The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-08-15
Board of Education Follows
Rule on the Western Front
and Eliminates German
from Course of Study.
NAAY TEACHERS ARE NAMED
Board at Meeting on Tuesday Night
Completes Work Of Filling UP Ranks
of Teachers for the Coming Year.
Schools Start September 3rd.

Following the leads of the men fight
ing on the Western front over in
France, the Board of Education at it's
meeting ON Tuesday evening ousted
German and installed French in the
course of study Of the Kenosha High
school. A resolution presented by
Commissioner b. M. Jacobsen and
unanimously adopted, provide that the
study of the German language should
no longer be provided for in the course
Of study in the Kenosha High school.
The text book, committee of the board
reported in favor of the installation
Of French as one of the regular
branches taught in the high school and
q special teacher will be employed to
organize the French classes. The Ger
man text books viii not disappear en-
tirely from the school this year as the
resolution adopted allows students to
elect whether or not they will finish up
work in German already begun and
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classes will be under the direction Of
the teacher in Latin No new classes
in German will be organized.
In making this ruling the Kenosha
board has followed the lead Of many
of the leading cities of the state and
nation. There has been little demand
for the teaching Of German in Keno
sha and 1t is thought that many Of the
students who have been enrolled in
classes in the past will volunteer to
give up the work.
The new schoo1 term in Kenosha will
open on Tuesday, September 3rd and
the board at the meeting ON Tuesday
evening voted to give reception to
the new teachers on the Thursday
evening followino.
Less loss of time is to be demanded
from the boys and girls of the high
school and iron clad regulations have
been adopted providing against the
excuse of any pupil for a day or any
portion of day without written re-
quest of the parents of the student.
At the meeting Of the board many
vacancies in the teaching force were
reported and many new teachers nam
ed. The high school committee report
ed the designations of LILLIAN I'll. Evans,
head of the English department.; Ethel
Carey Belden, as teacher of domestic
science; Ruth Swan, teacher of Latin;
Marcellus +. Miller, engaged to have
charge of athletics for the coming
year, and Edith M. Bray, teacher of
science in the Lincoln school
For the filing of these vacancies the
high school committee recommended
the election of Miss Isabel M. Wander
WORT of Bloomington, ILL.,, graduate
of the University of Illinois, and a
teacher of three years experience, to
have charge of the English department
at the high school; Miss Florence
Moore Scott, was named to have charge
of the science work in the Lincoln
Junior high school, and Miss Stella M.
Hill of Weyauwega, a graduate of
the Stevens Point Normal school, was
named to fill the vacancy in the de-
partment of domestic economy. War
rem II. Lewis and Louise E. Goboker
were named to fill vacancies in the
manual training departments.
The committee reported that Princi-
pal Trempef of the high school had
been offered position in the Milwau-
kee schools at much higher salary
than he was receiving in the Kenosha
schools and recommended an increase
for Mr.. Tremper and this was grant
ed by the board.
The teachers committee reported
the following designations Of grade
teachers: Florence Witmever, Ella v.
Norlander, Clara #. Truax, Margaret
j. Farley Mrs. Della Holland. To fill
these vacancies the COMMITTEE report
ed favorably on the employment of the
following teachers: Misses Emily &.
Bond, Mayme Michler, Esther Braun,
Emma Soul1up, Carrie Bentson, Made
line Stocker and Eileen Hebron. All
Of these teachers are especially pre-
pared by work in the various train
Ing schools of the state.