The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-29
Board Of Education Badly
Divided on Building of new
High School Building.
ORDER ANOTHER INSPECTION
Board Makes Examination of the New
Plans Proposed by Architect Hahn
But Question of "scrapping" old
High School Building Causes Trouble.

The board or education was in SEES
sion for nearly four hours on Tuesday
evening and nearly all of this time was
spent in discussing the proposed cree
tion Of new high school building
The members of the board were agreed
that new high school building was
needed in Kenosha and they were
unanimous in the approval of the plans
for the building prepared BY Architect
Howard Hahn and his assistants, but
this was just about as far as they got
as there was division of the members on
the question Of the abandonment OF the
old high school building and the meet
ing ended with the appointment OF
new committee to make an investlga-
ton of the present building and report
to the board at the regular June meet
ing. The members Of this new com
mission will be William NJ. Rowe, the
original builder of the high school, d..
j, llartf, formerly contractor, and a
member Of the Wisconsin State Build
ing Board.
The decision to have the new invcs-
tigation of the present building was
taken on the motion of Commissioner
S. G. Newman following a lengthy dis
cussion, participated in by the members
Of the board, Mayor Dan Q. Head,
members .of The dpance committee Of
tho common council arid Architect
Hahn. The completed plans for the
new building were presented by Mr..
Hahn 1t is designed to take care Of
both the cultural and vocational depart
ments of the high school work and the
vocational is especially emphasized.
The building as proposed is to be four
stories in height and it provides for
the extension of the various lines of
work and will offer room enough for
a centering of the seventh and eighth
grade students in the high school build
ing 1t was held that this feature
would 80 long way toward securing
more students who would complete the
high school course.
Tie plans of Architect Hahn were en-
dorsed by the board without a dissent
ing vote Many of the members of the
board are opposed to the tearing down
of the old Central building and they
seemed to be of the opinion that this
building could be used for years as a
grade building and that the board
find new site for high school and
build it from the ground, up. The es-
tinrated cost of the ultimate building
under the Hahn plans is $250,000 with
probable addition of $4,000 for
equipment. The plan as suggested pro-
vdes for the building Of the north
wing of the new building at this time
and in manner to permit the use Of
the old building for term of possibly
ten years AT the end of this time it is
proposed to build the south wing and
In another five years build the central
wing.
Members favoring the plan declared
that this would give the city chance
to get every cent s worth Of service out
of the old building and at the same
time would make the erection of the
new building possible without the drain
ing of the pockets OF the tax payers
by demanding big bond issue at one
time. The members of the board favor
ing the erection Of a new building
urged that the board take steps to con-
denim site for such building with
the understanding that the present
building would be used either as a
"Junior High School or as a special
building for use of pupils in the sew
enth and eighth grades The only test
vote came on the question of the new
inspection. This brought an argument
in which there was some bitterness
older members Of the board declaring
that the proposed new inspection was a
reelection on the work of former
boards. When the question was sub
mitted to a vote the commissioners
favoring the new inspection were Com
missioners Newman, Sullivan, Yule
Tanck, Hahn, Barber, Mischler, Threi
nen, Schwanke and those opposing il
included Buckmaster, Wallis, Maloney
Curtis, Craney, Fladd and Joerndt
The question Of the acceptance Of the
plans and specifications will now b