The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-04-22
Board Of Education Completes:
Work Of Organization at City
Hall tuesday Evening s
SULLIVAN HEADS BUILDING
New Board Will Take up Plans and
Specifications for Third Ward
School on Next Tues
day Evening


Tuesday evening for the purpose Of
completing the work Of organization
and President Threinen after a short
address to the Board III which he urged
THAT the members work in harmony for
the best interest Of the schools and the
tax payers Of the city announced his
annual appointment Of standing com
Imittees. President Thereinen said:
IT should like to say just a few
words You have chosen me as chair
man of your Board for the second time
and I thank you for the honor you
have conferred on me and I shall try
and do my full duty, but I can only
do that by the whole Board working
lin harmony with me. If any Of you
have any personal grudges settle them
among yourselves. Do not bring them
in with school matters. We are here
to. work for the best interests Of the
schools and of sthe people who elected
ffus. Let JUS all pull together and leave
politics cut Of the Board After cleo
ton politics should be dead letter 50
far as the Board is concerned. I have
made a list of the standing committees
for the year and I hope that all the
committees will use their best judg-
ment in regard to ma alters that may
come before them We are about to
erect a new school building and the
committee on buildings. and grounds
will need the cooperation of every
member Of the Board, ! hope that we
shall all cooperate with them and with
every other committee. The only way
! to make a success of everything is for
all to pull together
| q. The most important change in the
Sullivan Of the First ward was named
to succeed John E. Williams of the
Fifth ward as head of the building
and grounds committee and Michael
Donahue, secretary of the Board, was
named as head of the teachers com
mittee.
| There was little business Of import
ance to come before the Board The
plans and specifications for the new
building to be built Ia the Third ward
were presented by Architect Gaastra,
but as only eleven of the members of
the Board were present at the meeting
it was decided to lay over the import
ant matter CT considering the plans and
specifications until an adjourned meet
ing of the Board to be held on next
Tuesday evening and in the meantime
the members of the Board will be
furnished with copies Of the plans and
spt cifcations so that they will be able
intelligently on them. The plan for
improving the grounds about the Cen
trail building drawn by Architect Weed
OF Chicago, was adopted by the Board
and the building and grounds commit
tee was given authority to advertise
!. for bids and have the walks laid in the
grounds at once.
Several applications for places on
the teaching force were received, but
. these will not be taken up until the
teachers committee makes it's report at
the June meeting of the Board. A
special committee composed of Superb
isors Buckmaster, Mayer and Head, was
named to secure a new Office for the
use Of Superintendent Zimmers as. it
will be necessary for him to vacate his
present quarters early in May. The
full list OF the standing committees of
the Board as named by the president
follows:
supplies-Leinenwebcr, Goergen Cur
It's, Maurice.
Building and groun Sullivan, Zeit-
Ter, Mungen, DeCou, Rowell.
Text books-Buckmaster, Goergen,
Head, Barnes.
misunderstanding, DeCou, Leinen-
weber, Curtis, Zeitler.
Claims 80 Head, Mueller Mayer,
Rowell
High school DeCou, Buckmaster,
Munger, Maurice
Finanee-curtis, Donaflue, Mayer,
Head
Rules and regulations Goergen, Sui
Ivan, Maurice
Printing -Mungen, Mueller, Barnes.
Fred W. Buck, the Republican can
didate, was elected mayor of the city
of Waukegan on Tuesday, defeating
W. W. Pearce by majority Of over
400 votes. The Democrats elected but