The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-28
Twenty-seven Have Applied
for the Position of Super
intendent of Schools
4 URGE CANDIDACY IN PERSON
President Curtis After interviewing
Men Seeking the Position Declares
That Time Will be Taken to Select
the Right Man,

The members of the board of edu-
cation and especially the members of
the teachers committee of the board
are going to have very busy time
during the next few weeks as the office
Of superintendent of the schools of Ke-
nosha made vacant by the recent &C
tion of Superintendent Zimmers in ac-
cepting an election as superintendent
of the Manitowoc schools, promises to
be one of the most sought places among
teachers in Wisconsin this year. AL
ready President George H. Curtis and
Secretary Michael Donahue of the
board of education have received
twenty-seven applications for the posi-
ton and while the list of applications
have not been given out it is declared
that some of the best known school
men in Northern Illinois and Southern
Wisconsin have applied for the posi-
tion.
The news of the retirement of Su-
Iperintendent Zimmers must have trav-
eled fast as applications have come in
from half dozen western states and
men who have been teaching on the
Atlantic coast have also made applica-
tion for the position. Mrs. Mary ID.
DroH in ba anplioafio,,
for the position and her application
was closely followed by those of Prof.
E. F. Randall and Prof. w. w. Hane-
man of Knosha. Since that time the
president of the board has been kept
busy answering letters and kilograms
of men who are DESTROYS of showing
what they can do for the advancement
of the schools Of Kenosha.
Saturday and Sunday brought many
teachers to Kenosha to make personal
application for the position and the
teachers committee was kept busy in
interviewing these men. Among the
men who made personal application on
Saturday and Sunday were Superinten-
dent Birney of the schools at Morris,
Ill; Superintendent Davis of Stevens
Point, superintendent Wilson of Bea-
yer Dam, and Prof. Steele, principal
of the high school at Aurora, III.
These men have gone into the fight for
the position with a will and it is prob
able that they with a lot of others
will make a personal effort to show
the board of education that they ere
fitted for the position. Every teacher
agency in Chicago has sent out notice
Of the vacancy in the Kenosha schools
and the teachers listed with these
agencies are getting in their applica-
tions just as fast as the mails will
bring them and it is certain that by
the end of the week the committee
will have between seventy-fve and
hundred applications to look over.
Many Of these can be eliminated
without great deal of examination,
but it is expected that there will be
twenty men in the list who will be
worthy of investigation. President
Curtis in speaking of the matter on
Sunday said: "We are going to take
our time in this matter. Every ap-
plicant has received courteous re-
Spouse from the board and they have
been advised that they will be notified
when the board is ready to have some
further facts in regard to their COM
potency. I can not say when the cleo
ton will take place, but it will not be
until after the members of the com
mittee have closely investigated all the
applications. We want to get the best
possible superintendent for the Keno
sha schools and for that reason we viii
take our time
Superintendent Zimmers will not
give up his work at the head of the
schools until the end Of the present
school year and for this reason there
will be no great reason to rush this
matter.
There is a strong sentiment develop
ed for Mrs. Bradford and many of
the former students in the schools of
the city who knew Mrs Bradford dur
ing the years that she was connected
with the schools are strongly urging
her candidacy