The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-01-03
President Albert Salisbury Pays a
Tribute to the Memory of
KenOsha Educator.
KENosHA SYSTEM UNDER FIRE
The Teachers Association Passes Resolu-
lions Against the Employment of
Nominal Superintendent.

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neer educators of Kenosha, and one of
the members of the first Wisconsin
| Teachers association, who died during
the past year at Madison, was the sub
/ iect of an address before the State
Teachers Association in Milwaukee
Thursday. The speaker was President
Albert Salisbury, of the Whitewater
Normal, and he paid glowing tribute
! to the deceased Kenosha educator. In
speaking of Col. McMynn President
Salisbury said:
| "He was great man of the nine
teenth century, yet he will never re-
! ceive the credit that is his due as a
builder and founder of educational in
stitutions. To Col. McMynn more
than any other one man is due the
fame that has come to Wisconsin S
schools in the past fifty years.
''He went forth as an educational
missionary and pioneer. He was the
father of the Wisconsin Teachers as
ISOLATION. It was inaugurated and
carried on in primitive fashion. Col.
McMynn made an impression on his
pupils that continued with them all
their lives. I will venture to say that
if reunion of all the pupils of Col.
McMynn could be held, each would
| find something in common with the
others, due to the influence of the
strong character and great mind of
their teacher
| The city of Kenosha played an i'm
L ~ .%s %I1o 1uyop1% IF %1o Tea oh
ers' association Thursday. The plan
1 of the Kenosha School Board in elect
ling a nominal Superintendent of the
/ Schools was under fire during the day.
/ Several we'll known educators from
different parts of the state spoke
against the plan, and among the do
tenders of the system Superintendent
1y alone. He read a well written
paper on the subject, in which he
showed that the nominal" Superin-
| tendent brought a sort of manage
ment to the public schools that could
not be found in any other way. He
demanded that the men placed at the
head of the city schools be educated,
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were expected to direct, but that they
also be practical business men. He
said that the school superintendent
should be man of tact, personal mag
netism, and be something Of a scholar
and philosopher, whether he had
ever taught school or not. In con-
Guiding his address Mr.. Mcdowell
urged that the School Boards begin at
the foundation and 60 up. He de-
manded an education for the electors,
for members of the School Boards, for
lawmakers, and even the governors.
The address of Superintendent Nc
Dowen was we'll received by the asso-
citation, but after it was over the fol-
lowing resolutions were passed:
Whereas, It is the judgment of the
Wisconsin Teachers association that
city superintendent should have legal
qualifications the same as county SUI
perintendents and supervising princi-
pals are required to have; therefore be
it
Resolved, That the Legislature of the
state of Wisconsin be memorialized
through our Committee on Legislation
to prescribe educational qualifications
for all city uperintendents of the
state.
Should the State Legislature follow
this resolution it would of course leg
isiate Superintendent Mcdowell out of
office, as he would undoubtedly refuse
to take up the red tape necessary to
stand the tests demanded for the or
binary school teacher.
Nearly every Kenosha teacher is at
tending the meeting in Milwaukee and
all of them are taking a great interest
in the proceedings. The annual cleo
ton of officers occurs today and Will
liam Griffith is scheduled for place on
| the executive committee.