The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-15
REFLECT GLERUM
AS SCHOOL HEAD
President of Board of Edu-
cation Elected for New
Term at Meeting.
OLEY NOT CANDIDATE
Committee Is Named to Name
Committees for Year by
Next Tuesday Night.

Jay B. Glerum, was reelected as
president of the board of education at
the reorganization Of the board at the
administration building on Tuesday
evening. What little opposition there
was to the election Of President
Glerum for the new term conferred its
votes on William Threinen of the
seventh ward and when the ballot was
taken there were thirteen votes for
Glerum, four for Threinen and one for
Chester Dibble. Before the balloting
it was announced that Commissioner
F. D. Obey of the eighth ward would
be candidate for the office of presi-
dent of the board, but Commissioner
Obey addressed the board and declared
that he had been entirely satisfied with
the official staff Of the board and that
he did not desire to have the members
consider him as candidate. He
recommended the reelection of Presi-
dent Glerum for the new term. The
withdrawal of Obey from the race is
believed to have brought members who
opposed the reelection of President
Re-elect Miss Powers.
Miss Ella Powers, who has served
the city with distinction as clerk Of
the board for a ,number of years, was
unanimously reelected to this posi-
ton for the new year,
In accepting the office of president
Mr.. Glerum made a short address to
the members of the board in which
he expressed his qualification at the
progress made by the schools of the
city during the year just closed and in
which he made a strong plea for CO.
operation during the. coming year. He
declared that the year would be one
of the most important in the history
Of the schools of the city and he
urged every member of the board to
make his work as school commissioner
second to no other owrk.
Committee to Name Committees.
Following the custom adopted by the
board several years ago of naming a
committee to appoint the standing
committee of The board, the board
elected committee composed of
Commissioners Flug, Chester, Linde-
man, Obey and Anderson and this
committee will make its report at
an adjourned meeting of the board to
be held on next Tuesday evening. As
there has been little change in the
personnel of the board it is not ex-
pected that any considerable number
of changes will be made in the make
up of the standing committees. At the
meeting on next Tuesday evening it is
expected that President Glerum will
deliver formal inaugural address in
which he will outline more fully the
work that is proposed to be done by
the board during the coming year.
Old Board Names Teachers.
Before the members of the new board
were called for the the reorganization
the last meeting of the retiring board
was held. It was given up largely to
routine business. The most interest
ing business before the old board was
the acceptance of the report of the
committee on teachers providing for
the acceptance of designations and the
election of teachers to fill vacancies.
The board accepted the following
designations to take effect at the end
of the year: r. G. Elder, athletic d.
rector of the high school; Mary L.
Jones, teacher of domestic science,
Balm school; Bertha Farnam, class
room teacher, Frank junior high; Cert
rude Krog, Alice Hager, Grace Thomas,
Esther Hansen, Gladys Trenary, Flor
ence Blunt, Mae Strom, Lenore Will
liams, Ruby Worthington, Ruth Ross,
GAYLE Skaife, Mrs. Gretchen Johnson
Darby, and Mrs. A. E. Luedke, elemen-
tary class room teachers.
1t was announced that on account
Eof recent injuries in an automobile
accident, Mrs. Herbert Carlson will
not be able to resume her work as
teacher this year.
Domestic science teachers were elect
ed as follows: Jessie G. Birner, Ke-
nosha; Margaret D. Pattulo, Marthy
E. Humphrey and Eualia Breen.
Nine for Washington School.
The teachers committee reported
that careful investigation had shown
that nine teachers would be required to
take care of the work of the Washing
ton school. Recommendations for cleo
tions for this school were adpted as
follows: Miss Rachel Jones, to teach
English, Miss Annette S. Hall, Spanish;
Francis Terry, English; Katherine OF
to, history; Helen Luker, mathematics;
IJ. R. Redstrom, general science; Mrs.
/ Marietta s. Baker, librarian; Miss Alice
March, penmanship and spelling; Miss
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