The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-06-15
School Board Decides Former
Contract Must Be Held
as Binding
NEW TEACHERS ARE ELECTED
Board Orders Changes in Text Books
but Change Will be Made Gradually
to Avoid Heavy Expense Of Change
in Books.

The American Foundry and Furnace
company Of Milwaukee and Peter B.
Bogart, its agent, will have the con-
tract for the heating plfnt to be in
stalled in the new addition to the
Frank school as the board of education
at its regular meeting on Tuesday even
ing decided that the contract with the
Bogart company was binding one and
for this reason the matter was left
without further action. This decision
was reached after an opinion lad been
secured from Peter Fisher who neld
that while the manner of the letting
of the contract was little irregular
yet the contract was binding contract
on the board. With this opinion the
members of the board took no action to
open the bids before it for the heating
plant of the school and the former con-
tract with Bogart will stand and he will
receive $685. for the installation of
the heating plant.
The Miller company of Milwaukee,
which bid for the contract at the first
letting had a bid before the board
offering to put in plant to meet every
specification Of the architect for 81, 200
ess than the amount paid to the Bo-
CART company bur a majority and a
large majority of Che members of the
board held that the contract could not
be cancelled and new contract made
T md this closed the fight. The architect
was directed to proceed with the plans
Tor the erection of the building
at once and it is expected that the
work will be started by the first of
July.
The board took action to change text
books in many of the rooms in the
schools and the change will include. the
introduction Of new arithematics, read
ers and Biographies, but it will be
brought about in manner to make as
little expense to the school patrons as
possible. The books now in use will
be continued until such time as tF9
change can be made without throwing
away the books now in use 1t will
take some time to make the change
but it is thought that the new books
will greatly improve the curriculum of
the schools.
All of the present janitors of the city
schools were reelected for another year
and the board adopted series of rules
to govern the work of the janitors
during the entire year.
The proposed schedule of salaries and
qualifications of teachers as proposed
to the board by Superintendent Mrs.
Mary D. Bradford a month ago, was
adopted by the unanimous vote of the
board aud these rules will go into effect
1t once. 1t is expected that the work
ng of the new schedule will be decid-
adly satisfactory not only to the the
members of the board but to the
teachers.
A large number Of new teachers were
elected at the meeting. Prof A. S.
Langmas, of Champaign, Ill.,, graduate
of the University Of Wisconsin and for
several years connected with the Hi
nois State Training School at Cham
paign, was named as head of the com
mercial department of the high school
10 succeed w. H. Knutz who recently re-
signed his position. Miss Josephine
Steig of Whitehall, was elected as
teacher of botany and other sciences.
Miss Steig has been teaching in the
high school at Ellhorn and comes high
ly recommended. Miss Kate I. Smith
of Eau Claire, was named as teacher
of literature in the high school. Both
of the teachers are university grad
yates and have been successful in their
particular line OF work.
The resignation of Prof. 0. w
Thompson as principal of the high
school was received and accepted ana
it is possible that some arrangement
viii be made to elect successor be-
fore the next meeting of the board.
The new teachers elected for the
grades included Miss Rosa Button of
Wilmot, recently graduated from the
Whitewater Normal Miss Marjorie j.
Hoard Of Sharon, a graduate Of the
same institution; Miss Lena Nelson of
kenosha, recently graduated from the
Milwaukee Normal; Miss Mime Berg
strom Of Superior, and Miss Marguerite
Quinn Of Kenosha. These teachers will