The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-11-20
MUST FIND SUITABLE LOCATION
Members of Two Boards are Agreed
that Old Building Can be Utilized fol
Years and People Will Get Chance Il
Vote to Build 100000 Building

Kenosha is going to have new high
school building and if the wishes of
the members of the common council
the board of education and two score
of interested citizens, who attended
the meeting of these two bodies at he
city hall on Thursday evening are to
be followed it will be new high school
built on a site other than the site of
the present central school building.
The meeting proved to be decidedly
interesting one and it is thought that
it will prove helpful in showing the
school board the sentiment, of the coun.
Gil in regard to the proposed new build
ings. During the evening there were
short talks by Mayor Dan. o. Head,
President John B. Maloney of the
board of education. City Superintend-
emit Mrs Mary D. Bradford and half
dozen members of the council and as
many of the board of education The
meeting showed a united feeling in
favor of building just what is needed
for the best interests of the schools
and at the same time keeping in mind
the most economical management.
This seemed to demand the saving of
the present Central school as Junior
high school, or for use of the contin-
uation schools and the erection of the
new building on a site in that neigh
borhood or in some other centrally To-
Gated district.
The most interesting address of the
evening was made by School Commits
sioner S. G. Newman-who, by the way,
inaugurated the plan for the joint con-
ference. He held that the present
twenty-three rooms in the Central
building could be used for many years
by the children and he suggested the
use of this building as a junior high
school with the understanding that
eighth and seventh grade pupils from
all of the city schools would be col
lected in this building. He held that
such a movement would be powerful
factor in instilling in the minds of
these students the necessity of going
into the regular high school work and
that at the same time it would leave
the ward schools free to take care Of
many more grade pupils. He suggest
ed that the board of education con-
denim a site for a new high school in
the immediate neighborhood of the
Central building.
Mrs. Bradford gave some very inter
esting figures on the growth Of the
number of students in the city schools
and showed that large percentage of
the students drop out just as soon as
they reach the age of IA years.
She made a plea that the city make
some provisions to offer more attractive
school lives for the children who were
forced to go into industrial lines early
in their lives. She showed that only
a very small percentage of the children
who start in the city schools complete
the course in the high school and she
was very favorable to plan for a
auxiliary high school. Every alderman
expressing himself favored the erection
of new building with the understand
ing that the Central building would
continue to be used for school purposes
for years to come. Principal Tremper
and a number of the principals Of the
ward schools and members of the Par
ents-Teachers association, spoke of the
necessity of more school rooms and bet
ter conditions for the children.
There was a considerable discussion
of the use of the Orphan Asylum park
as site for the proposed new high
school and strange as it may seem this
plan was vigorously opposed by the
fifth ward aldermen. Several other
sites were suggested but it was appar-
ent that to secure any of the proposed
sites it would be necessary to condemn
the land
While no definite plan was made for
the future consideration of the prob
lem the statement of the aldermen gave
the school commissioners a good idea
of just where they would stand OIL the
matter and it is pretty certain that
plans will be laid for building the new
building next year. The cost of it viii
be in the neighborhood of 100000,
and before final action is taken the
matter will be submitted to the people
at the coming spring election.
The meeting on Thursday evening
was Of great value in bringing the
of the school board and the
council together for better under
of conditions in the city and
it is certain to prove helpful in bring
ing harmonious action between the
board and the council.