Talk:Kemper Military School
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Kemper Military School is for sale. Randall Hinton, former WWASP (World Wide Association of Specialty Programs) attempted to purchase the property to use it as a behavior modification program for troubled youth. You can learn more about WWASP here on WIKIPEDIA.
Following protests from those who know him to be an abusive individual, the sale did not go through. Here are links to some of the articles written:
http://www.showmenews.com/2005/Apr/20050405News002.asp
http://www.showmenews.com/2005/Apr/20050419News010.asp
Bsellers has made several important and noteworthy contributions to the Wikpedia history of Kemper Military School. However, the source material used by this contributor must be challenged since in at least two instances the information has proven to be incorrect. In one instancce Bseller claims that Wentworth was in fact the rightful owner of the title "Oldest military school west of the Mississippi" this is absurd, baseless, without supporting evidence, and insulting to the scholarly integrity of Wikpedia and Kemper Old Boys. In another instance he/she asserts with authority that military uniformas were not introduced at Kemper until the mid 1880's. However, there is no evidence to support this contention which is predisposed to provide a basis for the Wentworth claim. Instead, the Kemper Family School Announcement for 1873-1874 is used as evidence that military style West Point Military Academy uniformas were requred for that year.
It seems obvious that the uniforms were required as part of military training. The same announcment carried information concerning a Drill Master, that this individual was a veteran and that he would be responsible for the students. I submit that Bsellers, while well intentioned. Should refrain from any further editing of the history of Kemper Military School.
JOHN T DOWNS,LtCol,USAR,Ret. Secretary, Echo Company, Kemper Military School 1518 Kaby Avenue Crivitz, WI 54114 (715) 854-7555 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Downs1 (talk • contribs) 15:06, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] What are the issues?
I don't understand the battle that is brewing on this page. Much info has been added recently. What are the issues with the information? (Let's not attack personalities, please.)
For starters:
1. Is it true that Kemper filed for bankruptcy and closed in 2002.?
2. Was there any argument over the first paragraph of History? Is there a citable source for this?:
On June 3, 1844, Frederick T. Kemper (1816-1881) gave his first lesson at the “Boonville Boarding School”, an all male school designed to educate the sons of the frontier west. It started as a one room schoolhouse on the corner of Spring and Main Streets, and opened with just five students. By the fall of 1844, it had 50 students. Its first year being such a success, Mr. Kemper had the south wing of the long-time administration building constructed in 1845, and utilized the site as both a boarding school and as classroom space. Operating the school essentially by himself, Kemper changed the school's name quite regularly. From 1844 through 1899, it was known variously as the Boonville Boarding School, Male Collegiate Institute, Kemper Family School, Kemper & Taylor Institute, and the Kemper School.
3. What are the specific issues with the rest of History? Is there a citable source? (Sources are important at Wikipedia.)
4. Is the following Movies filmed at Kemper section valid? Can it be sourced to imdb.com, or is there another source?
Since the campus has the feel of the 19th century, Kemper's campus has been used as the setting for a number of movies. The motion pictures Combat Academy (a low quality take-off of Police Academy) and Child's Play 3 were filmed at the school with cadets and instructors serving as extras. The school depicted in Child's Play 3 was reputedly modeled after Kemper itself. In September and October 2007, Kemper's abandoned campus was used for location shots of the movie, "Saving Grace", about a little girl's trip back to Boonville in the summer of 1951, the year of the great flood. Many downtown Boonville buildings were used as sets, with Kemper as an asylum. The movie was directed by Connie Stevens and stars Penelope Ann Miller, Tatum O'Neal, Joel Gretsch, Piper Laurie and Michael Biehn. The movie is in production and will be released in 2008.
--Orlady 03:52, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
