The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-04-15


by matrimony and by the desire to give
up the work as teachers, seventeen of
the teachers of the Kenosha city
schools fled their designations with the
clerk of the board of education on
Tuesday evening. All Of the resigna-
tions were accepted and when new
teachers committee is named by
President Threinen the first duty of
this committee will be to fill this host
of vacancies.
All grades of the school are affected
by the designations. In the high school
the list of teachers who are giving up
their work includes Jesse E. Mooer, who
for the past year has been teacher of
manual training; Miss Elizabeth Tim
me, for the past year teacher of
mathematics; Miss Harriet J. Fink,
for the past four years in charge of
the department. of photography, and
Miss Katherine G.. Tuomy, for the past
two years teacher in the commercial
department. All of these teachers
have been active in the school work.
The loss of Miss Fink, who has been
in the school work here for a consid-
cradle time, is especially felt by the
students and by the faculty. 1t is I'M
derstood that after the close of the
school year Miss Fink will reGire from
the profession of teaching.
The list Of designations in the grade
schools is headed by Miss Esther A.
Melaas, who has been most successful
as head of the open air school, who re-
signs her position to go into wider
field of social work; Miss Mary Will
liams, one of the grade teachers who
is leaving at the end of this term, will
go into similar lines of work. The list
Of teachers from the grades resigning
includes Misses Marjorie Bailey, Har-
riet Paul, Clara M Carter, Frances
Price, Marie K. Looze, Eunice Trim
born, Rose Higgins, Dolores Burris,
Alice J. Haugen and Ella B. Carver
Nearly all of these teachers have &C
cepted offers Of better salaries in
schools in other cities of the state or
in other states.
The list Of designations is the long
est known in Kenosha in years and the
teachers committee will start work
just as soon as possible in order to Sc
cure men and women for these posi-
tions before the close of the present
school year.
There was little business to come be-
fore the last session of the school
board The report of the wider use
committee showed that more than
fifteen hundred people had attended
the various activities of the social ses-
sions in the past three months and the
members of this committee were in
structed to secure an understanding
with David R. Fogwell, the head Of the
social center work, in order to secure
his retention for another year The
contract with Mr.. FogweI will not ex-
pire until the first of September.
The afternoon Of April 30th was de-
clared a school holiday in order to give
the teachers cHanco TO dbUonu the
Mothers Congress which will be in SEES
sion in Kenosha at that time.
Notable at the closing session of the
board was a tribute to Superintendent
Of Janitors Joseph M. Scholey by Com
missioner s. G. Newman. Mr.. New
man declared that the work of Mr..
Scholey for the board had been of such
a notable nature that he was unwilling
to give up work ON the board without
extending some public praise to the
head of the janitor service.
Small appropriations were made by
the board to aid in the annual edition
of "The Spy the high school publ
cation and to provide hall to be used
for the juniors Of the high school for
their annual party.
All unfinished business of the board
was turned over to the incoming board
The last action of the old board was to
increase the salary Of the clerk of the
board from $500 to $4,000 wear.