Cadott High School - Saga Yearbook (Cadott, WI)

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-'gil'-P l I I no 4 ' -r to 3 l fl ll ryan CADCTT HIGH SCHGOL 75 YEAR OF GROWTH In the frve years precedmg 1880 the cruzens of thrs small communrty gave serrous thought to the need for educauon beyond that of the elementary level About 1880 people rn thrs area from all walks of lrfe drscussed the pro s and con's of a secondary educauon Some held that the Three Rs were good enough for anyone Most of these opposmonrsts though had l1ttle or no educauon themselves and thus d1dn't deem rt necessary to contrnue school after the completxon of the grades Others who proved to be the maJonty contended that therr chrldren boys and grrls alrke should be grven equal ample opportunlty for a thorough educatron complete 1n every aspect. They belreved qurte rrghtly that rt would ard rn the pursurt of a better career On December 10 1881 chalrman Alex Sherman met wrth supervrsors C B Spaeth and Ed Roycraft and wrrh the town treasurer Henry Goetz and clerk Otto Freese to drscuss the secondary school rssue After a report on the rmmedrate funds whrch could be used for a school burldrng and talkrng over such mrscellaneous rtems as hquor lrcenses and the burldrng of three new brrdges across Yellow Rrver they decrded to present a petrtron for the establrshment of a free hrgh school rn Cadott at the annual town meetrng Aprrl 4 1882 to be voted on by ballot The next spnng the electors of the town of Srgel met and voted on the petmon The result of the ballot was 91 4 rn favor of a new school Because rt took trme and money to construct a burldrng plan a currrculum and obtarn equrpment rt was not untrl January 16 1884 that the doors of the hrgh school opened for the frrst trme, wrth Frank Mrller as rts fust pnncrpal. Prror to IIS openrng, December 20 21 to be exact, 35 young people took the entrance examrnatron, whrch rncluded the vauous branches of spellrng, arrthmeuc, readrng, wrrnng, gram mar, and geography. It was a wonderful Chrrstmas present for the 29 who passed the tests. The equlpment of the new school rncluded patent seats, new blackboards, a map, a globe, and a Webster's Drctronary--quxte satrsfactory equrpment at the trme. 1 Ax ,,- . X. fr. 8 . , ,,...--H , I - -Y-'Y ,.,,,,,-uv' A Q! . -r 1 LI' ' ' ..L.. ., K -, ,,. F- ., WTF! . ' ' ' K' -. I .. rl, I I- ,, , ' X . por- . - .fa -QQ' I , - . 1 . -- ' Y ' Jw' . ' N- ' nf. -,314 la' - :A '- I 4 .,l .0 . F .,, - 'fs ' 5 7 ' ' ' Wi '. . s A 'H' ' - .A,.,, ' O O I 0 I . . . . , I ' ll I III 0 O I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I O 0 I I I I O I I I I I I I I 0 - I O I I I I I

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Main Street Facing North Now that the colorful hrstory of Cadott has been summartzed let us agarn turn back the pages of trme to begm the story of another aspect of the vrllage us hrgh school for as you all know dunng the current year we are celebratrng the Dramond Jubrlee annrversary of thrs rnstrtutron Marn Street Facmg South 'F Y' U . . . -- . . I I ' 1 I .,.g.. .ff- , ' , I V -o

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In thrs three year hrgh school the average darly attendance was 14 for the frrst year Of these 11 were takrng up the common branches 12 were enrolled rn algebra or geometry 12 rn natural scrences and 14 rn the study of modern languages The prrncrpal who was the only teacher had to hear 12 recrtatrons a day He was also responsrble for the moral trarnrng and manners of hrs puprls and for the formatron of therr rrght habrts Prrncrpal Mrller recerved a salary of 5600 a year durrng the years he spent as head of the new school. On November 14 1889 Professor Churchrll then prrncrpal of the school appeared before a Jornt meetrng of the town board of Srgel and the board of educatron to present for consrderatron a lrst of plans and regulatrons for the school Those present at the trme were Messrs Dretnch and Watson of the town board and Messrs Munroe Goetz and Sherman of the school board Professor Churchrll had prepared a pamphlet rn whrch he stated school rules and regulatrons Clie belreved rn the old adage Spare the rod and sporl the chrld 3 The three years secondary course was strll rn effect The school year was set at 180 days wrth each student requrred to attend a mrnrmum oftwelve study took up marnly the study of grammar geography and arrthmetrc but also mcluded exercrses rn spellrng declamatron select readrng penmanshrp orthoepy and composrtron The second year concern ed marnly algebra U S hrstory and physrology whrle the thrrd year was grven to the study of geometry and physrcs Two terms of theory and the art of teachrng were also offered rn the thrrd year At thrs trme also a 100 volume lrbrary and lyceum features were added to the school Suggestrons for teachers were as follows Teachers should keep close watch over therr puprls not only rn school but durrng recess as well and should also rnstruct therr puprls morally as well as rrrtellectually and physrcally The teacher was to be what he would have hrs puprls become Professor Churchrll also mentroned the prevrous graduates of Cadott Hrgh School rn hrs pamphlet Of the 29 who had enrolled for the school s frrst term only two Fred Munroe and Maggre Sherman graduated rn 1887 In 1888 Edwrn Hamar Alrce Munroe and Mrnnre Wrllramson were the sole graduates. Cadott s Frrst l-lrgh School . - . , . . ' I b I 4 l . . ' . . . . i ' . . . . 1 ' l D O . I P A I . . . . . ' ' . . ' . . . . 0 A l I 0 I D . . . . . . . ,, I I - - N I , F A Q weeks. The first year of 1 I I ' 1 W n r V , . I I -A H Vi- . . . . . v ' -- - . . , . ' .