Excerpt from The Wisconsin Magazine of History, 1918-1919, Vol. 2: Publications of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin The Milwaukee Sentinel was the first newspaper to take up the challenge thrown down by the champions of the Lutheran Church. Oit sent Henry E. Legler, then a member of its staff, to visit the parochial schools of Milwaukee; his report proved that the Lutheran schools Of the metropolis were well within the law, which had no application to institu tions wherein English was taught for twelve weeks of the year.26 It was this report and the subsequent editorial com ment that forced the issue into the light of day. It was the language requirement to which the church authorities oh jected. The Milwaukee schools were by no means typical of parochial schools throughout the state. Case after case came to light in the subsequent discussion of children born and reared in Wisconsin who were unable to speak a word of English.27 From Manitowoc came the statement that not one in ten of the parochial schools in that county taught a word of English.28 It was asserted that even public schools in the thickly settled German districts were conducted wholly in German.29 In fact, said the Manitowoc County Chronicle. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.