Boys Technical High School - Artisan Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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0 ll TEACHER. EMERITU Honored . . . at a dinner in the Cafeteria on the last day oi school last Iune were MR, ADRIAN A. WEDEMEYER and MR. PAUL G. EHLERS, upon their retirement after many years oi service at Boys' Tech. Guests at the dinner also were Mrs. Ehlers and Mrs. Wedemeyer. MR. ADRIAN A. WEDEMEYER MR. PAUL G. EHLERS Certificates of Teacher Emeritus were presented to these veteran teachers by Superintendent Lowell P. Goodrich, and each was presented a number of gifts by the faculty, including pieces of genuine leather luggage for Mr. Wedemeyer, and a set of automobile tires for Mr. Ehlers. Mr. Wedemeyer first came to Boys' Tech in 1914 and remained here for almost five years, teaching mathematics and science. In 1919, he left to accept a position with the Milwaukee School of Engineering, but returned to Boys' Tech in the fall of 1921. From that time until he took a leave-of-absence in 1947, he taught various trade and tech mathe- matics courses. Mr. Ehlers had completed almost thirty years of uninterrupted teaching in the Cabi- net Shop of Boys' Tech when he retired. He received his appointment to Boys' Tech in 1919, coming from Garfield Street School, where he had taught manual training. During the memory of most of us, he has been teaching cabinet making to tech students, first in Room 130 and later in Shop 300. Faculty and students alike wish them much happiness in retirement. 24

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Mr ClAY'l'0 It FHA CKE, Vive Prillvipal Younger in years of service . . . but fami- liar with the ways of Boys' Tech . . . is Mr. Francke, who has served as vice principal for the last two years. Mr. Francke came to Tech in 1937 as an instructor in the Drafting Department, where he served later as chairman of trade drafting and still later as chairman of both tech and trade sections. During the year of 1946-1947, he was vice principal at Kilbourn Iunior Trade School, and in the fall of 1947 he re- turned to Boys' Tech as vice principal. Before entering the teaching profession, Mr. Francke served as a draftsrnan for two years in the U. S. Engineers' Office, Wash- ington, D. C. After that he was a design en- gineer at the Allis-Chalmers Company for several years. Mr. F rancke holds the degrees of Bachelor of Engineering and Master of Education from Marquette University.