The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-04-27
FOR A NEW SCHOOL.
BOARD OF EDUCATION TAKE MEAS
URES TO RELIEVE FULL SCHOOLS
THE PRESIDENTS INAUGURAL
President williams Urges More School
Building and More Active work On the
Part of the Notwithstanding
Committees Are Named.

journed session at the Central school
building Tuesday evening for the pur-
pose of hearing the inaugural address
of the President and the confirmation
of the standing committees for the
year. The President was late in ar
irving and johnson Jackson was chosen
as temporary chairman. After the
reading of the minutes, President Will
liams having arrived, made the follow
ing address to the Board:
Gentlemen of the Board of Educa-
tion:-In taking my seat tonight as
President of this Board desire to
thank you for the honor which you
have conferred upon me. 1t will be
my pleasure to endeavor TO preside
with fairness and to carry out the will
of this Board and to do my best as a
member of the Board to work in har
mony with you for the progress of edu-
cation and the true interest of our
schools.
It will appear, [ think, that immedi
ate steps should be taken to provide
larger and better accommodations for
the school children of the north side.
The engine house is not desirable as a
school room. We have now taken the
only available place for additional room
"a store building on Bronson street
ard this is only a temporary arrange
ment. In my opinion we should at
once prepare for the erection of an
eight room building on the present site
of the north side school. Plans and
specifications should be obtained now,
the contract let and the work begun so
that the building may be ready for
opening of school in September, 1900,
at the latest. 1t might be best to con-
struct such building four rooms now
and four rooms next season If plans
can be found suitable for such division
of the work. And / would recommend
building in this way so as to divide the
expense to the taxpayer and not make
the burden too hard at one time.
/ want to urge upon the members of
this Board that it is the duty of each
member to visit schools and become
acquainted with the teachers, the
children and the methods employed in
carrying on the work of education in
our schools. You will know how to act
wisely in your meetings here when you
are personally acquainted with the
daily workings of our schools. Besides
your work as committee men, you owe
this personal supervision of the schools
to the community and to yourselves as
School Commissioners.
DOW present you my list of stand
ing committees as follows:
Supplies-Burg, Harbert and Baker.
Buildings and Grounds-Pinzger,
Saftig, Jackson, eraser and Scholey.
Text -Holderness, Melville
and Pinzger.
Teachers - Melville, Echelman,
Burg, Swift and Supt. Mcdowell.
High School Buchanan, Newman
and Scholey.
Finance = Jackson, Saftig and
Kroncke.
Claims Newman, eraser and Swift
The committees were confirmed by a
unanimous vote.
Under the head of committee reports
Supt. Mcdowell reported that all ar
rangements for the opening of the new
school on Bronson street were COM
pleted and that the building would be
ready for use about Thursday or Fri
DAY. The matter of employing a
teacher to have charge of this room
was referred to the committee on teach
ers with power to act. The little
building was named the Bronson street
school.
The committee on grounds and
buildings were ordered to have the
grounds of the Deming school placed
in good condition at once.
The Board decided to act at once on
the suggestion of the President to erect
a new building on the north side and
the committee on grounds and buildings
was ordered to present to the Board at
their next regular meeting prelimin-
airy sketch for the erection of an eight
room building in this part of the city.
According to the plans of the Board,
four rooms of the building are to be
built this year and four rooms next
year. The cost of the completed
structure is not to exceed $4,000
exclusive of furniture.
Commissioner Swift presented res
olution to The effect that the Board
employ nothing but union labor, but no
action was taken to this effect.
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