The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-09-06
THOSE OUT or TUNE get OUT
Several Thousand School Children in
Kenosha go Back to School This
Morning and Schools Get Away
With Little Friction.

Seven thousand Kenosha school chill
dren went back for another year in
school this morning when the public
and parochial schools of the city threw
open their doors for the opening of the
new year. The schools were reopened
without any serious difficulties. In
some Of the rooms there was large in
crease in the number Of children to be
cared for and while figures on the en-
rollment for the new year will not be
available until mtb today it is thought
certain that there will be an increased
enrolment in both the graded schools
and in the Junior and Senior high
schools. Examination of the children
to guard against the spread of contag-
ious disease was featured at all of the
schools this morning and hundreds of
the children brought certificates from
their family physicians showing that
they were free from danger of conta-
gion. Hundreds Of others were exam
ined by great corps of physicians at
the various schools, nearly every ply
stefan in the city having part in the
work.
Loyalty and patriotism is to take
precedence over "cu1ture'' in the work
of the schools this year. The key note
for the program of the schools for the
new year was sounded by Superintend-
emit Mrs. Mary d. Bradford at a gener-
al meeting of the teachers and super
visors held at the high school on Mon
day afternoon. But two of the more
than hundred and sixty teachers were
absent from the meeting. Teachers
we're advised that they must be in touch
with the great movement of the nation
today--that they must teach loyalty and
instill patriotic fervor into the minds
Of the children. Teachers who are not
IN complete harmony with this program
were urged to send their resignation to
The board at once.
Mrs. Bradford in addressing the
teachers declared that the schools of Ke-
nosha must, during the present crisis,
be hot beds of patriotism and loyalty
and that the teaching of love of coun-
Try and loyalty to it's aims must be fea-
ured and not secondary in the schools.
Mrs Bradford declared that the con-
ditions which had prevailed in the past
and methods of teaching were not to
be followed this year. "Teachers, she
declared "must be loyal and teach pa
triotism. Loyalty and patriotism must
be taught in every class of the schools
of Kenosha and it must be your dom
nant purpose to teach these branches
with "a view of driving home the les
sons so that they win be carried by the
children into the homes"
Mrs. Bradford urged every teacher to
keep in touch with the making of world
history and to teach these great events
10 the children even if the teaching of
chem demanded that work on the reg
ular branches be interferred with and
deferred.
The great body of the teachers proved
their loyalty by giving their ardent sup
port to the suggestions of the superin-
tendent and every school in Kenosha
during the coming year is to be shrine
for patriotic devotion.
It is planned to work through the
schools for the teaching of many big
movements to aid the nation at war and
it is probable that within short time
regular systematic course in these
branches will be worked out.
Wopk Of classifying the children in
the scAS6l went forward rapidly today
and meeting of the principals will be
held late this afternoon at which formal
reports of the first days registration
will be received and disposed of accord
ing to their requirements.