The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-11
Board Last Night Authorized Con-
tract With w. E. Turner, Who
Will Take Charge Of
This Branch.
BOYS WANT TRAINING
Military Spirit Among Men Of High
School Emphasized in Petition
Presented Last
Night.

Physical training will be part OF
the Keokuk school work next year,
the board of education decided last
night. Superintendent Aldrich was
authorized to enter into contract
with w. E. Turner for physical train
ing and community work. aiT. IuTn-
er isa to take charge of the work the
fifteenth Of August, and his contract
will be for the entire year. In this
way he can supervise the playground
work, and all athletics.
The action of the board follows its
action a month ago when it asked
for report on the feasibility OF
physical training. A very compre.
hensiye report and program was re-
ceived from Mr. Turner, who is now
decided to employ him at a salary
not to exceed $1,000.
There was some talk as to whether
to continue the services Of the school
nurse If the physical director were
hired. 1t was the sense of the board
that the nurse should be continued
for the present year, on account OF
certain special work being done. 1t
was generally felt that such work
would not be needed after the ply
steal training was well established.
Want Military Training.
A petition signed by $50 boys OF
Keokuk high school was presented to
the board. The petition states the
boys wants In one terse sentence:
ITO the school board: We want mill
tary training in the Keokuk high
school The petition bears the sig
4&,,r~ 80 f,.N, nj
The signers are the following:
ry Fruehling, Arlo How'd. Byron
schaefer, Kenneth McBain. Frank
Reiner, B. Woodson Huiskamp, Ed
ward Rich, Francis Stadler. Chester
Cruze, Gilbert Sargent, Ludwig A.
Lantz, M. Evans, Hubert Marks, L.
Soldwedel, NJ. Roche, George e.
Raber. Frank Keppel, Walter Odell.
Clayton Wright, Walter Kemble
Eirchner, Harold Sutherland, C. E.
Schmidt, Edward A. Wieder, John De-
Jong, Chester Larson, Clifford Ward,
John p. Breheny. l.. c. Peach, Morrill,
Geiger, Dewey Ewing, Birdwell SUIT
live, Andrew Dimond, Howard Bear,
Harry White, Ross Clough, j. F. Ed
er, M. l.. Griffith, Elmer Haisch, Del
mer Kirchner, Kenneth Henke, j.
Carl Bode, Lester Laws, Harold Fit.
ing, Paul Megchelsen, Damon Mon
dorf, John Robinson, Bonner Mayhem,
Felix Anschutz, Glenn Conner. Har-
Did Dockendorf, Ralph c. Kirch, Merl
Francis, Jack Marsh, George Winkel- (,
man. Harold Worster, Harold Wyllie, !
8. d. Weissenburger, H. C. Hubinger, !
j. G. Bell, Edward Ebersole, Elzic
Kenneth Bevering, John
Burrows, Byron Hart, Albert r. |
Ilewe, Jr., Edwin w. Lantz, Charlie
T. Morris, Simeon Eagan, Colvin H
Clifford Junkins, Eugene
Citing. Edward Wilsey, Clyde Ander-
son, Ernest Off, Leslie A. MILESTONE.
Ray McCleary, Henry Kruger. Don
aid e. Vath, H. Ross Pfaffe, Donald
VIM. a. Hollingsworth,
Robert j. Neill, John Thoen. John c.
Junior Skirvin. Herbert
Vance, Lee Brown, Clarence Skog.
Forrest Simmonds, Stanley McCutch.
IN, Lydus Buss, Leon Rayburn, Ralph
"Iorster. Frank 0. Bidwell. Lucien
oatee, Cook Reeves. Jot Elder,
II, Paul Butler, VIM. Schappach, Ken
Carl H Elgin, Lloyd Stevens, Elmer
Ieister, Cecil Malone. Kenneth
Ienke, L. C. Schulz, Daniel S. Bishop,
! j. Hoffman, Warren Perdew, EN-
mons Patterson. Harley Poole, May
lard Woolley, Chester Woods, Henry
lew, Glenn Meginnis, Ross Shaffe.
J. Thomas, Gavin Mayhem, George
Allen, Pirless Estes, Ralph Van, VIM.
}. Kellogg, H. Helwig, Francis ].
.utz.