The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-04-17
President ]. B. Maloney Of
School Board Delivers In
SuguraI Tuesday Night.
new COMMITTEES ARE NAMED
New Board Gets Down to Work in
Earnest at Meeting and Declines to
Employ Inspector to Superintend the
Building of Balm School Addition.

The board of education had its
inaugural ceremonies on Tuesday night
when John B. Maloney formally took
up the duties of the president OF the
board and in assuming the ONCE spoke
to the members of the board urging CO.
operation for the work during the COM
ING year. Little business OF import
ance was taken up at the meeting OF
the board. The question of employing
an inspector to superintend bulid'
mo operations at the Balm school was
discussed at length by the members OF
the board and finally turned down by
vote of eight to seven. The board
decided to ask the council to provide
for bond issues to secure money for the
various building operations planned
for the coming spring and summer.
The request for bonds will be sent to
the council at its next regular meet
mo. No action was taken in regard
to the proposed high school building
or in regard to the proposed addition
to the Durkee school.
Iii addressing the board President
MaDoney sounded the keynote for a
busy year He said:
The people have entrusted to our
care and keeping the public schools Of
this city, While we appreciate the
honor and confidence thus given US,
we Gre Gully aware / believe of the
important duties and responsibilities
resting upon us.
No department Of our municipality
is Of greater Importance or affects so
directly and vitality the homes and
lives of our people as the public
schools. Nothing should give us great
er concern or require more careful and
constant thought and attention than
the institution with which we entrust
the training and guidance of our child
rem. Upon the results of this training
rests very largely their mental and
moral welfare, their happiness and
usefulne as citizens of the state and
nation.
In all ages of the world education
has been the forerunner, the advance
guard of civilization. The prosperity,
progress and happiness of the citizens
of any community is in direct proper
ton to the efficiency of its schools.
This city has the proud distinction
of being the pioneer in the establish
ment and maintenance of the first high
school outside the New England states
in this country and Wisconsin today
stands in the front rank of the states
of this nation in the progress and eff
ticiency of her school system.
There is no official position in the
gift of the people that is of greater
Importance or that affords greater op-
portunity for efforts that will rebound
to the good of the people. No greater
honor or distinction can be gained
than to have served faithfully and to
the best of our ability in even the
least important duties of this board
| have often thought when passing
the rough, natural boulder in the Cen.
tral school yard, with its simple in
scription, simple in expression, vet
fraught with great significance in its
true import, that no grander monu
ment could have been erected to the
memories of the men whose names APP
pear thereon, than that which perpetu
ates and preserves to the coming gen
erations the thought that they were
the founders of the school system Of
this city.
All succeeding boards since that nov
distant day have builded better thar
they knew until today we have one Of
the best and most efficient systems. Of
public schools in the country. The
very able administration Of this board
during the past year has set a fas
pace in proficient and progressive man
agement and it behooves US to lenC
eur best efforts that the high stand
ards they have established may b,
maintained and that the good worl
they have begun may be carried out
In choosing members of the various
committees, a task that was Difficult
for me, because of my limited acquain
tance with some of you, | wish to as
sure you that the selections were mad
absolutely upon the basis of such al
arrangement as would make for thu
best interests Of the schools and will
determination not 10 allow any per