The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-03-12
PEOPLE NOT GIVEN PLANS NOW
Members of the Association Urge the
School Board Members to Give Plans
and Specifications for Building Wide
Publicity Hold Boys Conference

| More than two hundred men and
women of the city connected with the
Parent-Teachers association of the Ke-
nosha high school met at the building
on Monday evening and the entire bus
mess meeting of the association was
given over to the discussion of plans
for the building Of new high school
in the city and the proposed bond issue.
The consensus of opinion was that
the city should have new high school
and that it should be built in the very
near future but there seemed to be a
feeling among the members of the asso-
citation that the board OF education
had not taken the people sufficiently in,
to their confidence. These people de-
clared that the people interested in the
| high school had not had chance to
inspect the plans and specifications and
| that for this reason the suggestion of a
bond issue to the amount of 100000,
had not met with the support which
might have been given it if the board
| of education had placed the plans for
the proposed building on. display and
had given to the people some better
ideas as to just what was proposed to
| be DONE
The question was discussed by James
Cavanagh, Principal George N. Trerl-
| per, School Commissioners Albert Tanck
and S. G. Newman, and Mrs Mary
Murphy Of the high school. The dis
cussion was wholly informal and many
facts of Importance in regard to the
building and the proposed bond issue
was brought out. 1t was suggested
that the members Of the board of edu-
cation make an effort to secure some
publicity for the plans for the new
building even if there was some ex-
| pense connected with the movement
The teachers at the high school paint
ed strong picture IF the condition of
of the old building and they strongly
urged the erection of new building
and urged that the work Of getting the
building under construction be started
just as soon as possible.
AS result Of the suggestions made
at the meeting it is probable that de-
tailed pictures of plans and specifca-
tions for the new building will be given
out by the building committee of the
school board at some time before the
coming election. The meeting at the
high school showed that great inter
/. .
est is being taken in the new high
school problem and the interest of the
women of the city in the movement
is stronger than has been shown in any
public question in years.
Following the BUSINESS meeting of
the association there was an unique
conference the general topic being
Boys This conference was unique
on account that the principal speakers
were the boys themselves. Lester
Siedschlag spoke on the subject "What
the Boy Expects From His Parents,
and Earl Schmitz spoke on "What the
Boy Expects from His Teacher The
two talks were decidedly frank in their
nature and they brought the stand
point of the boy prominently before the
teachers and the parents. Mrs. Mary
ID. Bradford spoke on the subject
"Boys in General" and spoke of the
great need of cooperation between the
parents of the boys and the teachers
of the boys in getting the best results.
The meeting was one of the most
interesting ever held by the association.