The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-08-12
Visual Education Consid-
cred at Meeting Of Board
on Tuesday Night.
NAME NEW TEACHERS
Many designations Announced
from Teaching Force and
New Teachers Named.

Visual education was a study for the
members of the board of education at
the regular August meeting on Tues I
day evening when representatives OF
the Society for Visual Education pre-
sented to the board members the most
unique moving picture show ever seen
in Kenosha. 1t showed the work that
is being done along educational lines
by the moving pictures and with 1t
was presented interesting reports OF
the operation of the plans in the
schools in New ork City and Detroit.
The company has offered this service
t. the city Of Kenosha and it was said
that the first years cost to the school
fund would be in the neighborhood of
$1,000 with the costs for other years
reducing It can be said that the mem
bers of the Kenosha board were i'm
pressed with the value of the moving
pictures in educational work, but no
action was taken to put the system
into operation in the Kenosha schools.
Provisions for the picture machine
has been made at the Washington
school and it is certain that all future
buildings erected in Kenosha will have
such provision. Mrs. Mary Bradford
has declared herself strongly in favor
Of the new visual education movement
as an aid to the oral methods of teach
ing,
Many Changes in Teachers.
The meeting of the board on Tues
day evening brought many changes in
the makeup of the teaching force of
the city schools. There still remains
several vacancies to be filled before
the opening of the schools in Septem-
Der. Miss Mary E. Devlin, popular
teacher of English in the High school,
has resigned her position and she will
retire from the profession for the
present and go to her home in Denver
TO rest Miss Elsie Speckman of Lib
ertyville, H., teacher of several
years experience and graduate of
Northwestern University was named
to take the place made vacant by the
resignation of Miss Devlin. Miss Yer
ma Zoller, who for several years has
been in charge of the department Of
stenography and typewriting in the
Kenosha High school, has resigned her
position to accept a more lucrative po-
sition at Kankakee. In the manual
training department designations of
Everett Keck and Guy Clark were ac-
cepted, These three positions have not
as yet been filled by the board.
Elect Elementary Teachers.
The Misses Myrtle Johnson of River
Falls, Emma J. Wilson of Marquette
Bessie Tucker of Greenwood, Norma
Kading of Whitewater and Ruby
Worthington Of Corliss were named as
elementary teachers. The resigna-
tions Of Mabel Neumester, Hope
Fleming and Mary Christilaw, all
teachers in the elementary schools,
were accepted by the board.
Edna F. Hubbard. graduate of Mil
waukee-D owner College and an exper-
fenced teacher, was named for the de-
partment Of domestic science, and Miss
Mercedes Swift was named to have
charge Of the school for the deaf and
for defective speech.
Will Revise the Rules.
The board passed resolutions adopt
ing some changes in text books and a
movement was started for revision
of, the rules and regulations of the
board. It has been several years since
the rules were revised and the mem
bers of the board feel that this work
should be done at once. A movement
to get site for a new school in the
southwest portion of the city was Civ
en- increased impetus and the commit
tee on buildings and grounds was or
dered to take some action at once to
get such a site.