The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-04-13
NO SWAN SONG FOR RETIRED
Organization of New Board Is Completed
Without Friction and President Urges
Cooperation Name Miss Ella
Powers Clerk of Board.

Harry u. Wh1tbeck, school commas
sioner o. the fifth ward, was elected to
preside over the sessions of the board
when the board reorCanized at the
council chamber at the city hall on
Tuesday evening.
He was named as president on the
first formal ballot, receiving ten of the
eighteen votes The other votes were
divided among nearly all of the old
members of the board and the election
of President Whitbeck was declared
unanimous. In taking the chair as
leader of the board of education, Pres
ident Whitbeck made a strong plea for
cooperation among the members of the
board with view Of building up in
Kenosha the best school system posi-
BILE.
Miss Ella Powers was named as clerk
of the board for the new year.
The reorganization of the new board
was devoid of pyrotechnics and the
meeting for the old board and the new
one as well was adjourned by nine
O'Clock. The old board had little bust
ness to transact and it transacted it in
short order. This business was limited
70 The rout3 weF - allowing bills
and passing on committees reports and
not single matter of interest was
taken up. There were no "swan
songs" The members of the old board
closed up their work without oratory
and 4hn oy1ry 2,,d;ao+;on 4LoA -. -
was giving away to another was the
passing of the customary vote of thanks
to the retiring members for the services
they had rendered ths city.
The organization of the new board
was not in the nature of flower show.
In feet but two bouquets of lowers
haG been sent to the city hall and these
with the wrappings still held firmly
about them decorated the desks of the
two Rode brothers who came to repre-
sent the ninth ward.
Commissioner Charles Pofahi who had
served as clerk Of the board during the
past year called the new board to order
without ceremony. He named a com
mittee to pass on the credentials of the
new members and the new board was
seated within five minutes after the
gavel of the temporary chairman drop
ped on the desk of the presiding officer.
Following the election of the presi-
dent, Mrs. r. III. Welles made strong
plea for the election of Miss Ella Pow
ers as clerk of the board. Miss Powers
has been in the Office of the superin-
tendent for years and is in close touch
with every activity of the school. She
will bring wide knowledge of school
work to the position of clerk of tho
board and her election of clerk will go
long way toward centralizing the
work of The school managing body.
The first action Of the new board was
to go on record as favoring the use of
the ground about the public schools as
play grounds without a dissenting
voice the board passed motion giving
the boys and girls a privilege Of using
any part of the school grounds for play.
There had been complaints to some of
the janitors on account of the use Of
the grounds, but these complaints will
go unheeded in the future as by the ac-
ton of the board the school yards are
all made play grounds.
The board also voted to name com
mittee to supervise athletics in the
High school and this committee will be
composed of one member OF The board.
member of the High school faculty
and an alumnus of the High school.
The committee will be named at an
adjourned meeting on next Tuesday
evening at which time the other stand
ing committees of the board will be
named by President Whitbeck. It is
expected that the president of the board
will deliver his inaugural address at
the same time he makes public his list
of committees for the year.