The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-10-30
Outline Of What Is Being
Done In Public Schools for
Relaxation and Enter
tainment Of Pupils.
MANY USEFUL THINGS TAUGHT
Attempt Will Be Made 70 Have Check
err Tournament and Find Out
Who Is Champion
Player


philanthropic residents of Kenosha, IN
order to stimulate recreation work
among the boys and girls in the schools
and more especially to induce them to
take interest in the quiet games that
can be played at home and keep them
off the streets after school hours, will
offer trophy for the best checker
player among the pupils Of the public
schools Of this citys
Under the direction of Miss Gather
inc Novack, director of public recrea-
ton in the schools the social center rec
reations are growing in interest and
benefit to both the children and their
parents and there are large crowds, in
fact, mobs Of both old and young at
these centers at every meeting night.
One Of the special things to which Miss
Novack is giving her attention is the
cultivation of the liking for the quiet
games which may be enjoyed at the
homes, such as checkers and dominoes,
which will engage the attention. of the
youngsters and keep them from spend
ing their leisure time on the streets Of
the city. Miss Novack is arranging for
a checker tournament in which differ
emit schools will play against each other
and different champions will contest
for the supremacy and thus will evolve
champion of the whole city. The
equipment for this game is not expen-
sive and everyone who ever passed by
the country store or corner grocery can
Judge for himself of the enjoyment
gotten out Of it by the old-timers who
frequent those places because of the
checkerboard. The school is not beg
ging for this trophy but it has been
suggested that it would be fine thing
for someone to offer one.
Afternoon Work
The afternoon work is forging along
in great shape. The recreational work
for all pupils, both male and female, is
being carried on at Balm, Columbus,
and Weiskopf schools. Each center for
boys has its active games composed Of
basketball, baseball, tumbling, races,
and athletic stunts Of all kinds; and al
so its quiet games such as checkers,
dominoes, pool played on miniature ia.
bles ,etc. Each has its library with the
same privileges to read or borrow books
as is enjoyed at TIE public library. At
these centers for the girls IS a dancing
room, where the girls airs taught all
styles Of dancing. They arc taught the
folk dances, ballroom dancing, and
aesthetic work. Besides the dancing
room there is sewing room for girls.
In this room the girls are taught all
the steps in sewing from the plain
fancy stitching known. This is open to
any grade school boy or girl. The girls
are taught to patch and darn, and those
being taught how to darn must bring
their own stockings to darn, to sew on
buttons. These instructions are given
now while the girls are small. 1t is one
OF the common complaints in Kenosha
that the girls, as we'll as the boys, stay
in school only so long as they are com
PEELED to do so under the law, and when
the compulsory period is ended they
hike off to the factories. These instruc-
tions in sewing and darning are being
given now so that if the girl leaves the
school at the expiration Of the compul-
sorry period she will have been. taught
these things
win Teach Music.
One of the things on the program for
girls work is the establishment of a
girls chorus in which the girls will be
taught music. An endeavor win be
made to make this chorus as big as pos
sible.
In addition to these things there IS a
story room and story hour for girls.
This will be followed by instructions in
dramatics which will be given at each
school. In connection with the study
Of dramatics the pupils will put on
play as part Of the story hour.
Tournaments in baseball and basket
ball for boys and liberty ball for girls
are being arranged for. The times Of
these recreational meetings at the Weis-
kopf and Columbus schools, for girls
are Mondays and Wednesdays; for boys
Tuesdays and Thursdays. AT the Balm
school, Mondays and Thursdays for the
girls and Tuesdays and Fridays for
boys.
Night Work.
The night work win open November
10. For the men these recreations win
be at Balm, Weiskopf and Lincoln
schools. The recreation consists Of
game rooms for basketball, baseball an
athletics and also the quiet games such
as pool, billiards, on regulation tables
checkers and dominoes, There is also