The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-04-25
START WORK EARLY IN June
Miss Maude Sheldon Who Has Been
Successful Teacher in High School
Named as New Principal of Lincoln
school-H. II. Kolpin Resigns.

The members Of the Board of Educa-
ton cleared the decks for action in
connection with the erection of the new
school buildings on Tuesday night at
the special meeting of the board and
with a formal decision to proceed at
once with the erection of both of the
buildings special committee was
named to determine on an architect
and have plans for the schools prepar-
ed. This committee is to report t. the
board at the regular May meeting and
it is expected that work will be actually
started on one Of the buildings not
later than the first of June. Bert L.
Shaw, new commissioner from the ninth
ward, is chairman of the committee
and he has as his associates Supervi-
sors Lindemann, Obey and Wallis.
There is not going to be a long con
test among architects to furnish the
plans for the schols and the special
committee is to have rather wide pow
ers in selecting the plans and getting
the work under way.
The first work will be done in the
construction of the school near the
present Gillett school and it is expect
ed that work of this school will be
started at a very early date. The site
for the new school on Norman avenue
is not available just at present on ac-
count of the fact that the city sewer
has not been completed, but it is
thought that the plans of the board
to proceed with the construction of this
school viii laid materially in speeding
up the completion of the sewer. Just as
soon as the sewer is in the work on the
west side building will be started.
The committee on architect and plans
win have meetings at once and efforts
will be made to close up the question
of plans and specification within
month.
The board voted unanimously to &C
cept the report Of the superintendent
and employ Miss Maude Sheldon, now
in charge of the science department Of
the Kenosha High school, to succeed
Prof. E. F. Randall as principal of the
| Lincoln school. Mr.. Randall was re-
Gently named as director Of vocational
education in the city schools.
Miss Sheldon has done splendid work
in the Kenosha schools during the FIVE
years that she has been connected with
the high school. She has shown splen-
did administration and teaching abili-
| ty. Her special work in organizing the
| department of chemistry in the Keno
sha schools was so successful that it
has attracted attention all over the
state and her department has been
declared to be the best in any high
school in Wisconsin.
Before going into high school work
Miss Sheldon had considerable expert
ence as grade teacher and she is
admirably equipped to handle the
problems of the principal of the large
Lincoln school.
FL. III. Koplin, who has been in charge
of the manual training department. at
the high school, has resigned his posi-
tion to accept more lucrative posi-
tion at Houghton, Mich. Several sp-
plications for the position have been
| received and it is expected that the
successor to Mr.. Koplin will be selected
within the next few days.
The members of the board found that
| it was necessary to make some changes
in the salary system in order to hold
well known teachers in Kenosha. Other
cities are anxious to secure teachers
who have made good in the Kenosha
schools and in several cases have of
fered the teachers considerable in
creases in salary. The changes made
by the local board will probably result
in all of the teachers remaining to fill
| their contracts in Kenosha.
| Miss Amelia Vernet of Menomonie,
Mich, was elected as teacher of the
English at the Frank Junior High
school to succeed Miss Emma Brister,
recently named as ward school prin-
| cipal. Misses Rachel Jones and Kyrren
Kittleson, who have been In charge of
| science work in the Junior High
schools, have resigned their positions
Miss Kittleson will be succeeded by
Miss Eliza Parker of Madison, and
Miss Hazel Keylock, teacher at the
Balm school, will be transferred to the
Frank Junior High school to take the
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