The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-06-25
ROUNDS ASKS CO COOPERATION
Inspector of State Normal Schools Gives
Parents Of Children Plain Talk on
What They Owe in Supporting the
School System of the City.

DeclaTlng LnaL Jne PUBIC scnoolS
were the guarantee of the safety of
the state and preserver of true democ-
racy, G. R. Rounds, inspector of Eng
llish in the state normal schools, made
a strong plea for cooperation between
the community and the schools at the
annual graduation exercises of the
eighth grade schools of Kenosha held
at the Coliseum on Monday evening.
Mr.. Rounds spoke>to crowd Of more
than thousand people made up of
parents and school children and he had
a great opportunity to bring home to
the people the great need of CO.
operation in the advancement of the
schools of the city and state. He
spoke on the subject, "The Community
and the SCHOOL, and discussed the
topic under two heads, !" What the Com
munity Demands of the Schools and
What the School has Right to De-
mand of the Community.
He spoke of the many sided nature
of the school work and declared that
the parents had right to expect from
the school, not only the instruction of
the children, but that the children
be given chance to express their
views and show that they were get
ting something out of the school work,
that the children be taught better
habits of health and that they be given
these lessons in health in such way
that they could be carried to their
homes and be made part in the de-
Tense of the health of the general
public. He insisted that the schools
owed the community character build
ling and that the schools must give
great attention to the work of mould
ling the characters of the pupils and
lastly that the schools must be depend
ed on to bring new interest in civic
affairs to the school boy and girl He
urged that the people of the com
munity show a greater interest in the
work of the schools, that parents and
officials keep in touch with the work
being done and that they support the
schools literally and generously as the
guarantor of the safety of the state and
the preserver Of true democracy. Last
Ily he spoke especially of cooperation
and declared that in cooperation be-
tween the schools and the community
was the surest path to successful
management of the schools and the Sc
curing of the greatest good for the
children and for the community at
large.
The address by Prof. Rounds was the
feature of the most successful grade
school exercise ever held in Kenosha.
One hundred and sixty-six children re-
lceived certificates Of graduation from
the graded schools to admit them to
the high school and the program rem
dered reflected great credit on the
teachers in this department. of the
school system. There was music by the
high school orchestra and the boys
chorus, made up of more than fifty
boys under the direction of Miss Cam
eron, sang several songs with such a
spirit that they brought applause
which demanded an encore. The
eighth grade girls also gave a decided
lly charming musical number on the
progam.
The eighth grade diplomas were pre-
sented by John B. Maloney, president
of the board of education, to the fol-
lowing pupils:
Mid-Year Glasses.
Balm School-Blanche Emery, Fern
Chapman, Clarence Gabrielson, Harry
Grams, Walter Henschen, johanna
johnson, Bernice Kleist, Cornelius
Kloet, Sarah Lepkovsky, Franklin
Merrill, Irene Monteen, Byron Redeem.
Helen Szpakowicz, Frances Williams,
Nicholas Zimani.
Columbus School-Clara Anderson,
Ethel Axelson, Carrie Baum, Cecil Bet
ger, William Cantwell, Thomas Cronin,
Adrian Doornbush, Elmer Englehardt,
Ingemond Hansen, Viola Harrison,
Clarence Knudsen, Florence Mclean,
Esther Mcneil, Pearl Murty, Lydia
Raiman, Bertha Schlater, Harold
Smith, Ruth Soulin, Edna Tower, Mil
dred Van VIE, Albert voight, Martha
Warner.
Durkee School-Ethel Axtell, Alice
Bennett, Clarence Boardman, Harold
Borkenhagen, Margaret Bostetter, Con-
Me Brenaman, Ray Bruce, Gertrude
Condor, George Crawford, Margaret
Dauben, Frank Hartman, Lucille Hill,
Alice Hylen, Fred Ingley, Arthur Jun
ker, Helen Mainland, Geraldine Miller,
Kenneth Miller, Christian Nelson, Eli
zabeth Peterson, Albert Polatchek,
William Purnell, Kurt Richter, Ronald
Ryan, Raymond Strock, Olga Thomson,
| Willard WEIGH.
| Frank School-Edna Anderson, Mel
Bowies, Minnie Ericsson, Merle Clifford,
George Head, Alma jacobson, Alta