The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-10-17
MANY COURSES OUTLINED NOW
Students in the Continuation School
Will be Offered Many Lines of Work
to Improve Themselves More Teach
ers to be Needed in Near Future.

The permit school for boys and girls
who are working in the shops of Ken.
oshaAhas been running week at the
Frank School. r. w. Tarbel1 is instruc.
Cor of the boys and Miss Laura Hahn of
the girls. The classes of boys meet in
the morning at o 'clock and work for
five hours. The girls meet from l to
6.
There are now four afternoon classes
of girls and classes Of boys for every
morning of the week. Other classes of
girls will be organized Soon.
The course of study for these child
ren is prescribed by law and consists
Of English, elementary civics, business
arithmetic, personal hygiene, and the
study of safety devices.
Besides these, the boys will have man
ual training and the girls will have sew
ing and cooking Children of fourteen
and fifteen who have left school and are
helping at home, are entitled to the
privilege of these classes. They can
apply at the Office of the city superin-
tendent Of schools. A permit will be
readily obtained provided the child has
completed the fifth grade This permit
will admit the child to the continual
tion five hour week school.
The equipment Of the manual train
ing and domestic science departments is
being purchased as rapidly as possible
The sewing machines and sewing
tables have been put IL The auditorium
at the Frank school md everything will
oe done that can be done within the
means Of the pooru 10 make the school
a profitable place for these children.
AS soon as possible an all-day school
will be started. This is for the four.
teen and fifteen year old children who
have permits but who are out of EN-.
ployment temporarily. The law re.
quires that these children return to
school within twenty-four hours. En-.
ployers of these children are directed
by the State Industrial Commission to
return the permits Of these children to
the superintendent of school, immed.
lately upon dismissing them from ser.
vice.
Summed up, the conditions under the
industrial laws are these:
Every boy and girl under sixteen
years of age, who is not attending the
regular school, is expected to secure a
work permit, and to attend the continu.
alton school five hours each week if at
work regularly, and six hours each day
if not at work.
Another form of school which must
be furnished by this board is the even
ing school. Those who desire to
attend evening school will make this
known to M. Tarbell who will be at the
Office of the superintendent Of schools
second floor, city hall, every evening
from 1880 to o'clock. The board is
ready to offer to the evening classes:
Bookkeeping.
Business arithmetic.
Practical English.
| English for foreigners.
Shorthand.
Typewriting.
Sewing.
Cooking.
Mechanical drawing.
Pattern making.
Hygiene.
The starting of these classes is con
ditioned upon the number desiring to
take the subject. The law prescribes
that the smallest for which class can
be organized is ten, and the number
in any one class cannot exceed 25.
The evening school is free to any
man or woman Of sixteen years or above
whose home is in Kenosha. A tuition
fee of fifty cents week will be charged
those living outside the CITY.