The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-04-11
SECRETARY IS REELECTED
Board Unanimously Chooses Miss Ella
Powers to Be Executive Secretary
for the New Year--New Teachers
Are Named by Retiring oBard.

Jay B. Glerum, School Commissioner
for the First Ward was elected Presi-
dent of the board at the reorganiza-
ton meeting held at the city hall on
Tuesday evening receiving eleven
votes to five for Adolph Meier of the
Third ward, one for H. O. Whitbeck of
the Fifth ward and one for Martin
Schmidt of the Seventh ward. Re
firing President Harry 0. Whitbeck
had declined to be candidate for
reelection.
The new President of the Board is
completing his second term as a mem
Der and he has been most active in the
work Of the Board. He is graduate
of the Kenosha High School and has
been in close touch with the work of
the schools of the city for the past
fifteen years. He has been one of the
active supporters of the plan for school
extensions in the city and his election
is regarded as victory for the mem
bers of the Board who favor the ex-
tension Of the school facilities to meet
demands and anticipate future de-
mands.
Miss Ella Powers who had served
the board most acceptably as execu-
tive Secretary during the past year
was reelected to this position by a
unanimous vote. The vote came as
cordial recognition of her work on the
part of the members Of the board.
In keeping with the rules of the
Board adopted a year ago the standing
committees for the new year will be
named by a special committee. This
committee is composed of Commissions
ers Wallis, Celander, Meier, Whitbeck,
and Schmidt and it will make it's re
port to the Board at an adjourned
meeting on next Tuesday evening at
which time President Glerum will be
expected to make his inaugural adj
dress.
The organization of the new board
was love feast and it was COM
pleted without the show of bitterness
that usually characterizes the organi-
cation of Kenosha official boards fol-
lowing an election. But four new
members were installed with the re-
No action was taken in regard to
the proposed building of the new
schools by either the old board in it's
final meeting or the new board in its
initial meeting but it is understood
that this matter will be taken up fol-
lowing he completion Of the organiza
ton of the new board at the adjourned
session set for next Tuesday evening.
The members of the board are anxious
to get the work started on the new
buildings and it is certain that every
possible effort will be made to have
at least one of the new buildings
ready for the acceptance Of the chill
dren with the opening of the second
term of the next school year.
At the session of the old board the
important question of distributing the
bonus voted to the teachers for the
year was taken up and disposed of.
The total to be divided will be in the
of eleven thousand dol
lars and it will be divided under the
following plan. To all teachers earn
ing less than $3.50 bonus of 800 will
be paid; to teachers earning from $675
to $775 the bonus will be $75; to
earning between $500 and
1915 the bonus viii amount to $50 and
TO those earning between $1,000 and
1925 the bonus viii be $25. The
bonus will be paid in two instal1ments.
One half of it viii be paid at the
close of the school year and the other
half on the return of the teachers in
Several changes il the teaching
force were provided for in the last
session of the Board. Announcement
was made of the resignation of v. E.
Anthony who has had charge of COM
mercial work and Louis Powell of Ken
osha was named to succeed him for
the remainder Of the present year.
Miss Verna Zoller widely known in
Kenosha was named as teacher Of type
writing for the coming year. Miss
Zoller is graduate of the Kenosha
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