The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-05-16
MANY TEACHERS AaE NAMED
Board Elects Score of Teachers to Fill
Vacancies in the City Schools and
Take Up New Work-Name West
Side School Mckinley School,

Reorganization of the Board Of
Education with q view Of making that
body more compact working organi-
zation, was agreed upon at the meet
ing of the school commissioners on
Tuesday evening and three committees
are to be named to take the place OF
the eighteen committees now provided
for by eErules and regulations of the
board. These new committees viii be
named just as soon as the rules and
regulations of the board have been
properly amended so as to give the
board power to make the change.
The committees will be "The Finance
Committee. This viii include the
present committees on finance, bgiid
ings and grounds and supplies; "Edu-
cational COMMITTEE composed of
committees on teachers, high school,
text books, and the Called Activities
Committee composed of the present
committees on health and sanitation,
wider use, rules and regulations
and printing.
1t is expected that under the new
plan no members Of the board viii be
called to serve on more than one of
the committees and that the new or
ganization plan will greatly facilitate
the work of the board. The plan is to
be carried through at the next regular
meeting of the board and it has the
o9 HOorI
members.
These new committees will be com
posed of from FIVE to seven members
and the men will be picked particularly
for their fitness to handle various
problems of the board.
A large amount of routine work
came UP at the meeting of the board.
1t was voted to name the new west side
school "The Mckinley School, in
honor of President William Mckinley.
The board gave official recognition
to the garden movement among the
children of the city schools and John
L. Long of Eau Claire, was employed
to have charge Of this work during
the months of July and August. Rec
reation activities are to be encouraged
during the summer months by the in
stallation Of tennis courts and the pro-
viding Of play apparatus for the Bonds
Woods Park and the Simmons Paly
Ground. This work is to be under the
direction of Recreation Director Hanson.
Use of the school buildings was
granted the Boy Scouts, the Girl Scouts
and for the American Red Gross with
the understanding that the work Of
these organizations will be given every
possible encouragement.
Plans were made for summer school
session to be held at the high school
and at the Frank Junior high. It will
offer courses in practically all grades
of work. The board also voted that
the open air school be kept open for
two months during the summer in
order to give backward children the
proper care.
A large number of teachers were
elected to fill vacancies and take new
positions in the schools for the coming
year. Marcells f. Miller of Lacrosse,
was named as coach for the high school
and he will also have some teaching
work. Miss Marguerite Hardaway of
Cedar Falls, Iowa, was named as
teacher of chemistry in the high school
to succeed Miss Shelton; Miss Mildred
Jackson of Appleton, will succeed Miss
Hazel Keylock at the Lincoln high,
the resignation of Miss Keylock being
presented to the board at the meeting
on Tuesday evening. Lynn F. Newell,
another one of the teachers at the
Lincoln high, has heard the call to
service in the army and he is to be
succeeded by Miss Eda Button, well
known as teacher in the Kenosha
schools. Miss Verna NeWsome of
Wild Rose, was named as a teacher of
English in the Frank Junior high
school. R. G. johnson of Pana, H., a
graduate of the University Of Illinois,
and a teacher Of long experience, is
named head of the commercial depart
ment of the high school, and Miss
Verna L. WEIGH of Lacrosse, is named
as one of his assistants. Miss Elsie
Eifer of Fennimore, Wis, was elected
teacher of history in the high school.
designations of Mrs. Jennie Fuller,
Misses Clara Carter, Hattie Hansen,
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