The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-07-01
UNION FREE HIGH SCHOOL FOR
BRISTOL AND SOUTHERN PARIS.

To Willis Epson, Chairman of the
Town of Bristol, County of Keno
sha, State of Wisconsin.
We, the undersigned. legally quail
fed school electors of the hereinafter
described territory and constituting at
least one-ffth Of the total number of
legally qualified school electors resid-
ing within said territory, hereby petit
ton that the question of the establish
ment, organization and maintenance of
a union free high school in said terri
tory be submitted to the electors there
of as provided by law.
Description of territory included in
the proposed union high school dis
trict: The town Of Bristol, town one,
north, range tWenty-one east; and sec
tions twenty-five to thirty six, inclu-
sive of the town of Paris, town two
north, range twenty-one east.
Of one hundred ffty-one persons the
writer asked to sign the above petit
ton, one hundred fifty said that a
country high school for country child
rem would undoubtedly be good; and
one hundred forty-three Of them sign
ed it. It would seem that no argument
would be necessary to convince any in
telligent person that such an institu-
ton is much needed in the proposed
union free high school district and is
entirely feasible. Kenosha s excellent
high school is crowded. Antioch is
erecting an $4,000 to $4,000 high
school building. Wilmot in the town
to the west, has a high school,
Union Grove has established a high
school district that takes in part of
Paris and is putting up high school
building. There are high schools on
all sides Of the proposed high school
district and the children Of this dis
trict must, when mature, compete with
those who have had superior educa-
tional advantages unless proper provi-
sion is made for them now. Surely,
the parents and friends of these
children will not, for the few paltry
dollars a high school would cost each,
seriously handicap them in the begin
ming of life's race.
For some years the people Of the
proposed high school district have been
paying one mill tax to support the
state university and it has been money
well spent. For two mill tax they
can erect five thousand dollar high
school building that would, for time,
accommodate the children who would
seek high school education. For a
three and two-tenths mill tax they can
have an eight thousand dollar build
ing; if they wish to borrow money for
the purpose, they can get it from the
state school funds at four per cent
interest.
When a sanitary building has been
erected and adequately furnished, the
state, over and above what it contri-
butes to the support of public schools,
pays half of the cost of instruction.
The state has appropriated $4,000 to
be used annually as special aid to
country high schools, and the people
of this district are paying their share
of that tax and will continue to do SO
whether they have a high school or not.
If they have one, they get back more
than the tax they pay; if they have
none, other communities get it.
A reasonable sum of money spent
for high school for Bristol and South
ern Paris will be a good business in
vestment; besides raising up more
intelligent class of citizens, it will en-
harce the value of land. No sensible
man will buy farm where the peopls
of the community do not provide ade-
quate facilities for educating their
children, when by paying ten or twenty
dollars an acre more, he can found
home where he can educate his child
rem and enjoy the society of intelli-
gent, progressive men and women. All
Of the latter class should attend the
special meeting July 18th at Bristol
to vote ssFor Union Free High School y
and to elect the school board, which
will fix the location of the building.
S. R. d.