A History of the Guidance Program of the La Crosse Public Schools under the Leadership of Miss Josephine Hintgen, 1920-1957

Abstract

This study was a history of the first thirty-seven years of the guidance program in the public schools of La Crosse, Wisconsin. It recorded the development of the guidance program during the period 1920-1957 when Miss Josephine Hintgen was employed by the La Crosse Board of Education to direct the program. It was the purpose of this study: (1) to describe the informal guidance program which preceded the formal guidance program presently in the public schools of La Crosse, Wisconsin; (2) to explain the philosophy and goals underlying the present guidance program in the public schools of La Crosse, Wisconsin which originated under the leadership of Miss Josephine Hintgen; (3) to describe the activities associated with the guidance program; and (4) to explain the involvement of industrial leaders, civic groups, and law enforcement agencies in the development of the program.