The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-02
Supervising Principal OF the Berlin
High School Elected Superinten-
dent of KenOsha Schools.
W. H. HAMMILL FOR PRINCIPAL.
Election of superintendent Comes as Sur
prise to Many of the Commissioners.
Teachers Not Elected.


intendent of the Kenosha schools at
the meeting of the Board of Educa-
ton Tuesday evening. His salary
was fixed at $3.50 year, and for this
compensation he will also act as sec
rotary of the Board. w. H. Hammi11,
the present principal of the High
school, was reelected to this position
at salary of $1,000. It is thought
that both of the men will accept the
positions to which they have been
elected, and that the long fight is
over.
| The choice of the Board for the
Office of superintendent was decid
eddy dark horse in the fight, and sew
era1 of the members of the Board had
not heard of him until he was pro-
posed at the meeting. Mr.. thinner
made his first appearance in Kenosha
Saturday night, and in a day and
half managed to convince the mem
bers OF the Board of his fitness.
| When the final ballot for the cleo
ton of superintendent was reached
the fight had dwind1ed down until the
two men considered were Mr.. zim-
mer and M. N. McIver of Hudson. On
this ballot the former received eight.
votes. An effort was made to make
the election unanimous, but two of
the Commissioners declined to vote
for such action.
The election of Mr.. thinner was
secured by John T. Yu1e, who had
been the original manager of the cam
paign of Mr.. McIver. Mr.. Yu1e in
explaining his action declared that
Mr.. liver was not as strenuous a man
as was needed in Kenosha. He de-
c1ared that he based his decision on
the fact that McIver had twice been
late to meals during a recent visit in
Kenosha, and that for this reason he
had turned his support from the
McIver column to the thinner.
The final ballot stood for thinner:
CONS. Sullivan, Yu1e, Saftig. Trei-
zen, Guardio1a, Reicherts, Zeit1er
and Mayer for McIver: CONS. Theirs,
Frost, Purne11, Fou1ke, Larsen and
Boh1e.
Commissioner Craney voted for
Prof. Moser, an applicant for the po-
sition, who came ali the way from
Iowa to make personal application.
Litt1ei is known of the new Superin-
tendent IN Kenosha as his first and
only visit to the city was on Saturday
last. However, he comes to the board
bearing good credentials and is highly
recommended by several of the best
known school men in the state. Such
men as L, D. Harvey, former State
superintendent and w. N. Parker,
former inspector of schools in the
state were high In their praise of Mr..
thinner.
Mr.. thinner originally came from
Racine. He was graduated from the
Racine High School in 1890, and
spent the next few years teaching in
the district schools of Racine county.
He then entered the Normal School
at Milwaukee, where he remained for
several years. After that he was the
principal of one of the grade schools
at Watertown and later he went to the
State University of Minnesota, where
he did work in Latin, German and
Philosophy. During the years 1898
and 1899, Mr.. thinner worked in the
Columbian University at Washington,
and on his return from the East he
was elected Supervising Principal of
the schools at Horizon, Wis. He re-
signed this position to accept similar
one in the schools at Berlin and had
been reelected for another year.
Personally, Mr.. thinner has every
thing to recommend him. He is a
man of commanding presence and
pleasing appearance. A gentleman
in every sense of the word, and a man
that has had wide experience in the
routine that meets the superintendent
He is single man but he will meet
the rule of the board that the super
intendent must be a married man,
and has announced to the members of
the board that he will be married in
the fail. He is member of the Cath
Ollie church.
Mr.. thinner will undoubtedly come
to Kenosha at once and arrange to
begin his work.
/ The election of Mr.. Hamn1i11 to the
Office of Principal of the High School
was almost a unanimous one. The
work of Mr.. Hammi11 as principal has
given entire satisfaction to the mem
bers of the board. AS was stated in
the EVENING News on Saturday, the
teachers committee at it's meeting on
Friday voted a unanimous endorse
ment of the work of Mr.. Hammi11,
and asked that the board re-e1ect
him. This report was adopted with
but two votes in the negative.
MERRY GO ROUND.
The merry go-round has returned to
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