The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-04-23
NEEDOF CONSCIENTIOUS WORK
New Head of the School Board Places
Pertinent Facts Before Members at
Meeting on Tuesday Evening Com
mittees For the Year Announced.

GIVE are forced to face the discour-
aging prospect that the schools Of our
city and those Of other cities are not
getting the results we desire. We
have boys and girls coming up through
our grade schools and graduating from
the high school and when they get
through they can It spell, they can't
write so you can read it, ask them to
; read and it is painful to listen, they
can It figure interest at six per cent.
] do not want to be misunderstood,
do not want to reflect on the teaching
force of the schools, for ! believe that
we have as good a teaching force as
is to be found in any city. But the
results are not what we wish they
were. This is not criticism Of the
management of the schools for | be-
lieve that Kenoshe has the best super
intendent to be found in the country
aud yet there is something, whatever
the cause may be, that puts before
you and me the conviction that we are
not getting for the children what we
would apparently seek. We fail to put
these children out of the schools ready
to meet tht every day demands of
Life f"
This was the criticism which Presi-
dent John B. Maloley head of the
board of education made against the
kenosha schools in his inaugural adj
dress at the meeting of the board on
Tuesday evening and with this state
ment he made strong plea to mem
bers of the board Of education and
the people of the city at large for a
new conception of the work of The
school board.
There is no trust so honorable as
the one committed to the members of
the board of education," continued
Mr. Maoney "There is no board or
gaEized in the city which expends so
much of the money Of The city, but far
and above this is the fact that you as
school commissioners handle the most
important thing there is in the city.
Your work strikes at every home.
There is no satisfaction in life that
exceeds the efforts put forth to secure
the welfare of your children and mine
There is nothing that enters so much
into the life of the community as the
question of the proper maintenance of
its schools / believe that the man on
this board who neglects to give his
full service to the city on this board
is guilty not only of mafeasance in
Office, but he is guilty Of neglect Of
everything that should be closest to
his own home. / regret that the peo-
interest in the work of the school
board. The meetings of his board are
more important than the meetings of
the common council or any other body.
! would impress upon you as members
of this board that YOU give to 9very
acC In connection with the schools the
same serious consideration that you
would give to the most important
things of your own personal lives"
Mr.. Maloney had Tot to say of the
personalities which had entered into
the board in former years and declar-
ed that these personalities had gone a
long way to limit the effectiveness of
the board He declared that it was the
duty Of the board mer: bers not only to
attend meetings of the board, but also
to show a personal interest in the
growth of the schools outside the board
meetings and to make the schools a
part Of his real business in life.
In concluding his remarks Mr.. Ma
loney made strong plea for better
cooperation from the parents of child
rem attending the city schools holding
tina, this became one Of the real things
aeedful in Kenosha to make it posi-
Die for the schools to get the best
cesults
President Maloney was taking no
chances on possible action on the nam
ing of the committees of the board for
the year and probably still having the
Incidents of last Monday night in mind
be put the matter up to the board.
%llow will you have the standing COM
mittees of the board named for the new
year was the rather unusual question
asked by the president. The response
was quick and Commissioner Newman
moved that the president be invited
t. name the committees. Mr.. Maloney
then produced his list of the commit,
tees and they were confirmed by a