The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-01-13
Kenosha Appropriation for
Vocational Schools is
Fifth in State.
MORE FOR NEXT YEAR
Small Increase Granted School
for 1921 to Provide for
Growth in This City.

Kenosha ranked fifth among the cit
les of Wisconsin in the amount appro-
priated for the work of the Vocation
al School according to the report is
sued from Madison recently by the
State Board of Vocational Education.
In Kenosha $38,1s1 was spent for the
work, total several thousand dol
lars below that granted in two smaller
cities Of the state.
Milwaukee with an expenditure of
$553, 1898 lead the state. The work
there has hsen in operation much
longer than in other cities of the state
and there is cause for a much larger
expenditure Of funds. Racine came
second with an expenditure of $57 ,149
and other cities of the state were
listed as follows: Sheboygan, $42 1000;
Superior, $39,396; Kenosha, $38,181;
Madison, $35,OS0; Oshkosh, $33 1928;
Manitowoc, $22,21O; La Crosse, $40,
674; Wausau, $1O,012.
May Be More Next Year.
The budget for the appropriations
for next year make an increase in the
amount given the vocational school
work and it is probable that Kenosha
will be farther up the line when an
other report is published. The state
ment of the state board bears out the
contention of the officials of the local
school that Kenosha is not expanding
as literally in this line of education
as some of the other cities of the state.
1t is pointed out that Kenosha is
one of the cities of the state where the
vocational training is most needed due
to the large percentage of foreign pop
ulation. Great strides have been taken
in this city recently in this line and
it is believed that a few more years
will place Kenosha where she should
be as the third city Of the Badger state.
Fourth in Number of Pupils.
In. the number Of pupils Kenosha
stood fourth in the list with 1906
registered in the various classes dur
ing the past year. 1t is declared that
with an increase in the eqipment this
number might be increased in Kenosha
and that with little larger appropria-
ton next year, this may be possible.
The board here for several years has
requested that a larger building be
provided and in its request for an ap-
preparation this year suggested that
the sum should be set at $4,000 in
order that $4,000 might be put away
for building fund.
The work of Principal E. F. Randall
as head Of the local vocational schools
has been Of the highest order and it
is due to his efforts and that of his
associates that despite comparatively
small appropriations, Kenosha has
kepted in the limelight in this form of
educational endeavor.
Expenditures Steadily Mounting.
Expenditures for vocational educa-
tion in the state have been steadily
mounting during the past three years
while enrolment for the past year
broke all previous records is indicated
by the biennial report Of the board.
Total expenditures during 1918
were 1897, 154, those for 1878 were
$3.50 800, and for 1920 were S1,254,-
$50, State aid increased from $139 $50
during 1917-1919, to S1s5.00o during
1920. Federal aid increased from
$11,S7S in 1917 to $22,2s0 in 1920.
Fifty Thousand Students.
Attendance at vocational schools was
set at 46,161 in 1917 with approxim-
ately 5000 soldiers in training count
ed on the enrolment. In 1919 this
dropped to 42,7s9, but rose sharply to
5o,051 during the past year with evil
dence that the attendance will mount
higher during the coming year.