The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-01-07
LONG 4 MEMBER OF THE BOARD
Members of Reorganized Board Discuss
Needs of School and Feel That Spe-
cial Building Will be Demanded If
Work is to be Kept to Standard Set.

A. G Children was elected president
OF the industrial board of education at
the annual meeting of the board held
at the offices of the superintendent of
schools on Monday night. Mr.. Child
rem is one of the members of the board
from the ranks of the employed men of
the city. He has been member of
the industrial board since it was or
gained and has taken a great interest
IN the development of the industrial
and night schools. Mr.. Children sue
ceeded Walter j. Frost, the we'll known
manufacturer, as president of the board,
Mr.. Frost having declined to accept a
new election to the board at the hands
of the board of education. Frank Z.
Wells one of the older members of
the board, was offered the position as
president, but he held that it might be
necessary for him to be out of the city
ON many nights when meetings of the
board were scheduled and for this 7ea-
son he declined to accept the office.
Former President Frost was present
at the meeting and before the organi.
cation of the new board was completed
the members who had served during
the last year closed up all the business
on hand. Members passed resolutions
thanking Mr.. Frost for the splendid
service he had given as head of the
board during the years of its infancy
and they declared that he had been'in-
strumental in placing the industrial
schools of the city on a standard which
had attracted the attention of workers
not only from this state, but from other
states in the union.
With the organization of the new
board Mrs Mary D. Bradford was
elected as secretary.
The new board must meet the bic
problem of preparing for the expan-
sion of the work of the industrial
schools. In the past years perfect CO.
operation between the board of educa.
ton and the industrial board has mace
it possible to find room for the main.
tenance of the continuation schools,
but with the constant added features
the schools have already 6atgrown the
limited quarters at the Defining school
and at thesRigh school and the, members
of the new board viii be forced to
work out some plan to secure more
room. TIE advance in these, schools
has been such, and they are. fmeeting
such a big demand for useful educa.
tion, that the members of the board
feel that a special building should be
provided to house them. 1t will be i'm.
possible for such building to be
erected from funds Of the board as I'M
der the state law the board receives
but half mill tax and in Kenosha
this amounts to only a little over ten
thousand dollars a year.
1t is just possible that the question
of issuing bonds to provide fund for
the erection of a building for the con-
tinuation schools will be submitted to
the people at the spring election. Tt is
pretty certain that such a bond issue
would meet with much greater favor
than any other bond issue which might
be proposed in Kenosha. Before the
council is asked to take any action
along this line the matter will be
thoroughly canvassed by members of
the board Of education and the indus
trial board.