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Golden Jubilee Recalls La Crosse High School’s Early Days
A La Crosse Tribune retrospective marks the 75 year milestone of the high school, recounting its first classes in a Fourth and Main street grade building, the 1876 graduation at the Pomeroy Opera house, and the evolution through 1928 with Aquinas High School and new facilities. The article highlights notable speakers, staff, plays, and changes in commencement customs over decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laos
Stephen Martindslg
Cathal
la Crosse
Pomeroy Opera House
Fourth
Main Streets
Linker
Wendell A. Anderson
Board of Education
Miles Standish
Fourth and
la Crosse County
Washburn School
Sete
Frais
Mandes
St. Louis
Charles Crosby
D. &. McArthur
Anderson
Te Crosse
Cass Street
Pass School
H. J. Hirshheimer
Helen Dorset
Hi-Tribune
Alonzo (Lonnie)’ Hauser
Many
Orous
Ice Greene
Spee
la Crosse Theater
Fifth Avenue
William Loening
Limburgeren
Iran