The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-09-01
URGE SANITARY EQUIPMENT
Commissioners Will Follow Sugges-
tions of the National Educational
Association in Fitting up Kenosha
Buildings.

Preliminary to the opening OF the
schools of the city for the new year
the members Of the Board of Educa-
tion met in special session at the High
School at half past nine o clock yester-
day morning and starting from that
point made a visit to every school
building in the city. The buildings have
been placed in condition for the open
ing of the new year and the members
of the board were much pleased at the
condition Of the buildings. The members
of the board are following out as rapid
ly as possible suggestions which have
been made for the purpose Of bringing
better sanitary condition in the
schools of the city. In some of the
buildings the water closets have been
changed to meet this demand and
throughout the buildings the old fash
Toned drinking cup which is now charg-
ed with being a spreader of disease
germs has been done away with and
bubbling fountains have been put in.
1t is planned to have this sort of drink
ing fountain in every school in the
city just as soon as they can be install
ed.
Many improvements have been made
at the buildings during the summer
months and they will be bright and
clean for the children when they re-
turn to school week from tomorrow
The grounds at the Columbus school
are now being put in condition and
when this work is completed it is ex-
pected that the teachers and children
in that school will make some provision
for the decorations of the grounds.
The members of the Board of Educa-
ton have been furnished with copies of
the resolutions passed ut the recent
meeting of the n e. A. and they are
being urged to be guided as far as
possible in the management of the
schools along the lines set fourth in the
resolutions. These resolutions are in
part as follows:
The fundamental consideration in
any system of schools is the develop
ment of inhexible integrity and strong
moral character in those receiving in
struction. The Republic cannot survive
without a citizenship with high ideals
of patriotism, duty, and service This
Association, therefore, commends most
heartily the growing interest in the
moral development of the children of
the nation.
While tho members of this Assoeia-
tion are of the opinion that the old
courses of study, which had as their
chief object the giving of culture to
the individual and of transmitting to
him the best ideas and ideals Of the
past, should in no manner be weakened,
we, nevertheless, very sincerely endorse
the movement to make the courses of
study offered in our schools more demo
cratic, that they may meet the con-
ditions of our modern commercial and
industrial life, However, to meet ade-
quately these new demands imposes
upon the schools Of the country addi-
tional financial responsibilities and this
Association appeals to the Nation and
to the state for more liberal appropri-
ations for educational purposes in order
that this additional work in Agricul-
ture, in the trades and industries, and
in Home Economics may be effectively
undertaken.
No country that is physically weak
or physically diseased can attain its
possible greatness All efforts there
fore, to make the condition of our edu-
cational plants more sanitary and to
impress upon the minds of the children
and the citizens of the Nation the i'm
portance of the proper observance of
the laws of health-pubic and individ-
ual-should receive the support and
hearty cooperation of American teach
ers.
The abuses attending the employment
of children in industrial occupations
tend to limit their educational oppor-
tunities, and this Association, there
fore, endorses all such wise and humane
legislation as shall make possible the
broadcast development of all the child.
rem.
The character and efficiency of the
schools must depend in the future, as
In the past, upon the character and
efficiency of the teachers The pro
fession of teaching should, therefore,
attract men and women of the highest
intellectual attachments, broadcast cul-
ture, most thorough training, and loft
est ideals; to this end the salaries paid
American teachers should be common.
surate with salaries paid in other pro.
fessions and in commercial and indus
trial pursuits.
The Association reafirms its declara.
ton in the year of the last Hague Con
ference Of the preeminent duty Of the
teachers of the United States, and Of
all the nations, to advance this com