The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-01-09
THE DIRECTORS IN.
THE KENOSHA PUBLIC LIBRARY
READY FOR BUSINESS.
A GOOD, EARNEST MEETING
The Work of Establishing and Main tain
ing Public Library Nicely Start
ed by Nearly Sixty Citizens
The Board of Directors.

The first meeting of the Kenosha
Public Library was held at the Grant
house parlors Monday evening. 1t was
a meeting of earnest workers for the
public good and of people determined
to see the educational interests Of the
city better cared for than has hereto
fore been possible. The meeting was
actually attended by only about thirty
people. but this fact is accounted for
easily by the fact that fully half Of
those who had joined the membership
of the association had other meetings
to attend, and they were thus unavoid
ably kept away. The week Of prayer
at the churches opened Monday even
ing and many of those who were most
interested in the library work felt they
owed their first allegiance to the
church; then again the G.. A. r. post
installed officers, and as ext Command
erin Chief Weissert was to be present
others felt it a duty to be there. The
same is true of some of the lodges
AS it was the meeting was thorough
ly representative one and got down to
business in decidedly earnest fashion.
The first thing of Importance to come
before the meeting was the report of
the committee on organization. Col.
Strong, as chairman of that committee,
stated that the committee had incor-
porated the association, and proceeded
with the reading of the articles OF or
ganization. The articles as read were
the same as those of which condensed
extract has been made for this paper
at the time they were placed on file.
III. S. Van Ingen discussed them at
some length in relation to the matter
of every ones being allowed to join,
without any reference to age and drew
out number of points which he
thought the board of directors should
carefully guard SO as to make the lib
rary of the greatest benefit. This dis
cussion became a sort of running fire
in which several other points than
those touched upon by Mr.. Van lngen
were drawn out for the information of
those present. President Cavanagh
stated that the articles of organization
were drawn according to the statutes
relating to such matters and were of
such nature as to be the constitution
of the association, under which the
board of directors would be at liberty
to establish such rules and regulations
as were found necessary To the conduct
Of a library.
When this discussion had ended the
question as to who constituted the vot-
ing membership came up and the Sec
Rotary read the list consisting of fifty
seven names. This was considered q
good membership list for a starter and
the matter OF % voting membership.
having been established, Mr. Van In
gen moved that the report of the COM
mittee on organization be accepted
and adopted. The motion was carried.
The matter af officers for the assoc
citation came up next President
Cavanagh stated that he believed this
a matter of such Importance that it
could not be dealt with successfully by
a popular assemblage a-d therefore the
matter should be left with carefully
selected committee. L. M. Theirs
moved that committee of three be
appointed by the chair to select the
board of nine directors.
Mr.. Cayanagh appointed G. G..
Brown, Fl. S. Van Ingen and Mrs. f.
N. Kimball on such committee
The committee retired and made up
the following ticket: Directors for one
year, James Cavanagh. w. w. Strong
and E. L. Grant; for two years, E. c..
Theirs, G. ". Johnston and Joseph
Bendt; for three years, z. @. Simmons,
George Yule and John O'Donnell,
The report was accepted on motion
of L. nj. Theirs. Then Mr.. Van Ingen
moved that all the gentlemen named
be elected directors for the time speci-
fed. This motion carried.
Then on motion of Rouse Simmons a
committee of three was selected to at
tend the meeting OF the Unitarian
society this evening for the purpose
of explaining the aims, objects and
purposes of the association to the So
ciety. This committee was made up as
follows: g. W. Johnston, C. G, Brown
and James Cavanagh.
Then after the secretary had been
instructed to give each Of the board of
directors due notice of his election and
to call q meeting of the board for the
election of the necessary officers, the
meeting adjourned subject to the
coll of tho hoard of directors