The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-10-14
Superintendent of KenOsha Schools to Aid in
the Work of Revising Schools of Will
mington Delaware.
IS GRANTED LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Will Spend Month in Eastern City Making Survey
and Suggesting Plans for Schools THERE'S
Part of Great National Movement

granted. The unanimous action of the
Board of Education in granting the
leave Of absence shows that the mem
bers of the board recognize the high
compliment that the federal govern
ment and the state of Delaware has
paid to the school system of Kenosha
To Confer With Famous Educators.
The work of the commission in Will
mington is to be one Of the greatest
educational movements ever under
taken by the survey department. of the
Federal Education Commission. The
work is to be done in a most thorough
way and it is understood that the cost
of it is being largely furnished by
United States Senator E. /. du Pont
who has declared that he will make
the schools Of Delaware model for
the nation and the world. The senator
has been a leader in the nation wide
movement for the advancement of edu-
cation and he proposed that this work
in Wilmington be taken up as an ex-
ample for the remainder Of the
country, and asked that the work be
| done under federal government inspec-
ton. Leading educators in every line
f6f school Werk, picked from all parts
of the country, have been asked to
sit as members of this extraordinary
commission and diagnose the school
system of Delaware and suggest i'm
provements and changes,
Has Charge of Elementary Schools.
An expert has been picked to have
charge of every feature of the work.
Superintendent Bradford of the Keno
sha schools, is named as the head Of
the division in charge of the survey
of elementary schools. Her wide ex-
Iperience as a teacher, instructor in
normal schools and as a superinten-
dent covering more than thirty years
| of service is certain to be featured in
the organization Of the Wilmington
schools and it will offer to the leading
Kenosha educator chance to give the
systems which have been so success
full in the city Of Kenosha. nation
wide consideration.
The results of the survey which is to
be made and the remedies to be pro-
posed, will be promulgated throughout
the nation by the Federal Department
of Education Mrs. Bradford is the
only educator from Wisconsin invited
to have part in the big movement.
Leads as an Educator.
The selection of Mrs. Bradford for
this notable work for the nation, has
emphasized again her leadership among
/ the educators of the nation Only a
short time ago she was selected as
chairman of the educational commit
tee of the National Federation of
Woman's clubs of the country and this
work now undertaken will bring her
into the educational world as one of
the leading women in education.
The calling Of Mrs. Bradford to Will
mington opens to her the way to a
wider field of work and it is under
stood that she is to carry with her to
the Wilmington work the experience
4 she has collected in the schools Of
Kenosha and that much of her work
for the advancement of the Kenosha
schools will be reflected in her report
on the proposed model system of school
work to be adopted for Wilmington.
No one has been named to take the
place of Mrs. Bradford during her alb
sence from Kenosha and she will keep
in close touch with the local situa-
tion through correspondence.