The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-04-10
School Commissioner From
Third Ward Elected the
President Of the Board.
TANCK NAMED AS SECRETARY
Newly Organized Body Takes Many
Ballots to Name New officers and no
Business is Taken up Retiring Pres
ident Sums up Work Done Last Year.

John B. Maloney, school commission
err from the third ward, was elected
president of the board of education on
the reorganization Of the board on
Tuesday evening. He was elected al
though after the vote for the presld-
ing officer had been deadloeked he re-
quested his friends to discontinue vot-
inc for him and although after con-
tinuanee of the deadlock he had de-
clined to accept the office. At that his
friends continued to insist that he be
named as president of the board and
on the fourteenth ballot he secured the
votes necessary to elect. All through
the fourteen ballots the contest had
been between Mr. Maloney and A. b.
Buckmaster. The board was equally
divided for many ballots, each OF the
men receiving seven votes with the
other two votes blank. On the last
ballot Mr. Maloney received nine
votes and was declared elected presl-
dent Of the board. He accepted the
office in a few we'll chosen words,
declaring that he would have preferred
one of the older mep bers of the board
as president, but that he would give
his best efforts to carrying out the du-
ties of the Office and assuring all mem
bers Of the board that the rule of the
president would be an impartial one.
The contest over Gne election ii Il
president was really secondary in in
terest to the fight over the election
Of secretary of the board. There
were but two candidates, William j..
Craney the veteran school commission
or from the fifth ward and Albert
Tanck. 1t took nineteen ballots to Sc
cure choice and on the nineteenth
ballot Mr.. Tanek was chosen. After
the election Of the swo officials the
members of the new board were COM
petely worn out and an adjournment
of a week was taken in order to allow
the new president to make up his list
of committees.
The session of the old board was
given over entirely to the closing up
Of the work of the year and no action
was taken in regard to the proposed
new buildings or the issuance of bonds
to make possible the erection OF the
new buildings. In closing the old
board President Burke read a valedic-
tory in which he spoke of the work
which had been done by the board
during the year and in which he made
some suggestions for future work,
His recommendations included plan
to take the school board out of poll
ties and the election of five instead of
sixteen members. This plan has been
strongly urged by other officials of the
city who have made a study Of school
problems. He suggested the employ
meht of a supervisor of penmanship in
the schools with a view of teaching
uniform writing and that oral spelling
and arithmetic be given more consid-
GRAFTON in the school rooms. Speaking
Of the proposed naming of purchasing
agent he declared that he did not be-
lieve that such an official was needed
by the school board.
In closing up his work as chairman
he reviewed the work of the board
during the year just closed, saying in
part;
The past year has been an unusual
one in many ways. In the first place,
during the past Few years our city has
gfowl extensively. The sudden OK
pansiou has been felt in all ways. but
believe more so in regard to a short
age Of ~jhool room than anything~else.
FSArv AVAILABLE space in our school
buildings is being utilized to the best
PosSlple advantage. Easements are
being used as well as auditoriums. In
the Balm and Gillet schools even the
cloak rooms have been fitted into class
rooms. Besides, we are renting a room
at st. James school, one at st. Thomas
SCHOOL and one at the German Luth-
eran school for which we are paying
5000 per month for each room. We
are renting a store room on Ridge
street for which we are paying $500
per month, making a total monthly
rental being paid BY the board Of
$l65.0Qo. We also rent a room in the
Dewey block on Park street for the
open air school, but this rental is paid
b. the Tuberculosis Association
A conservative estimate will show that