Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-12-22
excepting THE BOARD DOWN"

"KEEPING THE BOARD DOWN
An honest citizen intent upon creating public system of
education degree efficiency thorough
combined happily with the human side would be shocked
abect establishment intimately the Wausau
public schools and the atrcous conditions that exist IN some
The Pilot kicked rghteousy along with
the majority of good citizens about the nudcious increase
part the should been during the earlier part
Of Mayor Fatters and the latter part Of
huge profit street contracts repairing ETC. as reported to us
Investigations mysterious agreements be-
the comptroller and others with quza remarks such
Now if this doesn't right just do that not going
to be used to higher prices for products out OF the
city than would nave to be pad at nome out tina nh WAS gog
public school facilities should with the rest of the public
Detecting conditions over-crowng be found
schools which blind man would acknowledge This is
board of education AS compared with the parochia schools
the city of Wausau the public schools seem mad
eqate and show appalling lack of cooperation somewhere
Wausau has no school buildings through gener
osy of pioneering millionaire in other cities
cannot individuals build its public institutions That
down is proud achievement of the present municipal admin
saca whipping or abusive to characterize it's inertia properly
Yet have been told with reng proudness that keeping the
No mouthpiece anybody rejecting viewpoint
the aggressive sympathetic enlightened cizenry of Wausau
The Pilot inclusive for school enlarge
within reasonable length of time; which, believe
essential to the ctys future prosperity its oncomng manhood
The program which suggest need not be carried through
to completion in day. but feel be made the basis for
work for the next two three years.
The Central school building must be completed, made
possible by the purchase of the half block adjacent its present
site With the erection of this addition the Humboldt school, made
quate poorly ventilated unhealthy should be torn down.
The unfinished in the Grant school must be made
available for avatores must be added and the building
generalyecompeted.
addition must be built to the Irving school, where the
kindergarten in half day session at the present time
Arrangement must be made for enlargement of the Frank
lin school where kindergarten session only half day
With the completion of the Central school building and the
First Ward school and additions the above buildings it
estimated that the city schools will be taken of for ten
The enlargement of the high school is suggested by some
instead completion the Central school, Inasmuch
addition of twenty would be necessary and
would take of growth five period the
peon Il he Central school is felt to be desirable
PreE A. Bge of the University of Wisconsin, has suggest
ed that the board of education of this city ask Thomas Lloyd
Jones the department education at the university to make
suggestions to the of bringing the school buildings of
Wausau TO the minute Following his report the fu
ture Tot will be able make complete recommended
ton to1the citizens of Wausau.