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in Wisconsin, was elected first President of the school, which up until 1908 was under the nominal con- trol of the Board of Education of Menomonie. But in that year the Stout Institute was incorporated and control was placed in the hands of a Board of Trustees. Following Mr. Stout ' s death in 1911, Mrs. Stout deeded the Stout Institute, free of all encumbrances, to the State of Wisconsin. In 1913. President Harvey succeeded in getting the state legislature to appropriate funds for the trades building, which was constructed that year. President Harvey succeeded also in getting the legislature to appropriate funds for the Home Eco- nomics building, which was constructed in 1916. It was during the time of Mr. Harvey ' s presidency at Stout that the school became a four-year college, with the first four-year class being graduated in 1918. In the intervening years, the Stout Institute has grown from the tiny enrollment of 2 s students in 1903 to the all-time high enrollment of 92 l students in September, 1948. Such progress is indeed a tribute to fames H. Stout, a great man who believed in education for the promotion of Learning. Skill. Industry, and Honor! ■ C93
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For the promotion of Learning, Skill, Industry, and Honor 7 SENATOR JAMES H. STOUT SENATOR JAMES H. STOUT Founder of Stout Institute A Brief History of Stout Inspired by an exhibit in Manual Training and Domestic Science seen at the Philadelphia Exposition of 1876, Mr. fames H. Stout, at that time actively engaged in lumbering in the region near Menomonie. decided that he would like to build a school which emphasized the vocational type of education. The first building erected by Mr. Stout contained two rooms in which the boys and girls of Menomonie received be- ginning instructions in manual training and domestic science. Bench work courses in wood and mechanical drawing, and courses in sewing, dressmaking, and clothing were offered. However, interest grew to such an extent that this building was not large enough for all those who wanted the training, and so in 1893. Mr. Stout erected a larger building, costing $100,000, to be used for this new type education. Disaster struck in 1897 when the new building burned to the ground. How- ever. Mr. Stout was undaunted. His dream of a new education was so intense that before the ruins of the buildings were cold, he had succeeded in gaining support of the city of Menomonie in erecting a new high school building with the proposition that whatever sum the city invested in that building, he would duplicate in a building for Manual Training. Work on the new building, known as the I.E. building, was started immediately after the fire and completed the same year. In 1903. The Stout Training School for teachers in manual training and domestic science was or- ganized. When it opened in September 1903, two students were enrolled for manual training and twenty- three for domestic science. Mr. Lorenzo I). Harvey, formerly state superintendent ot public instruction C8]
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