The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-04-19
WHITBECk ASKS SUPPORT
President of New Board Makes Strong
Plea for United Action In Annual In
augural Address Bonny Hame to Be
Hospital for Sick Children of City.
School Board Committees.

School Board committees.
Supplies -Joerndt, Celander, McEl-
vain, Glerum and A. Rode.
Wider Use-Rundell, Nieman and
Joerndt.
Text Books-Flad, Mrs. Robinson,
Leonard, Schultz and J. Rode.
Rules and Printing schaeffer
and Flad.
Finance and Claims-Meier, Rundell,
Flad, Schaeffer and Glerum.
Buildings and Grounds - Wallis,
Joerndt, Celander, Schultz, Schaeffer.
Teachers Mrs. Welles, Nieman,
Wallis, Leonard and A. Rode:
High School-Celander Mrs. Robin
son and McElwain.
Health and Sanitation Nieman,
Leonard, Mrs. Welles, Schultz, Meier,
Schaeffer and j. Rode
Committee on Athletics - School
board, Rundell; High school, S. w.
Ward; Alumni, Harry Wallis.
The Board of Education when it
completed its organization on Tuesday
night, denied to Commissioner Martin
Schmidt, elected to represent the
seventh ward on the board, the right
to sit as member on account of the
fact that he was cot d ffeeholder at
the time of his election. Since that
time Schmidt has purchased property,
but The majority of the board members
held that this was not the qualification
demanded by the law and he was in
structed to take his case to the council
AS the board holds that there is a
vacancy in the ward representation, it
will be necessary for the council to
name a commissioner to fill the
vacancy. It, is expected that Schmidt
will be elected at the meeting of the
council on Friday evening.
The new board featured the humane
side Of education at it's first meeting
and by unanimous vote it was decided
to turn the Bonny Hame property out
on West Grand avenue into a hospital
for the children of the city during the
summer It is thought that in this way
the board will be one of the leaders
in the movement to save the babies.
The new institution is to be in charge
of the school nurse.
In his inaugural address President
Whitbeck made strong plea to the
members of the board for their active
and conscientious support of the school
system during the year. He said:
To the Board of Education of the
City Of Kenosha.
Ladies and Gentlemen
Having again been chosen president
of this honorable body, / wish to take
this opportunity of expressing to you
my appreciation of the honor you have
conferred upon me, made doubly so by
having elected me second time to fill
this high Office, and now assure you
that it will be my earnest endeavor to
conduct myself, and the duties incum-
bent upon me, in such a manner
as will merit the confidence you
nave plaC6u LII Iu6-
During the year just passed many
new departures have been made from
the regular conditions heretofore ex-
listing and the success which has at
tended each shows that the board
has been awake to the needs of
later day education.
We have made great advances in
several new lines of which the visiting
nurse system has shown to be a leader
Under the direction of our very eff
icient school nurse, great change has
come over our schools and some of our
students even at this early day are
blessing the new orders which have
made such change in their conditions
of life and provided for their future
happiness.
The Institution of physical director
into our grade schools is of equal i'm
portance apd you have wisely provided
for the expansion of this new idea,
which is now, after only seven months
operation, showing results which should
be gratifying to every citizen of Ke-
nosha. We should encourage this new
study of physical culture and provide
well for our Students physical as well
as mental, education.
The Junior High school is now an
established Institution in the city of
Kenosha and its merits are plain to