The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-10-17
ADOPT DRASTIC RULE.
Board Of Education Adopts Strong
Measures Against the Exist
ence Of Sororities
PUPILS MAY BE EXPELLED
Board Decides to Grant the Teachers a
Vacation to Attend the State Tea
chers' Association Meeting
at Milwaukee

The Board of Education sounded
the death kne1l to the existence Of
sororities and fraternities in the Ke-
nosha High School at the meeting on
Thursday evening, when Rule 120
was added to the list of rules of the
schools of Kenosha, aud it is one of
the most drastic measures against the
sorority and fraternity ever passed by
the Board of Education Of any city.
1t practically makes. it an impossible
ity for any pupil to belong to any ia
stitution or club not sanctioned by
the perintendent of the schools
without FORGETTING his or her right to
an education in the city schools, The
rule as adopted by the Board is as fol-
lows:
"No pupil attending the public
schools of the city of Kenosha, Wis
consin, shall be or become a member
of any fraternity, sorority, club or
other organization or society, except
such as are approved and authorized
by the superintendent of schools Of
the city of Kenosha, Wisconsin, aud
which shall be managed and controlled
by such uperintendent of schools of
the city of Kenosha, Wisconsin, under
the authority of the Board of Educa-
tion of the city of Kenosha Wiscon~
sin.
ANY pupil violating the provisions
Of the foregoing rule, or any or either
of said provisions, shall not be eligi.
BILE to membership in any athletic
team or club, or in any musical, de-
batting or literary society connected
with the public schools of the city Of
Kenosha, Wisconsin, and shall be de-
prived. of the usual and customary
graduation honors; and upon due no.
tice and hearing before said Board of
Education aud proof of such violation
of the provisions of said rule, or any
or either of them. may be expelled
from the public schools of the city of
Kenosha, Wisconsin, by vote of the
Board of Education Of the city Of he-
Dosha, Wisconsin; and in case of such
expulsion the pupil so expelled may
be re-instated in said public schools
by said Board of Education upon pre-
senting to said Board of Education
due apology in writing, and pledge in
writing that such pupil has given up
and abandoned membership ia such
prohibited organization and will not
again violate the provisions of said
rule, or any or either Of them"
The Board decided to grant the
teachers of the schools a two days
leave of absence to attend the State
Teachers Association meeting in Mil.
waukee with the understanding that
the salaries of all teachers attending
will be paid and those not attending
will be forced to lose their salaries for
the two days. 1t is not thought that
this move will be entirely satisfactory
to the teachers. The teachers de-
clare that it will be a hard matter for
them to attend the state meeting, even
if their salaries go on for the two
days, on account of the expense con
nected with the trip.
There was the usual amount of rou-
tine business at the meeting, but none
of it was of any great Importance and
most of the meeting was taken up
with the discussion Of the new rule in
regard to sOrOrities