The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-07-13
Chairman Robert Cooper
Explains Details to
School Board.
HEAR SUPT.'S REPORT
Board Takes Advance Step in
School, Building Program by
Checking Up Plans.

'RobertsCooper, chairman of the city
planning commission, which recently
adopted "a civic center plan for the
city of Kenosha, appeared last evening
beforesthe board of education at their
regular July meeting and explained to
the board the advantages of the plan
and of the details in it which required
the particular attention and considera-
tion Of the board. While most of the
members were acquainted with the
several items in the plan which call for
Market street as a beautiful boulevard,
and public buildings grouped about it
in concentrated form, Chairman Coop
err explained several of the most in
tricate details on which the board
would be required to act in the very
near future if the plan would be soon
placed in execution.
"The particular feature of this plan"
explained Chairman Cooper, "is the
fact that Kenosha is peculiarly stu
ated under the present circumstances.
Very seldom is there city with
workable plan that has at least three
ffths of the program ready to complete
within two or three years, as Kenosha
has. And very seldom is there city
with such plan that owns practically
all Of the sites upon which work is to
l7 LIS IN aail3ing the civic 1an5>r.
Five Major Buildings.
"The five major buildings included
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Office and federal building, vocation
al school, court house and city hall.
There is an existant erroneous impress
sion among some people who are not
fully acquainted with the work of the
city planning commission that the
commission is recommending the build
ing Of these buildings Immediately.
They are recommending nothing of the
kind. They are simply making some
arrangements for entertaining those
building as soon as immediate need of
such buildings is found necessity.
"The most unusual thing about the
adopted plan is that we are suggest
ing the use of only such land as is
now owned by public body. We are
to suggest a transfer of the site re-
Gently purchased for new court house
building to new high school, likewise
suggesting that the court house be
placed in a different group of buildings
similarly related--that is, the city
hall, and the federal building. This is
suggested only under measure of
economy. Should this plan fail to
meet with the approval of the county
board on Saturday at which time the
entire plan will be placed before them,
it will mean that the city must go out
and buy new sites for the high school,
md it will place a wedge in the wheel
Of the plan"
Full Return For Investment.
Mr.. Cooper went on to explain the
proposed grouping of public buildings
and their effect upon the "eity beau
tiful" plan. His entire plea for the
school boards cooperation in the
carrying out of the plan was based up
on the principle of making the best
use of the property already owned and
upon the methods which will be used
to give the fullest possible return on
the investment of the city.
The chairman presented a communi-
cation from the commission which he
represents, asking the board to send
committee of four to consider the
points in the plan together with four
from each of the other interested
bodies, the county board the voca-
tional school board, the city planning
commission and the city council. This
meeting is to be held this evening at
seven-thirty in the city council cham
bers at the city hall The members
of this committee, as chosen by Presi-
dent Powell of the school board, will
be ]. W. Blair, Charles A. Leonard, E..
E. Swartz and William Silcock.
Teachers Committee Reports.
The report of the teachers commit
tee Of the school board advised of the
following selections to the faculties of
the city schools: Corrective speech
work, Ruth ]. Koppke; junior high
school, Anne M. Darcy, Edith M, Hast
ngs, Hannah Hang; elementary, Irene
Parish, Ethyl Sanborn, Adeline M.
Henry, Eleanor A. Berendson. The fol-
lowing designations were reported and
accepted: Elementary, Marian Cordes,
Helen E. French, Frieda O. Staley;
senior high school, Ruth F. Casterton,
Erma f. Sagendorph; domestic science,
Jessie c. Birner; assistant in art,
Ethel L. Tronvig. Miss Minnie NJ.
Larsen, teacher of music in the Linz
coin school, was granted years leave
Of absence for further study.
The feature Of the evenings meet