The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-01-10
URGE PATRIOTIC ACTION
Bonny Hame Site Comes Up for More
Discussion and Purchase Is to BE
Completed and Property Held as
Site for Modern H. S. Plant.

The Board of Education can hardly
be accused of beginning the year
wrongly at the first meeting of the year
on Tuesday night From star to finish
of a long meeting, the tho1ght of these
men was conferred ON but one thing, the
promotion of the welfare of the school
! children Of Kenosha, and, through the
children, the promotion of the welfare
of the city.
The immediate and more remote
need of school buildings was discussed
and it was resolved to take up at once
the carrying out of the plans already
made for the building on the north side,
and to prepare fo- the erectio. of q
similar building on Norman Avenue,
the latter to follow as soon as possible
the one o. the Gillett site.
The meeting was characterized by
patriotic feeling, which expressed itself
in several other lines of action.
To accompany The service flag of 4S
stars which the Parent Teachers As
7aeiatien If tn 9Th school has pres
ented to the 1f$gh SchoUi, Gao 6oal de-
cided to hang in the school an honor
roll, containing the names of these
young men, and the superintendent was
directed to see that this pan is car
ried out. 2
While recognizing that the schools are
doing much to develop patriotism in the
hearts Of the young, the Board passed
resolution urging thai still further
attention and care be given to the ae-
complishment of that important aim.
To that end they requested taat school
children of all grades be made to feel
responsible for having flag displayed,
in the window of their homes. Since
all devices for displaying flags have not
proved equally good, a special device
was proposed which the manual train
ing department. of the schools will as
sist in carrying out.
Assurances were received from the
Illinois Coal Company which has had
the fuel contract for the public schools
for the past two years, that our needs
will be provided for.
The Bonny Hame school site was
brought up for consideration. It was
mentioned in the discussion that it
would not be long, at the present rate
of settlement in that section of the
| city, before another elementary school
site would be needed there For this
purpose the north end, or Albers st. end,
| of the tract would be suitable. The
south end of the Bonny Hame property
il the part already purchased for high
school site. Since no plans in these
days for high school site are eonsi-
dered complete without provision for
outdoor athletics, the school board de-
cided to adhere to the plan, now of
several years standing, to complete the
| purchase of the entire property, and
| thus make ample provision for the ele-
mentary school already mentioned and
also for outdoor athletic activities for
| boys and for girls,-a plan which the
| city will, in future years, when property
| is not so readily available, appreciate
as an act of wise forethought on the
/ pdIb OL bu6 IJI0SGnJ UOdius AC1uC6 bu0
greatly increased expenditure for school
facilities during the past few years IS
largely due to the lack of foresight Of
preceding boards, who either on account
of lack of faith in the future growth of
our city, or because of short-sighted
economy, failed to plan rightly, this
board is DESTROYS of passing on to the
future custodians of the educational in
terests of Kenosha, better Inheritance
than they have received.
The great cry to-day, thence in all
school planning, every where is land,
large sites, provision for out-of-door
education, as well as class room work.
John L Chester recently elected to
succeed Mrs. Beatrice Ives Welles as
a member Of the Board from the second
ward took his seat at the meeting on
Tuesday evening.