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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1911
Page
12
The Galveston News lauds the University of Wisconsin as a modern higher education model. It calls it living and practical, serving all people through a state-supported delivery system rather than a private storehouse of knowledge.
Athenae and Hesperia will debate the question whether Wisconsin cities should own and operate gas water and electric utilities under the state railroad commission. Hesperia supports municipal ownership and the existing system. Athenae opposes with three debaters and three judges named to decide the issue.
The board of trade debated methods to raise 50 000 for a new armory and public auditorium in La Crosse. The Governor's Guard association seeks 30 000 as a donation while citizens would provide 10 000 plus 10 000 more from a business canvass. A committee was appointed to negotiate with the association and advance the plan.
The text lists Gilmore Rev Frank A Gilmore Prof D C Munro Prof Carl R Fish and Prof H L McPhin with Chief Justice John B Winslow of the Wisconsin Supreme Court set to preside. It remarks on arrogance and ends with a remark about married men appreciating home comforts like a club.
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