The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-12-15
SCHOOL BOARD MEET.
BOARD OF EDUCATION HOLD AN
INTERESTING MEETING.
sUPT. PRESENTS NEW RULES.
Which Are Adopted After a short
Argument as to Administration of
Corporal Puntshment-Usual Rou-
as84 tine Business.

Corporal Puntshment-Usual Rou-
! aa tine Business.
After three weeks of inactivity the
Board of Education held a regular
meeting Tuesday evening at. the Cen
trail school building and the large
amount of business which had accum-
Emulated kept the Board busy until
nearly midnight.
The opening of the new Deming
school building, which will occur early
in January, caused the Board to dis
cuss many knotty problems in connec-
ton with the new school. The placing
of pupils and teachers occupied no
small amount of time and the Board
also took up many other important
subjects, such as the report of the
finance committee on the matter of
school insurance, janitors' salaries and
the question of change in the course
of study and rules and regulations.
After the reading of the minutes
communication was received from Miss
MaOneY, asking that she should not be
appointed principal of the Deming
school. The communication was re-
ferred to the committee on teachers.
The committee having in charge the
construction of the fire escape on the
Central building reported that the
work was completed and had been in
spected by Chief Barr and proved
entirely satisfactory. ......
The committee on finance reported
on the insurance question that no in
surance be placed in any company
except those which had a surplus of
100000. The committee suggested
that ST. 900 more be taken out on the
furniture and library in the Central
building and $40O be taken on the
furniture in the North side and Durkee
schools and 81, 900 on that in the Frank
school. While talking on the subject
of insurance the Board passed a reso-
luton providing that all the insurance
agents writing policies for the city
should keep the insurance up until
ordered to discontinue. The commit
tee was not as yet ready to report Oh
the scale of salaries for janitors and the
matter was laid over until a special
meeting to be held next Wednesday
evening. .aaa"..u ra
A kick was registered in regard to
the hardware being used in the con-
struction of the new building. The
committee claim that the hardware
being used is of an inferior quality, and
Mr.. Betting was instructed not to put
in any more of it until it has been
passed on by the board.
Commissioner Woodwork reported
that the new Deming building would
be ready for occupancy by the opening
of the New Year.
The committee having in charge the
furnishing of the new school building,
made lengthy report recommending
the purchase of. large amount of new
furniture for the building, and the re-
port was accepted and the matter left
to the committee on supplies.
The board then took up the subject
of the new rules for the school system
as presented by Superintendent Nc
Dowell. The rules contain many new
provisions, and have a tendency to
leave the care of the schools entirely
in the hands of the board, rather than
principals and committees. The rules
as read were accepted and adopted
with little change. The matter of
corporal punishment and it's admins
tration caused quite an argument, but
it was finally settled by leaving the
matter entirely to the principals and
the teachers. Principal Wiswall was
not yet ready to report on the course
of study, and the matter was laid over
until the adjourned meeting.
After the discussion of the rules the
regular order Of business was taken up
and the usual number of bills were
allowed, after which vote Of thanks
was extended to Samuel Reynolds for
a flag recently presented to the Deming
school.
1t was also decided that the Deming
school would be opened with proper
dedicatory ceremonies
First publication Dec. IS, 1898.