La Crosse County School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy - Agric Yearbook (Onalaska, WI)

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NINETEEN HUNDRED T H E A Q R 1 C AND TWENTY - TWO ni unummr unnmnlnnmu mummnummunnnnunnmnlunumnmmnnnlmununumuluumunululunmnnuum Illl l'U l 'Ul l ' 3' IillluiInInlullrllmllnullnuminmlmlmmmlullul Eli-Iiatnrg uf Agrir N the year 1909 the La Crosse County Board passed a resolution to establish a School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy. The board ap- pointed a committee of two to find a good site for this school. West Salem, Bangor and Onalaska offered sites. After much voting and bitter resentment of the other towns, the school was finally located in the city of Onalaska. The site offered by this city is a tract of four acres of tillable land. The loca- tion of the building is unusually beautiful, overlooking the Black Rivergvalley and where it empties into the Father of Waters. Across the river valleys may be seen the Minnesota hills standing as sentinals against the horizon. The construction was put under way in the summer of 1909. The main struc- ture being red brick body with limestone trimming. The school is one of the best equipped schools of its kind in Wisconsin. After the first year it was found necessary to have more room so an addition was made on the south side of the building. The campus is of the natural landscape gardening with a few shrubs planted to harmonize. The first enrollment of the school was very large. One hundred and fifty stu- dents greeted the faculty the opening day. This large enrollment kept on for two years, then dropped rapidly until in 1919 the enrollment was only thirty-seven students. This large loss in attendance was due almost entirely to the fact that the school did not offer a regular high school course. It was too much voca- tional and not enough academic. In the year 1918 a four-year high school course was introduced, which put the school on the accredited list of the state. From this time on the attendance mark advanced rapidly until it reached eighty students. This increase in atten- dance was due almost entirely to the four year course, the untiring efforts of the faculty and the co-operation of the county. In closing we all sincerely hope this mark again will be a hundred and fifty students in the near future. -G. B. '23. i A 3 1-e a gg i -13,5409 'JS M ly br n f v In 11:unnunumnmunummmmgl, PAGE 8 lnnnulunum lu mlwllili

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Appreriatinn fr Ehe last line has heen Rent tn the printer, the laeat pirture has gnne tu the engraver. Anil num nur umrk iz uuer anh we are thankful, althuugh we haue eningeh umrking with nur' tellnur as-tuhentz in the rnmpletiun nt this annual anh ure miss-h tn thank them fur the gunh will theg haue zhnuxn in helping us. Eihere are niang tg whmn we are ezperiallg grateful fur this umrk,tur urithnut their help thin annual umulh haue heen i1npwaEihle4 me rannnt fur want nt spare speak nt aaa mang azaruie :ahuulh like, hut tn the tnllmuing in partirular we want tn exprezza nur thankz anil appreria- tinn: illilra. 33- Shnurera, Mizz Eeare, Mr. 31-Iatrh, Alice walker, Gene Eurrnum anh Mrs- Eli-Igatt. h -Agrir Staff. Agrir Staff 1922 EDITOR IN CHIEF ............,....... LAURA SHELDON ASSISTANT EDITOR ..... .... E STHER BRINKMAN BUSINESS MANAGER ..... .... L IONEL HIGGINS ASSISTANT MANAGER ..... ...... E RLING HOUKOM HUMOR ............... ...' L LEWELLYN WALL ATHLETIC ..........., ......... J ESSE BERG SENIOR ..... ..... A LMA PRALLE JUNIOR ...... ..... H ULDA SKOGEN SOPHOMORE .... ..,. T HOMAS TRAASTAD FRESHMEN ......... .......... A LIOE LARSON ALUMNI .....,....,.. ............ E RNEST WALL FACULTY ADVISOR ..... ..... M RS. RAE SHOWERS -, L, ,-,-,,. --S.,4'4 ' -i----..,L,. ,... -at-dA.A.1-45 A I ,A Yrgr ,,-f A14-gr -E Y

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