The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-04-06
OLD BUILDING FOR SCHOOLS
Members Of the Board Discuss Plan to
House Teachers Training School and
Agricultural School in Old Court
House Building.
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A movement which may result in the
building of new court house for Ken
osha county was started at the special
meeting Of the county board on Wed
nesday when the members of the board
informally took up the question of OPP
ening the training school for teachers
and with it an agricultural training
school for the young men and women
of the rural towns in the county. The
movement got a big start on Wednes-
day but the promoters of the plan de-
cided not to bring The matter in for
NAL manner before the board until the
November session. For a great many
years Kenosha county people have been
unable to take any pride in the court
house and other buildings of the coun-
ty and movement after movement has
been started to secure the building of
o. new jail and even a new court house
has been suggested. It is admitted
that the county has spent lot Of mon
ey on the present court house but at
the same time it is admitted that it is
wholly inadequate to the demands Of
the county. There is not Office room
for the county officials and some of
them are forced to have Offices in out
of the way places. There is absolutely
no place to house the Municipal court
and the present room used by the Cir
cult court is far from satisfactory.
The movement to build a training
school for the teachers Of the county
is now well under way and the members
OF the board are almost a unit in the
belief that this school should be located
in Kenosha. The men from the outlyr
ing districts declare that Kenosha is
the only city in the county and the
only place where teachers could obtain
proper accommodations while attend
ing school. The advantages of the city
over any of the rural villages are clearly
apparent. The cost of building a train
ing school for teachers would probably
be in the neighborhood of $4,000 and
should the board decide to have in con-
nection with it an agricultural school
an added $4,000 might have to be
spent. With a little work the present
county court house could be converted
into a building suitable for this pur-
pose. 1t would furnish an abundance
of assembly rooms, recitation rooms
and offices for the teachers in charge
and the large basement rooms would
offer plenty of chances for experiment
tai work.
The suggestion of the new court house
met with instant favor among MANY of
the members of the board. The pres
emit lot occupied by the county jail and
the old county building would scarce
ly be large enough for a combined
court house and Jail but it is thought
that other property could be secured
in the neighborhood which would give
plenty of room for the two institutions
and that modern building could be
erected at a cost of from $4,000 to
$150,000. The members of the board
will discuss the matter with their CON
stituents during the summer months
in order to be able to act intelligentlv
on the plan which will be suggested at
the November meeting of the board.
The civic center in Kenosha is rapidly
developing and with the building of
the post Office by the government, and
che city hall by the city it is not
thought that the county solons will hold
back long in providing suitable home
the various offices of the county.