Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1921-05-12
MORE MONEY FOR
COUNTY SCHOOL

Z When the county board of superVis-
ors convened on Tuesday afternoon
at the courthouse, George w. Andrews
of Baraboo was reelected chairman
and Attorney H. B. Quimby of Reeds
burg the vice-chairman All of the
members of the board, 80, were pres
emit
Many New Faces on Board
At the opening Chairman Andrews
remarked at the number of new fac
es on the. board and attributed the
changes in a large measure to taxa
ton He said to- make reduction in
taxes was sserious problem. The
largest item Of expense was the high
ways and this was question for the
towns and villages to settle. All are
asking for better roads and these cost
money. Mr.. Andrews said the cOun-
ty tax for last year was about $685.
000 and of this amount about $4,000
went for roads, $4,000 for bridges,
and $4,000 for all other purposes.
He thought that most of the tax
payers were not in favor of reducing
the taxes unless as great benefits
could be enjoyed. 1t was possible to
reduce the taxes by having less road
work done or doing it at reduction
in cost.
He assured the new me- nbers they
were to assume the serious RESPONSE
- off Tho al HrArc
could not take all of this and was
for the ones recently elected to as
sumo their share.
Mr.. Andrews spoke a word of
worth and respect for the late deceas-
ed member, Henry Serge, Reedsburg.
County Clerk F. A. Cooper then
read the form which had been sent out
asking for a special meeting Of the
board to consider the finances of the
Sank County Training school, repair
ing the roof of the courthouse, and
other matters. The call had been sign
ed by Supervisors, Kasiska, Mather,
and Quimby. All the members had
written favorable reply for the meet
ing except two. si@
The Training School
The Sank County Training school,
Reedsburg, desires more money and
this was the first item taken up. jam
les A. Stone, Reedsburg, a member Of
the training school board, told of some
of the extra expenses that had arisen.
Last year the extra cost for fuel was
$219.75 due to the fuel conditions.
Books cost almost double, these the
county furnishes; new floor made
bill of $76327, more than double the
had to be rejuvinateG at an expense
of $457.56; and other expenses were
in proportion Mr.. Stone said. The
board has spent more time than ever
in considering the affairs of the
school. Thirty-one out Of the seventy
two counties in the state have train
ing schools for teachers, and Sank
county is one of the fortunate ones,
he said. In case there was no school
here the county would be taxed to
keep schools in other counties run
ming. The state pays something like
$4,000 annually for the support of the
institution, the amount depending on
the time the school is open during the
year About 270 have gone out to
teach from this school and large
class is ready to graduate.
The speaker spoke of certain criti-
cisims that had been made con-
corning the schools and severely crit
icised the critics. He told the mem
bers the school was their school and
when derogatory statements wera
made it was the duty Of the members
to investigate, or at least to report to
the training school board. Many of
the statements were without founda
ton and he pointed to such fine per-
scnalities as Messrs. Snyder. Smith,
and a long list of others who had done
valuable work there. The character
of such as these and the fine young
men and women in the school was not
TO he questioned He admitted that
things sometimes went wrong hut
this sometimes happens in home.
Garter Alexander assistant state
superintendent, Madison, spoke tor
the school He has charge of all the
training schools of the state and said
that Sank county had one Of the best
An educator from India is in this
country and Mr. Alexander proposes
to bring him to Reedsburg to observe
the school,
Supervisor Urban D. Mather thought
that reduction in expenses might be
made by employing teachers at a low
er salarv.
! Superintendent Martin stated that
one-half of the teachers in the rural
schools come for the training schools.
A deficit of $1,000
During the past year the school has
run $4,000 behind.
Last fall the county board provided