University of Wisconsin Milwaukee - Ivy Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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Qfbarles llbittelkow, HARLES PITTELKOW was born August 31st, IS52, at Belgard, Prussia, and came to this country with his par- ents at the age of Fifteen. Soon after his arrival his father died. In 1870 the family moved to Chicago and had barely settled when they were made homeless by the great Ere. He came to Milwaukee in 1879 and established himself in the insurance busi- ness, which grew so rapidly under his management that eight years later he was obliged to take a partner, and the business has since been conducted under the firm name of Pittelkow SL Siegert. He is also a director of the YVest Side Bank. In 1895 Governor Upham appointed him a member of the Board of Regents of the State Normal Schools. He is now serving upon the ex- ecutive committee of that body. 30 . ' I

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1bistoricaI. HE Milwaukee State Normal School was organized in September, 1885, and completes the first decade of its history with the opening of the current year. John J. Mapel, who for some years had been the principal of the Milwaukee High School, was elected as the first president of the school, and had associated with him as members of the Faculty at the opening of the school, four teachers in the Normal Department and three teachers in the Model School. Mr. Mapel resigned in March, 1892, and L. D. Harvey, for some years Institute Conductor and teacher of Economics and Civics in the Dshkosh State Normal School, was elected to the presidency, which position he still holds. At the present time the Faculty numbers in the Normal Department, thirteen, in the Model School, four, Kindergarten, oneg manual training, one. I GROWTH OF THE SCHOOL. The enrollment during the first year numbered, in the Normal Department, 46, in the Model School, II2. Fifteen students were graduated during the first year. . The growth of the school since its organization is shown by the following table : 32