The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-09-25
TO TEACH MANY SUBJECTS
Twelve Teachers Will be Employed and
it is Expected That the Attendance
at These Schools Will Pass the 800
Mark Girls Showing Interest.

Enrolment is now being made at the
office of the superintendent of schools
for the evening schools which will be
opened under the direction Of the In
dustrial board Of education on the even
ing of October 18th and it is expected
that the attendance at these schools
during the winter months will reach
more than 800. The board Of education
is taking over the work formerly done
by the x. M. G. A. and similar institu-
tions and with the exception of night
school in one Of the factories the in
struction of the foreigners in Kenosha
this year will be entirely under the
direction of the industrial board of
education.
Superintendent Tarbell has issued a
formal notice of the opening of the
school The notice has been printed
in English, Polish and Italian and it
is being posted in all parts of the city
with a view of interesting foreigners
in this plan to better their condition
and to give them chance to get a
common school education. The work
of the night schools will be greatly ex-
tended this year and it is planned to
make it attractive for women as we'll
as men. The night schools will be
open to boys, men and women over the
age Of sixteen years and no fees will
be charged for instruction. When a
student is enrolled he will be requir-
ed to make a deposit of $500 and this
will be returned to him provided he is
present at eighty-fve per cent of the
sessions Of the school following his
enrolment. This plan is adopted with
view of keeping the foreigners in the
school during at least the larger por-
tion Of the term. In the former year
there were some two hundred and fifty
students entered in the continuation
school at night and of this number
more than one hundred and twenty-five
received the return Of the deposit at
the end OF the school year It has been
found that the small fee is decidedly
valuable in keeping the students at
work.
The list of classes to be formed for
the night schools will be dependent on
the demands of the students entering.
It is expected that at least twelve
teachers will be needed to take care
of these classes. Many of the teach
ers are taken from the regular teach
ing force of the schools Of the city,
but some Of them are selected from
the ranks Of the foreigners. These
have charge Of the classes in begin
ming English.
The night school work will be made
very attractive for the young women
and in connection with the classes at
which sewing, cooking and work in
the regular English branches is taught
clubs will be organized. These clubs
will seek to solve the problem of
furnishing the right kind Of society
for young women who may have no
permanent homes in the city.
Glasses for men will include classes
in mechanical drawing, book keeping,
arithematic, stenography typewriting
and in English.
Expert teachers will be placed in
charge of all Of these classes and it
is expected that the work will be of
the greatest value to the students.
No age limit is placed on the students
and they may come from any class in
life. Already the minister Of one Of