The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-21
MAY FOLLOW CHICAGO PLAN
Mrs. Bradford is Widely known as an
Educator and Has Been Prominent
in School Circles in Wisconsin for
Several Years

The school board Of Kenosha may
follow the example set by the school
board of the city of Chicago and name
woman to succeed p. j. Zimmers as
superintendent of the city schools.
The announcement that Mr.. Zimmers
viii leave Kenosha to become head Of
the schools at ManitoWoc has been
formally made known to the board and
already the members Of that body are
beginning to receive applications to fill
the vacancy. The first application for
the position in the hands Of President
George H. Curtis is one from Mrs.
Mary d. Bradford now one of the
teachers in the State Normal School at
Whitewater.
Mrs. Bradford is no stranger in Ke-
nosha and her application for the of
flee of superintendent will undoubted-
ly be popular one among many of
the patrons of the city schools. The
application has not as yet been pre-
sented to the board Of education and
it is pretty certain that nothing will
be done along the line of making
selection for some time. The mem
bers of the board are looking at the
important question of selecting a SUI
perintendent with a great deal of con-
servatism and it is possible that no
election will be made until the end of
the school year. The application of
Mrs Bradford is not the only one re-
ceived by the board and it is certain
that before the end of the month
score of applications will be received.
r. f. Randall, principal Of the Balm
school and w. w. Hanaman, principal
Of the Durkee schools, are the first
local applications to be received for
the position. Both of these men have
done good work in the schools of the
city as principals and their applica
tions will undoubtedly receive every
possible consideration on the part of
the board.
Mrs. Bradford is widely known
among educators in Wisconsin and she
is -eminently Kenosha woman.
She was born and raised in Kenosha,
educated at the Kenosha High School
and afterward a teacher in, the High
school. She has been away from Ke-
nosha for many years and in thai time
has won a high place among the teach
ers of the state. She has for several
years been teaching in higher institu-
tions of learning. For several years
she was in charge Of one of Che de-
partments of the State Normal School
at Stevens Point and later she became
teacher in the Stout Institute at Me
nominee and during the present year
she has been teaching in the State
Normal School at Whitewater. Mrs
Bradford has always been intensely
loyal to Kenosha and she would be
willing to give up almost any position
III oIu6I 70 SSG bdCh uOHde again
One of the leading members of the
board in speaking of the matter today
said: "The application of Mrs. Brad
ford win undoubtedly meet with favor
among the members of the board and
the only question will be as to whether
the board desires to have woman at
the head of the schools. The plan
has been tried with great success in
Chicago and it is certain that if
woman is to be named no woman in
Wisconsin is better fitted for the of
fee
Mrs. Bradford has been one of the
most active of the members of the
Kenosha High School Association and
she will undoubtedly have lot of
support from the alumni of the high
school on account of the great inter
est that she has taken in the work
of this organization.
1t is probable that the election of
the superintendent of the schools will
take place at the meeting of the board
to be held on the night of the second
Tuesday in June