The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-04-12
LAY OVER TEXT BOOK PLAN
Committee Gets Favorable Report But
Members of Board Are Not Ready to
Act-Many New Teachers Are
Elected for the Schools.

Harry o. Whitbeck Of the fifth ward,
was reelected president of the Board
of Education at the reorganization
meeting held at the council chamber in
the City Hall on Tuesday evening. He
was named for another term on the
first formal ballot, receiving nine votes.
His nearest competitor was Adolph
Meyer Of the third ward, who received
five votes. Miss Ella Powers was unan-
imously elected to succeed herself as
secretary of the board An effort was
made to have the board appoint COM
mittee of five members to name stand
ing committees for the new year, but
after considerable discussion on the
motion to name such a committee was
lost and President Whitbeck will name
the committees of the board subject
to the confirmation of the members.
No business was taken up by the new
board and an adjournment was taken
until next Tuesday evening when
the president will deliver his annual
inaugural address and name the stand
ing committees.
Before the organization of the new
board the members of the former board
held their last meeting and much bust
ness of interest was taken up. The
committee ON text books brought in a
long renort relating to the purchase ct
text books for the board, showing That
Investigations made iGA cities where the
plan was now in use had showed that
it had proved of vafue The commit
tee recommended the adoption of the
plan, but this report was received and
placed on file and it is expected that
it will be considered at the next meet.
ing of the board. While many mem
bers of the board seemed to favor free
text books it was evident that a mum
Der favored the purchase Of the books
by the board with the understanding
that they would be sold to the child
rem of the city at actual cost 1t look
ed probable that this latter plan would
be adopted by the board before the
next school year opens. It is said that
this plan has been tried out in several
Of the larger cities of the country and
that it has proved satisfactory and has
resulted in the saving of considerable
money for the school patrons.
The teachers committee of the. old
board had lot of business for consid-
Grafton in order to clean up its work.
Announcement was made of the resig-
nation of Misses Harriet Macarthur,
Helen Hewitt, Naomi G. Tanning,
Helen Hogan, Eda M. Button, Rosa M.
Button and Marion Mcmahon, all
teachers in the elementary schools.
On the recommendation of the commit
tee, Miss Emily Bond, IT., was granted
a years leave of absence to continue
her education.
The list of new grade teachers elect
ed included: Misses Lois Gray, Hattie
Hansen, Leonors Williams, Gertrude
Anderson, Althea Better, Helen Noel
vain, Ruth Lilley, Lillian Reidenbach,
all of whom have had normal training
in some of the state schools.
Miss K. A. Moyle of Racine, was
named as teacher of printing at the
Columbus school
The board voted to permit the use
of one of the rooms in the high school
for the new free clinic for children and
it will be available at once
With the organization Of the new
board the question of a person, not a
freebooter, to be member of the
board, was raised in connection with
the election of Martin Schmidt Of the
seventh ward. Schmidt admitted that
he was not freeholder, but he declar-
ed that he had letters from the attor-
ney general showing that it was not
necessary for the members of the Board
of Education to be property holders.
Schmidt was permitted to vote with
the new board, but the attorney gen
eral will be asked to give an opinion
to the board as to his right to hold office.