The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-03-30
OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

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friend of education and of Public Schools in
particular, I venture to present to you few
sentiments with regard to our Public Schools,
An election is soon to take place to fill
vacancies on the School Board, if those whose
| offices expire with the present municipal year
have done their full duty toward the schools
during their official two years. they will re-
tire with satisfaction to themselves and
should receive the appreciation of their con-
stituents.
The present Board of Education is COM
posed of the following members, the first
named from each ward retire with the present
municipal year LIST Ward, j. B. Kupfer, A.
Farr I'd Ward, John Harff, M. Jacobs Sd
Ward, G.. G. Lawrence, D. B. Tears +; 4th Ward,
N. G. Backus, E. P. Lewis. The officers of
the Board are E. P. Lewis, Pres't, j. B. Jill
sun, Sup't. The chairmen of the important
committees are N. G Backus on Supplies, D..
B. Tears on Claims, A. Farr on Teachers, and
J. B. Kupfer on Finance.
Under the management of Pro. HI. 0. Dur
kee, Principal of the High School, with Miss
Gillett and Miss Bartlett as Assistants, that
school has made marked progress during the
last two years. notwithstanding the detraction
from it's efficiency, by our Catholic friends
maintaining a private school of their own
during the same period. Yet the school has
been nearly full throughout the two last
terms, and averaging nearly as great per
centage of attendance as IN years gone by,
when no private schools were maintained in
our midst, and on the whole we think we can
pronounce the school during the year which
is approaching its termination, q decided
success as to the progress of It's pupils in
their various studies, as well as in their at
tendance and numbers. In the Grammar
Schools-Intermediat and Primary depart
ments-the rooms have been somewhat
crowded, SO as to require frequent promotion
from one room to another, to give place to
those desiring attendance in the lower grades
All of these different departments it is
thought are in charge of efficient and cabaple-
teachers, some of whom have had long ex.
perience, whose services could not well be
spared, and should not be, if we desire to keep
up the former reputation, and the present
standing of our public schools.
The Board of Education have economical
as much as possible in the expenditure of
the school funds, wherever and whenever it
could be done without detriment to the in
terests Of the schools or school property.
Lately it was required to re-roof the High
School building. and during the present year
the three school buildings have been thor
oughly reprinted on the outside, and portions
Of the grounds have been newly fenced, and
much of the old fence repaired, and new side
walks constructed almost throughout the en-
tire grounds, requiring an expenditure some
what greater for the last two years than the
average. To argue in favor of these OUTLAWS
and thus preserve the property from the ac-
tion of elements, and thereby foster and en-
courage common school interests and efforts,
would be to cast reflections upon the intelli-
gence of the community; no such arguments
are required. The people are in unison upon
the subject.
While compulsory attendance is not de-
sirable, yet if all in some way could be in.
duced to pass over this common platform it
would tend greatly to cement together the
now somewhat Heterogeneous elements which
the parochial school would tend TO produce.
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for this State, has just called upon us and
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