The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-02-16
Board Of Education Passes Bras
tic Resolutions Against the
New Law Proposed.
MORE PAY FOR. MI SIS MOIJETON
People Interested hin the Success @
the Schools Contribute Fifty
Dolaars ands the Board
Adds, Another Fifty

The board of education of sKenostla
put itself ON recorde1ast night as I'M
alterab1y opposed to any interference
in the work Of the board of education
on the part.of thetnaa yorssor any other
city officer, and to this end a~set OF
drastic resolutions were semitic Keep
resentave Curtiss and Senator JOAN
son, urging these, gentlemen to use
their influence to secure the defeat Of
bill which has enFproposed by efae
Wisconsin, Association of Mun1clpaiL-
ties, which would give the mayors OF
cities of the third and fourth class the
right to4veto all appropriations mace
by the board Of education IN saTch Cit
lies. The resolution was adopted IN
| the Kenosha board by unananroas
vote, ,aadsevery member of the,bo@aa
| s,sssse1ry opposed
TO any law which would throw the
mauage ment of the boards of educa-
ton into the hands of B mayors and
politicians. \ For some time deter4
mined fight has been made to keepfthe
schools Of these cities out,of politics..
and the Law that has been posed by
Mayor Nelson, of, Racine, and his as
sociates, would give the xmayors of
cities the rule, in all of these boards.
The action was. greeted with disgust
by the members of the Kenosha board
and theSmembers- referred to the fact
that thescityecopncil of Keposha had
not been able to- run its. own affairs,
let alone the affairs of the school
board. The resolutions of the board
! of education will be presented to the
assemblyman and. senator Within the
next few days and they WILL have
plenty of time to. consider the matter
before the bill comes to ,4Yote in
either house Of the. state. legislature.
Similar protests are being asnt in
from other cities; IN the. state and it is
thought that the bill, will be defeated
One Salary ia Raised.
Missi Seba Monitor, teacher of
English in the high school, will re-
ceive ani increase in salary to, the
amountlof ia hundred dollars, a year.
A short time ago Miss Moultonr re-
ceivedIan offer to accept a. position at
Joliet, ILL.,, with a considerable in
creasesin salary but as.she was under
contract withsthe city of Kenosha. she
declined to accept the, position. The
matter has been broug hit to the notice
of many school patrons and at the
meeting, last night the clerk of the
boardsannounced that he had received
fifty dollars with the understanding
that it was to be added to- the salary
of Miss Mou1ton. The board. decided
that it would duplicate the amount
and in this manner Miss Moulton was
given an increase of a hundred doll
lars "a year. The clerk has declined to.
make public the names of the people
who were sufficiently interested in the.
schools to raise the money.
The board made final settlement
Of the various contracts ia regard to-
the new Durkee school and the school
is now entirely paid for with the .ex-
ception of a feWsdol1ars on one of the,
heating plant contracts which is held
up pending the completion of little
work. This work will be done dur
ing the next fewadays and then the
last obligation will be discharged
Hwas finally decided that the super
intendent of the schools shall give a
bond to the board to assure the faith
full performance Of his duty but no
bond was demanded superintendent
zin1mers at this time. The bond will
be asked when a new contract is
made far the coming year.