A Brief History of the La Crosse County School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy
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1965Author
Merwin, William C.
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Gilkey, George R.
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A Brief History of the La Crosse County School of Agriculture
and Domestic Science is a seminar paper written as partial fulfillment
of the requirements for a masters degree at Wisconsin State University
at La Crosse between the summer of 1964 and the summer of 1965.
The La Crosse County School of Agriculture and Domestic Science
located in Onalaska, Wisconsin, was opened in 1909 and closed in 1925.
The school was the fifth of its kind in the state of Wisconsin. Special
instruction in agriculture and domestic science aimed at educating young
men and women for Intelligent and profitable living was the primary
objective of the school. A number of courses including a two-year
course, a four-year course, a one-year course and several special
short courses and extension work were provided to accomplish these
objectivos. A total of two hundred and sixty-nine students graduated
during the sixteen year history. Tuition was free to all La Crosse
County residents. Six regular teachers and one principal made up
the entire school faculty. The number of students ranged from one
hundred and fifty-seven during the first year to a low of forty-nine
during the 197-1-918 school year. A failure to enroll a sufficient
number of students was the primary reason for closing in 1925.
This is the first written history of the institution. Through an
investigation of school publications, county newspapers and microfilm,
County Board Proceedings, in addition to personal interviews with former
students of the school this brief history was written.
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Agriculture -- Study and teaching -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse County
La Crosse County School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy (Wis.)