.
One of Bell's escapades which is indelibly impressed on the memory of
her classmates is her putting orange peel dmn1 the r ·gister in the old building to produce a S\\·eet odor in the room. The principal's ideas of what
constituted delicate perfume, howeYer, did not coincide with Bell's and she
was dispatched to the office to meditate upon the enormity of her offense.
\\'hen Christie first started to climb the ladder of knowledge she resided
on the north side so she entered school in that ward. .\fter finishing the
course there she came to this side and has pcrsc\'ered through the many trials·
of Grammar school and High School clays and tonight she completes the last
round of the ladder of a common school education.
Christie is one of those good kind hearted girls who is ahYays s: mpathizing with others when in trouble, and she herself always \\' OJT\ ing about
causing trouble for others.
Dess is the songstress.
Iler sweet soprano fairh· capti,·ates all who
come within range of its enchanting notes.
She is also the linquist of our
class.
The Yerb abstruse. amo'. itmas.
In Latin and Chinee,
ln e\·ery tongue this cJeyer lass
Can conjugate freelieThe following story has been related and we haYe no reason to doubt it:
truthfulness: Bessie. neyer doubting her ability to talk in a foreign language,
one day attempted to conyerse with a Ccrman in his natiYe tongue.
But
no sooner had she opened her lips and uttered a half dozen words than he
raised his hand s in holy horror and ran away and left her.
Bess is one of those aggraYating school-mates who is always studious
(when the teachers arc looking): as a reward for her goodne::;s ::;he usually
receiYecl one hundred in deportment. but how much better we could haYe
marked her than the teachers.
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).fy early school clays were spent in different schools in ncighborin~·
states.
I came to I(enosha three : cars ago and earl.~ made inquiries con cern:ng my future school home. \\hen shown the building, 1 must confess
I \Yas not fayorabl: impressed with its appearance.
It was an old
dilapiclatecl looking structure, built of brick, and had evidently long been the
sport of wind and rain.
. \s l Yiewcd its exterior the cold chills ran down
my back, for it suggested a jail. even the bars on some of the windows were
not missing. 1 puzzled my brain to explain the cause of this, then the
idea occurcd to me the ancient builders probably foresaw that the boys
would become unruly las boys are prone to do) and jump from the second
story windows to e cape merited punishment; and to prc\·ent an) such
occurance, these wise heads, \\ ith commendable precaution, barricaded the
windows. through which the culprits might effect their escape, by nailing
strips of wood across them.

The interior of the building was scarcely more attractive. The plaster
\\as broken and time worn: the ceiling \\as propped as if from decrepit old
age: even the inanimate busts that aclornecl the walls wore a discouraged
look.
In short the whole building looked sadly out of repair and in the
\\ orcls of Longfellow reminded one of a dilapidated Spanish D n. clown at
the heels and out at the elbows, but with here and there a remnant of former
beauty peeping through the loopholes of his tattered cloak.
The two \\eeks which elapsed before school began were not ·pent m the
most happy anticipations. .\t last the clreaclecl clay came, and I being a
new pupil and not being supplied with books, l was not called upon to recite
the first clay.
llowe\·er. l was not idle but spent my time drcamil)
speculating on the faces around me.
The first weeks were hard ones. for
I hacl not yet out grown my natural sh: ness, ancl going among so many
strangers caused me frequent pains. llut my pt1rpose gave me courage.
111d when the ice was once broken, I <Jtlickly learned to 10\·e both teachers
and schoolmates, so that nO\\ it is with sorrow I lean~ them, and the old
building. which at first sight looked so gloomy and desolate-well. "~weet
vi::,ions of thee. pass like a dream before my imaginations and gently o'er
my memor: comes at time::, a glimpse of joys that had their birth in thee.
like a brief strain of some forgotten time."
. 'LX.\

YOlL\.\l (!\RO\\'\").

Class of 1892
Christmas I larrison,
.\latie .\laloney. llellc l lolmes,
.\nna .\I. 1-.:ristensen.

Teacher,

Clara E. Robinson.
Xina ( ;. Yokhan.

.\!rs. 11. Drown.

.\Ir .... \\' . Lieber,
~tenographcr.

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Chicago, lll.
Canton. ( ).
Racine. \\' is.
.\I ih\ aukee. \ \ is.
Kenosha, \\'is .
[(enosha, \\.i::,.

Progranune
Dr. Colcott.

.. The :\light \\' ith the Right,"
School.
PR .\ YER.

:\ina Gertrude Yokam.

~alutatory,

Essay-The

Peacock's Feather or the L'se of Coloration
Anna :\larie Kristensen.

in .\nimals.

Song,

:.1 rs. n. La:\farsh.

Essay,

l(enosha-l'ast, \>resent and Future.
Delle Holmes.
Gossip.
Christmas Harrison.
( ;ou noel.
:\I iss Helle l l cad.

Es.ay,
··sing. Smile, ."lumber,"

The Forum Rornanum.

Essay,
Anne :.laloncy.
Essay,

Class l [istory ancl l'rophcsy.
:\ina Gertrude Yokam .
Criesbach.

.. The Cuckoo ...
School.

a-Es ay-" \\' e li,·e in clcccls not years, in thoughts not breaths;
ln feelings. not in figures on a dial,
\ \ ' e should count time by heart throbs. l ie most liYes
\\' ho t h inks most. feels the noblest. acts the best."
b-\'aleclictor;.
Clara Elizabeth Robinsun.
Proch.

"Recognition ..
:\ l r. Louis (;. l\ohmerich.

."upt. D .. \. :\lahoney.

;\warding of Diplomas.
Class Song.
13enecliction.

Class of 1893
.\ line of young people with their feeling undergoing a great change,
passed slowly from the grammar-room up the _.;tairs to the high-schoul room
one clay in September. i8, 9.
The; left the l<)\\ er room with their heads
high. the smartest. most important lot of youngsters you e\·er saw.
nut a-.
the: went up the time-worn steps. with the initial cut in the railing and
written on the walls. their spirits went clown to zero. and they began to "ish
that the: could sneak in some " ·ay. withnut being seen.
Iltn\"t'H.'r. tht'
ordeal must he faced. and putting on a hold front in spill' nf in\\ an\ fears.
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CLASS OF 1693.

Cordelia Hansen.

Eddie De Dlemar.
Nellie Maloney.

Hazel Leonard.
David Theleen.

Bennie Curtis
Bessie Sherwood.

Ambrose McKune.

the) pa-;-;ed into the territory g-o\"ernecl by the a\\·e-in-;piring· Prof. l 1ollock.
:\I rs. Ilraclford, and :\1 iss \\ells.
Lt was a big territor), hounded on the front by a high platform. but the cla..,s determined to conquer it.
For the first
\\'eeks it
took a bra\ e heart to mount that platform ancl face the battery of critical
c: cs. hut be it saicl to the creel it of the class, though there\\ ere some stumbles
on the stairs. there \\'as ne\ er a fall.
.\s 'Freshies' the cla;;s felt that it \\as lookecl down upon and \\'as elated
for 1. \\eek if noticed b) the Seniors.
Could they ever learn to say like the
Seniors ·1 beg your parclon. hut l can't recall the answer'. in;;tcad of murmuring meek!). ·1 don't kno\\ ."?
Then they maclc up their min cl-; to clo something by which they \\'Oulcl be rernemherccl as an ol'iginal cla;;s.
How they
did it you \\ill sec.
The fall of 1890 saw a change of principals, Prof. Cleary succeeding Prof.
l'ollock.
The old ward school was to he torn clo\\'n and a ne\\' high-school
builcling erected in the center of the quare.
It was enough to distract any class. the noise ancl bustle ancl confusion
of tearing down the old and building up the ne\\'. ancl e\·eryone was excitecl.
Then began the clropping out of members of the class. as !--O often happens
in the Sophomore year, ancl the class had a hard time of it.
But \\'ith the
kindly help of the teachers it struggled along, and later in the year it was
reinforced by seyeral ne\\' pupils.
The new building was going up rapidly.
This was the last year in the
olcl one.
The cla-;s \\'as all excitement, ancl -;omething must he clone.
( )ne
night a self-appointed committee met ouhide the new building ancl climhecl
up the ladders left by the builders, up, and up. till they reachecl the tower.
There. on the highest ;;tone. a\\·ay abo\·e the sordid earth. the) inscribed the
names of the class of i 893, where they would stancl foreyer !
llut someone
tolcl. as she a.l\\"ays does, and the other c]a-.;ses wrote their names O\'er ours .
. \bout thi,.., time plan-; were made for a reunion of the gracluates of the
olcl high-school. before it should he torn do\\'n. \\'hik teachers and pupils
\\"ere busy with preparations the encl of the term came.
\\"hen the la;;t clay of school in the olcl building \\as fi.ni::-.hed. the pupils
packed their books with a feeling akin to sadness. and passed down the olcl
steps for the last time.
:\Iany initials had been cut deep into the railing since
first it \\·as put up, ancl many were the good times enjoyed on those stairs.
Reunion clay came.
] t \\·as a success. and an .\lumni .\ssociation oi the
Kenosha lligh-School was an assured thing-.
In t\\"O years more the clas::-.
of 1893 would belong to it.

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The Junior year founcl us in the ne\\ huilcling. \\'ith ne\\ incenti\ es to
work. But where was the dignity that upheld the preYinus Junior Classes?
\\-e set to work to acquire it. ancl in spite of a\\ k\\arcl tumbles and amusing
mishaps, the ayerage was creclitable.
\\'e had charge of the graduation
cla: exercises, ancl gaye a reception to the cleparting Seniors. inllo\\'ecl h) a
dance, not on the program.
•
The fourth year brought the need of the 1st 3rd a:-.sisstant. and :\Ii-.;-;
Dickey was hired to fill that position.
.\s Seniors we had still the idea of

originality to uphold.
\\'hy should our graduating exercises be just like
other classes always had? .\ bright. idea! Xo essays. but a concert. The
con ent of the teachers was glad!) given, the board and superintendent
quickly fell in with the plan, and a concert was arranged.
.:.Lrs. Ccne\·ieve
\\'ii on, of Chicago, was engagecl as soloist.
June 15th. 1893. dawned at.
la t.
The afternoon of that. da) saw five young women in light dresses.
and three young men in black mount the platform in the .\uclitorium to
receive their diplomas. A PR< )FESSOR from The ·cniyersity of \\'isconsin delivered a lecture, :\Irs. \\'ilson sang t\\'O songs, :\Ir. Jas. Penn: feather
gav~ the graduates goocl ach·ice, ancl the class of 1893 stoocl up to receive
its diplomas.
It passed into history as the class without. commencement
essays.
Em·ious persons said that we couldn "t write good enough ones.
Therefore, be it here r ·corded that one essay was written, written well. and
the writer, who has since risen rapidly in l-nclc Sam·s navy, is saicl to have
felt badl: because he couldn't read it.
lL\ZEL D \\'!SOX LE<>. '.\RD SIXc;LET< >X.

Class of 1893

Eddie DeDicmar.
Henj.
urti s,
Delia llan;;en.
I lazel Leonard, Bes. ie Sherwood,
David Thelcen,
Xcllie :\!alone:. -

\ \' i th Chicago n rass 'o..
\\'ith C. i.:.'· X. \\'. R. R ..

-

:\[rs. J. C. Singleton,
Bookkeeper.
Officer in l-. ~·. Xa\·y.
Teacher.

Chicago. Ill.
:\1 ilwaukee, \\is.
Rogers Park, I 11.
E' ans ton, Ill.
Kenosha. \\'i;;.
Burlington. \\ i-..

Class of 1894
Gertrude Meyers

The 'la;;s of i89-1- was one of the ;;rnallest. that gracluat.ecl from the
Kenosha lligh School. lt con;;istcd of fi\e members: _\ndt-C\\ ()'Donnell.
Lillian Lippert. :\laucle Yu le. Eel na \ \ ash burn. an cl Ccrtrude :\le: ers. The
first. or Freshman year was spent in the old I] igh School building. and when
the class entered from the g-rammar ;;chool. it numbered about thirty scholars.
Hut in the following four years. one by one the classmates dropped from the
ranks. to the deepest regret of the fc\v that remained. llut "hen ;;omc of
the other classes gloried in their larger numbers, the cla;;s of ·9-1- would always
find consolation in proclaiming that theirs \Yas notecl for qualit: ancl not
qua11tit). The second year the clas..., entered the new I l igh School builcling
with pride and ambition. qualities that the Sophomores usuall; possess.
l-nder the firm guidance of Prof. ·1eary, as principal, ancl the wise counsel
of :\lrs. :\lar: D. llradiord ancl :\liss Bessie \\ells. as assistants, the cla...,...,
of '94 completed its ;;econcl year. During the next two years se,·eral ne\\·
teachers were added. to aicl us in our studies. For the class of '<J..f. the fonrlli
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or Senior: car was the hardest as \\·ell as the most interesting one of all. A
great friendship existed between the Seniors and Sophs, and all sorts of jokes
wer<' indulged in by both cla ses. The Seniors had one great failing, a desire
to eat during school hours, and of course were constantly getting into trouble
by ha Ying lunches in the north recitation room, ''hen the: should ha,·c been
studying. But the teachers were ycry lenient, seeing it was the Seniors, and
overlooked their failings for which the class was \cry grateful. But with
youth's impatience of restraint, the class of '9-1- hailed the ach·cnt of the day
on which they crossed the threshhold of the school-room and went out to
meet their kilo\\ s in the broad field of life. with hopes high and lofty. Thu·
the class reached the end of its l ligh :chool career, and never realized until
the last few clays spent in the school-room. ho\\' hard it \\as to break the
tics that bound them to the friends of the past four years. especially to one,
who in the hearts of all the J(enosha .\lumni hold a place second to mother .
. \!though the class saw its numbers diminish each year, the few that remained
perse\·erecl to the encl. eYcr keeping in mind the class motto: "The secret of
success is constancy to purpose." On the e\'ening of June 10. 189-1-. the Commencement Exercises were held in the auditorium of the high school. The
honors of the class\\ ere won b.) :\ liss Lippert. w ho was the salutatorian, and
:\liss :\!eyers. who gave the Yalcdictory. During the summer of '9-1- the
I(cnosha .\lumni held a re-union in "hicago, and the class of '9-1- felt highly
honored to hm e one of its members .. \nclrew (>'Donnell. called upon to deliver
an oration. .\s the class \Yas the youngest of the .\lumni. it "·as termed the
.. Tlahies" by President ,\ !bee.
Class of 1894

Lillian Lippert.
Gertrude :\Ieyers,
Andrew J. O'Donnell. Lawyer.
Edna IL \\'ashburn,
Teacher.
La :\laude Yule,
Student in l'. \\'.,

:\Iilwaukce. \\'is.
Kenosha, \\'is.
Chicago, Ill.
Kenosha, \\'is.
Kenosha, \\-is.

Progratntne
Orchestra-" Fe ti\ al Rondo."
:\Icssrs. Barr. Cilbert. :\Iarx and :\ ewman.

l\aldamu .

Prayer.
Song,

Selected.
:\liss Belle IIead.

Salutator: and Class I listory,
Lillian Lippert.
Declamation.

Louis Kossuth.
~lauc.le

Yule .
··The Common ,'chool."

Edna llurt is \ Yashhurn.

Clarence Van Wio- '76.
Louisa Sowles.
Geo. H. Marr-'62.
Clara Goffe '62.
Kate Howland Piper.
Ada Holbrook.
Maud Yule.
Millie Utter -' 88.
E. C. Thiers.
A. J. O ' Donnell,
Minnie Starkweather.
Gertrude Meyers.
A. D. Wheelet.

.:\lusic-'"l'uct and l'easant."

F. \'on Suppc .
• kmm Brulhns.

<>ration.

"( lur Cla-;. Colors."
Andrew Jackson U'J>onnell.

\ aledictor: .

Gertrude Agatha :..Ieyers.

,'-;on g,

Selected .
.:\li::;s Helle IIead.

l'resentation of Diplomas,

Supt. E. L. Grant.

<>rchestra- "( ;ood Xight, Delm·cd,"

l'insut.

Class History--1895
Una M . Slater

. \s class-historian, it is my duty to relate the experiences of the class of
·<J.i C lur career has not been altogether une\·entiul and \\hi le "e ha Ye spent
many hours in study. still we haYe had our pleasures. \\ell do we remember
the clay Wl' entered High School, \\C then numbered forty·eight and about
hali the class here to-night were with u · when we entered. but some of our
hriliiant members joined us during the first year. \\ e. were Yery kindly
treated b: the upper class-men. especially the Seniors, perhaps becau e they
were a class of girls. Like all classes we were jolly and ycry hopeful and
longl'd for the time when the dignified title of ,'-;eniors '' otdd be conferred
upon us. \\'ith what wonder and astonishment did we Ii ·ten to their recitations. I lo\\ much more interesting \\ere their studies ·om pared to ours!
\\'hen \\e began this last and cYentful year \\'C numbered thirteen.
ome
-;uperstitious people would shake their heads doubtfully when we told them
thl' number. but it had no effect upon u · and we would quote the well-kno\\'n
saying: "The more. the merrier." IIo\\'CYcr, \\·e were not left with this
cloud oi bad omens hanging O\ er our heads as one of our number (Horace
lllo·Jcl) left us about four months ago to gain his kno\\'lc<lge in the school of
t•xperience.
_\mong our girls there is one \Jennie Chaffee) who has always exhibited
a remarkable memory, haying memorized the Bible, .:\lilton's "Paradise Lo t''
and man: other lengthy selections and what was said of one of the class of
°<J.+. ma: be justly applied to her, if giyen the task of m~morizing the dictionary sh· \\ ould be equal to it. She is of a modest and retiring disposition and
alwa: s conducts herself with great decorum in school. but those \Yho are
fortunate enough to meet her out of school can sec the mischieyous idc of
her nature.
\Ye also claim among our bright classmates one (Ella Toner) who has
iound any amount of time to spend in pla: and while most of us were poring
o\ er our books .. he would be romping, dancing or perhaps making Yi it. to
the cand: store aero the street. ,'-;he then would come to cla-;s and eclip c
us all with her brilliant recitation. It was Yery mysterious. and we could
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nut sec hm\ and when she preparl'd her il'ssnn. But she also had her trials
tu bear, and it sonll'timcs seemed to her that she had to suffer fur some of
the misdemeanors of her classmates. \\hen things '' cnt wrong with the
~eniors or there was loud talking in the hall..,, the "rath \Yotild be \'ent
upon her together with the a<h·ice which '' nultl han: benefitccl many of the
rest of us. ~he wa seen at her best about election time each year. llow
proudly'' ould ' he march into school with the name or picture of her fa\'orite
pinned on her shoulcler. .'he "a" the great champion of the Democratic
party. and one could \'cry readily tell by the expression of her face on the
day after election, who the successful candidate was. But for all this. "he
ha made a brilliant record especially in Ceometry .
•\mong the boys there was our younge..,t (John Q. Lyman) who seemed
tu be a constant object of attention to his teachers and classmates. but we
could not di · pense "ith him under an) consitleration. Being the .\ uunges; of
the cla · s we ha Ye been compelled to pet and humor him and oYerlook hi.
childi h pranks. llowever. \\ e feel honored by his presence here to-night, as
he. with one exception, is the youngest graduate of the Keno ·ha lligh :chool.
I Ie is quick both in thought and act, this fact being ,-cry noticeable during
examinations as his paper '' ould he completed ..,ometimes before the rest of
us would ha' e read the questions.
Like other classes we ha\ e our grumbler otherwise known as the ··c1asskicker" (Chas. Decker.) He need not be at all ashamed of the title, for we
fully realize that the class could not haYe existed and attained such a degree
of prnfi.cienc.\. \\'ithout that important officer. 'Tis true, his opinions would
often conflict with those of his classmates, but in most cases we ha\'e found
it well to abide by his decision. lle has been always yery quiet and unassuming, his excellent hehaYior being much commented upon.
\Ye can also boast of one (Gertrude Lewi -~Ic::\eil) who ha ' deYeloped
great faculties along the domestic line. ,'he has been a mo t studious girl
and worked faithfully to complete the course of study assigned us. nut she
excels us all in her ability as a cook. llow delicious were the pies. cakes
or better still the cream-puffs or kisses that she made and which were eaten
111 the hall.., or perhaps even in . chool. behind some of the other pupils.
During our Freshman year we welcomed in our midst two ,·er: charming young girls. (Ethel Torrey-DeDiemar and Ethelyn lh1llamore-Rowell.)
They entered school together and have been companions e'er ... incc. so C\ en
now I do not think it well to separate them. Their early education was
receiYed in the countr_\. \\·e all know of and appreciate the quality of their
work, and they ma) be proud of their record. it being· a proof of their diligence. They had innumerable cares outside of school, for together with their
school-work was their little home "The I\ee-l li,-e .. to care for, and often when
their attention \\'as all on the angles or triangles of a proposition in ( ;eometry
that failed to he prO\·en as they desired. would it occur to them that there \\'as
nothing prepared for tea. or something as seriou , 'crily, their cares \\'Cre a.
many as the busiest house-\\ ifc' .
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CLASS OF 1895.

Charles Becker.
Una S later.

Thomas J. Toner.
Edna Goldthorpe.
Ella Toner.

John Lyman.
Ethel Torrey.

Conrad Shearer.
Nellie Kingsland.
Jennie Chaffee.
Gertrude Lewis .
Ethelyn Bullamore.

( >ur ~alutatorian (Conrad ~hearer) also joined us about thi:-. time . I !e
ha . made hirn:-.elf quite con..;picuoth a-; a corre:-.pondent to :-.eYeral of our
local paper-;. I !c ha::- a \\'icll' range of kno\\·ledgc and is able to debate upon
almo:-.t an~ subject. \\'hich iact \\as not altogether i~nored by his ..;chool ~
mates. and he has been callccl upon man: tirnes to exhibit thi . quality. 1k
\\"as a faithful -.;tudent. ah\ ay-.; 111..· rforming an: task as:-.igned to the very b est
of his abilit ,-.
()ne oi our nnrnlwr to-night ('\ellie l(ingsland ) has not been with us
during the entire cm1rse. hut ne\ erthele-.;-., -.;he has al\\ a:..., been our iriencl
and \\'e honor her for her persistent effort in accomplishing the encl sh e has
worked -.;o faithfully to attain. ~he has had difficultie..; to contend with and
man: ui u-.; \\ould not have persevered to the end -.,o nobly as she ha-, done.
Iler aim:-. in liie are grand and lofty ancl her cho..;en subject to-night treating·
of the highn education of women rc,·eals to us her arnbitions .
. \mong the most brilliant oi our boys there is our student .. the di.~nificd"
T. Jos. Toner) \\'ho had ht'cn a member oi our cJa-.,,.. in 'c)2. hut !cit u-., to
try his luck at teaching-. I\ut thio.; .'car lw de cided to join his class unct• more
and complete the school course \\'ith them. I faying had wide experience he
could introduce man: innoyations into the class-hi-.; aspirations in the edi torial field were ver; loft;. but during '93 he wa-.; content with editing th...:
.. Quid Est" the school paper "·hich he founded. llut he distinguished hirnscli on \rbor Day as cla..;s-orator and ''ith hi:-. eloquence bids iair to cn1tri,·al
cyen Depew.
The last but by no means the least to join us \\as she (Edna c;o]dthorpe)
who has only been with us one year, still her genial nature a nd pleasing wa: s
han· won for her man; friends. and "to knmy her is to Im c her." .' he has
won distinction for herself by her pericct knmdedgc of Latin. ior in the
tircsorne monotony of declensions and conjugations she has no equal.
\ \'hen '' c look back m·cr the past we cannot hut think of the many difficulties we ha' e had to endure. There \vas that painful reminder oi our conduct. the deportment care!. Lt sometimes seemed as if the teachers delighted
in ornamenting the -;paces opposite the names of a certain few of u:-. '' ith
littk black clots. \\hat crcrn els \YOuld gather around the de:-.k at recess each
clay. but many of the Juniors were often conspicuou-., by their absence. The
awiul consciou:-.ncss of ha,·ing sometimes forty oi these marks was enough
to restrain their curiosit:.
\\ ith mingled emotions existing within us did \\'L' enter school last fall.
to take our place:-. a:-. ~L'nior..;. .\ feeling oi sorrow stole in upon u:-. \\hen '' c
thought of thi..; being the la:-.t : ear we "ould be together as classmate:;.
~\nd no\\' as the time clra''..., nearer ''hen we mu..;t leave our ··_\Ima \later"
this feeling grows stronger predominating OYer all the others. Utu- teachers
ha,·e alwa: s been kind and considerate and they ha,·e left an impression on
our minds nc\ n to be iorgotten . . \s we lea\ e them their pnsonalities -.;tand
out more prominently and will do much tn aid us in better building· and molding our own characters. ( >ften time we would gl't clio.;couraged. Then they
\\'Ottld awaken new life in us by a kind wore! or look of encouragement. \\' e
have tried to he obedient pupils, but at times ha,·c failed ancl now as we look
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back on~ r the past \\'C sec our iolly and regret that \\T left much room ior
improvement. \s : m1 Jw,·c scl·n there arc no exciting q>isodes to relate in
connection \\'ith the cJa-,s of '<J:. \\' c arc onl; ordinary individuals in an
ordinary class. but .in our battle of liic we ice! sure \\·c can predict that our
sucn·ss \\ill he rneasun·d h: the degree to which we adhere to the worthy
examples we may take as our ideab, and h; the way we liYe according to the
orinciplcs and training \\'hich \\ e ha,·e rcccin·d during our e. ·pericnces ;i..:
members of the cJa-,s oi '(_),=;.

Class of 1895

Chas. 11. llecker,
Ethlyn Hullamure, Ccnc,·eyc A. Chaffee,
Edna L. Coldthorp.
?\ cllic :\I. Kingsland,
John Q. Lyman.
Certrudc Lewis.
l'ctcr C. Shearer,
"Cna :\I. Slater,
Ella \. Toner,
Thos. J. Toner. Lo-.sie L Torey.

< ;ci,·t.

Clerk.
:\I rs. E. F. Rowell.
Teacher,
\ \ ith Eagfr Laundry.
.'un·cyor,
:\lrs. Chaunce\· :\lc:\cil.
Teacher,
Teacher,
Teacher.
Teacher,
:\Irs. I~. DeDiemar.

\\"ashington, I). C.
Kenosha. \ \ i".
Chicago. 111.
.'hcboygan, \ \ i-..
Kenosha. \\'is.
Kenosha, \ \ is.
1-(cnusha. \\-is.
Kenosha. \ \ i-;.
Kenosha. \\is.
Chicago. Ill.
Kenosha. \\ i-..

Cotntnencetnen t Progratntne
I nyocation,

Re,·. C. E. Goldthorp.
i\[ usic. ( lrchcstra.

Salutatory and ()ration.

The Bulwark of ( Jur :\1"ation.
Peter Conrad Shearer.

Recitation,

An American Exile.
Ella .\dele Toner.
_\Tribute to the :\lemon of Col. :\!. Frank.
(;enc\ ic' c .\m y Chaffee.
( lrchestra.
The Education oi \\ oman.
:\ellie :\!aria 1-\:ingslancl.

Cla-;s 11 istory,

l "na :\I arie \Ima Slater.
The :\lonitor.
John Quinton Lyman.
Urchcstra.

Recitation.

lleethm·en 's :\Ioonlight .'onata
Edna LaYina Golclthorp.
1~1

Class l'rnphesy.
Etheh·n Bullamore.

:.1 Olll1111 l'11 ls.

(>ration,
Charle::- Ilcnr: l\ecker.
Orchestra.

\ ~ccond Trial.

Rl'citation,
Gertrude :.Jay Le\Yis.

Our . \merican Democracy.

<)ration.
E_,s;i\· and Valedictory,

Thomas Jtbl'ph Toner.
Life as the (;irI-Craduate ~ees It.
Lossie Ethel Torrey.
l're"entation oi l )iplomas.
Urche"tra.

HIGH SCHOOL IN 1899.

MAIN ROOM.

History of the Class of '96
Jennie L . Slosson

\ certain Roman cmpl'ror said : .. Let thl' I 'ast be consignl'<l to ( >bJi,·io n.
the !'resent to I )uty and the Future to l'rovidence ...
\\ hile we may agree with him a-; regards the present and the iuture. \\'C
ice! that \\C cannot entirely ignore the past. f()r liie is rctrospectiYc as \\'L'll
as prospccti,·c. and our to-days arc largcl) shaped by the l'.· pcricn ccs of
yesterday and our to-morrows \\ill he the result of the purposes of to-da:: .
Time. it is said, destroys the proudest human memorial. but \\·e doubt 'cry
much \\'hl'ther the dust of years can obliterate the pleasant times enjoyed by
the class of'<./>. during their four years' stay in the high scho()l.
To ::ou, \\'ho ha\'e not stood on the platform. and in the presence ()f
hundreds of friends and schoolmates, received that parchment "hich was
the curfe\\ to :J our schoo~ clays and the libert:: bell of another life-that of
business, these lines ma) not be \cry interesting. Hut to those who have
enjoyed that supreme moment. in which it seemed as if an eternit:: were
Ji, ed in a single hour, these words may recall S()me mem()rics of the past.
In order to form a just estimate of the class of 'lf1 it is necessary that
you kno\\ something of our ancestry, of the conditions that haYe conduced
to our clc\ elopmcnt, and of the things which ha,·e made us famous. < )ur
father are not de ·cendccl from an} titled aristocracy but what is better arc
patriotic .\merican citizens. They possess not the wealth of \'anderbilt or
Rockefeller but
.. They hold fast to the golden mean
.\nd liYe contentedh het\\ecn the little and the great,
!-'eel not the \\'anb that pinch the poor.
:'\or plagues that haunt the rich man's door.
l~mbittering all his state ...
In religion, the members of the class are liberal. belie,·ing 111 the precept
embodied in the golden rule .
In politics, three are Democrats. one an \ . l' . . \ .. one a :\I ug\\'ump. "·hi le
all the rest arc for :\lcl(inle:: and protection .
•\ 11 the class is high in the scale of moral::;. all arc not abon• rcpwach.
for :\Ir. Joachim candidly admit-; that he docs chew gum: while a certain
} oung lady whe n surprised or indignant is kno\\'11 tn name the author nf tlw
l'ickwick papers. preceded b:: the definite article.
The class is not remarkabh· musical. nor arc all of nur idea-; exacth·
l()gical. as one member once located the Ji, er as east of the -,tnmach.
The class of ·~yr1 is the most remarkable class in the annal-. oi tlw 1'.enu:-ha
liigh ,'chool. l t happened in this '~ay. \ \'c arc the largest clas-, th,.t ha:-

CLASS OF i 8~6

Lucy Bacon.
Wm. Jochind.
Harry Cooper.
Alvin Blood.
Clark Hollister.
Ethel Grant .
Emma Hansen.
Clara Newberry.
Geor~e Sutherland.
Jennie Slosson
Olga Miller.
Anna McHugh.

Clara Barter

Norm::1n Shearer .

Her bert Shearer.
Belie Cable.

Julia Portwine.

ever graduated from this institution. To he sure, our number is not so large
by half. as when we entered the high school ancl bore that much abused ancl
much despised title of "Freshman," hut what other cla..,.., has clung together
like the class of '91>? Then. no former class ever hacl such a jolly lot of boys
and girls. Our maxim has been: .. \II \\·ork ancl no play makes Jack a dull
boy," and while we have not neglected our le..;sons. ,,.e ha\ e always found time
for fun and frolic. . \nother thing that distinguishes us is our extreme youth.
r7 years being about the a\·erage age.
It is unnecessary to state that each member of the class is strong intellectually. To be sure, our heads arc not abnormally large hut each one
is sufficient to hold all the owner will eYer he able to get into it.
\\'ith the class of 't)() as our theme, we should be inspired and kindled to
a rapture of the truest, noblest and most overwhelming eloquence. \\'ith
Lowell we would exclaim:
"(), for a clrop of that Cornelian ink,
\\' hich gave .\gricola dateless length of days,
To celebrate them fitly.··
There is our president: the cla..;s was certainly \\'isc in their choice in that
particular ancl we haYe ·many reasons for feeling grateful to our presiding
officer.
During the past year, :.Ir. Sutherland has cxhibitccl one failing: it is an
almost unconquerable desire to conjugate the Yerb to love. ::\ o matter what
he was doing he woulcl suddenly burst out with, "I 10\·e, she JO\ es. we both
loYe." (;eorge is a prime fayorite '' ith his classmates and is simply adored b)
a blushing maiden in the Junior cla-.s. :.rr. Sutherland i..; the clas-.; poet. He
originated most of our class calls of'' hich the folio\\ ing is a sample:
J(enosha Seniors, here we come,
\\ e're the clas..; that make them hum,
Kenosha Freshmen. they're too shy.
Kenosha Soplwmnres they're too fly,
l(enosha Juniors. they're too bright,
Kenosha Seniors. they're all right.
( >ur call-; to he appreciated should he heard on a clear. cold winter
night. when giyen by lo or 1/ enthusiastic '9(iers. Just such a night as that
· of <JLir memorable sleigh-ride last "inter when ." e were -.;o royally enterta.ined
at the home of Clara Harter.
:'diss Harter has won an enyiable reputation as supply teacher. ::\ot long
ago she became worried at the pranks of an incorrigible young!:-ter. ancl in a
fit pf despondency threatenecl to encl her life. Suddenly ·he remembered the
golden maxim, "Spare the rod and spoil the child." She cleterminecl not to
spoil the child. Frequently, after that the buzzing slillne::;s oi her ::;chool
room was "interrupted by the appalling .-.;ound of the birch a" she urged
some tardy loiterer along the flo\\'r: path oi knowledge."
This being the presidential year it has cle,·elopecl some ardent politicians
in our class. who. although not quite so prominent as :.1c1..:inlev nr Reed are

·c,·cr: whit as enthusiastic. I low often has that favorite resort, "senior corner"
re ounded with the musical ,·oice of that sikery-tongucd orator. :-1 r. Joachim.
as he engaged in heated controversy \\·ith one or more ,'enior girls. :.\fr.
Joachim is a staunch Democrat. and a pronounced third term man. for his
fayorite refrain is. "(;ro, er. l~ro,·er, giye us four more years of Grover."
.\ history of the class of '96 would he incomplete if mention were not
made of the '96 REl)ORTER: of which we are so proud, and \\hose columns
always fairly sparkled \\ith our wit ancl wisclom. \Ye feel that success is, in
a large measure due to our business manager. :'diss :\"ewbury. . ·o one has
worked harder for the success of the paper than she. :.Iany a time ha' c \\'e
come to school. and noticing that troubled look on her face, have inquired
the cause, and invariably recei\'ed the answer. "( >. Clara has been bustling
for acl - again." During the past year. this bright and charming girl formecl
an attractive picture, against that background of boys in Senior row.
If "virtue is its o\\·n rewarcl." \\'e think one member of the class must
have gained his. for a more faithful. earnest student. it would be hard to find
than one \\'ho st; ks himself :.\Ir. Xorman Shearer, Esq. During the earlier
part of the course . .:\orman \\·as Ycry shy about making advances to the opposite sex. but "time works strange marn·ls," for he was actually discovered
the other clay w<n·ing his hanclkerchief to a certain fair Senior.

In modern times no high school or uni,·ersity is considered quite complete \\·ithout its base hall or its foot hall champion ancl the class of '96 has
the honor of claiming one of the most prominent of the high school nine.
Like our worthy precleccssors. the class of '95. we too, liaYe a class kicker.
although in a different line. You ma; not recognize :.\Ir. Cooper as such for
he lacks one qualification (and let that be said to his credit) he does not wear
foot ball hair.
And that girl who so patiently sat out her four years among us-l'egg;
Hobart. You may not recog·nize her by this poetical appellation but to us it
seems more familiar than the more common name of Emma IIansen. I lo\\
\\ e ha,·c tantalized that good-natured girl and how patient!) she bore it all.
:he always receivecl the jokes in the spirit in which they were given. ancl that
is one reason why she \\as so belO\·ed by all. Emma prides herself on on·
talent and that is music. She says she can sing any piece from a ballacl to an
operatic air. if she is onl: allo\\'ed tn sing it to her o\\'n time and tune.
Closely associatecl with her in our minds is the one \\'ho to-night enjo; s
second honors and \\·ho welcomed you in such graceful charming style.
~\!though gi' en to periods of despondency, ( >lga is naturally gay and ha pp:
and would often soar into the realm of hilarit; from "hence she \\'Oulcl cleluge
us \\·ith her puns. For pun-making\\ as her specialty an cl most emphatically
\\'oulcl she impn·ss that fact upon us. until Olll' of her friends in despair suggested that we fine her for fines to be contributed to the soda water fund. It
is needless to say that the funcl increased \'Cry slowly for the contributions
ne,·er exceeded a cent l'<tch time.
~he

_-one of us dare hope to become as proficient in Latin as :.\liss :\lcllugh.
often emphasizl'S the fact that if she dol's not alwa,·s rank first in the

dass. she ts always seco nd; it is well to rcmarl · that there are but two in the
da-,s.
:\I iss Crant is the linguist of the class . her high school course inclucling
Latin, (;erman and English. She is also the beaut) of the class: we all are
good looking, but in the light of her sweet countenance, we pale ancl are
almost ignored. In addition she is the class songstress, charming all \\"ho
come within the sound of her thrilling notes. 1t is doubtless if :.\ Ide. Patti
herself could riyal some of this sweet singer's tones, she certain!) coulcl not
imitate them.
The one thing of "hich our cla .., i-, especial!) proucl, is its elocutionary
abilih-. .\'ot Demosthenes or Cicero could surpass u-, in our oratorical flights.
So heartrending \\' LT<..' our efforts at times that the proiessor \\' Otilcl fain ha,·e
had us follow Demosthenes· example ancl clcclaim to the wa\ cs of the sea
inst.:>acl of into his distracted car. :\Ir. Hollister in particular, distinguished
h imself in that line. ( >n some occasions his wild and frantic gesticulations
suggested a case of " non compos mentis." But \\'e enjoyed those weekly
paroxyms if our instructor did not.
( )ne young man of our class. whom we alwa; s considered a model of
propriety ha:; sadly changed so that at first, although later it was a common
occurrence. many a whisper has been sent around the class, "Look at 11 er be rt
\Yhispcring !" But surcl: a thing like that can be OYcrlookcd when his record
1n his high school life is consiclerecl- e\·ery an' rage abm c 90.
IIow often .
.. \Y hilc ,,·orcls of learned length and thundering sound .
. \mazed the gazing Freshmen ranged arouncl:
\ncl still the: gazccl ancl still the wonclcr grew
That one ;;mall hcacl could earn' all he knc,,-. ..
EYery cla;;s ha;; ;;om<..' member ''ho has arti;;tic aspirations. ancl the class
-of ·~/> is proud to introduce to you its artist. :.\I iss I\aeon. Al thoug·h the
picture that macle Lucy famous. was only that of a poor hump-backed cat.
it ''as true to life. so true in fact that i-.; ,,·as the cause of getting ;;ome of our
members into disgrace. Lucy. likewise. has matrimonial aspirations as the
follm\ ing truthful incident clemonstrates. The teacher in (;erman one da:
called upon different pupils to decline in succession the rich man. the poor
man. e\·ery man. \ \'hereupon mischie,·iously Lucy '' hispered to her mate.
"\\hat. decline C\ cry man ancl be an old maid? "\' e\ er!"

J uclging from the present bent of his mincl. :\Ir. Bloocl mu;;t contemplate
entering· the field of electricity or mechanics. .\'ot Edison himself is more
de,·otecl to t h ese subjects. I le has been ah;;orbccl of late in his experiment;;
w ith the X-ra\ s. \\' e are grateful to you . . \l \'in . for not appl: ing tlw;;e
rays to the clas;; of ·sir1 lest the re;;ult might ha\'c prt.'\'entl'd u;; from gi,·ing this
glowing account of ourseh·e;;.
< )ne da: this \\'eek . good-natured :.\I i-,s ( ·able wa-, disetn-L'rcd in a dejected
and deepl: contemplatin· moocl. \ \ .hen queried as to the cause . replied she
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knew she had failed in German, and was planning for her burial. Sh e expressed a desire to he cremated and ha\'l' her ashes placed in a glass case with
the inscription, "The mortal remains of Isabelle Cable." This relic was to be
presented to the faculty a-; a touching appeal for the abolishment of final
examination.
::dis Portwine is the angel of the class-quiet, modest, studious. the
pride of her teachers and the enyy of her mates. The great bane of her life
\\as taking part in rhetoricab, and it is reported on good authority, that on
the mornings when she was to appear, this dread would be manifested by a
shaking of her de k, and a quiyering of her substantial frame.
It ma:y be a little tiresome to speak of the dignit: of the Seniors, but to
us it seems only fair to ju-;tify ourselYes before a certain few Freshmen, who
haYe been inclined to regarcl our dignity and talent rather scornfully. It is
neeclless to say that the class of "96 is eagerly looking forward to the time
"hen the aforesaid Fre hmen will stand in our places and we can note their
dignity. \Ye humbly trust, though we confess "e ha,·e our doubts on that
point, that the: will ha\ e the capacit) to grasp it all when once they shall
haYe arriYecl at the dignity of , enior.
To the Sophomores, we bear no ill-will, but "ould on!: suggest for the
benefit of the class of '97, that in future when they haYe any more object
lessons in ph:y siology the: would retire forth er from Senior corner than the
north recitation room.
_\nd the Junior, ! l'nfortunately wheneYer their names arc mentioned.
comes the memory of a certain day last June when we ,.,·ere inyited to a
picnic giYen by them. To most minds a picnic suggests a rollicking good
tinw and plenty to eat. \\ e had the former. but ask some one who went
" ·hether we had the latter. Xo doubt they meant "ell but they failed to
calculate that a certain organ of ours had the dilating powers of an anaconda.
To return to the class of ·90. From the description giyen : m1 will sec
we posses:,, rare abilities,' aried talents, high ideals and lofty aspirations. Xo
doubt you must wonder \\'hat can be left in the school.
\ olumcs might be \\'rittcn concerning our industry and brilliancy of attainment, but as breyity is often better than completeness, \\'e rdrain from
further mention of the famous exploits of our belO\·ed class .
. \!though Father Time docs \\'Ork some mighty changes he \\'ill meet
his \\ atcrloo, if he attempts to obliterate from the memories of the class of
'90 the recollections of their school days. ~ome of the little incidents may be
forgotten"But the future cannot seyer
Tie· of friencbhip. strong and trncLike the ~unsets' dying splendor,
::.Iemor~ "ill. in touches tender.
Tinge the past \\'ith golden hue."

12h

Dedicated to

.\ nH:rnher of the Junior class lay clying in his bed.
In his hand he held his last n~ptirt card. his eyes were yery reel.
I\ schoolmate knelt beside him as his life fast ebbed away .
•\nd bent with sympathetic glance to hear what he might say.
The clying· Junior faltered. \\·hilc a tear bedimmed his eye .
•\nd he said ... [ can no longer li\e, hence therefore I shall die.··
Take thi...; message to my 10\·ing friends, when from this world I pass.
For I ''as once a president oi the .. wooden-headed class ...
Tell :-tr. \\'iswall that my low marks gaye me pain.
That the pericardium of my heart in anguish burst in twain.
The mucous membrane of my throat was parched in angry woe .
. \nd my spinal conb and all my nerYes \\ere shattered b; the blow.
Tell hi111 that he should not wring his hancls in grid for 111e.
:\or eulogize my cold remains in grand hyperbole.
l\ut scan 111y youthful features with more merciful a g«1ze
Than he did at Rhetorical...; in my luckless Junior da; s.
Tell :-1 iss Erickson. to construct an ark, and there inscribe 111: narne,
Lest the record of my blasted :outh be all unknown to iame .
. \nd drape my clesk. rny ernpty clesk. in a mourning robe ior me .
. \nd ·neath the problcrn of my liie write Q. E. I J.
Tell :-1 iss Griswold. that if in llades l meet Cicero·s shades.
l "11 tell him what a struggle with his idioms I made:
.\nd in spite of mode and tenses. all my thoughts will be expressed
l n Latin phrases to him. for I know it \\Ould please her best.
The dying Junior faltered. his n>ice gre\\ childish "eak.
l le tore asunder his report. then gasped and ccasecl to speak:
.\nd on the \\ ing·s of e\ ening as his spirit seemed to pass.
There rose a hmd of am?;uish from the .. woodcn-hcackcl class ...

Class of 1896

()Jga :\I ilkr,
Teacher,
Teacher,
\\'illiam Jochim.
·1ara :\e\\ berry.
:\!rs. II. llurges..;,
I [arr; :\1. Cooper,
:\kchanic.
George R. ,·utherlancl. E.mma L. I lansen. Ethel J. (;rant.
:\lrs. J. \'. Quarles,
Sun eyor,
r\h·in lllood,
:\lrs. ]. Stumbaugh,
Julia Port\\ ine,
Teacher,
llelle Cable,
:\I rs. Carl Ham mer.
Lucy llacon,
\\'ith "hicago llrass Co., 1 lerbert Shearer,
. ·orman Shearer,
:\a,: Dept.,
Teacher,
.\nna :\lcllugh, Teacher,
Clara Harter.
:\Irs. C. Jlollister.
Jennie Slosson.
\\'ith TTosien· Co ..
Clark IIollister. -

Kenosha. \\'i..;.
l(enosha. \\'is.
Somers, \\'is.
Chicago, Jll.
Chicago, Ill.
EYanston, Ill.
:\lilwaukee. \\'is.
Kenosha, \\'is.
Kenosha, \\'is.
Kenosha, \\'is.
Kenosha, \\'is.
\\'ashington, D. C.
Kenosha, \\'is.
Pleasant Prairie. \ \ 'is.
Kenosha. \\'is .
Kenosha. \\'is.

Programme
Tannhauser :\larch.

\Vagncr
Schulte"s ( )rch estra.

rn\ ocation.
Salutaton· and ()ration.

Rn·. C. 11. Rogers
"\""othing \\"ithout Labor."
Olga :'II illcr.
.. True ( ;rcatncss."
Clara .\ugusta \"" ewbury.

( h ..::rture- ( Jberon.

\\' eh er.
()re hes tra.

Oration,

"Liberty and Freedom."
I larn· :.\lavhew Cooper.

Clas-; History,
Polka Brilliant (Trombone Solo),

Jennie Loui-;c Slosson.
Ringlcben.

:.\Lenzo U. \\ aite.

Essay.

"The Ilernine of the Reel Cross."
Emma Lorena Jlansen.

Class Prophcs:.
,\t the Races. (Descripti\'l~ piece).
( )rchestra.
Essay,

(;eorge Ralph Sutherland.
<;reenwalcl.

··The \lodern l leroinc of Fiction."
Ethel Julia Crant.

Orati0n and Yalcdictor;,
"The Closing Decade of the Xineteenth Century.··
llerbcrt Shearer.
Pre-;entation of l )iplomas.
:.\lat('h- "lass of "96,

. uperintendent.
chulte.
( )rchestra.

CLASS OF 1897.
Walter Able.
Anna Kroncke
Belle Blackman.
Frank'Barter.
Nora Car r.
Lizzie Symmonds .
Lucy Sawinsky .
Myra Myrick.
Alice Adamson.
Hubert McDermott.
Chas. Wervie.
Alice W!l!iams.
John Hegeman.
Carrie Russel.
Lottie Rogers.
Jacob Kroncke.
Kittie Blackman.

Class of 1897
Thorn\\'alcl l~. \he!,
. \lice :\1. .\dam on,
Chicago .\rt l nstitute.
Francis A. llarter, \\ ith C. c'· X. \\. R. I~ ..
Helle lllackman,
.\lrs. Jl. Frantz,
l(ate Blackman, ()sh kosh . 'iJrmal.
l Ionora R. Carr,
John ]. llegeman.
Simmons .:\I nfg. Co.,
Jacob Kroncke, La\\)er, \nna Kroncke,
Teacher,
Huh. \V. :\I c Dermott, Telcgrapher.
:\Tyra L. :'II) rick,
Lottie :\I. Rogers,
Teacher.
Caroline :\I . Russel,
:\I rs. ( ;, lllackmann,
Elizab. "\. Symmonds, Lucy n. Sawinsky,
Stenographer, Chas. IL \\'en·e.
Law;er, . \lice L. \\'illiams. -

Sparta, \\is .
h:enosha. \\'is.
Janes\ ilk. \\is.
1'-rnosha, \\'is .
Somer-., \\'is.
1'.cnosha, \\'is.
Kenosha, \\' is.
Kenosha. \\' is.
l'- enosha, \ \' i -..
Fond clu Lac. \\is.
Somers, \\'is.
l'-enosha, \\is.
Kenosha, \\' is.
1'-cnosha, \\'is.
Chicago, 111.
Kenosha, \\'is .

Progratntne
( h-erture-:\ Ia rel i Cras,

( ;rucnwald.
Schulte's ( )rchestra.

I nnJcation,

Re\'. I. \ \ . Corey.

Salutatory,

.\nna Kroncke. ,

c;atl1ering of the Coons.

Faeltkenheuer.
Orchestra.

Oration,

1mmigration.
Frank llarter.

Class I Iistory.

Carrie Ru·, ell.

Surprise (Flute Solo)

Tershak.
:\larshall T. Leuisky.

()ration,

\rbitration.
Jacob Kroncke.

Class Prophesy.

- \\'alter . \be!.

"\n Evening at the llall ( lkscripti\ e)
( )rchestra .
\'alcdictory.

Lander·.
:'II) ra :.lyrick.

Presentation of Diplomas.

Superintendent.

:\larch-Class of "97,

\\ aite.
( >rchestra.

CLASS OF 1898
Theodore Lane.
Lizzie Petrie.
Chas. F. Hartung.
Alma Wetakopf.

Maud Preddls.
Dora Fisk.
Bessie Hurd.

Bessie Hiil.
Milite Rahr.
Calix ta Duffy.
Mable Tiiiotson .

Mamie Mico.
Henry Bieneman.

Erma Wiswall.

Katie Petrie.
Florence Spence.
Belle Gilles~ie.

History of Class of '98
Original-- By Chas F. Hartung

1n YiC\\ of the thrilling c\·cnt;; that arc being added daily to the pages of
our country's history. it is not improbable that there arc many before me
to-night \\ho ha Ye little interest in the minor incidents ancl details that form
the history of the class of '98. You would perhaps say, "Let the dead past
bury its dead: tell u-.; of the Ii\ ing present ancl the future: \\hat you can do
and \\hat you intend to do for yourscl\ cs. for socict) and for country." But
we a k you to remember that our to-clays arc shaped by our yesterdays. and
our to-mo1-ro\\ s are largely determined b) our to-da) 'i.

Furthermore, belic\·ing that our lligh ~chool course" ill ]HO\' C to be one
of the most important and pleasantest periods of our Ii\ cs, \\'C fain would
cherish these mcmori<."s and associations: for among the beautiful pictures
that hang on memory's wall is the one of the dear old school room that
seemeth the best of all: therefore. as we arc here assembled for the last time
as a class. we ask your kind indulgence while \\'e take a brief retrospectiYc
view of the last four years of our school life-a period teeming with memories
and incidents of more than passing interest to us.
Let us. in imagination. turn back the index on the dial of time to t\\·o
minutes past nine o'clock on the morning of ~eptcmber roth, 1, 9-+· a1Jcl \\'C
hear the tramp of the class of '93, fifty-se\ en strong, as with faltering step
and palpitating heart we filed from the grade room acros-.; the hall and into
the <•ugtl'it presence of some sixt: ~ophomores. Juniors and ~cniors and iour
teachers, not one of whom \\ e had c\·er seen before. This was. indeed, a
most tr: ing ordeal, but \\'C sur\'i\ eel it and. perhaps. profited by the painful
experience. for being thrown large I: upon our 0\\ n resources.\\ e soon learned
to li\'e the sentiment of our class motto,-" l)adcllc ) our own canoe." At
the close of our Freshman year-to us a most e\'entful year- \\T numbered
-J.2 members. :\ot on!: were our ranks decimated. we actually suffered decapitation. \\'e had lost our I lead: yet we rallied with characteristic ,jgor and
Freel insists \\'c ha, e been I I uni eyer -.;ince .
. \t the beginning of our ~ophomore year but 30 of us \\'ere present. Thi _
year, though not less e\·cntful for us. was ca-.;ier, ior we had become accustomed to the ways of High ~chool liie. _\t this time \\ c gained a notable
recruit. There came to us from the \\'ild \\est. the land of the Dakota::;. a
popular young man. kno\\'n among us as l\:ing oi the kickapoo~. but better
kno\\'n to those present as :'danagn of the 1 · enosha Foot !\all Team. Ile
came East to learn the \\'a) s of ci\ ilization an<l gro\\ up \\'ith the countn·.
\\"hen mustered out of our ~ophomore : ear. June. '(/), 3-t re-.;ponded to
roll call. sho\\'ing that we had lost but t\\·o during tlw year.

Uur third year \\'as a \'cry pleasant one, although we had been told by
our predecessors that we \\'Oulcl find it ,·er: difficult. It is true our c ;cncral
11 is tor: \\"Ork ''as at times somewhat hca\':. : ct we found that where there
is a "ill there is a way.
This year the baby of our class, like the babes in the woods. wandered
away ancl \\as at last found and cared for in the Dixon lligh School, _\fter
remaining in that institution a : ear. Calixta returned to her first Ion.·. "here
-.he recent!) clistinguishecl herself as orator in her brilliant _\rbor Day acldres ·.
Further desertions this year reduced our number to 27.
During the present year sc\ era! others ha Ye faltered by the \\'ay, and tonight 19 of us-just one-third of our original number-re pond to the last
roll call.
The class of '98 is in many respects. we bclic,·c. the most remarkable class
eyer graduated from Kenosha lligh School. lt is the largest, the brightest.
the handsomest, the most musical and the most modest .
. \s regards stature, most of us belong to the hcayy-weight class, physically. and all intellectually. The aggregate weight. of the class is one ton,
228 pounds and 7 ounces, which is more than three times the weight of the
entire high school faculty.
( )n height, there is much diYcrsity, the minimum being 4 feet ro inches,
and the maximum ()feet one inch. It is said, howeycr, that our athlete stood
G feet 8 inches in his stocking feet after our boys ga,·e the Chicago foot-ball
team that terrible "drubbing."
.\ \'Cry striking characteristic of the class is their extreme youth and
beauty. You arc doubtless already impressed with this fact.. The large
preponderance of girls may possibly account for it, yet th re arc enough boys
to gi\'.C dignity and stability to the class.
There is quite a wide cli,·crsity of religious belief, yet. all fayor the large t
dcg1ce of religious toleration. \\'e ha\·c fi\'c ~lethoclists, fiyc Congregationalists, four Catholics. one L' ni\'ersalist. and it is said that one leans toward
~I 01 monism.
,\ poll of the class rcycals the fact that in politics ten arc Republicans,
six arc Democrats. and three Prohibitionists; but all st.and firmly for the
ratio of 10 to 3.
( )ur class is distinguished for their literary tastes, all being particularly
fond of poetry. Shakespeare is the fayoritc, yet one of the young ladies of
the class was Hurd to say that :'dilton is good enough for her.
As before intimated, our class is \'Cry musical. \Ye Jiaye i8 \'Ocalists, 17
pianoists, 2 Yiolinists. 1 harpist (j ems-11 arpistc) and t\\ o lady whistlers. One
of my colleagues is so full of music that he was caught. in school hummin.g,
"There'll be a hot time," ancl he says there was. Our class can boast of something of which no other class can boast. \Ye ha\'C twin sisters with such
a remarkable strong resemblance that the teachers arc to this da) unable
to tell which i Lizzie and which is Kat'e.
_\nd, now. with this brief sketch of the class of '98, my work as Class
11 istorian is clone. It is not for me to attempt to lift the 'eil and peer into
the uncertain future to read the unfulfilled history of the class of <J8.
0

But as we stand here to-night \\'ith our hacks turned to our .\Ima :dater
aud our faces directed toward the great busy \\oriel, l ma> say that whate,·er
ma> he our calling in lik, we shall he found loyal to country and our country'~ ftag. as the symbol of human rights and human liberty. the hope of the
clown-troclclen and the oppressed of e\ cry land.
CTI \S. F. 11 \RTL.. ·c;.
Class of 1898

lienry R. Bieneman,
Calista .\I. Duffey. Letitia DeDiemar,
Dora Fisk,
Isabel A. Cillespie, Chas. F. l lartung, l\essie Hill,
l\e-;sie C. l lurcl, Theodore J. Lane, .\lamie J. .\I ico, l(atie l>etric,
Lizzie Petrie.
:\laucl .\ . l'ricldis,
.\ I ii lie Rahr,
Florence Spence,
.\label E. Tillotson,
. \Ima \ \ 'eiskopf.
Irma I\. \\'iswall,

.'immons .\lnfg. Co.,
I\ookkeeper.
I\ookkeeper.
Stenographer, \\ ith I >ostal Dep't..

Ranchman, :\I rs. l \. Ferry.

Teacher,
l'ni\. of \\'isconsin,
:\lrs. Chas. Turnock .
.\I illiner .
Teacher.

Kenosha, \\"is.
Dixon. Ill.
h. enusha, \\'is.
Kenosha. \\is.
Kenosha, \\is.
h:enosha, \\"is.
q, enosha, \\'is.
Kenosha, \\'is.
Hutte, :\lontana.
J(enosha, \\'is.
}(enosha, \\'is.
J(enosha. \\'is.
J(enosha, \\'is.
Kenosha, \ \'is .
Somers, \\'is.
Kenosha. \\'is.
Kenosha, \\'is.
:\ laclison, \ \ 'is.

Programme
< h·erture-"Chimes

of :\ormancl) ..
:\larch-"Cala Day,"
< lrchestra.
InnKation,
Salutator>.
Class History,
Patrnl-"The lllue and the Cra\ ..
( lrchestra.
Essay,
Dora Fisk.
Class l'rnphesy,
"Roman Carni,·al .\larch"
( )rchcstra.
Essay.
llessie C. llurd.
Valedictory.
"Ca·.atina from ()pera of Leonora,"
( >rchestra.
Presentation of Diplomas.
:\ Iarch-" Fidelity "'
( lrche::-tra.

I'lanquette.
Sykes.
Re,-. I l.
Roblee.
.\ Ima \\ eiskopf.
Charles I l artung.
\ \ 'iegancl.
The .-\merican c;irl.
Irma l\ernice \\ is\\'all.
:\I enclebsohn.
\ ercli and 11 is . l u-;ic.
Florenct• .\I . .'pence.
..~angl~r.

Su peri n tend en t.
Reed.

The Class of 1899
B y Edn a

B . Marltham

(}uick marches to the office: timely forays to the cla s-rooms: hasty
retreats down the lm\er corridor: mischief reigned supreme in those days
when the '99ers occupied Senior Corner-famous days. long to be remembered \\hen such prominent ones as "Pegg) ... l'aul. Lulu, jolly old I Iowa rd
ancl some twenty others held sway.
Study. well l should remark, but they disco\ ered the art of making a
task a pleasure. and I doubt Ycry much if such brilliant ( ?) recitations were
~'er heard before or since. \\ h) we fairly sparkled.
Hc:-.ides this brilliant way we all hacl, it came naturally to us. \\'e were
a remarkabl; handsome ( ?) class, the truth of \\·hich statement can easil:
be '<.:rifiecl by a careful study of the picture we left to adorn the office walls.
-:\o doubt it was dedicated to this purpose as we had spent a good share of
our time there.
Hut we possessed a still greater gift than either of the two aboYe mentioned and that was our proyerbial good nature. Xo one e\·cr heard of a
cranky '99er, for we were all faithful followers of Ella \\'heeler \\'ilcox and
firmly belie,·ed in the maxim "Laugh and the world laughs with you."
Sometimes this worked all right and sometimes it didn't.
Such a jolly, harum-scarum lot we were from the time we entered the
sacred portals of High Schooldom, till. with clim eyes and beating hearts ancl
l might say \\ ith added dignity. we turned our unsteady steps toward the
future, bidding farewell to those old happy clays of high school life.
It was during the fall of '95 we proudly took up the burden of high
school. ( lur number must haYe been in the neighborhood of sixty. in fact
we seemed to quite fill up the old asst mbly room \\hen we \Y<.:re all ushered
in \\·ithout much ceremony and stood with \\·ide opened eyes and wonderment. as we gazed " ·ith a\\'l' upon the might: Seniors. who greeted us with
an appreciati,·e grin.
<;recn? \\' ell l belic,·e our color:-. that year were a combination of ever;
shade and tint a la \'Crclant known. .\nyway this fact seemed to be plain. for
it caused some gifted Senior in a moment oi inspiration to write the touching
littk ditt \' :
"_\ ireshman \\as one wrecked on an .\frican shore.
\\here a cannibal monarch held sway:
ThL') served up that freshman in :-.!ices on toast.
< ln the C\'e of that \'Cry same day.
l\ut the' engeancc of llcaven came swiit on the act .
. \ nd beiore th c next morning was seen,
\\ ith the cholera morlrns the \\hole tribe was attacked
For the freshman was awfully green."
139

\\ e "ere likc\\'ise \cry meek in those clays: just a stare from a digni li 'cl ( ?) Senior. and \\ c sunk. so to speak, into obli\ ion for the nt' '\t \\eek or
two, not daring tt' face such august personages until we had fully recm·erecl
our self-possession.
:\aturalh to\Yard the miclcllc of the .\ear, \\ e took courage and boldly
\\'alked to the reference table.
It is impossible to dwell long upon our Freshman clay;,. Suffice to sa.\
\\'e learned man: things and the brilliant tint so 1ne\'aknt among us. took
on the somber hue belonging to the Sophomore class.
Triumphant!: \\ e entered upon our second .\car of 11 igh School and
could now look \\'ith disdain upon our lo\\'cr classmen. Sophomore corner
too]; on a ne\\' aspect. Our number had clwindlccl cl0\\11 to about one-half our
original one, so\\ c could \\'ith comfort fill its quarters.
lt \\'as about this time. some of our most enterprising girls. with the
aid of our eyer staunch friend. :d iss Susie Ro\\'e, organized the (;iris Cym.
Club and it "as through their united efforts the High School became the
proud possessor of a tennis net ancl rackets ancl like\\'ise the basket ball outfit. The first basket ball team \Vas then organizecl, an instructor from Racine
doing the necessary coaching, ably assistecl by ~I iss Ro\\'e.

Scratchecl faces and lame shoulclers \\'ere common occurences no\\', but
a complaint \\'as unheard of. :\ e,·er di cl Spartans go forth to battle with
bolder mien than our olcl basket ball team. :immons· llall fairly rang with
nur shouts of' ictory ancl class yells.
The year of '97 found us Juniors. ln all affairs of state \\ e occupiecl a
most prominent place, ancl many were the exciting class meetings \\'e held
111 the north recitation room.
True we entertained the Seniors of '9t' in a manner to do credit to any
dass. hut other than this, nothing of importance marked this year, for \\'e
\\ere encleaniring to control our bottled-up spirits that we might bear the
honors soon to be ours, \\'ith becoming clignity.
It \\'as not until \\'e hacl acquired the title of Seniors that our I )ramatic
Club became a reality. \\'ith the aid of seYeral of the most talented Juniors,
and one or t\\'o Sophomores, \\'e gaye a most successful procluction of "Da\'id
l'upperfielcl." ~liss Rowe, e\ er faithful to our cau.,e, and our dignifiecl Latin
and (;reek instructor, Prof. ~larlo\\'. trained us for this most important e\·ent.
The \\'eek follo\\'ing the ~ e\\' Year of '99. Rhode Opera Il ouse \\'as packed
\\'ith friends and relatiYes. \s a result the box office receipts amountecl to
,.;umething like $1()().00, ancl after paying our just clebts, we still had enough
left to gi\·e to the old school \\'(' must soon leaYe, a splendid copy of "The
.\ladonna ancl 'hilcl," the panel entitled "Education of (;recian Youth" ancl
the plaster cast "Dancing Boys." all of which no\\' hang on the \\'alls of the
olcl assembly room, clear to the hearts of eyery '<)9er.
It was short!) after this "Our Louis" \\'as a winner in the College of
Commerce-High :chool Debate, thereby aclcling new laurels to our alreaclv
iam,iu,.; class.
uo

Time IHJ\ · swiftly passed and we stood at last at the parting of the ways,
the goal we had long looked forward to wa-; at hand. school clays were far
hehind and the future all bdore us. 'Tis here. oh schoolmates. I must lea\·e
you. but before doing -.o. 1 wi ~:d1 to propose a toast to the Class of 1899. t D
our teacher-; one and all and last 1>11t not least to our .\Ima \later tn \\horn
we O\\e so much .

Class of 1899

Lulu Rowbottom.
'l:Ianche .\damson.
Inger \rntzcn.
Frances Charles.
Calixta I·:nglish.
Cora Frantz.
\lac RYan.
Luc' Rogers.
Edna :\farkham,
<...;adic Larnn.
l'aul Leeman.
•\nnah l\:irkcl>erg.
I lenn l\:leilicld.

Teacher,
Teacher.
'-'tenographcr.
.'tudent in L-. of \\' ..
Libarian.
Teacher.
Teacher.
Clerk.
:--;tc11<>grapher.
l\uokkecper.
Clerk. - l'i\'il I·:ngincn.

111

Hri-.tol. \\'is.
Kcno-.ha. \\ . is.
Chicago. II I.
1' enosha, \\is.
1-.:cno-.ha. \\ is .
b,cnosha. \\is.
:dil\\aukee. \\' is.
.'omers. \\'i-;.
Kenosha. \\' i-;.
I\:enosha. \\' i.., ,
5t. Paul. :\Iinn .
Kenosha. \\'i-.,.
E-.,canaba. :\lich.

Class of 1900
Belle t\nclerson.
. \dclie llarter,
•\11 na nlaha.
Frances l\arrett.
Frank l l. l\loocl.
' rh eoclore \be I,
Emma L. Castle,
<;race \ r. Ellis.
Cora ( ;ra \' e~.
Elizabeth Filbin.
Edna Griffin .
. \rthur Ilolderness,
Emily IIunt.
. \rthur (~aines.
Ro: I lolclerness,
Cora :'dill er.
Julia Donley.
.\lar: J.. 'ewell,
Fred. R. Petitt, Eclith .\l urclock,
Lnlia D. Peter on,
.\m: Shearer,
Elga Shearer,
Frank RO\\ bottom,
Gene\'ie\'e Roblee.
.\lice Ste' ens.
Loretta Ton er.
. \n na Port \\'i ne.
.\Lamie Toner,
Crace \ \' en·ie,
/.ilia \\'iswall,

. · ten<H.~ra ph er.-

Chicago. 111.
I 'leasant Prairie, \\is .
1-\.enosha. \\is .
Chicago l I ighb. 111.
kenosha. \\' is.
Kenosha, \\.is.
l\ristol, \\is.
llristol, Wis.
kenosha, \\is.
1-\.enosha, \\'is.

.'tudent 111 l'. \\·.,
\\ ith Postal Dep't.,
Teacher,
L'niv. of \\ isconsin,
< l-.;h kush :\ ormal.
Teacher,
Cadet, \\' est Point,

-

I'. 0. Dep 't.,
Caclet. \\'est Point, Stenographer. - - Student in l'. \\' .,
Teacher,
Student in l '. of C.,
reacher,
Clerk,
Teacher,
Teacher,
.\I erchant,
Teacher,
.\Ir-.; . . \lice Smith,
. 'tuclent in L'. of C.,
\\' ith \\'is. Tel. Co.,
Teacher,
.\lrs. \\' m . .\[arlowe,
Teacher,

1-\.enosha. \\is.
l...:.enosha, \\is .
l\ristol. \\' is.
Kenosha, \\' is.
Kenosha. \ \ is.
l-\.enosha, \\is.
( ;eorgiana. Fla.
Kenosha, \\'is.
Bristol, \\ i-.;.
J...:.enosha. \\'is.
Somers, \\'is .
Somers. \\' is.
llristol. \\' i-.;.
.'t. Joseph, .\lich.
EYansYille. \\'is .
!...:. enosha. \ \ is.
J...:.ennsha. \\'is.
kenosha. \\'is.
Chicago, JI!.
Kenosha. \ \ ' i::..

CLASS OF 1900.
llncom~lete)

Emily Hunt.
Rey Holdern•ss.
Zella Wiswall.

Fr~nk

Anna Blaha.
EJ.zateth F1lbin.

Cora Jll.iller.

Rowbottom.

Lydia Peterson.

Celi> Pirsch-'02.
Theodore Abel.

M;mie Toner.

Julia Dorley.

Programmes
Class Night

5ong, Spinning \\'heel Chorus.
l'rc,..idcnt'~ .\ddress.
Recitation "Tom's Little Star"
l 'iano Solo.
"\\.ater . ·: mph"-[~thellH'rt :\e\ in
".\lbumblatt"
-Cueg

Young Ladies of the 'lass.
Theodore Abel
(;race Ellis.
Cora .\lillcr.

11 den of Troy

.\lice Ste\ ens.
.\Ian :\e\\'cll.
Zilla \\'is,,·all.
I lei le . \nderson.
Julia i)onle:.
Frank nlood.
\nna l\laha.

l .phigenia.
Cleopatra.
Jcphtha Daughter.
!;air H.asamoncl,
Th1.: 1>oct,
\cl, ice to Juniors.
Class .\lcmcntos.

Class Sung. Declicatecl to the class oi I<JOO by

'ora (;ra\ cs .
.\lamie Toner.
l~mma CastlL'.
Rm I Tolclerness.

Commencement Night

( h"L'rturl' ... Der Tambour der Carde...

Title.

1nvocation,

RL'\. 11. S. Rohlel'.

SalL:tatory .\clclress.

Elg·a .\lcta Shearer.

Sell'Ctions from "Zar und /.:immermann,"
l·~ssa\'.

Loitzing.

"llo\\· l;ar _\\\a\ . \rl' the Stars?"
_\cldie Cracl' l\arter.

J >cclamation.

".\ I 'ka l·<>r Cuba" 1)\ .'enator Thurston
. \rthur \\. I lolderness.
Entrc . \ct, "Sih ia ...
Delibes .

(>ration.

.. Room at t hl' Top ...
Frank ( >rlanclo Rm, bottom.

Clas'-' 11 istorv.

!;red Robinson I 'cttit.

Concert \\ altz. ".'alutl' tn :\ations"

l lcrman.
\my Con;.;tance Shl'arcr .

\ a led il'tor: . \clcl ress.
.\larch. Reveille.

D. Reed.

l'rc;.;e11tatio11 of Diploma;.;.

Supt. C. R. :'dcDo\\'cll.

Selection. "Cipsey 1\arnn,"

Straus'-'.
111

History of the Class of 1901
Lottie E . Hann a hs . • 91

It has fallen to Ill) lot to-night, to perform a Ycry difficult task. one
o-reater than the twelve labors of l lercules. Cibbons unfolclecl to us the
glories of Rome, L~right she)\\ s us the pm\ er an cl extension of the l~ritish
Empire, and Carlyle portra: eel the greatest epoch in French llistor).
lf
these subjects demand such historians. who then is capable of writing the
history of the illustrious Class of l~JOl? This is a subject far more important
than the destinies of Empires ancl Republics. for just such men ancl women
as this class contains arc the makers and support of these same Empires
and Republics. The class, cloubtlcss, has been brought to your notice many
times before by the brillianc: of its genius. ancl little does it need a historian to make its name immortal. .\s this is the task allotted to me, I will endea\ or to re\ icw the years of our life which has been passed in the [(enosha
High School. The time co\ crcd in this histor: is the brief space of four
years. for no record was kept of the prehistoric period of our existence; all
that is kncrn n of the years pre,·ious to our I Iigh School life comes to us b;
tradition. ,\s the Dclphian oracle is no more, a ,·cil of mystery is drawn
oyer the future. These four ) ears arc the most important of our whole life.
for during this time the course of our future is shaped. . 'ow that the
gormativc future is oYer. we are ready to meet life and the world in whatever phase the: ma; present themseln·s. Like I lam let "c ask ourseln·s
an all important question-"To win, or not to \\'in?" \Yhich shall it he.
classmates? Shall we conquer the \\'oriel or be conquered h\ it? \ \'oulcl
that we coulcl rcacl the future, for only then could these questions be answered. This history hcg·ins with the migration of se,·cnty-fi,·c little Freshmen from the lower rcg·ions. the members of the class being among the
number. \\' e arc usherecl into the presence of the gods and clcmigocls with
loud applause. Since'' c were not conceited. we cl id not attribute this demonstration to our many excellent virtues. ancl never iully disco\ ercd the cause
of their enthusiasm until we became members of the glorious colllpany of
immurtals. and \Yitnessed the same scenes from their elevated positions.
Let us recall the past. and in memory glance down the aisle of the
Freshman n)\\·. \t one encl \\'e sec the "\rcadian Sisters" stuclinusly pouring mer their books. scorning all ad\'anccs of sociabilit:. ln the front scat.
sits "little Freel Smith." next to him "our :\lamil'" in her new whitl' apron,
then farther up we recognize "Bab: !\en" -,miling with childish simplicity.
near by sits "Theresa." hardly disccrnahle. hut neYcrtheless so loquacimi:-;
that \\ c all know she is there, at last we turn our "andering gazl' upon
":.\label." better known as "Calamity Jane." and meditating. we wonder what
will happen next.
The sights and scenes no\\· so familiar to us then appeared strange and
foreboding. \\' e soon became acclimated. ho\\ cn·r. and gradual!: grt'\\ accustomed to the freezing attitude of the Seniors. the ic: glances of the
Jun;ors, and the cold s: mpathy of the ,'ophomores. The labyrinth of classrooms was so Yast and perplexing that \VC often desired the thread of Daedulus to unraycl the m: stcr: for us, not kno\\ ing at what moment \\'e \\-ould
encounter the clreaclecl form of a :.\liniotaur. Realizing that the only way to
gain the respect of the other class-men \\a-; b' acqtllnng kno\\ letlge. \\'l'
H>

CLASS OF 190 I.
(Incomplete.)
Edna Holderness

Mary Denton.
Ellen Upson.
Rose Ryan.
James H. Charles.
Tessie C. Jackson.
Mollie Derbershlre.
Viola Huck.

Lottie Hannahs.

soon settled cl1mn to study and burned the midnight o il unsparingly. During· the second year we took life eas: for we lo st that anxiety and fear which
hold a Fre-,hman and makes his life a burd en. \ \ ' l' entered into the stucly
uf Caesar \\'ith awful clignit: ancl some of th e class becam e so fascinated by
this hero"s commentaries on himself that they -,pent two y ears in reading
them. and some anchored ne,·cr more to roam . The deep and mysterious
science of Physics absurbecl the growing brain of most of us, and although
we han' forgotten more than other classes e\·cr knew, we shall ne\'er forg-et that \\'hen "e thirst we must on!: l>e ;,atisficd by 11 ~ < >.
. \s Juniors we found that our members had greatly clecreased, som e
bci1~g matrimonially inclined, a fe\\ lea\ ing because the pressure was too
great. and others to "shift for thcmseh cs." \s "c were what the rest o i the
world calls wise Juniors. we fcyerishly plungccl into the most obscure corners ;;nd secret reces;,es for \Yisrlom. \\' c translated l lnmer \\ ith soul-inspiring enthusiasm. dPmon-;tratcd propo;,itions with all the subtility of a Euclid
or an .\rchimecles. spoke the language of the ancient Teutons o n all occasions. and fairly hugged Cae-;ar's lon•-letter;, \\hen we came upon them.
This brings us to our Senior year. The Senior : car is the Iligh School
perfected. Ile is the finished product of four years· c\olution. The Freshman swear by him. the ~ophomorc imitate him, the Junior em·y him. and the
whole world approYcs of him. The CYcnts of this year. arc. doubtless, so
fresh in your mind that it wonld be useless for me to recall them. Your
enthusiasm is still high O\'er the glorious ,·ictories of our classmates on the
nraturical platform, and your hearts still bound "ith joy at the thoughts of
that one grand Yictory on the gridiron, from which our team has ne,·er
rt'CO\ erecl.
( )ur orators. hmve,·er, and foot ball pla: ers, arc thnrn n deeply
into the shade by the wonderful exploits of our notorious track team.
Flm·hed with the Yictory oYcr \\' aukegan, they proud!) march through miles
of difncult country to displa: their ]>O\\ers to the whole State of \\'isconsin.
but now to look upon these once inYincible heroes would inspire any of us
to quote these lines of \\'hittier. "( )f all sad words of tongue, or pen. the
saddest arc these: it might ha Ye been."
The history of the Class of 1901 is not as yet finished. It has but begun .
."urely a better beginning could not have been made. although the closing
cha11ter of our past is being \\Tittcn to-night. the first lines of our future life
are being recorded at the same time. l n the truest sen-;c, therefore. this
nigl.t is our commencement. Some of us look for" an! to a college education . but most of us must meet the world as "c arc.
To-night, classmate-;, we leave perhaps forever the classic halls which
ha' e become so dear to us all. Xo more we see the faces of our teachers
and schoolmates. who, \\'ith encouraging looks and words. made our schoollife a pleasure as well as a benefit. So let us bid farewell to these by-gone
clays, and let us cherish them fore,·cr in our memor:. \\' e must also say
fare\\ ell to the class of 1901. for hereafter "c will only know it indi,·idually.
and not as a glorious company of celebrities ha\ ing one purpose. and one
aim. Let us endeavor to Ji, e in harmony with the high ideals which have
been set before us. so that we ma: be an honor to .\Ima :\later. rather than
a rL•proach. \\'c can only accompli•d1 this by keeping ever in mind the
thoughts of our motto. "noulou h:pa.-,tcin ... and ··stri\' L' to win" all that i ·
noble, pure and true.

Class Poetn
Miss Mabel Windsor. •01

It's a shame. that's a fact, 'tis a pitiful case.
\\ on't any kind classmate get up in my place?
You arc all of :ou guilty for bringing me here.
It \\'Ould he only fair to make you feel as queer.
To think of me. "l'oct." the thought is absurd
And the funniest thing l c\·er haYe heard.
For poets ancl authors shoulcl he thoughtful and wise.
\\'ith a solemn mien ancl most serious eyes.
Instead here am l. the \\ orst of you all.
Famed onl: for mishaps which to me befall.
Y ct. in spite of all this, \\hen I hcarcl of Ymir \'Ole,
I determined to write something \\ orthy to quote .
•'o then in blank verse T decicled to \\'rite
\nd helpful ideas there\\ ith inclite.
llut the farther I \\'rote the more blank it became
L"ntil the full \ ersc fully suited its na111e.
Then l bethought me. more si111ple to he
Ancl \\'rite of those things \\·hich concerned you and me.
To tell of our pleasures. our pranks and our joys
.\nd speak of some class111ates who still like their toy:;.
There was one who was ah\ a\ s 111ischic\'ous and bright
.\ncl \\ho clecicled one da; that she 111ust fly a kite.
llut then the Professor 111ost cruelly said "no,"
.\ncl straight to the office that girl had to go.
Y cs. classmates. friends. brothers! You clear girls and bnys
~lack one h: four years iull of sorrm\ s an cl joys.
\\ e real!: know 111orc than you'cl think. fro111 our looks .
. \ncl that comes. of course. fro111 our struggles \\'ith hooks.
For we·\·e translated I !0111er till \\ e\ l' grown foncl oi (;reek.
Ii \\' C do know as little as in our first week.
\nd there's nothing in hist01·: \\ e cannnt relate.
:'\or could : ou confuse tb in gi\·ing a elate.
The problems in physics that others thought hard.
\\ere as easy to us as rh: mes to a bani:
\\'e cantered through rhetoric at such a fast trot
That most of the storie.., were minus the plot.
The teacher.., all lo\'Cd us. and nm\· as \\'e go.
There arc hearts bO\\·cd clown. ancl arflicted with \\'ne.
For we·\ l' Ill'\ er been under the slightest restraint.
.\s \\' l' nc\'er ga\'e cause for any complaint.
:u on through our school-liie we\ e plodded our way .
. \ncl justly feel proud of each other cla: :
The thought I'd lea Ye \\ ith : ou. clear cJa..,..,mates of mine.
Is never be lured into writing a rhyme.
For the great trial of m: school life. you surely all know it
ls trying m\· best to be your "lass l'oet.

Class of 1901

),Iary E. Dacon,
Teacher,
l\ristol. \\'is.
Russel c;. llullamore.
J 'leasant Prairie, \\'i
),Iary ll. Denton,
Teacher,
Kenosha. \\'is.
:\I oll ie Derbershire,
Teacher,
Kenosha. \\is.
James II. Charles. Jr .. I,enosha. \\"is.
Elsie DeDiemar,
.\lilw . .\ormal School, J,enosha. \\'is.
Robert \\'. ,\lien,
\\ ith .\. R .• \lien-; Sons,
1'enosha. \\'i-;.
Elsie .\[. Gra;,
Teacher,
Yeno ha. \\"is.
Lottie E. l Iannahs,
Stuclent, L'ni\•. of \Visconsin, Kenosha, \\'is.
Edna IIol<lerness,
.\orthwestern L'ni,·ersity,
1-.::enosha. \\'is.
\'iola Huck,
Teacher.
I-.: eno::-ha. \\'is.
Tessie C. Jackson, Downer 'ollege, .\lilw ..
Kenosha, \\'is.
. \<la C. ::\lalm,
Bookkeeper,
Keno ha . \\'is.
Celia ,\. Pir::-ch,
Simmons Library,
1-.::enosha, \\'is.
Benjamin .\.Robinson. .\I ilwaukee. \\'is .
Rose A. Ryan,
Stuclent in .\Iii. .\ormal.
Kenosha. \\'is.
Charles F. Smith.
\\'ith C. & .\. \\'. R. R., - 1-.::enosha. Wis.
Ellen E. Cpson,
Teacher,
Bristol. \\'is.
:\lable E. \Vinclsor,
\\ells Coll.,
Kenosha. \\is.
.\linnie E. \\ erve,
Teacher,
Pleasant Prairie, Wis.
Bessie C. \\'hitcher,
Bristol, Wis.

Class History -- 1902
.\ot long ago, as l was looking over some old manuscripts, 1 discO\·ere<l
a history of the class of 1902. which I had written long years since. Perhaps you would like to Jiaye me read it.
ln the fall of '98, a body of boys and girls was introduced into the
Kenos ha High School. Our fame for intellectuality hacl preceeclecl u ·, and
for uur pecial benefit, two new teachers had been secured. The 'chool
Board had very good use for us. else they would never have taken upon
themse h·es this additional expense. \ \'e were to be moclels of propriety for
the school in general. to show the Sophomore children how to study, to
serYC as a target for the jokes of t h e Juniors, to be subjects for the Senior
psychology cla ·s. and to show the world that the l(enosha lligh 'chool
could develop a class of young men and women unequaled on this terrestrial
sphere. \ \ 'eighecl clown ''ith such a heavy loacl of responsibilities. it i-; certain!; astonishing that we ha\ e fulfilled them all. So overwhelmino- were
our numbers that \\ e forced our predeces::-ors to sit l\Yo in a seat. thu innocently incurring the animosity of the rusty Seniors and crust: Sophomore .
llaYing been taught to be moclest. it is not surprising that we sometime
asked permission to gu to the dictionary and since e'en the \\ ise do occasionally err, we could not understand why our tendency to \\antler into the
\\Tong recitation room should he such an unfailing source of amusement.
14\l

CLASS OF 1902.
(Incomplete)
Mable Huck
Marion Winegar.
Carrie Pirsch.
Wa:ter Burke.
Milton Kent.
August Keuck.
Edith Snyder.
Leulla L•ke
..,a mes Blair.
Ethel Shandrew.
Mary Hansen .
Maud Benedi~'t
Lynn Hannahs.
HerMie Hoehn .
Lyle Wiswall
Marion Hale.
Lillian Jackson.

In spite of this, however, the J union; said '' c "ere cute and e\'en the Sophomore:s corcliall: returned the compliment when \\alter condescended tu stare
at them. Rubbering. the Seniors termed it. \\ c found, that in order to keep
a goocl recorcl. \\'e must cle\ ote ourscl ,·es to hard study, but as we were not
laz:, '' e '' cnt to work with a \\·ill. \\'e mu"t confess, ho\\·e,·er. that \\"e
clicl not enjoy that Latin Crammar.
I;:,·cn "ettie. our renowned Latin
scholar, was nut fond of it. Un returning to school after the • 'mas 'acation. we were told that those of 11s taking the l~ngJi..,h and Science courses
had been consigned to the "\\'est Room" as the atmosphere of so much
youthful greenness \Yas not congenial to the Seniors. I lappil: for us. our
anger at this parting· shot oi the . ·eniors alnw"t clniwnecl our sorrow at
separation.
\Ye were not parted long. h<n\·c,-er. for 111 the cm1rsc oi a year \\T were
giYl'll the proud title of ."ophomorc:.;. The crowning jo.' of the ."opho111orc
In this. a" in all
life i" the "icast" gi' en ]), them to the othn classes.
things. we clicl nobly. ancl as far as \Ye kno\\', l'\ ery grcccl: little Freshman
recei\'l·d all he could cat. The pleasures of the kast co111pe11sall'cl us for
our struggles \\"ith Caesar ancl .\lgebra. but it could not dry our tears m·er
the l . S. l'o11stitutio11. <>nl: thl thoughts oi the approaching summer ,-acation could console us then.
( >ur _I unior .'car broug·ht additional glur:. ior in the oratorical arena
\\ c \\'Oil many laurels. \"inc oi our nll'mhers declaimed against four of the
Seniors and the Ill'\\ spapers the next clay teemed with the praises of Stella's
hrillianC\' as an orator and l ·~clit h"s ancl :\label's abilit: as comeclians. ( lur
face,., g·lowed \\'ith pricle at the enthusiastic applause called forth by our
represcntati\ es. The selection of the cla..;s colors created much frienclly clisn1..;sio11 \\ hich ended in our choosing corn nilor and gH'l'll, gl·nuine green.
l:ut in this -.,dection \\ e slH>\\ ed our independent spirit. \\'hat if others did
laugh at us. \\·hat if green \\"<ls the traditiunal color oi the Freshmen. we.
cspl'(iall: the IH>_\ s. thought that it "a" a prett: color and we wnc going
l<> -,ta11cl b: our conYictions. The clo..,ing L'\ ent of the Junior year was the
recl'ptirn1 \\hich \\l' ga\l' to tlw Senior..;. \aturally. this ··1•rom"' \\·a-., the best
l'\'l'r gi \'l'n I>: a Junior cl as-.,.
,\s it is not \\·isL' or llH>dc-.,t to talk tou much about one.., scli. \\ l' \\ill
not elaborate upon the histrn·: oi our SL'nior : L'ar. ( lnL oi the 1110-.,t important events of this .'ear \\'as the appcarancl' oi Ethel . 'han<lre\\'·s first
\\·isclmn tooth. <)ur fame s]>rL·acl iar ancl \\'icll'. and Luella and Ru"sl'l. being
amh"tiou-, to sharl' m1r honor. came from the I·:ast and • "orth. l:ut chieie-.t
of ;i]l, our class has the distinction of ha,·ing more masculine members
than an: othn graduating class. l ertainl:, \\ ith thl' passing of the class of
lS)02. the l\:enosha lligh ,'chool loses its brightt·"t star and gain..; its S\\'Cell'st
ml'llH>I").
llI•:R\llE i\. 11<>1.:11:\".
Class llistorian and l'rophet. 1<)02.

1.-.1

Clas s of 1902

Kenosha. \\'is.
\\' ith Simmons .\I nf'g. o. ,
James \\'. Blair.
Kenosha,
\\'is .
.\la)me F. Brady, - Teacher,
\\
'oodworth.
\Vis.
.\laud S. llenedict, - Teacher .
Kenosha. \\' is.
Student in .\I ii. . · ormal,
Edna L. Cable,
Xew York, X. Y.
Edith L. Full~r.
J(enosha, \\' is.
Student 1n L'. \\'.,
L) nn l lannahs,
1-\:enosha,
\\'is .
Student
in
.\Iii.
Xormal,
.\lary Hansen.
San
Francisco,
CaL
.\lary A. IIunt,
Kenosha.
\\'is
.
Teacher,
.\labelle .\I. 11 uck, Kenosha. \\' is.
.\ larion B. II ale,
Kenosha, \Vis.
\\.ith
Simmons
Library,
] lermie .\. lloehn, Kenosha, \\'is .
Lillian
Jacbon,
Kenosha, \\'is.
.\lerchants Sayings Hank .
.\I ilton .\. l(ent,
Kenosha. \\' is.
Leone C. Krist 'nsen, Student in l ' . \\' .,
Somers, \\'is.
Teacher,
. \ ugust \ \ ' . l(euck,
- Kenosha, \\'is.
Luella B. Lake.
Kenosha, \\' is.
Teacher,
.\lary E. ()'l lare,
Kenosha. \\' is.
Berthof .\I. Pettit. - Student 111 l : . of
Kenosha. \\' is.
Carrie ·. l'irsch,
Oakfield,
Wis.
.'tu<lent
111
L".
\\
'
.,
Russel (;. Ripley.
Kenosha,
\\'is.
Stenographer,
\\ 'alter .\f. Burke.
Kalamazoo,
.\1 ich.
1-\:alamazoo
College,
Ethel Shandrew,
Pleasant
Prairie,
\\'i . .
Teacher,
Edith .\1. Schneider,
Kenosha,
\\'is.
Stenographer. <;ustav D. Thclcen,
Kenosha, \\'is .
Edward L. \ ' anlngen, Student in l". \\' .,
Kenosha, \\'is.
Student in l'. \\'.,
John \'anlngcn,
Student in X. \\'. l'niY .. - Kenosha, \\'is .
Janette \\'alff.
Kenosha, \\'is .
.\larion .\. \\' inegar,
.\fadison, \\'is.
Student in l '. \\' .,
Eh·in L. \\' iswall,

i:;2

--

ANNUAi

5TAF'r

Calendar of Past Events
1902 --1903
~

I ll'm her 13.-Fal I '-'l'l11l'Sll'r upcn:-. .

. !l\"l'mher 2-1-.-Thanksg1,·ing Fl'ast.
December 17 to Jan. 3.- l hn-;trna~

l~1_·n·-,.._

I >l'ceml>l'r 27.-l\a-;kl't l\all l'arl\.
Fl'I>. (i. l\urlington l\a-;kl't l\all ( ;;une .
.\larch 27.
\larch 27.
,\ pril (i.
, \ pril 13.
\pril

I~.

~pnng l~l'Cl':-.:-.

l\l'gin" .

J()int lkhatl'.
~um mer ~l·nH''-ll'r.

l;re-,hml'n ~oph. Conte-,t.
Junior ~l'ni()r l'1inte•.t.

, \pril 17.

Final Conte-,t

.\pril 21.

~eni()r

l·:ntl'rtainment

:\la\ 1.-l ·nion ( ;ro\ e Con\l' t.

.\ l<t' 1.

~l'n illr

Cla-,s-Tn·l· I 'Ian tl'd.

J unl'

1~'.

_I unl'

ISJ.- l°<>l11llll'nlTl1ll'nl.

Cla--s . ·ight.

June 22.- Junior l'rom.
June 27.- ,\]umni l\anqul'l.

1.-,.-)

I 'resident

ROY L. ])OXLEY

.·ecretary,

'.\rIS.' '.\1.\R(; \RET llOllRX .

Treasurer,

CI!.\.'. H .\RIL\l'CH.

Class Flo\\ er,
Class Colors,

\\'ater Lily.
Crimson and Cream.

CL.\SS Yl~LL :-Yugere, Yagere, Yugere, Ycigh !
Yugere, Yah, Kenosha High!
Licket:, Lackety. Rickety. Ree!
Xine teen 'ought three!
Class :\lotto :-.'uccess proYes itself.

s
s

Class of 1903

\\'ard Rcrnbottom-"lle kno\\'s it all: he knows he kno\\'s.''
Delian Society.

Modern Classical Course.
hm·n. Pro.

·omm. ('02)-:\lng·r. Hase l\all Team ('03)-

lklian Joint Debate Team ('03)-:\lng'r. Senior !'lay ('03).
Rub: 1'.irk-··courteous she \\'as. discreet ancl debonaire:·
Delian Society

:\lodern Classical
Chm·n.

Pro. Comm.

('02).

('03)-Sec'y.

.\nnual

.·taff

('03)-Lit. Comm. ('03)-Class l'oet ("03).
Carrie Fonk

··] [l'r look-; do argue her replete with modesty.''
Del ian Society
c;eneral Science
Critic lklian Societ\' ('03).

C: ril l(upfcr- " \ quiet nn1th \\'ithal."
Castilian Society.

:\lodern CJa-.;sical
I 'res. Castilian Society l '03)-Treas. Clee

·1ub

( ·03)-

Class 11 istorian ('03)- llasket llall Team ('03)-.'cc·y Cast.
Soc. ('03) .
.\Jar: Ste\ ens-" \\ oulcl there were more like her.··
I klian .~ociety

:\loclern Classical
Stella J(archer-··still \\'atcrs run deep.'·

Ca tilian ~ociety

Ceneral Science
\ icc-l'rl's.

Castilian

Socil'l\

('03)-Treas.

Chorus

Club

('03)-Chm'n. l'ro. Comm. ('02)-Treas Castilian Society ('01).
Elmer :\litchcll- "lie proved the hcst man on the field."
English Course
Delian Societ\'
!'res. I klian Socict\ ('03) Treas. Delian ( '03)-Ccnsor
Athenian ('02)
\ss'nt. Edit . . \nnual ('03)-Sect. Class
('02)-l'rcs. \ th .. \ss. ("02)-('03).
Laura Camfield

.. I must ha\'e been asleep. ay. sound asleep.'·
Castilian .·ociety
Engli sh Course

Ra: Royce-" Biel me discou rse. l \\'ill enchant thine ear.
Delian Socieh·

Engli sh Course
Chm 'n.

Literary

Comm.

('02)- llusin ess

:\lngr . • \nn ual

('03)-Chm'n . I list. Comm. on .\nnu al ('03).
157

Flo Shiel.
Roy Donley.

Ward Rowbottom.
Carrie Fonk.
Margaret Bohrn.

CLASS OF 1903.
Edna Donley.
Fred Murdoch.
Laura Camfield.

Mamie Hartung.
Charles Harbaugh.
Ray Royce.

Cornella Royce.
Elmer Mitchell.

:'dargaret Bohrn- ", \ merry tongue she has forsooth. "
English Cour-;e
Critic

Delian . ociety

·astilian Society ('02 )- Censor I )e]ian ('03) - Cri tic

Erickson ('02) - Treas. Delian ('03 ) .
Eleanor .·mith-"So womanly, so benign. so \\"cab."
Castilian .· ocieh·

c;eneral Science
Flora Shields-"A winning \\"ay. a pleasant smile.··

I )elian Society

Cencral Science

Censor Erickson Society ( ·03) -Treas. Erickson Societv
0
(

03)-Sec"y Delian ('03).

Edith \\'allis-··If she \\'ill. she " ·ill, and you may depend upon it.
If she won't, she won't ancl so there's an encl of it."
Castilian .·ociety

General Science

Richard Ca\'anaugh-"( >ne would sec he ''as wise the moment one looked
111 his face.··
·astilian Society

:\ 1odern Classical

Treas. Castilian ("03)-Castilian Joint Debate Team ('03)Critic , \ thenian ('02) Chm'n. l'ro. ·omm . ('03)-l 1 res.
Clee Cl uh ('03).
Reginald Farr-"There must he plenty of good hard work in him for none
has e\·er come out. ··
( ;eneral Science

Castilian Societv

.\lbert ()zanne-··;.i uch brains he has for such a little lad."
( ;eneral Science
·astilian Society
Censor .\ thenian ( 02)-Lit. Comm . . \nnual ('02).
0

:\lamie llartung-·· ..\n open-hearted maiden. true and ptll"L'.
Castilian Society
Ceneral Science
Class Prophet.
Cornelia Roycc-··I fappy am I. from care I'm free.
\ \ 'In ain't thev all contented like me?"

Englis h

Castilian ."ncie\\·.

Chm ·n.

l'ro.
·0111111 . • \ nnual ('03).

Teresa Tobin-· ·11ere ts wisdom.··
Ci' ic I I istorica l

lklian Sncil'ty

Eleanor Smith.
Flora Broderick.
Frank Schnuchel.
Stella Karcher.
Mary Stevens.
Edith Wonberg.
Albert Ozanne .

Richard Cavanaugh.
Ruby Kirk.
Reginald Farr

Cyril Kupfer.

Edith Wallis.
Teresa Tobin.

Roy Donley-"1\ye. e\·er: inch a king ...
English
Uelian Society
Critic Castilian ("02)-Sec'y. Delian ("03)-l'res. Delian
("03) Pres Senior Class ( '03)-nasket Ball Team ('02) Capt. Basket Ball Team ('03)-:dngr. Track Team ( ·02)Joint Debate Team ("03)-Editor Annual ('03)-Class
Orator ('03) ('02).
Edith \\' inberg-"Oh mama, pass the prunes.
General Science

Delian Society

Charles l larbaugh-"llc was so gl'nerall} ciYil that no one thanked him
for it."
English
J lelian . ociety
Censor Delian ('02)-\'icc-l'rcs. ('03)--.\rbor Day Orator
("03)- "\ss 't l\lngr. Annual ("03)-l'rcs. Dclian ('03).
l; red .:\lurdoch

".:\Ian: a lass has sighed for thee in 'ain ...

Modern Classical
Delian Sociel\·
Sec"t. Clee Club ('03)-Trcas. Delian ("03)-Chm"n. Pro.
Comm. ('03.)
Flora Broderick-".:\ I an delights me not. no. nor \\"Oman neither.· ·
c..;eneral Science

Delian Society

Frank Schnuchel-""\n e\·ery <la: young man.
Ceneral Science

Castilian . ociel\·
Yice-l'res .. \thenian ('02)-Censor .\thenian ('02) .

. \ Freshman macle out the follo\\"ing menu for Thanksgi\·ing dinner as
a suggestion to the :ophomore refreshment committee:

ist Course .
.:\! ince l'ie.

2nd Course.
l'umpkin Pie. Turkey. Cranberries.
3rd Course.
Lemon l'ie, Turkey.
4th Course.
Custard Pie, .\pple l'ie.

"hocolate Cake, Plum Pudding.
Dessert.
l'ie.
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History of Class of 1903
By Cyril J . Kupf'er

\Ye, as the Seniors of the Keno ha High School. are sadclcnccl with the
thoughts of lea\ ing this place of ·o many pleasant memories.
\Ye ha Ye gone to and from it twice a clay for four } ears, an cl now as
a class '' e are about to depart. from it forever and to go out into the wide
world. •\!ready . ome are planning to go to different places and this will
probabl: be one of the last gatherings of the clas:-.. nut before \\ c leave
we " ·ould like you to know some of the history of the class of i903 .
. 'o task could be more simple and delightful than to sing the praises of
our most accomplished clas, , \Yere it not for the limited time allotted.
Yolumcs would be required to justly expound our virtues. lt is to be hoped
that the classes that are now in the high school ancl those yet to come will
try to imitate at least. a few of our many g·oocl qualities. If they imitate
all of them or improve on them, so much the better.
.\t about five minutes after nine o'clock on the morning of the 5th of
September, 1898, sixty-seven of the greenest lot. of boys and girls that } ou
eyer sa\\, came trooping into the High School. It was a large class as one
can easily see. when one of the sixty-seven alone was a Towne. Unc of the
members still in the clas is a whole \Yard.
\\'hat happened on that clay is not easily forgotten. \Ve were watched
all clay by the upper cla ses, and if we started in the wrong direction, or
went into a class-room only to find it filled by Juniors or Seniors, we were
greeted with a shout of derisiYe laughter. .\ncl before many minutes we
were separated into two parts, and some had to go to the west room, while
others remained in the main room.
\\'bile seated in the western part of the room, we looked longingly toward those in the classe east of us. But we eemed separated from them
just as much as if the Atlantic Ocean was between us.
But after being in the verdant we tern part of the main room for a year,
we started across that ocean and sat nearer to the eastern part of the room.
On assuming the role of Sophomore we began to think we were somebody
and we could hardly carry the large amount of knowledge we thought we
po sessed. The boys began to wear larger hats and to look clown on the
poor Freshmen, who had just entered. \\' c began to think we were about as
great or even greater than the Juniors and Seniors.
vVc were now no longer separated as in the Freshman year, bnt were
seated together and began to hold meeting-; of our own for the purpose of
planning the Sophomore feast, which proved a howling success.
It was during these meetings that our united spirit began to show itself.
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. \!though the number of the class diminished to forty-six during this
) car, yet they easily upheld the honor of the class.
The next year we became Juniors. This year the class consi ted of
thirty-one members. Un becoming Juniors we began to realize all that we
did not know, but thought we knew when we were Sophomores. Some of
the ho.: s also disco\ Lrccl that the hats which they were wearing as Sophomores were rather large, and they immediately hastened to get smaller ones.
ft was during thi:; year that our cla:;s became fully united and that \Ye
elected our president and other officers.
l t was in this ) car also that tho e beautiful colors, cardinal and cream,
''ere chosen as our class colors. During the latter part of our Junior year
we prepared and ga,·e the best Junior reception that was C\' Cr giycn by any
class. Those "ho came :;a: that it was a much greater success than the
feast oi our Sophomore year.
. \ftcr we had completed the Junior year. our president left us and one
of the first duties of our Senior year \Yas to elect his ucces or.
During the first part of our Senior year, the class decided to publish
an annual, and it is safe to say that it is as fine a:; any high school has ever
produced.
\\'c are graduating a class of twenty-five.
\!though small in number.
we arc ncycrthelcss great in :;pirit.. Of the twent:-fi, c in the class, there arc
ten boys and fifteen girk The girl are in the majority and carry off mo t
of the clas, honors, yet much of the credit due the clas:; comes from the
hard \\·ork performed by the boys.
Uur ages ,·ary from sixteen to twenty except the youngest, who is just
Uohrne. The ayerage age of the class is young when compared with others
gone before.
< )n the subject of beauty. modesty bids us be silent.
The members of our class come from all parts of the county. The
township of Bristol furnishes the most members outside of the City of
b::enosha. The members of the class travel all the way from t\\O blocks up
to twenty-eight mile, in order to enjoy the education afforded by the Kenosha
Iligh School. It is a noticeable fact that two-fifths of the class come from
the country .
. \s a cla:;s we ha \'C thrice taken first or second place in uu r home
declamatory contests. \\'e \\'Onld haYe sent two of our members tn the i11terschola:;tic meet at :\ladison had we been ach·isecl of the receipt of the
entry blanks. Be. ides our athletes \\"C ha\-c gi\ en a captain and t\\ n nth er
members of the famous Keno, ha High ~ chool Basket Dall team oi 1903 as
well as three renowned debaters and last but not least the real and original
girl that makes those goo-goo eyes . •\ncl then whenever the r!a-.s geh into
any scrape or difficulty of any kind Flora Shields us from our enemies Farr
and near.
,\nd so through our entire high school course \\"e han' ..;trin' 11 to cl1)
the best that we are capable of doing. \Ye ha\e done all that \\t' wuld ior
the old school and we tru:;t that tradition will speak of us as the rla:;s wlw
never disgraced hut did much to honor her.
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Prophecy of Class of 1903
To-night. I. a worlcl renown eel prophd. appear before : ou. l have
East to \\'est: I Jiaye sojournecl in man\"
climes ancl haYe lookecl into the cleepl) hidden recesses of nature. .\fter a
long and careful study. I haYe found herbs \\ hich. when united. give a· compouncl. \\'hich if taken under proper conditions. enables one to foretell the
future of any human being. ·
The secret of making this compound. l clare not dintlge. hut I haYe myself already partaken of this \\'Onclerful mixture. ancl in a few moments ::--hall
unfold the future of this illustrious class. the class of 1903 .

tran~ lecl from Xorth to South. from

. \h ! the spell is now upon me: gradually the present fades from my
Yie\\. ancl the future looms up before me. ancl I sec each classmate at his
or her occupation.
Ro: has giYen up his ho: ish friYolities an cl is now part owner and
manager of one of the lar,.,.est tanneries in the world. the firm of Donley,
.:\Iitchell & Co .. Elmer acting as heacl superintendent. l n the pri' ate office
of .:\1 r. Donley. I fincl Flora Shiel. occupying the chair behind the typewriter's desk. but in the near future Flora will no longer he :\Ir. Don le: 's
office hand. but as .:\[rs. Donley will superintend the duties of his home.
Cornelia is now a great musician and 'ocalist. She has left l(enosha.
ancl is now living an cxceeclingly happy life in a palacial home among the
pines of :\orthern .:\1 ichigan, \\'here she is at present giving both \'Ocal ancl
instrumental lessons. Her singing has alread: made her famous. \\'herevcr
she has sung. she has enchantccl her listeners. The: compare her n>icc to
that of a nightingale as he warbles his lm·e-lay which now soars ancl trembles ancl fills the infinite depths of its li-;tcner"s soul with ecstacy.
In the-;c fc\\" years a great change has come o\"cr one of the members of
this class: his -;tep is slow, his c: cs ha' e lost their fire. his hair is faint!:
streaked \\'ith gray and somewhat wanting. ancl in fact his whole countenance
i-; completely changed. Day after clay he sits before the fireplace. indulging
in -;i!ent re\ cries. .\h ! yes. this i-, Cyril as you will find him. for all his
meek proposal-; han· been rejected. and he is now leading the lonely life
of a bachelor.
Ruby. \\·ho in her school clays showed great ahilit: as a rh: mstcr. is now
unc of the greatest of .\merican writers. She has just published the first
of a set of historical no\ els. entitled ".:\loll: llenclerson." a tale of the lifr
of the early settlers of Pike Creek. The life is 'iviclly portrayecl, the style
excellent ancl the plot unique and the hook has prodncccl a great sensation
among the people in this section of the state. I !er poetical po\\'ers arc no\\'
so great that people arc all \\'Ondering what heights of poetic fame she may
reach.
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:'\ e\\' York Cit) has of late been the home of many new im entions. For
the last \\eek. CfO\\ els of people lrn\·e been hastening there from all parts
nf the \\Oriel to see that \\'onderful piece of workmanship. in the form of
a giant engine "hich is run by no visible propelling po\\'er. The cla: comes,
and throngs of people gather at the depot. Finally the hour arri\·es and a
man. bearing in his face the trace-; of hard study. mounts the engine; the
people look on breath Jes ly. he presses a button and lo! it moYes, and is
soon speeding away at the rate of h\O hundred miles an hour. This man.
who. after years of toil, has giYen to the world this wonderful piece of
mechanism, is Charles Eliot llarbaugh.
Fiora ll. and Laura C. who ha\·e completed their college education are
now keeping a girls' boarding school in Te:-:as. The scholars, naturall:. are
kept under the strictest of discipline.
Fiora. as teacher of (;erman and
Ph: sics, shows marked ability, while Laura's specialty is :'dathematics.
\\'hile others haYe been bus) ,,·ith life's weary strife, Reginald has
humbly settled de)\\ 11 as an Episcopal clergyman in St. Louis where he has
worked great reforms. l lis kindly ways win for him many friends and he
1s honored by all who know him.
\\'arc! and .\lbert are now engaged 111 the building of aJr ships. The
work has so far proved a success, scientifically through /\lbert, and financially through \\'arc!. The first ship has but late!: been completed and the trial
trip taken in it from San Francisco to Paris, pro,·cd so successful. and the
ship \\'as so well moclelecl that on their arrival in Paris, they sold it to a
\\·ealthy Parisian for a snug little fortune. They have at present another
large one under construction and it is open to the inspection of all.
l~leanor is devoting her

life to missionary work among the heathens of
.\sia. H: her kind ancl helping hand, many a stray sheep is brought back
to its fold and b) her sweet and soothing \'Oice, many a weary soul is
com fortecl.
For the past two weeks \\' ashington society has been all astir by the
entrance into its midst of a most beautiful maiden. .\!ready her great beauty,
wit, and wealth ha\ e \\'On her many admirers, and doubtless, before the
season is on·r, :\largaret will be known as \\'ashington·s graceful society
belle.
\n enormous eclucational institution, knO\\ n as Ca' an a ugh ·s Latin
School. has just opened at Chicago. .\ large number of scholars haYe already
enrolled. and it is certain that, undn the supen ision of so learned and refined
a person as Richard CaYanaugh. it will certainly prosper. He has been Yery
cardul in the selection of his facult:, Theresa ha Ying been chosen as teacher
of the Classics. an cl :\lary as clean of the \\'oman·s Department. Both po 'it ions ha\ e been well and suitably fillecl, as both the ) oung ladies are women
oi refinement, culture, ancl learning.
l~clith \\ inberg is owner of one of the largest coniectionery factnries
in the L'nited ::-;tales. Edith has made it a practice to sample e\·ery box of
candy before it k;\\ es the store, and in this \\"a), her establishment has
gained its good reputation, for 110 poor candy is sent out of its doors.
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Frank, on stepping out into active life. became a politician, and to-day,
having reached the heights of his ambition, he occupies a scat in the senate
where he is known as the honorable member from \\'isconsin. Carrie has
become Frank's helpmate for life. and in her elegant \\' ashington home, she
entertains her friends in a most charming manner.
Edith \\'allis' name and fame as a woman suffragist have been spread
broadcast through the world. She tra,·els from place to place, lecturing, but
after- winning many victorious fights for her followers, she will return to
Kenosha to spend the remainder of her days in peace, plenty and satisfaction,
having accomplished her encl.
Fred, having graduated from ~ladi on with the degree of LL. D. and
Ph. D., is now a practical farmer. He lives quietly but not alone in his coz:
country home where he teaches his neighbors, free of charge, how to make.
two blades of grass grow where one grew before.
~ tella has risen to a position of wealth and rank, and as a great society
woman she i · the leader of the \\'oman's Club of Boston.
The pell is breaking. and the future seems slipping from me but even
through the increasing distance, I hear Rae, still talking as in school days,
and the mist which gradually hides my classmate from me shows in dim
outlines the gowned figure of a judge. Rae's talking has brought him fame
and wealth.
The vision has passed, and before me I see some doubting faces. If
the prophesy does not please you or fails to come true, remember that
e1wironmcnt may cause many changes, and that science is constantly making
di coveries to destroy the power of old drugs.
~L\:'dlE.

C. IL\RTL':\(;.

Thanatopsis
Dedicated to E. Lewis

To him who in the lo\·e of Emil;. holds
Communion with her visible form. she speak ·
A \ arious language.

For his gayer moods

She has a \"Oice of hardness and eloquence
Of beaut: that dri\·es his smartness

Defore he is a\\ are.

\\' hen thoughts

Of the last hour when he will graduate

Come-; like a blight m ·cr hi-; spirit,
Ile goes to her hou e, to see her brother Joe.
A. F.

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·ori.

What Shakespeare Says About Us
STELLA KARCHER"Thou didst well. "-Richard II.
REGLrALD FARR"\\'hy, I can smile."-Henry \T
DI ·r-:: C\ \'A~.\ 'GII"1\ay, let us share thy thoughts.""-Richarcl II.
CYRIL ET PFER"Rouse up thy youthful bloocl."-Richard II.
EDITH \\'IXBERG"l care not what, so it be whole·ome food."-Taming of the

brew.

CIL\ . IIARBACGH"l\ature might stand up to all the world and say, thi 1s a man."
- ] ulius Cae ar.

RAE ROYCE"Dress~cl in a little brief authority."-:deasure for

Measure.

\\'ARD ROWJlOTT0.\1"l am not in the roll of common men."-llenry l \ ·.
FRED .\LCRDOCII.. , \ steady, , obcr sort of ci tizcn. "-Juli us Caesar.
CORXELL\ ROYCE.. <)f an invincible, unconquered spirit.""-Ilenry I\' .
.\L\R(;.\p ET DOHRX"Lct me persuade you to take a better course.""-Henry I\·.

ROY DOXLEY" lle speaks with such a proud commanding spirit.""-llcnry I\·.
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"l will prophesy."-! lamlet.

FLOR. \ BRODERICl("Bctter far than near."-Richard II.
L\CR,\ C.\.\lFIELD"X othing pleaseth thee but rare accidents."-[ lenr} l\r.

FR,\ Ti( SCII:\'LTllEL",\s proper a man as one shall sec in a ::-;ummer's clay."
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ELE.\XOR

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·TJI teach you.··-llamlet.

C\RRlE FOXK.. 1 could interpret.".-llamlet.

A.LBERT OZ. \XXE.. Confounded be your strife."·-lle1u} I\' .

FLORA SHIEL.. Plays fondly with her tears."·-1 lenry IV.

:.L\RY STEYEX .. \ rex not yourself ... -Richarcl II.
Rl"BY KlRK.. :.Iine honor is my life ...-Richard II.

EL\IER :.IITCHELL.. ls a bold · pirit.··-Richard 11.

TERES.\ TODI:N.. 1 think."-King John.

EDITH W .\LLI .. Full of warm blood of mirth.".-King John.
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'L\S:.. This is worshipful society."-King John.

rIIE .\X"\'"CAL··:-1asterly Done."·-\\' inter·s Tale.

H. S. Dictionary
1.

Re\·enge-Edna Donley-Because she is ::;weet.

2.

Fact-Edith \Yallis-She is a stubborn thing.
Ignorance of Law-:- Ir. Dickie-I I e excuses nobody.
Care-Laura Camfield-She \\'ill kill a cat.
Experience-:-Iiss Bronson-:he is a clear teacher.
X eces::;ity-R. CaYanaugh-lle knows no law.
.\rt-\\' . . \. Rowbottom-.\rt is long.
Fudges-.\ cleYise for filling up gaps in con\ ersation.
Freshmen-.\ . pecies of green plant appearing en·ry fall.
Cramming-.\ square meal after a period of mental fasting.
Flunk-.\ mark of esteem giYen t,) students :-often strengthens home
ties.
Ex-Epidemic preYalcnt at close oi each term. < lnly positi\·e r ·lief i::;
com pound of pony, hi uff an cl pull.

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Class Poem
Class poet is 111) lot to-night,
. \ difficult task you·ll agree,
For an) one to do justice
To the class of 1903.

I can not gi\ e our history.
( )ur glorious deeds must pass,
_'or can I tell the future.
That awaits this brilliant class.
Hut l remember the saying of old,
That histor) itself repeats,
.\nd tell of another (;OLDE:\ :H;E
\,\'hich the 20th century greets.
Once on a time in our Iligh School,
, \ beautiful garden grew,
Filled with the choicest blossoms,
Kept bright by Xature·s clew.
llere at the early ~'pring-tide
[n palest green costumed,
o·er sixty tender plantlets
[n smiling freshness bloomed.
On through the long hot summer.
By wind and sunshine kissed,
Some droop. alas, by the wayside
.\nd now by the rest are mis,' ed.
Those !cit behind grow stronger .
. \nd watered by the tears
Uf man: who ha\ e left them.
Li\ e on "mid'it hopes and fears.
They stand about in proud array.
ln bountiful profusion
.\ppearing in their Joyc!incss
_\s in a bright illusion.
The \ iolct hangs its daint) head
In S\\ ~·et humility:
HO\\ like our ;..i ar: i" this flower
The t) pt! of mo< lest Y.
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Al o ng the pebbled patlmay wide,
The sweet red clover strays;
Industriously it works its way
Like Elmer. nights and days.
The gay ambitious holly-hock
Climbs upward from the ground;
Like :damie it will never stop
'Till it can see all 'round.

By the others almost hidden,
Yet standing high in rank,
Our daisy, ,\Jbert, shineth forth
So innocent and frank.
Red bleeding hearts o'er strew the path
\\'here late our Flora <lanced,
Dut when she stoops, grow bright again
.\s where the sunbeam glanced.
\Yith deep blue eyes, her cousin named
The hearts-ease bloom near by;
A closer look will soon reveal
'Tis Charlie, calm and shy.
There's pansy. that's for thoughts
Thought blossoms silent, free,
And is not prou<l; the pansy's face
Is Eleanor's, you see.
()'er yonder once t\\'in shamrocks grew,
.\ mirth prO\·oking pair;
Though Huff has gone, Dick still remains,
Light-hearted, free from care.
Far away from all the rest
The dandelion stands,
Like Frank a rustic oracle
Known well in many lands.
~ext is the pale anemone

(>ft called saint of the wood,
All dressed in purity. behold!
C)ur Carrie, gentle and good.
Resplendent oTow the f1owers pure,
.\nd fragrance S\\'eet they yield,
\Yhich floats beyond the garden wall
Out into Life's broad field.
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A glorious han·est blossoms here
And shines in golden beauty;
Each seed has helped the world along.
Each one has done its duty.
Sheltered 'neath the quiet shade
Of a lofty oak and strong,
A while this garden flourished well
Untouched by blight or wrong.
Hut Ac)\vcrs will not mature in strength,
Left in the shade they fall;
Awa: to wider pasture , rich,
The winds of progress call.
Hearing this message strange and new
The flowers cannot stay;
They long for greater Yisions,
And gently float away.
But ere they leaye the garden
Perhaps to meet no more,
They gather 110\\ and wonder what
The future has in tore.
Far out in the dim uncertain light
"\cross the meadow of time.
Their destiny lies hidden safe.
\\'ailing Fate's mystic chime.

RL"BY .:.I. KIRK.

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Why I came to Kenosha High School
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R. Donley-To pla: Basket llall.
\ \ . Rm\ bottom-To look Ill Cl'.
Reg. Farr-To ·mile.
Rae Royce-'Cause I didn't know what else to clo.
E. J. ::\litchell-To han a good time.
Flora l\roderick-To keep Prof. posted.
, \. Ozanne-To help \ 1r. Dickie.
Edna Donley-To please my clacl.
\I argaret l\ohrn-To furnish amusement.
Freel ::\I urcloch-llecause I hacl to.
R. Ca\ anaugh-To clebate.
Laura Camfield-I am shocked.
Carrie Fonk-To make a good impression.
Chas. Harbaugh-To cleliYer the Arbor Day oration.
·yril 1-.:: up fer-To become a ( ;erman actor.
Ruby !-.:irk-You tell me.
Stella 1'archer-To he on l fist. Comm.
Cornelia Ro) ce-'Cause.
Flo Shiels-To graduate.
Frank Schnuckle-To escape ( ?) the girls.
\lary Steyens-To stucly.
Eclith \\'allis-To argue.
Eclith '\\'inberg-To eat.
l~leanor Smith-! ·11 ha Ye to think.
\lamie Hartung-To declaim.
Tessic Tobin-To recei,·e an education.

Senior Class Meeting

l'res.: < )n this committee I \\·ill appoint ::\Iiss X, .\liss Y, an cl \Ir. Z.
\Ir. /::'.. (Conversing with a friend hears onl) his name and cleterminccl
as usual to ha' e a finger in the pie, jump;, to his feet): "\Ir. Pres. l moYe
that you appoint 2 goocl-looking girls on that committee to inten·iew- - "
(Roars of laughter.) ( orcler restorccl and president resumes.)
\Ir. J>re;,.: "\\'ell, \Ir . /::'.., 1 just appointecl \liss X. and \liss Y."
::\Ir. /::'..: "[ - fear- J - owe- an- apology.
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OUR FACULTY

W .

J. Hammill

Born an cl eel ucaled at Rock ford. 111. •\ltenclecl l . n i \·ersi ly of :-1 ich ig-ctn
where he rcceiYed a Bachelor's and :-laster's degree. Taught al :-1 ineral
l'oin t, \\'is .. Supcn·isi ng l'ri ncipal at J cfferson, \\·is. Stud icd in L. n i' ersi t:
of Berlin, l'aris ancl London. Su pen ising l'rincipal of Kenosha schools
H)02-·03.

Edna Myrene Bronson
Cracluated from EYanston (Ill.) l ligh School ( 1898). Cracluatccl :\orth\\ es tern L·ni\'crsily ( 1902) i \.B. degree. :-1 em her of J-::appa l(appa Camma
and Omega Psi. :-!ember of Syllabus l\oarcl. :\orthwestcrn Editorial :taff.
Sophomore Play, Junior l'la:. Elcctccl to Phi 1\cta Kappa (1902). Tea cher
of Latin and Greek 1902-'03, K. II. S.

Helen Grace Andrews
Cracluatecl from lhc Lodi ] ligh School as \'aleclictorian. Craclualccl from
l · ni\ersily of \\' isconsin. English Course, (18<;9). Elcctecl !'hi l\cta 1-::appa
in Senior year at first election. l Icici the alumni Fellowship in English.
( 1899-1900). I lonorary Fellow. (H)Oo-·01).
Teacher of English ancl Ccrman. 1901-·03. h... 11. S.

Robert B. Dickie
Cracluatccl from the \\.hitcwatcr :\ormal School m 18<Jj. <;raduatcd
from the \\' isconsin l·ni\ crsil\· with the 1\.L. clcgrcc in the \car 18117.
Teacher of Science 1-::. 11. S .. 189<J-l<JOJ.

Caroline Whetlam Evans
.\ttencled the :-1acliso11 Jligh School, graduated in 1890. Taught a district
school in \\'incisor, \\'is .. for two terms. Enterccl the L·ni' ersit: oi \\ i,.,consin in the fall of 1897. taking the (;en era I Science Course. :tarted tn
specialize in :-Iathematics in the scconcl year. In Junior ) car. \\as elcctccl
to l'hi Beta Kappa. In 1901. graduated with clegrcc of Bachelor of :cicnce.
:'dathematical c;roup. receiYing special honors on thesis.
Instructor of
:-Iathcmatics ancl Science in the Darlington l I igh School ior one year. l nstructor of :-rathematics in K. l 1. S.

OUR FACULTY.
HELEN GRACE ANDREWS.
EDNA MYRENE BRONSON.

NANCY B. _TENISON.

PROF. W. S. HAMMILL.

WILLIAM J. HOCKING.

CAROLINE WHETLAM EVANS.

ROBERT B. DICKIE.

Nancy B. Jenison
Prepared for college at the II: de park High School of Chicago. Graduatecl from \Yells College, Aurora, :\cw York. taking the clegree .\.ll .. "'cum
lauclc"' in 1896. Took six months post-graduate \\Ork in philosophy ancl
psychology, at Chicago l ·ni' ersit:, 1899. Tutored during 1900 a11cl 1901.
Taught in the Chicago ( )rphan \..,yJum, fall of 1902.
Teacher of English 1'.:. 11. S., I<J03.

William J. Hocking
( ;raduated from Darlington. \\' is .. I ligh School. ( rR90). Cracluated from
l · ni\'ersity of\\ iscon;;in ( 1~9(>) ll.L. degree, recci\ ing special honor;;. Took
post gracluate \\Ork fur three.' cars in L·ni\'ersity uf \\"i;;con..,in ancl ..\lichigan
receiving degree of ..\I.L. from l·. of \Y. Taught two ,·car" in .\ladisnn
.\cademy.
Teacher of I listory and Civic;;, 1903-'03.

Esther Sara Sabelwits
I lorn in Rockford, la. ..\Im cd <.;l10rtly after to La Crosse, \\is .. where
recei' ed education, and graduated from La Cros;;e I ligh School.
From early childhood sho\\'ecl talent for music. and participated in all
mu;;ical affairs of home city. Studied pri,·atcly and in 'hicago ..\lusical College. Craduatcd from Crosh:- \dams .'chool, clas;; of 1901 . ..\fusical director
:\orthwestern l 'niversity Settlement. Taught priYately until 1902 \\'hen accepted position as Supervisor of .\I usic in Kenosha Public Schools. ( I<J02-·03.)

Books We Have Read
I.

()Jc\ Curiosity Shop.

2.

.\

3.

\ Final Reckoning.

4.

The Crisis,

The Laboratory.

Comedy of Errors.

Laura's recitations.
lntenil'\\ \\"ith Prof.
. \nnouncement of Decision Joint Debate.

5.

..\Inch Ado .\bout :\othing.

6.

The Reign of Terror,

Miss Bronson "s period.

7.

Three ..\[en in a lloat.

Three Seninrs after skipping school.

8.

The Great Debate,

9.

The Quartette.

10.

The \ \ 'ind Jammers,

..\lr. Dickie on \\ hispering-.

Joint debate.
\\·nrd\\"orth. Donlc:. (;i])bs. Curtis.
Sophomore Class.
l'i:J

A

High School Boy's Ten Commandments
Tessie C. Jackson

Lst. Thou shalt ha,·e no other thoughts before thee except thy lessons.
2nd. Thou shalt not ha\'e spring fe, er and skip school the first warm
da''·
Jnl. Thou shalt not eat green onions and impose thy breath upon thy
fellow student.
.+th. Thou shalt not ask thy desk to hold thee up. but rather haYe
t'nerg: enough tn do it th: self.
5th.

Thou shall not bluff in thy recitations.

Oth.

Thou shalt not cast goo-goo eyes at the girls.

7th. Thou shalt not spend tin money for candy. but rather ust• it to
keep thy shoes shined.
8th.

Thou . halt not crib or use a pony.

9th. Thou shalt not fail to pass all exams without a second trial.
roth. Thou shalt not plan on taking the back scat in clas . and thus
t·l ude the era fty c: e of the l'rof.

Ten Commandments f'or a High School Girl
l.

Thou shalt not be tin- O\\'n Cod.

I I. Thou shalt not make unto thee gods of clothes. social position. or
c\·en high marks.
11 l.

Thou shalt not talk in vain.
Remember the precepts of thy childhood.

I\' .

\ .

Thou shalt not be ashamed of th\· father and mother.
Thou shalt not kill time.

\ 11 [.

Thou shalt not seek after the attentions of the young nwn.
Thou shalt not steal thy neig·hbor 's \\'Ork.

IX.

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
X. Thou shalt not hornm th: neighbors finer:. nor an; thing that is
th\' neighbor 's.
llut these arc all negati\ e rules . and \\'C 1wcd some pos1t1n• ,·irtues.
The great commandment is. "Thou shalt Im e thy neigh bur as thyself."

The :\ ort hwestern.

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New Books
Issued b:y Senior Class

Six Orations of Ilarbaugh.
·has. I Iarbaugh.
The Higher Life, or :.\laterial Things from an EJc,·atel Plane,
\\' . . \. Rowbottom.
The Collosus of Rhoclcs.
L. ·amfield.
Autobiography of a \\'iggler,
Richard CaYanaugh.
Ein Deutsches Lustspiel.
llrnder Yon llerr Schnuckel.
Tempest and unshine.
Flora nroderick-Stella J(archer.
200 Best Recipes,
l~dith \Vinberg.
The \\'hichness of the \\·hatness of the \\'In-.
Rae Royce.
:.\Iother Goose for Young Folks.
Ruby Kirk.
T\\'entieth Century Enthusiasm.
.\largaret Dohrn.
A Dictionary of Choice Slang.
Edith Wallis.
Roy's Rules of Order,
R. L. Don le' .
The Class that made ITi , tory,
Senior Class.
Safety: Or the IIistor: of our Class Pin,

Oh Xancy. dear Xancy.
Our e: cs are growing dim:
There are wrinkles forming 'round our face
From the rays of the midnight glim.
Oh liaYe, we beg, some mercy!
Oh use your mighty powers.
And make your lessons shorter,
Yes shorter than three hours.
There lingn in our memory
Such thoughts of Gertrncle Reed
On account of her short lessons,
That our hearts for her do bleed.
And now, my clear :.\liss Jenison,
If in our thoughts you'cl be.
Assign some shorter lessons
To the class of 1903.

Freshmen.

JUNIOR CLASS

GEORGE GIDDS

President,

FR.\.:\ ' ES TllCL\I \ ~

.'ecretary and Treasurer,

\ -ermillion and Green.

Class Color .
CL\SS YELL :-C Rah Ra
'C Rah Roar

K. H. S. 190-t.

Class History of '04
"Ile who knO\\'S not and knows not he knows not, 1s a Freshman,shun him."
The eventful clav hacl arriYecl at la. t and we were prcpanng to enter
I I igh School. ~ -one except tho:::.e " ·ho ha\ e been in this po ·ition, know how
supreme!: happy we felt. This had been our ambition for week , and
months, and year .
The 11 umber of good resolution ~ made \vas astonishing. . •ot one of our
class of si:dy-ninc pupils but had mapped out his caren. Some were to be
doctors, others dentist and "pull folkses· teeth;" others school marms. and
e,·en one fair maiden aspired to be a stump speaker,-whilc in sharp contrast was Joseph's ambition to enter the clergy.
The gong sounded! \\. c rushed to our scats, and gazed anxiously and
expectantly at our teacher. .\ftcr we "ere in order, which did not take us
very long, the signal was given, and headed by the patriarchal figure of
Professor \Yiswall, we marchecl upstairs into the main room . A feeling of
awe seemed to en\ elope us on our immecliate entrace : the upper classmen
starecl at us calm!: and serenely, like unmerciful l'agans. The boys
stumbled aimlessly up the aisles, while the girls. forgetting the graceful
airs they had practiced, meekly slipped in after them. Our embarra sment
was not lessened by hearing a Sophomore pipe out in an inquiring tone,
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'·\Yhy, 1 al\\·ays thought that Freshmen were green, but these seem to be
red."' Each one of us droppccl into a scat as soon as our bewilclcred mind
grasped the fact that that was the moYcment required of us. The mathematics teacher had charge of the assembly room . \Ye neYcr knew for days
whether she was a blonde or a brunette. .\t her call of " ,\ttcntion !" we
cowered clown in our seats, hardly daring to breathe. completely awed into
silence.
\V c were a fine class. every one said so-·cYen the Senior., when they
fottncl out how considerate we were of their feelings. For how many mornings did ~fark and Robert come early, say at ten minute. past eight, and
practice walking back to the reading table without treacling on all the scaL,
and making a general clatter! .\ncl how often clid :\lay bring the ", ophie "
cream fudges, to humor pent-up feelings of superiority. while Theresa and
Brosia, and C\'Cn Clayton won the hard hearts of their upper class men by
their dutiful bcsto\\ al of trailing Yine. and tiny anemonies. This last gift
''as more appreciated than any of the former ones. for, as one . cnior \Yas
heard to remark to a fayorite Sophomore, ··so kind of the Frcshies to remember us. and in their gratitude bestow upon us these beautiful little children
0f nature, .. The whole Freshmen class lived on that for weeks .
. \fter a time we became accustomecl to our new and startling cnYironment. and the dail: routine lost some of its horror. and de\ eloped into something· nearing pure boredom- that is. when we discontinued losing our way
to l'hysical Ceography and Literature classes wandering into the office as
if by magic, missing recitations. (by acciclent, of course.) ancl turning the
library into a reception room. Dut any feeling of monoton} which there
might haYe been was quickly dispellecl on our second Frida: as Freshmen.
\\' e had been a(lYised as to the High School societies. and it was also known
to us that some time \\'e would be allo,,·ccl an entrance into the august
presence of the mighty . \thenians and Castilians: hut we \\"l'rl' not prepared
for the gTeat. all-enveloping kindness which was shown us. \Ve I istencd
\Yith our habitual calmness to the reports made by a few pompous :enior.
and a song hy a Sophomore boy. which raised our musical appreciation into
the clouds.
Soon a young gentleman \Yho was :aid to be President. stood up before
our class, and drew a long ancl imposing-looking paper out of his pocket.
\\ ' e "ere sure that he was going to shake hands with us all. and perhaps
pass the presidency onto one of our biggest boys. for size seemed to be the
only credential needed. and \YC were perfectly capable of supplying it. Dut
he neither offered us the chair or greetecl us as fcllow-stttclents. struggling
on the same path of learning.-Instead. he callecl upon a small Senior to
come fon, an! ancl persecute us. Their carefully trained minds had composed a character sketch oft \\·o lines on each trembling member of the Freshman class. \ \ re \\·ere callecl upon to rise ancl receiYc this, ancl an enormous
green leaf as a symbol of our Yerclant state. From that clay we took our
place in the trials and delights of the fTigh School societies. '\fter our pitifully embarrassing initiation into the literary societies. we looked forward
with great pleasure to the feast. giYen by our sworn cncmi ·s. the Sopho-

mores. It went by the name oi "Feast." but we found it to be a "Fast" for
all except the Sophomore::-.. The Freshmen 'isitccl the Episcopal Rummage
Sale (according to the reports of the Sophomores) ancl there procured their
gowns to suit the occasion. Sour pickle san<hYiches seemed to be the predominating article in all the courses, \\'hile a few wormy apples were considerately distributed among the hungry Freshmen. But all "good times"
mu ·t come to an end. and we "ere at last forced to part from the "dainty
meal" ( ?) and repair to the upper hall, \\'here we \\'ere allowed to mingle
e\'en with the Sophomores. and to dance to our hearts' content, forgetting
that we were onl: Freshmen. .\t nine o'clock sharp, the teachers bundled
us up. and sent us home to dream of turkey, cranberry sauce, and pickled
sandwiches.
After this. with yacation in sight, we were able to attack our examination. with a new zeal. Examinations,-what horror ancl utter misery
this common wore! held for us Freshics ! \\'e crammed and crammed. until
we were simply be; ond anything like cramming. .\t last they came sweeping down upon us, and for a few clays, eyen the Seniors went around with
long faces. But the :-.torm blew OYer. and left us aliYe and breathing once
more.
This was the encl of our Freshman year. and as we lookecl back on our
struggles we all Yotecl that we nc,·er would tease or laugh at any Freshman.
no matter if he were red instead of green.
"Ile who knows not and knows he knows not-is a Sophomore-pity
him."
Sophomores !-the ,·cry \\ ord expresses our feelings! The first cla \'
\\as one of supreme happiness for now we were at liberty to gaze, with inward delight. at the Freshmen in their awkwardness. So much for bygone
resolutions.
\\'e were as a whole. almost as bewildered while Sophomores as when
we were Freshmen. There was just a-; much to choose from, and we were
just as undeciclecl as we were a year before. The whole class cleYcloped a
singular propensity for remaining after school eYerY night in the school
months.
:\[any feasts had been planned. but, as it was. we all had to come clown
to one ancl wait until the joll: Thanksgi\'ing celebration. \\' e had planned
to show the prc-;ent Juniors" hat a "Feast" was. and we did. [twas such
a complete success that the Juniors were obliged to gi,·c us undisputed
pos ession to the motto "\ -eni \'idi \'ici."
\\ c hacl met ancl conquered C\'erything but theatricals so we clccidecl
that this should be our next step to glory. It wa to be no easy one. \\'e
gatherccl our force-; together preparatory to giYing .'hakespearc's ":\[crchant
of Yenice." Belle ancl Frances L. were lo be our leacling laclies, while :\[ark
and Irene gloried in the sumptuous apparel of Shylock. Clarence pleaclecl
for Gcrtruclc in such a touching manner as to bring tears to the e: cs of
e,·cn Proi. Dickie. ancl :\lark. branclishing a knife. jumped at Edith :\I. in
I~

such a n ?ry fierce manner that a little her.' on the front scat called out,
"Kill 'cm, Hansen!" Hut nothing serious happened, except that ,\ntonio's
hair fell down just as the curtain was raised.
\\' hen the time for the contest came around again, many of our class
entered and enthusiasm waxed high, but it was our misfortune to be beaten
by "those Juniors." Our enthusiasm was of a lasting quality, however, and
we had the largest number of representati,·es at the Burlington contest.
Kenosha was beaten, but '04 acknowledged that '03 clid \Cry well. The
High School people were a sorry sight after the contest, especially 'ophomore Row.
The reception, giYcn in honor of the Seniors. had been under way for
quite a while, the Fre hmen hacl CYen begun to scurry around after in\'itations. One of the Sophomore girls was chosen to lead the grand march,
and the entire class shown by reflected glory. The Juniors were giYen a
credit mark in all Sophomore minds, on the success of their reception. The
supper tables were so enticing that (;eorgc forgot to dance with Frances T.
until they were on their way home and it is not known whether he indulged
then or not.
This year we said farewell to the Seniors of '02. \\' e watched the graduating exercises with more feeling than last year, for some of our teachers
expected to leaYe. :\liss Erickson was claimed by the ambition of the
Hawk-eye State. Fair :\ladi on greeted :\Ir. :\Iaurer: Prof. \Viswall ought
the broadening influence of a business life and Cupid courted J\liss .i\liller.
:\lr. J\laurer and l\li s :\] iller had been initiated with us, into the mysteries
of High School and haying "grown grey in the er\'ice" together, we were
staunch friends.
"IIe who knows ancl knows not he knows, is a Junior-Honor him."
"Juniors, Junior don't you cry!
You '11 be a Senior by and by!"
This wa

the cry that greetecl us as we took our seats 111 Junior row.
ancl characters

:\Jr. Dickie weecled us out ancl mixecl specimens of all ·ize

together.
ln the course of the morning numerous reports, as to our new teachers,
came to our ears. J\liss E\'ans was said to ha\'c reel hair: while :\fr. Hocking gloried in a full fteclgecl mustache. :\[iss Bronson was tall and angular,
and her eyes framecl in green spectacles. Prof. l lammill was so completely
changed that he could not haYe recognizecl himself under any circumstances .
. \fter the holiclays "e came back, again rebelling against "change ...
:\I"iss Reed had gone, lea,·ing us pleasant memories of the clays while we
\\Orked under her. :\liss Jcncson came to take up the English. \\'e met her
\\'ith a natural amount of prejudice. but it soon was dispelled.
:\Ir. llocking trained some of the lligh School hoy s on a debate, the
first public one in the annals of our class and a Senior \\'ith the help of
t \\'O I uniors \\'Oil.
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The clas · of 'o-t said iare\\'cJI to Teresa, and gaye her to '03 whose
colors she now wear., whose motto she now follows, and who. e weal and
woe she no\\ accepts as those of her o\\'n class, but \\ e shall ah\ a: s attribute
her success to her early surroundings of ·0-1- in Fre:-;hman row.
The Freshmen actually beat the Juniors in the contest and e\ en had mention at l-nion (;ron'. l t is recommended to aJI heating firms to Yisil Cnion
(;rove and consult the headporter at the llotel Central. You can't miss it,
for it's the onl; building in the ,·iJlage . that : ou can see without the aid of
a field glass, and you are sure to form the acquaintance of the porter for
he has a peculiar mania for feeding· all innocent people \\ ith baking-powder
biscuits and asking you to camp on the front steps.
The Junior reception is in the near distance and our president chooses
a different "fair maiden" lo leacl the l'rom. with him, every day.
The class oi ·0-1- predicts that their end will not be as embarras'-ing as
their beginning. but will do honor to "clear old K. I!. S." and the teachers
who haYe helped them on their uneven way. and Sophomores, remember
that next : ear, you may sa: to us ... Ile who kncl\\ s an cl knows he knows, 1s
a ~enior-Re,·ercnce him."
EDITll ),llLLl~R.
IR E~E LILLEY,

FRA. TCE~ Tl Tff\L\~.

l'hysics certain!: is puzzling-.

l loweYer it 1s 'er:

interesting when

illustrated. For instance the class find it Yer: eas) lo remember how to
describe the action of positi,·e and negati\ e electricit: ha\ ing been informed
that (they?) act like two little puppies.

The changeability of the 'a nous recitation rooms 1s still a myster: to
some of our Freshmen. 1\s ),fr. Dickie \\ilh clue ceremony commenced one
of his recitations. :\I iss Pringle in great consternation tumbled into the room
and with breathless haste blurted out-\\ hye-c this-is-Lit-cr-aturc-Class !.and I gucss-i ts Pin. Ccog. too.

l 2

Junior Class Meeting
ilTeeting opened with a prayer by Chaplain Slater.
'ext hour taken up
\\ ith the reading of the minutes of the last meeting. :\lotion made b} :\Ir.
Xicoll that the class use its influence to get his picture in the Annual. Referred to committee on joke .
l'etition presented b} :\liss Thomas asking that the class purchase a
picture of Pres. (;ibbs, to hang in the .\ssembly Room. Referred to committee on complicated affairs.
Secretary announced the receipt of the 8oth bill for balance clue on
Sophomore feast. Secretary instructed to prepare all these bills for binding
and presentation to the library.
The Secretar1 read the follm\ ing resolutions from the facult: :
\Vhereas, \Ye. the faculty of the Kenosha I ligh .'chool Jiaye Yiewed
with deep regret and remorse the une\ en path of the class of T<JO..j.. therefore
be it
Resoh·ed, That we entreat said class to try and liYe up to the example
set by the class of 1903. \\"c know the effort this \\ill co ·t yon and the
few that will succeed. but it is better to han' tried and lost than ne\ er to
have tried at all. .\ discussion followed. and all agreed that the faculty was
becoming too well acquainted with the class. but b) a vote o[ 21 to 21 the
re olutions were approvecl.
:\Ir. ~lcl\amara arose, and stated that it \\as time for the class to accept
the ·enior spade, and as he had taken active training in the use of this instrument and could also make a good peech. he felt that there \\Ould be no
objection to his being elected custodian. :\lessrs. Lippert, l'acldock and
'later jumped to their feet and objected to such an unscrupulous action,
tating that they were candidates ever since the class entered upon the Uigh
School roll. This called forth a general discussion. !'res. (;ibbs announced
that he was ready to hold-up the class honor, and knew that he could do
it. :\Ir. .:\damson retorted that it didn"t take a "Sandow .. to do that, anyone
could hold up a bag of feathers. The class immecliately excluded the ladies,
cliYided into h\·o factions. and prepared for the worst. but the bell rang, and
the meeting adjourned.
R. L. D.

rst Fresh: \\"hat do you suppose the: tic those "ribbon . ·· on a spade for?
Dut t he 2nd Fresh \\ isely remained silent.
:\IoraJ-;\ sk but ye s hall not always recei,·e.
of a post.

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You can"t get blood out

High School Proverbs
2.

A thought in the head is worth two in the book.
lf stairs were ele,·ators \\'e wouldn't ]iaye so much climbing .

.).

.\lany heads make light geometry.

4.

Feast to-day, bu1;_)>0 fast to-morrow.
Sophomore, ignorance is the mother of conceit.
The present Freshies, by nature's intent.

1.

6.

"Shine" in one way-by accident.
7.
(.

The Junior · have yet to learn that History repeat

itself.

Better to have tried and flunked. than ne\ er to haYe tried at all.
There is no royal road to Geometry .

IO.

. \watched pupil neyer whi pers.

I T.

Freshmen console yourse]yes;
'Tis better to be wise and look simple,
Than look wi e and be imple.

J 2.

Enough is as good a ' a feast ;-better than some.

r3.

The course in History neyer did run smooth.

q .

Study your best, and bluff the re t.

15.

Step by step we "straggle"-( clown stairs).

16.

Spell ing is not learned in a clay.

1 7.

•\I I roads lead to the office.

18.
19.

l t's never too late to eat.
.\1l's well when we 're marked well.

20.

Pretty is that pretty does.
If an example of this you would

Look at the

'las

ee,

of • ·ineteen-three.

Exatns
Tell me a simple story
To rest my crammed brain;
'Ti:-; wearisome to :-;tuff full
A sieYe. just gi-ain by grain.
Dates tumble around and jo:-;tle
.\gainst each other hard,
l'ntil they all are knocked out,
Each fellow by his pan!.

Sophomore Class
President,

JAY SCIIG.:-.IACJlER

Secrctar) and Treasurer,

:\L\R( ;.\RET PIRC! I

' L\S:

TELL :- Rick ety-Rackety
Rickety-RiH
1-.:en osha High :chool
Xine-Teen-Fi\'e.

Histor,,- of the Class of 1905
September II , I9QI, began a very interesting and romantic life for the
class of 1905.
It was a beautiful morning, and into the hearts of the class crept the
warmth of the sunshine.
Truth to tell, it had such an effect upon them that it kept them bright
for the rest of the year.
\,\' e noticed that the sun during the first part of the morning took a
definite effect on the students, for the Sophomore , Juniors, and Seniors came
back at noon wearing smoked glasses; but the beauty of the thought is,
"we never cast reflections on any of our schoolmates."
The first day was not so puzzling to us as our Sophomore friends had
depicted it, for we were not in the least embarrassed, and understood perfectly where we were expected to go.
Of course, we would have been \'ery much mortified if any one in our
class had made any unforgi\'able blunder , but we had no reason to expect it.
Our class was \'Cry friendly and sociable, but the members kept mainly
to themselves. \\' hy, we ask, should we bother any other class when we
found enough amusement, and all that we needed within our o wn circle.
\\' e \\Cre always nicely dressed, for we had in our clas a "Taylo r"
and two "Schumachers" to keep us supplied with good clothes and shoes.
\\'e ne,·cr lacked food, for all our flour \\'as pro\'ided by our ''C\liller." \\'e
were well supplied with good, pure water from our "Tanck," and as a co nsequence we were always in good, healthy condition. \\'hen in need of
anything we always sent Odilo for he appreciates "Barter."
\Ve never got into any trouble for Edna is always "Reith" and we had
a magnetic "Barr" and a little steel "Cable" to turn blame away from our
door. , \ ,·cry poetic world was ours. for many a time were \\ c called upon
to sing some "solemncholy" song of our own composition in good form , at
some great banquet. \ \ ' e will not stop to relate any of the many instances
in which our poctr: and blank ,·crsc has \\'On great applause. but ior
further reference it is with pleasure that ,,.e introduce ":\lilton."

The months sped rapidly h~, and in less time than it takes to tell, we
find ourseh·es the guests of the Sophomores at a merry Thanksgiving feast.
"Those green Freshmen" (as the Sophomores very impolitely named
us) showed the Sophomores that they were not as green as the Sophomores thcmseh·es, who seem to be eating pickles all the time .
. \t last came spring. and with it came many blue cards for the Freshmen. Some of the most important Sophomores declared that we <lid not
dcsen·e more than yellow, but we paid no attention to them and their
fooli h prattle, and consoled them with the statement, that they were all
right "but they needed a little salting clown."

Our happiness changed to sorrow "·hen the first break came in our
class. The death of :\I iss :\ l ae Gillon was mourned by all the school, and
\\'e wish to here pay tribute to one who has made for herself so warm a
place in our friendships.
June came and nature was neYer 10\·elier than then, and our year ended
as it had begun, happily. \-acation came and went and September found
u · again at work, but assuming the title of "Sophomore." Then came the
fun of seeing the Freshmen come in. \\'hen they found a seat-all well an 1
good. \\hen they did not-sounds like the cat's moon-light serenade ignificcl the Sophomores' appreciation of the situation.
'hassez right ancl left
"as conducted by the principal-and all was as quiet as a tomb.
The new principal opened the session by stating the standarcls which
he expected us to uphold. and all went on \'cry well. At last the 'ophornores began to haYe meetings in different rooms, and the Freshmen, little
busy-bodies in trying to find out the "isness" of the "isn't," and the "whyness" of the "which." came in collision with two of the Seniors, ancl got
their ears soundly boxed.
Then came off our "Feast," conducted in a good orderly manner. It
was the admiration of the Seniors, the e1wy of the Juniors, and the wonder
of the little Freshmen. The e,·ening was enjoyed by all, especially the
Freshmen .
•\fter refreshments were sen·ed, dancing began, and really, one coulcl
look along the wall ancl as far as eye could reach were seen Freshmen,
Freshmen, Freshmen, and one hacl to tand on the stairway or on the piano
to escape standing- on a Freshman.
The feast OYer. :\liss l)ayis, the "Pearl" of the clas , was heard to
remark: "Oh, clear. I wish there was another fea t, o I could eat omething
else: but it was not so to be. and all the Freshmen went home quite discontent, wi hing there would be another fea. t.
"\Vhy were the Freshmen put in the west room." was suggested by a
Sophomore and answered by a Junior, ''Because western life i good for
green sprouts.'' This i probably the be t proof for the Freshmen's greenne s, and green things are generally fresh: these were not an exception.
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Thus did the time pass and Christmas came. One of the Fre::.hmen
recei\'(.'d a toy bowling alley. Hut then it was just what she wanted, for
~he Im es to ··c;amble."
.\t last came the new year, and many of the Sophomores recci,·ccl blue
carcls. Trouble between the Freshmen ancl Sophomore classes was brev,:ing.
but not wishing to make enemies eyen of the Freshmen, we went o,·er in
our "Ferry" and made peace.
::\o\Y, our second year is nearly o,·cr, and soon we will assume our roll
as Juniors. \\'e haYe been ridiculed b: the Freshmen, a great many of
them saying that we arc a "good-for-nothing stuck-up set." \\'c deny any
such allegation! Show us the allegator ! But on second thought \\hat is the
llSC. for it was onh a set of Freshmen after all!
.\.\" .\".\ C< l.\'.\'ER~L\X::\.
ED::\A SClll.~IACIIER,
~l.\RC.\RET

\'. PIRSClI.

Dickcry. Dickery Dock,
The girl looked at the clock
It \\'as time for the bell,
'Twas her turn to tell,
Dickcry. Dickery Dock,
The girl looked at the clock.
Little ~liss ~I.
Sat biting her pen
Ancl studying hard one day;
The book clid not hide her.
He sat down beside her
,\ncl frightened the others away.
It is a true story they say
That Elmer was laughing one day:
::\Iiss J. looked down. with a terrible frown
And scared all his laughter away.

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Charge of the H . S . Contestants
at Burlington
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Half a block, half a block, half a block onward!
.\11 up the narrow street charged the half hundred;
~traight up the street they \\'ent. straight for a restaurant,
Thronged the half hundred.
2.

Errgs to the right of them, eggs to the left of them,
Eggs in front of them, volleyed an! thundered;
~tormed at \\'ith eggs and rocks, many received rude shoclc,
Xoble half hundred!
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,\ cookie as hard as tlint, coffee with pickles in it,
, \ ·andwich, with meat not a bit;
Their"s not to reason on why, theirs but to eat or die;Plucky half hundred!
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The play house had walls of green,
.\ncl such a place you·ve ne,·er seen;
Although they were hot, seats had they not,Sorry half hundred!
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Burlington with places two, Racine with third was blue;
This the judgment, where they were they hardly knew.
( lh what a howl they made! \\'hen shall their glory fade?
::\ oble half hundred !

Did you know:.
I.
That Reggie is really growing?
2.
That the Freshmen are improving?
3. That ..\largaret l l. isn't expect eel to Ii\ e more than
·t· That ..\lartce smiled the other clay?
That Dexter is \'Cf) fond of dates? (Either kind.)
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Freshman Clas s
Pre iclent,

11.\ROLD F \RRlLL

\ ·ice- President,

.\:dY FR<>.'T

Secretary and Treasurer,

CL\SS YELL :- 1\ebo ! llcho ! l\ebo ! Bah!
lI igh School Freshmen! Ke-no-sha !

Freshmen, -- But Oh M.,,.!
( )ne bright September morning. not many years ago, about two hun<lrecl unassortecl little tots entered the first grades of the Kenosha schools,
and the teachers who were so fortunate as to receive them, thought that they
had ncYer before seen such a number of bright, sweet chilclrcn.-the girls
conscious of their \\'hite aprons and their unnatural curls, and the boys in
their new suits ancl with white handkerchiefs peeping out of their pockets .
•\nd we certainly were bright and helpful, always glad to run errands, or to
run anywhere, each falling O\'Cr the other in his effort to please "teacher."
The teacher's desk was always loaded with flowers and curiosities and
"goodies," and each succeeding teacher fared the same. Thus we won the
good will ancl fa\·or of all our teachers. so that they were anxious to send
us on as soon as possible for the enjoyment of those in the higher grade .
.Almost before we knew it, we had finished the eighth grade, with its reading
and arithmetic, and were read; to enter the realms of literature and algebra.
instead. From the Catholic school, sixteen haYe come to join our rank ,
an d fifteen from the country schools are folJowers of our green banner.
The e are in e\·er) wa; equal to the rest. .\!together there arc now 75 of
us,-only the cream of the original two hundred. \Ye came to High School
the first clay with our older sisters. for then we felt too big to haYe papa or
mama come with us. \\'e Freshmen felt high!) honored when about ten
of the Sophomore and eyen a Junior took studies with us. Fortune ha:-.
fayored us in many ways. For our especial benefit. the IIigh School got
almost a tlC\\ set of teachers this year.
l\o\\' down. Sophomore:-., for are we not reading the same Latin that
you are? l\ow down. Juniors, for our boys fight side by side with yours in
the basket balJ team. l\o\\ clown. high and mighty Seniors. for we ha,·e
gloriously defeated you in oratory this year.
In relating the story of the class of l <JOO, we must not fail to mention
our bewilderment during the first fr\\ \\·eeks of lligh School. For here we

met with many things that were entirrl) new to us, haYing C\ en teachers
in tead of one, and such a maze of class-rooms! It seemed as if we ne\ er
could accuMom ourselves to this ne\\ place. But with such a bright class
as ours, this feeling could not continue ,·cry long, ancl before many clay
had passed. \\·e were e\'en more at ease than many who haye attended this
school for three years. Did you ever notice how much at home we seem
to feel in the main room? Sometimes ''e forget entirely that \\' C are in
school, and thoughtlessly eat candy or catch flies. Of course, we ornetimcs
pas. to wrong recitations, ancl even within the last few weeks, one of our
number appeared in the Geometry class, thinking it was Algebra. This only
goes to proYc our high aspirations .
. \s we haYe remarked before, the class of 1906 is the youngest class
that ever entered the Kenosha lligh School, and some have thought us too
young. The average age is thirteen years, and fiyc of us arc only twelve
:ears of age . . \-;a mark of om yersatility, it may be well to note the fact
that our monthly marks ha\ e ranged all the way from 20 1 , to 100 1 ~.
The teachers, in passing judgment on our work, declare that \\' C arc the
brightest class this Iligh School has ever known: ancl, as compared with
the present Sophomores, we must admit that the abo\ e statement does not
seem too strong . •\t times \\'C are found troublesome. we confess, but, like
the little girl with the curl, "when we are good we are Ycry, \'Cry good,
and \\·hen we are bacl we arc horrid."
~Ir. Dickie, especially, has taken such a fancy to us that he has many
of us stay eyery night to work problems in addition for his entertainment.
Often our teacher , wishing to giYe us a well-dcsen eel rest. ha \'e allowed
us to take the same lesson a second time. The brillianC\ of our class is
\'cry e\·idcnt C\'l'n though we are mere children. for clicln 't l\\ o of our number gloriously defeat the finest orators that the upper classes could put
forth. and carry off the honors in the Declamatory Contest? So
Dow down. Sophomores,
Dow down, Juniors,
How elm' n. high and mighty Seniors!
Dow clown, 'ophomores, for perhaps many of you will yet prefer our
colors; and you. Juniors, for you are too slow for us; you al..;o, high and
might} ,'eniors. ho\\ do\\'n : our heads, for they arc so big that they shut
off our '1ew. I\eyoncl all of vou \\CC see our own bright future.

\\ L -• ·rE C \R.TER.
DOROTilY SL\TER.
:-L\DEL LUI PE.

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"The Best Laid Plans"
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.i\ cup of tea and two social jokes .

•\ \Vest.cm house party an cl the promise of a real English Lord. The
girls a\ O\\ that upon his arrival .. ,, it.h one accord. for better or for\\ orsc, they
will cl ea ye to him... The men plan to have a friend of theirs "impersonate the
Lord high cveryt.hino- else.'"

This plot is discovered by the girls who form

a counter plot, with a cousin to act the part of the Lord .
. \ct I I. . \ cup of tea and one social agony.
"\rri\ al of Lord Ferro!, bewigged and begogglecl. Jlot h men and girls
belieYe him to be their friend in disguise. The girl"s de,·otion proving too
tantalizing, one of the men snatches Lore! Ferrols \\'ig from his heacl. The
man is a st.ranger to all! IJorror and explanations!

C\ST OF Cl L\R \CTERS.
:\lrs. \\ ycherl) .......................................... .'t.ella Karcher.
Miss II clcn \ \') chcrly ................................... :\l amic Hartung.
:\Iiss Rose ~ C\\ come ..................................... 'ornelia Royce.
:\liss . \my Sherman ...... ...... .............................. Flo Shields.
Lord Ferro! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... H.oy Donley.
George l larold ....................................... Charles 11 arbaugh.
teven Harold ........................................ Frank Schnuchel.
Dennis (;rant ....................................... Richard Ca,·;_rnaugh.
Presented June i8, under direction of :\li-- Xancy B. Jennison.
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"The Match Box ,.
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Return of the College girb "ith their a<h·ancecl ideas on all

<: uestions.
Act l I. The stratagem resorted to b) their sweethearb to change their
minds on one question.

C\ST OF CI-L\R.\CTERS.
:\fajor Radway ......................................... Elmer .\[itchcll.
Tom Lawrence ..................................... John llegeman-·97.
Dr. Crosbie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Freel :\l urclock .
Dr. c;rcgg, ....
. . ( ·y ril Kupfer.
(Young physicians.)
Blanche, ...
Ruby :\!. Kirk.
, \my, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\ 1argaret Hohm.
(the :\lajors daughters.)
\\"ancla (their cousin) ......................................... Flo Shiel.
Peggy :de 'art hy, (the maid) .............................. l~dna Donley.
James 0' llrien. (the butler) ................................. Roy Donley.
Presentecl . \pr. 20, unclcr the clircction of :\liss :\larie Keating.

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Hanclsomcst Doy,
?llost Popular,
Biggest Sport,
Class Duclc.
:\lost TalkatiYe,
Dest (;rind,
Handsomest Cir!,
:\Iost Popular Girl,
::.\fost Quiet Girl.
"Goodest" Cir!.

Cha . Harbaugh.
Roy Donley.
\\Tard Rowbottom.
Fred :\lurcloch.
Rae Royce.
Tessie Tobin.
Flo Shiel.
.\largaret Hoh rn.
Eleanor Smith.
Stella Karcher.

Edna ::--.. was requested the other day to play ":\Toonlight on the \\rate rs,"
Sorry not to accomoclate them Edna with her usual willingness compromised matters by sa: ing that although she could not render ".\Ioonlight
on the \\'a ters·· she would play .. Sunlight on the Duckponcl."

Joint Debate
Castilian Society vs . Delian Society
March 27th, 1903

Ql'ESTIO. T:
Resol\'ed that immigration tu the l'nitecl
Affirmati\'e-Castilian Society:

tates should be prohibited

Richard Cavanaugh,
George Cibbs,
:-Junson Paddock.
:-\cgativc-Delian Society:
Joseph Lippert,
\\'an! Rowbottom,
Ro\' Donley.
jl'DCES:
Co. Sup't. G. \\'. Taylor,
Re'. E. T. Farril,
:\Jr. R. \'. Haker,
Prof. L. F. Flipse,
Prof. ( ). H. Lowe.
DEClSI O:N":
to one for affirmatiYc.
I )cbatc under direction of Prof. \V. J. II eking.

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:\I idst the wa\'ing of banners and enthusiastic applau e of their friends
the ·astalian society of the High School boosted the black ancl yellow, the
colors of the society, o\·er the reel and gray of the Delian society Friday
night when the orators of the Castalian society won the annual debate of
the societies.
The question for debate was: "Resol\'ed: That immigration to the
l'nited States shou ld be restricted for a period of ten years." The affirmati,·e side of the question ''as argued h) the orators of t h e Castalian ociety,
the team consisting of Richard Cavanaugh. George Gibbs and 1\Iunson Paddock, w h ile the team of t h e Delian society . ·onsisting of Joseph Lippert,
\\'arc! Rowbottom and Roy Donley. took the negati\ e side of the question
for the Dclian.

Gibbs.

CASTILLIA.
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Cavanaugh.
Donley

Paddock.
DELIA.

Lippert.

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Rowbottom.

The debate drew to the auditorium of the lligh School the largest crowd
that had been in the auditorium in many a day and the enthusiasm of the
two societies was so marked that the eyent will be one long remembered
in scholastic circles in l(enosha. The house was crowded when the two
societies marched in bearing their banners and as they took their places on
either side of the hall there "as rene\\'ed cheering. There is no doubt but
that a healthy spirit of ri,·alr; has been de\ eloped among the students and
they made the auditorium ring "ith their .'ells.
l'andemonium reigned for several minutes after the opening of the meeting and it \\'as eYident that should the Castalians lose in debate that their
members had the better of the good natured banter that preceded the debate. The meeting was presided mer b: l'rof. l lammill. who maclc a few
appropriate remarks in taking the chair. ,\fter the ,·ocal solo by \liss Lampe
the argument of the question began.
Richard Ca\'anag-h opened the debate for the affirmati,·e and made a
strong speech against immigration. Ile \\·as follo\\'ed hy Joseph Lippert for
the negatiYe. The second speaker for the affirmatin· was <;eorge ( ;ibbs. and
\\'arc! Rowbottom parried the arguments brought out b,· him. \Tunson
I'ad dock and Rm- I )onlc'- closed the debate.
The question \\as then submitted to the Judges. Count; Superintendent
( ;eorge \\' . Taylor. Re\. I~. T. Farrill. R. \. Baker. l'rof. F. L. Flipse and
J 'rnf. < l. H. Lo\\'e. The judges retired to an ante-room to \'Ole on the decision and while they were absent from the room \I iss Sabelwitz led a m1mher of patriotic songs in which the audience joined \\ ith krnir.
The judges returned in due time and \Ir. Farrill in a few words announced that the judges. hy a \'otl' of three to two had a\\'arded the Yictory
to the affirmatin· and the Castalian societ;.
The announcement of thl' decision was thl· signal iur another outbreak
oi applause from the Castalian societ; and the; left the hall shouting the
·'ell oi the society a..; a cl'khration of the Yictory. The debate \\'as the
hl'st l'\' l'r held among the 1,l'llosha scholars and it shows that the hoys of
thl' school are \\ L'll trainl'd as orators. The ho,·s \\'ere trained h,- Prni.
I locking and he desen es a great deal of credit f~ir his "urk. . \s <~ token'
of the appreciation of the hm s \Ir. I lockin~· \\·as presented with a beautiful
stick pin.

U . S . History

\Ir. I I.: ":\ow. \Ir. "-· \'OU will look up that reference and report tumcnTow. \\·on't you? ( ;o to library to-night and then it will he all right. yes,
that's a bargain ...
\Ir. h:.: ( -:\ () answer.)
:\Ir. Ii.: "\\'hy. isn't that fair?"
\Ir. K.: "I didn't Sa\ it wasn't ...
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By Prof. Dickie

:-\o doubt in the dim and misty past a race of giants attended the
l(eno-;ha IIigh School. :\I any arc the mythical stories of wonderful athletic
feats performed in those good olcl clays, feats that make the athletic aspirant
o f the present clay feel insignificant, indeed. :-\ot only were their individual
accomplishments great but they ~vcrc able, so runs the m: thical story, to
organize and maintain foot-ball and base-ball teams that were a credit to
the school ancl the pride of the city. Hut as no written record is left of
games played or victories won, let us say in a mythical way that in those
good olcl clays the boys \\"On famous Yictories.
In the year 19o:::i the ](enosha High School entered the l ntcrscholastic
League ancl sent a track team to :\ladison to compete with the !Iigh Schools
of the State for athletic honors. ~\fter careful training for weeks a team
\Yas selected. Lt consisted of R. IIolderncss, .\. IIolderness, R . . \lien, E.
Haker, Il. Robinson and T. Abel. This team compared fayorably with the
best teams of the State. By the wonderful speed of Roy Holderness on the
bi ~·: de we were able not only to win the race but succeeded in breaking
the lnters.:holastic bicycle record. ()ur team ranked far abO\c the a\l'rag~·.
l f. howeyer, anyone should desire to get definite information in regard
to the athletic ability of the different members of that team, let them interrogate ll. R. J le will tell in glowing terms how R. lI. led and at what a
furious rate T .. \. droYe, thus giYing Kenosha an c11\"iable position among
the schools of the State.
Jn the :ear 1901, a team \Vas also trained and sent to :\Iadison. This
team was composed of R. Allen. L. \\'iswall, J. Charles, F. Iserman, C.
Conermann and F. Smith. In the year 1902 a third team was sent, composed
o f L. \\' iswall. R. Kupfer, C. Thelen. C. <;onermann and \\'. llurke.
The
team for 1903 consisted of Roy Donley, Cyril Kupfer and Ceo. (;ibb . .
hut owing to the entry blanks not being in on time the boys did not compete in this meet.

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l t has been the policy of the Kenosha lligh School to ha' c local athletic
meets with neighboring 11. S . a week or so before the Interscholastic meet
at :\laclison. In these meets our school has usually shown itself superior
to the neigh boring schools. \ \' c ha Ye also organ izccl and maintained basketball and foot-ball teams. The training obtained from these sports is excellent. Considering the age ancl weight of our boys compared with other
teams with which they haYe contested, we will not say that we ha\'e been
defeated but we \\·ill simply say that we haYe been O\'erpowered.
l t is impossible without drawing this article to a tiresome length to
e\·en touch on the numerous contests won and lost by our athletes. Dut let
this be said that the l(enosha I I. S. has always been square in her dealings
with other schools and e\'en though she has been yanquished many time
-;he has not been dismayed. I [er motto is and always has been, ""StriYe on,
Stri\(~ on.·•

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\Vhcn-Thc Seniors are gi\'en rocking chairs.
-Examinations arc clone a\\"ay with.
-Professor smiles.
-Ponies are proYidecl by Board of Education.
-The .\nnual is issued.
-( ;eometry becomes a cinch.
-1 !istory repeats itself.
-Rae forgets to talk.
-The Seniors recei\'e their diplomas.
-The IIigh School gets a g} m.
-The detention list is abolis hed.
-\\'e don't ha\'e to manufacture excuses.
-'l he reading table is com ertecl into Ping Pong table.
-:\Ir. Dickie lets us sing Yankee Doocllc.
-The boys gi\'e their minstrel show.
-The teachers take a Yacation.
-Edith :\lillcr makes fudges.
-There is reading matter on the reading table.
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- \\'c are allowecl to open the windows.
- \ \ c haYe one session.
-The circus comes to town.
-\\'e haye an elc\'ator.

Music in the Kenosha High School
Ilow clear to the hearts of all the old bo: s an cl girls is the memory
of the old. o ld songs. sung during their yea rs in the I [igh .'ch ool ! Xo greater
tribute can be paid to the music of past years than the pleasure manifested
at the re-union, when "llome .\gain" is sung with an enthusiasm and pathos
coming straight from the heart.
:\lusic \\as not gi\ en its own place on the daily progra mme until
recently. It was confined to morning exercises and Friday afternoon programmes, and was conducted wholly by members of the High School faculty.
The music was chosen from Xational airs, sacred songs. and folk songs. still
clear to the old heart .
. \mong the lovers of music who haYe helcl the principalship, was Prof.
Coe. Coming to Kenosha as he dicl, in '49, when the school was still in its
infancy. the progress in this line seems especially remarkable. The many
good \'Oices among the students, and Prof. Coe·s mastery of the Yiolin made
the work both delightful and easy. "The Colden \\'reath" was the book in
use at this time .
. \ new impetus was gi\·en the work. with the breaking out of the Ci\·il
\\' ar in "()1. \\' hat a \'Cnt for the intense fe\·cr of excitement which possessed
the students during that trying time, in the -.;inging of the war songs.-the
old fa\·orites, and the new ones. born of the times! lIO\\' the \·cry roof and
rafters of the old school building re\ er berated \\ ith the strains o f ··Columbia, the Cem of the Ocean," "Year of Jubilee," and '"Dixie."
Prof. Conatty
was principal, but ~liss Kate Deming, later ~I rs. \\'heeler. one of his
assistants, directed the singing, while ~Ir. Filmore Starkweather prcsiclecl at
the organ. ( )n the fateful morning when the news of the firing on Fort
Sumpter came, school assembled as usual, but all hearts were too iull for
study. . \ short period was spent in singing. after which school \\as dismissed for the day. Perhaps the patriotism of more than one heart \\·as
--tirred on that occasion to join the ""boys in blue ...
. \!though music has nc\ er been dropped. there was a time. now. when
interest lagged. and little " ·as clone.
The \\·ork was again taken up when Prof. Leach was called to the principalship. ~]embers of his classes e\·en to-clay. in their moments of reminiscence. will be heard humming snatches from ""The Old Black Cat," and.
"Dip, bo)s. dip the Oar," and "l!oc out your Row." for the "Song \\'a,·e"
became one of the most popular of the school books.
l'ncler

~Ir.

Pollock"s regime. ··c J, \\' ert Thnu in the Cauld nlast," ancl

··o. thou sweet, wild. thorny Rose." were among the fayorites. The students
decided that at other times than "In the spring. a young man's fancy lightly
(might) turn to thoughts of loYe."-a fact which was readily parclonccl, for
~Ir. Pollock had just brought his bride to J(enosha.
The Crst regularly organized work in music began, when ~lrs. ~liller
became Super\'isor of ~lusic and Drawing. in 1,'98. l 'nder her able direction. the work was systematically outlined, and chorus singing in the Iligh

School once more became a most interesting icature. In the spring of 1900,
:.Ir . :\Iiller SC\ creel her connection with the public schools of Keno ha.
The year follm\'ing. the music in the l ligh School was uncler the direction of :\liss Erickson.
In the fall of HJOI. ;\l rs. Frost came to take charge of the work, hut
remained only a part of the year. resigning on account of ill health.
During the pre ent year. great interest has been manifested in e,·er:
direction. It was necessar: to re-organize and s: stematize the work completely. This difficult task was materially lessened by the enthusiasm and
good will of the pupils. During the year a selected girls' chorns, a boys'
glee club. and a boys' quartette were organized. Special music \\'as prepared by these for numerous programs. carrying the \\'Ork up to Class clay,
and Commencement. Four-part son~s. unaccompanied, haYe been successfully sung. reaching in this. the highest form of 'ocal music.
E. S.\R.\ S \llEL\\ ITS. Su1)l'n·isor oi :\Iusic.

The Idea of a Freshman from
Sophomoreville
(>nee there \\'as a Freshman,
.\ncl he \\'as yery green;
llut people thought him preit),
The cutest C\ er seen .
. \nd once there came an old cow.
\\ 'ho lookecl for something· green.
~·he sa\\' the little Freshman .
. \nd thought him "not so lean."
And so she stood her chances,
.\nd \\ aitccl 'round a\\'hilc;
1\nd thought of some good way 1n "hich
This Freshman to beguile.
She thought hc'cl clo the "Spiclcrstunt
l'nto the little Hy;"
The "Romeo act to Juliet,"
She \\Oulcl not clare to tr\ .
•\ncl so she purred a little song,
.\ncl lured this boy a\\'ay,
.\ncl :-.inn: that time he's nc er been -.een,
l'nto this yery day.
200

Delian Society
CH,\.·.

11.\RIL\L'CH.
l~D\\'1.
L.\:\11\.

President,
\ 'icc- l'resid en t,

T

FLO SHIEL.

Sccretar} .

:\l.\RC.\Rl~T

Tr<'asurer.
C<'nsor,

I\< >1 IR.·.

C \RRI E FO. ·1,.

MARY MILLER

Third Place in District Contest.

HAROLD FARREL,

Winner of Home Dec. Contest.

Castalian Society
:'dC.:\~·ox l'.\DDOCK.
RICIL\RD C\ \'.\. ·.\l'GII.
CYRLL KCl'FER.
ETll l~L F,\RRILL
IRE:\E LILLEY.
EDlTI l :\I lLLER.

President.
\ · ice-1 'resident.
Secretary.
Treasurer,
Censor,
Critic,
'erg.-at-Arms,

\\'ILL! E KIRK
~01

School Song
Tune -- "Mar:yland "

\\'hat is the school ] Ion• the best: l(cnosha. 'tis Kenosha:
It is the school that stands the test: Kenosha, 'tis Kenosha.
From :\I ississippi's rolling stream
To where the Great Lakes' waters gleam
lt is th' students' . chool of dreams: Kenosha! 'tis Kenosha.
\\' hy love we then our old liigh ,'chool: l(enosha ! oh. l(enosha !
It teaches us a golden rule: Kenosha. 'tis ](enosha !
It teaches us the great arc bra\ c:
It teaches us to climb the waYe
l t places us above the knave: Kenosha, 'tis Kenosha.
I -;cc the distant children come. Kenosha. to l(enosha:
The' come with hearts that beat like drums l(enosha, to 1· eno ha
They come to us, they arc uncouth ;
The' come to drink the spring forsooth
That gushes forth eternal truth: Kenosha. oh l(enosha.
Xow fare thee well clear old 11 igh School. Kenosha. oh Kenosha:
Farewell to hirchcnrod and rule, Kenosha, oh Kenosha:
She stands unmoved "hile wild winds ra\ e:
She stands like Him that came to saYe:
She ride-; sublime on rolling waYc, ](cnosha, oh l(enosha.

A Senior's Soliloquy
Un English Literature.
To flunk, or not to flunk: that is the question
\\' hether "tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The troubles and the headaches of close study,
( >r to take up arms against the sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them? To flunk; to fail;
Xo more; and by a failure to say we encl
The headaches and the long lessons
\\'e do have. "Tis a consummation
Uevoutly to he wishecl-To flunk, to fail;
To fail; perchance to be expelled-.\\, there's the rub!
For after that expulsion, what punishment may come
\\ "hen I have shuffled off to my home,
.\lust give me pause. There's the respect
That makes these troubles of so long a life;
For who would bear the \\'hips and scorn at home.
The standings below se\'enty, the profs call downs,
The ridicule of the teachers, the class' laughter,
The insolence of the Juniors, and the arrogance
( )f all the . ophomore class,
\\hen r might go jump in the lake?
\\' ho would these things hear?
To grunt and sweat uncler a \\'Cary life.
l\ut that the dread of some unconceivecl punishment
From whose effects the recipient first turns reel,
\ncl then turns \\'hite. makes us pause.
;\nd then turn once more to our long lessonsThus conscience cloes make a coward of me,
And an enterprise of great pitch and moment.
\\'ith this regard, its current turns a\\'ay,
And loses the name of action .
• oft you now: the fair Gertrude !-:\ymph
ln thv orisons be all m\· flunks remembered.

R. .\I. R.
R. L. D.

A

Query

.'hall I kno\\ the little Cupicl.
\\ ' -en I meet him b:-ancl-by ?
\Yill his little arrO\\S prick me?
Shall l hear his merry cry ?

Do \ ' OU think that \\'hen he's coming
\\' ith his mama's snm,·y dm·cs.
I shall kno\\' his roguish glances .
.'hall I knm\ that theY arc Lon' ·~?
Oh. I wonder if I'll sec him.
\\hen he comes to me some clay,
Or shall I pass him unknown h: .
. \ncl go a\\'ay. a\\'ay?

The Answer
Uh. I thought l sa\Y him.
Little Cupid. funny frllm\·,
l'oising 011 a S\\·an's back.
\\ ith his arro\\", shining Ycllo\\' !
sa\\ the shaft a-coming.
Sa\\ him hide ,,·ith fcath ry winglets;
~·aw his laughing. cunning dimples.
l'ccp through his crisp; ring-Jets.

So calm my \\'cary mind, dear:
\Yith gentle touch, your hancl
Lay on tn~ carc-\\·orn bro\\'. clcar.lllow, bre;ith from fairy-land!

Our Poets' Corner
Then m; c; cs 1 clo::iccl tight.
.\ncl my frame was all a-shi' er.
For l knew the arro\\'
In my heart \\'Oulcl stick ancl qui,·cr.
So I \\'aitecl, waitecl.
llut when I luokcd up affrightccl.\\'herc had Cupicl gone to?
His arro\\',-\\'here had it alighted?
Ah me! .\ foolish maiden,
1 mistook hi-, brother, surely,
Or a cousin for himself. then;
Oh, he scn·c,., th poorly, poorly!
:\llSS A.\"DRE\VS.
201

.

Atnetexox
Close to the shore of the lake in a \YOO<! quite dark ancl dreary
Lay a Yer} small camp. it was the camp of the gypsies.
In front of a tent sto()(l a woman. a woman sad, bent and lonely.
Looking away to the east ancl muttering strange incantations.
Dreamy she looked and wild as she stood there bent and londy.
She'' as a fortune telll'r. the seeress of all the gypsies .

.'uddenly sprang from the wood. the fnrm-, of t\\ o fair maidens.
Comely they were and fair, fair as the \\ ater Iii).
One bore the name of ~largaret, the other that of Edith,
They hailed from a seat of learning, the old J...:enosha High School.
Surely they wished to know if they were to recei,·e diplomas.
\\ere they to dress in white and be admired by the public?

Tl'e seeress soon began dreaming and looking- into the future.
Yes, they were dressed in \\ hite and admired by the entire public.
J;ressed in suit of black, with face looking kind and benigh:
( ;i,·ing to each a sheep-skin \Yas the form nf ~Orman L naker.
Cl, the joy of that moment, ,,·hen shall they e1·er forget it?

Long in their minds shall it linger along with the thought:-; of their
school days.
They "ere all ha pp) and bright: but this of all the happiest.
:!(\,;

To the Class of 1903
I.

Four happ) years in the <kar old school
That mem'ry will keep fre-.;h and ne\\'.
And fast come the thoughts of happ) da: s spent.
\\ ith classmates and teachers so true.
2.

'Tis a picturesque place.-the old I ligh School.
\\' ith its odd little corners and nooks .
. \nd the \\·el 1 rememb ered rows of desks,
. \nd the sheh·es filled with time-worn books.
3.

But we pass irom this beautiful childhood ,,·orld .
. \11(1 \\l' see scenes that appear new and ;;trange;

\mong mem'ries be;;t trea;;ure;; are I ligh School days,
.\nd our fond thoughts '' e lll'\' l'r \\ill change .
4.
'Tis the way of the \\'orld: old friends pass a\\'ay .
•\nd new faces risl' up in their stead:
0

llut \\"l' \'l' ;tl\\-a\·s reml·mlll'red our schoolmate;; and friends.
Little matter th l' 'ear;; tk1t ha\ t ' l ~ ed.

\nd \\'hill' '' l' are bidding these old friends adieu.
I )welling \\'ith prick on each face,
\ \ l'

cannot refrain from a quick startled new

( >f the .time when we'll stand in their place.

For to-da,· iriell(b and scl10~lmates, so kind and so true.
Though our hearts ma: be joyful and free,
Let l'\' l'r.' one join in bidding farewell
To the clas,., of 1903.
!~():\ \

SUll . .\L\UlEI.:.

Class of 1905.

Mother Goose Melodies
1.

:\largaret had a little clog.
lh color black and white,
,\ncl e\·erywhere that :.largaret went.
That clog \\'as there all right.
2.

It followed her to school one cla \' .
It was against the la\\.
The freshics gathered 'round to sec
The\· all cried out hurrah!

3.
•\ncl when prokssor frowned and sCO\\·lcd
It still did linger near
.\nd up the aisles did trot along
'Till :\largaret did appear.

\\hat makes the clog· lm·e :\largaret so?
The students all did cry.
\\ h:. :\Jargaret lmTs the dog vou kno\\.
That is the reason wll\.

I )ing dong hell
:-;ophie can you tdl
\\hat those numbers mean
\ \ hich on the hoard are sel'n?
_\las! "tis \er: sad.
Hut -' ou"re learning· how to acid
I )i.1g dong bell
~ink tlHhl' figures in a wdl.

I liggled: I 'iggkcly
( )ur good little maid
Tessie 's \ l'ry good deeds
The\· lll'\'L'r \\ill fade
Hut we will not here
I !er actions upbraid
l I igglecl: Piggledy
c;ood little maid.
:?f)j

TIRED SOPHOMORES

Too Tired to Work, Too Tired to Walk
Too Tired to Read,

Too Tired to Talk

Too Tired to Eat,

Too Tired to Drink

Too Tired to Write, Too Tired to Think

W. H. ROBINSON
STATIONER
BOOK AND NEWS DEALER
SCHOOL SUPPLIES

ATHLETIC HEADQUARTERS

267 MAIN STREET

- - - - OUR. - - - -

Report Cards show a
CLEAN RECORD

Austin Bros.
The Latest Oxfords

By Trading at our Store
You are always sure of

The Stylish Slippers

Quality, which has made
· : · : : our : : : : :

The Best Shoes : : :

Record

The Least Money : :

Perkin Bros.

BUYS THEM FR.OM.o

268 Main St.

Austin Bros.

Tel. 60

.o .o .o

A. B. AMES
CUSTOM-MADE AND READY TO WEAR
C 1 o t h i n g, H at s and
MEN'S FURNISHINGS

Main Street

Kenosha, Wis.

C. H. HURD

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Pharmacist
~O~@~
MANUFACTURER OF

HURD'S Headache Tablets
HURD'S White Pine Cough Cure
HURD'S Borated Talcum

TRY ouR nEL1c1ous

Ice Cream Soda

ONE OF THE TEACHERS- Why you would be surprised. Those Freshmen know
more than you would think.
(Judging from their looks)

J. G. McHugh
Manufacturer of

Fine Harness, Horse
Boots and Case Collars

Lentz~ Funck
The Leading

Strictly Hand-:rnade

Saves

Our Harness
you. Worry,
and Money

GROCERS

Ti:rne

Corner Main and Park St.

Best Style
Best Stock
Best Finish
222 Park St. Kenosha,
Established 1887

Tel. 39

Wis.

~10

J. A. PETERSON
HARDWARE
Ladies', Gents'
----and----

- - - - AND - - - -

Chi Id re n's

HARNESS

SHOES
REPAIRING Neatly
Promptly Done

That Reads Well
It Means:

and

Good Hard vvare
Good Harness ... . .

259 Market Square
.o .o .o

KENOSHA , WIS .

.o .o .o

254 MAIN STREET
KENOSHA, WIS.

IDA:

CICERO

Find the value of this equation
CLASS
TE SSIE:

VIRGIL CLASS

Established 1854

Whether your Account be large
or small the

First National Bank
K EN 0 S HA,

WI S.

IS READY TO SERVE YOU
with courtesy, promptness and
painstaking care
Z. G. Sim mons. Presiden t
Chas. C. Brown, Cashier

George Yule , Vice- President
W. P . Robinson , Ass ' t Cashier

Establi shed 1854

~ 11

To your Interest
TO SEE OUR LINE OF

CLOTHING
Men, Boys and Children
For Style, Finish and Workmanship they are considered the BEST in the City.

Large Assortment of Hats and Caps at the Lowest P rice s.

ISERMANN BROS.

Cor. Main
and Market Sts.

A claim department should be organized - For Freshman knives, pencils, etc.,
easily stray away.

LYMAN'S
Shoe Store

SCHROEDER

- - - HEADQUARTERS FOR - - -

Stylish, Good Shoes
AT

Photographer

MODERATE PRICES
Patent Leathers, Oxfords.
Gymnasium Shoes,
Silk Laces, - Dressings
5, le Agent for

165:/67 Park Street
New Dewe y

Buil d i n g

W. L. Douglas Shoes
205 -- 207

Market

F. A. LYMAN

Street

Only First-class Stock at his
Studio. None better in the city

-~~~""~;)~~a. .

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i ERNST &
i
SLi LLIVAN i
§
i·.·
i
Telephone .

WILL M. FARR, M. D.
!?hysieian and Surgeon
Office In

MAIN STREET

B1•fort' )·011 ham n•ad a word
of this ad you know its about
grocpries by ... imply noting
the names. Hoods from E & 8
nrp right
always som(' inducement hPre Pithor pricP:-;
or ('Xclushf' goods usually
both

i

I Purity and Promptness
roourstandardsandyoucan
Ig .\tlw
fc-(~l sun'
will use both in
delivPry of ord"" that•,
WP

;,t.

a part o f our succe~s in tlw
grocery hu ... inPss the otlwr
part is thP price. Try an
ordC'r from thb stor1'. . . . .

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STREET

MARKET ST•

Ii

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PETER FISHER
ATTORNEY

i
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AT

LAW

Office in

Benedict & Tarbell Block
Market St.

NORMAN L. BAKER

§ ERNST &

i MAI.~

THE MEYERS BLOCK

Telephone :

SULLIVAN i

~ff.ffff~ffff ~MM,P
CAVANAGH

ATTORNEY

AT

LAW

Kenosha, Wisconsin

I don't appreciate these fam ous Latin heroes

The power of price is the force that
is keeping this store in front ranks

270 MAIN STREET

Barden
KENOSHA,

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WISCONSIN

KENOSHA,

WISCONSIN

ESTABLISHED 1897

MERCHANTS' & SAVINGS BANK
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN

CAPITAL FULLY PAID

$25,000

Under the direct Supervision and Jurisdiction
of the State of Wisconsin.
We aim to afford our Patrons the most liberal treatment consistent with safe c ,nservative methods, and continue to solicit
Th e business of responsible individuals and firm s .

3%

Interest paid on time, cerficates of deposit
Interest paid on savings accounts
Savings accounts may be opened with $1.00
BANKI G
HOURS:
9:00 A. M. to 3:00 P. M. and Saturday E vening.

HE ,~RY B. ROBl~SON, President

7:00 to 8:00

A. K. WILDER, Cashier

IT PAYS TO TRADE AT

Rates, $2.00 per day
Long Distance Tel. 96 ......

HOTEL EICHELMAN

PFENNIG'S

EICH ELMAN & HALE, Props.

GROCERY

CORNER

Main and Wisconsin Sts.
KENOSHA,

163-165 MARKET STREET

- WISCO~SIN

214

E. R . HEAD, Business Manager
S.S . SIMMONS, Editor

H. \V. REITH
iii

Long Distance Tel. 76-2

RENO SHA
Evening News
Head al. Simmons, Proprietors

Photographer

Guaranteed circulation
over 1500

'5/Je

Telegraph Courier
263 Main St.
Kenosha, Wis.

OLDEST PAPER
in the North west
Kenosha,

Wisconsin

Established 1839

Miss A

A GERM A N CLASS
"S peak a little louder Frank that sounds like the distant roar of thunder."

Henry

J.

Hastings

LA WY.:R. and COURT
COMMISSIONER.
SETTLEMENT OF ESTATES A SPECIALTY
Masonic block, opp . Post office

~ ~~~

J. A. Winberg
iii

KENOSHA , WISCONSIN

-

-KENOSH A'S

Fine Teas and Coffees

BEST GRADE

RELIABLE TEA STORE
Pure Baking P•>w ders and S pice . Crnckery

GROCERIES

RYAN BROS.

PROP.

T ickets g iven with every purchase

263 Market St.

Kenosha, Wis.

COFFEES and TEAS
A

Tel. 287

SPECIALTY

461 Pearl St.

The Kenosha College of Commerce
TRAINS FOR LIFE WORK.
GRADUATE, WHAT NEXT? The last le. ""n has hl·en recited, the text bnoks
arc laHI a,,·ay, the sch""] rnnms arc clc-.crtecl, the cour,.,c has been complctecl. WHAT
N E XT ?
LIFE IS NEXT-Life and liYing, with all that it implic,., of ,.,unshinc ancl
shadows. smiles and tears, failures and successes, defeats and \'ictnries. _\ncl you " ·ill
find the ,.,trugglc a tremendous nne. You "·ill need all your courage, all your skill.
all the clC\·clnpmcnt acquired hy these years of training. Ask no quartc:r inr none
will be giYcn. "The sun·iya] of the fittest," as applied tn material success. has eYer
been and still is the motto of mankind.
WHAT, THEN, PROMISES BEST FOR THE FUTURE?-The iuture nnt
nnly 1li yourself but of those Joyed nncs, b<lrn and unborn, whose happiness or sorrow. \\·hose comfort nr cli tress. ynu arc now cletcrmining by this \\·eighty decision.
BUSINESS CHANCES BEST. The "pportunitics in the c"mmeroal "nrld for
ach anccmcnt to places ni hnnor. respnnsibility and excellent remuncrati"n arc limitless. In an effort eYen tn p<lint them out "ne is C<lmplctl'I) "'Cf\\ hclmccl.
WANTED-YOUNG MEN AND YOUNG WOMEN OF BRAINS is fla»hccl
upon the ca11\·as ir"m eycry hank. mercantile house, fact<lry, railr<lad office and other
place of business in the Janel. Young people arc wanted tn think, \<l plan. \tJ inn•nt. tn
managl'. t11 handle men, TO LEAD . They ha\'e n" cnncepti<ln "f the great clcmancl
for thnse qualificcl \11 cln \\-nrk in business houses. One tYtlC\\Tito:r firm. the Remington. 111 the cities "i Xe\\ York and Chicag" alnnc during the last year filled i<lurteen
thnusand stenographic p<lsitions . Fnrty per cent. ni those inquiring ftJr help wanted
Y"ung men; nnly ten per cent. c"uld he supplied. and this demand is the •amc in
cnTy county of the l;nitcd States. F<lur Y"ung men c;q1ahle "i sten<lgraphic work
an: snug ht ''here nne can he f<lund.
IF YOUNG MEN COULD UNDERSTAND "hat it means t" as"iciatl' "ith
tactful and resourceful men. to take their chctati<ln. to \\Tile their thoughts. t" think
as they think, to \\·ork, to inYent, tn pla11, tn execute, in complete acc"rd with that
\\hid~ is brightest and best in husines,., life, they \\·cn1ld a Ya ii themseh·es "f this stepping-stc.ne to high cnmmercial positinn,;-thc ,.,afe,.,t and surest stepping-stone to
preferment nn\\ before the Y"uth nf \mcrica.
THE COLLEGE OF COMMERCE ill\ 1tes ynur critical inspection into its
faciliucs ior iurni,.,hing twentieth-century business training. In ,.,urrounclings, equipment. strength of faculty, C<lursc nf instruction, and the high pnsitions held by our
l:(raduatcs. \\'C respectfully inYite cnmparison with any business school anywhere.
Our school is recognized hy the business educators nf ,\ merica as one of the first
rank. :\Ir. Trenary is nn\\' a member of a cnmmittee of t ·n whose duty it i,., t" out:111e a course ni study ior the commercial schools oi the l,;nited States and Canada.
OUR STUDENTS EMPLOYED. Xinc oi our students arc no\\' cmpl"yecl by
the FIRST X \TTOX \L B.\XK. some eight nr nine. by the Cll IC \GO BR.\SS
CO:'lll'.\XY, and seYen by the SDI :\IOXS :'11\XC'F.\CT 'RIXG CO:'ll I' \XY. :\Ian)
ha Ye already ach·ancccl bcy"ncl the first stage,, and arc managers and cnntr<lllers "f
!1\hcrs for \\hich they rccei,·e hancls"me salaries.
SCHOOL LIFE at the College is a constant pleasure, for all -students and
teachers· fmm a little family hand linked together for mutual acl,·anccment.
\\'e ,.,hall be \'Cry pleased tn haYc you call at the scho"I. and sec what "·c haYc.
Full ini"rmat1<>n will be cheerfully giYen,
OTIS L. TRENARY, Principal,
322

Market St., Kenosha, Wis.

COLLEGE
Kenosha

NATIONAL

College

of

BANK

Commerce

We make that - - -

Here is where the Students get their
washing done.
Likewise every Mother's son.

"Violet Cream Lotion"

If this wasn't true I would 'nt tell you so

you hear .so much about

Because the
iii

Eagle Laundry
is the B oss you know.

Take your bundle to

Rustad al
Waterman

THE-----

EAGLE LAUNDRY
Collars
Cuffs -

Druggists

2c

HANDKERCHIEFS

-

le

5c

UNDERWEAR

258 Main Street

Prescription compounding is our
- - - - - specialty - - - - -

220 Main St.

WAR D ROWBOTTOM READING VIRGIL
" Three times I strove to cast my arms around her neck." That's as far as I got.
Miss B Well I think that's quite far enough.

SPRING
SUMMER

AND---

Dr. H. H. LANE

GOODS

- - - - - Dentist-----

'"

Office h u•s

9· · 2

I· 0 S

7-8

256 Wisconsin Stred

REFRIGERATORS
LAWN MOWERS
GARDEN HOSE

ALBERTE.BUCKMASTER

ICE CREAM
FREEZERS

.. . Allorney al Law ...

!I\

Td.187

Kenosha, Wisconsin

AND

A FULL LINE of HARDWARE

JAMES CAVANAGH

Call on

Counselor at Law

John J. English

K.nosba,

Wiscomin

H. C. SCHlJLZ

I 0

J~

0

I~ E _i\._ :\I

HARDWARE, PLUMBING, SEWER
PIPE, FITTINGS
~~~AND~~~

GENERAL MERCHANDISE

Thomas S. Lockhart
PRACTICAL

Watchmaker and Jeweler

KUPFER
CRACKER
CO.===

Estimates given
on Class and
Society

EMBLEMS.

Graduate Optician

Mr. H

267 Main St.

U. S. HISTORY CLASS
Now Miss P. After the battle where did the British go?
Miss P They went to Halifax.

AMEL BOOSTED
Bicycle Repairing
Good workmanship guaranteed

- - - Agent for - - -

ORIENT, RACYCLE
- - INOIAN - -

BICYCLES
Cor. Park and Exchange Sts.

:Jor that satisfied feeling tru
=THE=

KENOSHA
LAUNDRY

-- ~

\VM. F. FISHER

Black Dress Goods .
Special promi nence is given this particular
line of our large assortment of Black
Dress Goods for two reasons --- they are
more than ever pref erred by fashions, and
our se lection conta ins many h<:.ndsome
novelties and plain weaves, a comparison
of value for value will demonstrate that our

Prices are Always the Lowest

GEOMETRY
Miss E - Give the Reason Fred.
Fred M Two I I, Lines are I I.
H.J. WEI HElli! ER

H. L. MOLITOR

GEO. T. KIMBALL, M. D.
MEIERS BLOCK

Telephone, House 153

H. L. Molitor&Co.
'Dry Goods
Ct oaks
Carpets

Office 271

OFFICE HOURS :
\t-10.\.M.

:J-5P.M.

7-\IP. M.

W. S. LAMB

Practical Truss Fitter
Trusse s Fitte d and Ouarantr rd

119 Milwaukee Ave.
Second

and

Third

KENOSHA, WIS.

Floors
T e lephon e 23 0

Rugs all sizes
Linoleum all widths

Con s ultation Free

Dr. Edwin J. Elton
Osteopath ic Phy s ician

O'NEIL BUILDING,

KENOSHA, : : WIS.

357 MAIN STREET

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The Only Purely Visible Writing Machine on the Market Todt1y

Perfect and Permanent Alignment
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE MISSING : : : : : IF YOU FAIL TO PURCHASE A

"Sholes Visible Typewriter"
PRICE WITHIN REACH OF ALL.
IF YOU
ARE INQUISITIVE DROP US A POSTAL
WE'LL DO THE REST.
'"To know is to want"
Manufactured by

A. D. M. T. \V. CO.
Kenosha, Wis.

FRESHMAN

A roast of veal. Cook in slow oven
until tender, salted when served :

SOPHOMORE

A lot of conceit and wind to be well
shaken before taken

JUNIOR-A bucketful of wisdom
SENIOR-A pinch of spice. (Variety is the spice
of life.) 10 lbs. of vanity. (Vanity is light)
I ounce of wit. (Brevity is the soul of wit)

R. V. BAKER

The Hub Tailors

ATTORNEY AT LAW

FOR

29 Meyer's Bld'g.

FASHION ABLE
PERFECT FITTING
MODERATE
PRICED

Telephone. 124-3

J. E. KRICHBAUM
Funeral Director and Embalmer

Suits and Overcoats

261 Market Street

CALL AT

THE HlJB
306 1 :.! Main St.

Kenosha, Wis.

H. P. WOODWORTH
Manufacturer of

Cisterns and Tanks of all kinds
604 POMEROY ST.
Shop in H. WILLI AMS ' shop

Harry S. Brown

The Name
"Sutherlands"

=-- BEST - _
PHOTOGRAPHER

The Business
Dry Goods
The Reason
Best for Least

CALL AND SEE
ALL THE NEW
THINGS IN
PHOTOGRAPHY

The Result
Sa ti sf action

Studio East of Library
FRESHMAN

Oh!

SUTHERLANDS

(AFTER MASS MEETING)

I wonder if we will be able to do that when we are seniors?

Blest be the Tie that Binds
SAY, THE ABOVE IS
ALL RIGHT IN SENTIMENT BUT NOWA
DAYS IT ISN'T THE
TIE THAT BINDS
- ITS THE COLLAR.
BUY YOUR COLLARS AND TIES AT

'' ilhe Sriffen ''
2 1 7 Sllai11 Street
AND THEN YOU
W I L L B E SAT I SF IE D WITH LIFE

TRY OUR GOODS
and

YOU WILL FIND
that

Winther's
=Bakery=
HAS PRICES LOW AND
QUALITY B ES T - I N
PIES. CAKES, BREAD
and many other delicacies
that please the taste and
m ake you stronger : : : : :

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Cit y Phone 251-2
Country Phone 1 0 -2

you consider price,
quality and the
largest stock you
will buy your

Paints, Oils, Glass,
Wallpaper, Etc.

Chas. Turnock
GROCERIES,
FLOUR AND
NOTIONS

of

JOS. A. PITTS
Next to Postoffice

432 Lyman Avenue
Kenosha, Wis.

BEN F. STAHL

Palace Livery

Corner Wisconsin Street and Maiden Lane

Kenosha, Wis.

Telephone 274

OUR DESIRE IS TO SATISFY YOU

CHRIS. C. GILLES
Kenosha's Cash Grocery
TELEPHONE 128·2

5H MIDDLE STREET

CONTRACTOR
and BUILDER

423 CRATE STREET
Ktnosha fimnhoum and Nurmy

H. D. KAMP, Prop.
Flowers for all occasions
from the cradle to the
grave. : : : : Also plants,
shrubs and trees : : : : :

428 Strong Street
KENOSH4, WIS.

ANCIENT HISTORY CLASS
In ancif'nt ti mp ... why wf'r<'n't tht"' women as wpll a"' the men given land, weren't thP girl~ as
good as thP boy,~
Bright Soph. Girl I don't think the pPopl<.> apprt'ciated girk
Mr. H YPry good. do tlwy now 1
Soph . Girl Some don't.
Mr. H

ALL LADS AND LASSIES : : : : : USE

W. L. HACKLEY'S

TWELVE HOUR CORN CURE
for it is
"BEST"

25 CE TS

TWELVE HOUR CORN CURE
"It Frosts
the Corn ''
10 Cents

W. L. HACKLEY
2118 W. Lake St.

CHICAGO

SOLD IN KENOSHA BY

C.H. HURD
"EVERYTHING IN DRUGS"

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22fl

STORY OF THE BRITONS
BY HERBERT M. SKINNER.

Boys and girls love the stories which tell
of the youth of our race. Of all the classic
legends of ancient lands the one which is
most related to the literature and thought of
the English-speaking works, is the story of
Britain, through the fifteen centuries preceding the Saxon conquest
This is a charming narrative. Profusely
illustrated and should be in every Library.
Cloth 225 pp. 75 cents
LITTLE JOURNALS:

3Cenosha
Coffee 5ioasting
Co.

A Library of Travel.

On library lists in several states. Adopted
for reference list in Milwaukee. One thou
sand copies ordered by Seattle. On supplementary list in Salt Lake City, etc. Real
live Geographical Supplementary Reading.
Twenty-·one countries have now been visited.
JOURNEYS
The following Countries
have been visited
Cuba, Puerto Rico,
Hawaii. Philippines. China. Japan. Mexico,
Alaska, Canada Australia, Ireland, London
and Liverpool, E ngland Scotland, Italy,
France, Holiand. Belgium and Denmark,
Switzerland. Spain and Portugal.
Each book contains about tOO pages. with
Maps Flags, lllustrations, etc. One sample
of any one in paper. 12 cents. A full set in
paper. $3.00. in cloth. $5.00.
IF IN THE DARK as to where anything ;n books,
plays. recitations, school sup~ ies. etc .. is to be found,

write

Dealers in

Coffees, Veas, Spiees,
Soap , .9erfumes, :J/auors, 8xtraet Speeialties

Croekeru and 9tassware
Telephone 245

:Xe nosh a, 'Wiseou.~ i11

A. FLANACAN CO., CHICACO

A Good Showing
in a bosom friend the exhibit
typifies the spotless
character of the
work turned
out at
the
.HME'J?.IC.HN LAUNDRY
Money, time and worry saved
by sending your washing here
you're sure to be pleased with
our neatness in laundering
shirts. collars and cuffs that's
our specialty. we do the work
at lowest prices in shortest time
and do not injure the most
delicate fabrics. There's the
secret of our success :

.'5tmeriean oCaundry

Thomas Hanson
Funeral Director
and Embalmer ~
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5'h on• 9't

2 6 9 5'lilwau/{ee :Jtue.

Kenosha,

Wisconsin