The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-04-13
?. I. A. WORKERS
HOLD REUNION
City Council Entertains
County Presidents. at
Largest Gathering.
LOOMS ASKS SUPPORT

City and county Parent
workers had the largest gathering
since the establishment of the county
conferences at the Elks' clubhouse Fri
day afternoon. The city council, COM
posed of Parent-Teacher presidents,
entertained the county officials and
in addition there were members OF
the various organizations, school prin-
cipals, Attorney Lewis W. Powell,
president of the board of education,
and G. F. LOOMS, superintendent of
public schools. Mrs. G. N. Tremper
presided.
Luncheon was served at twelve-thlr-
ty o'clock and Immediately afterward
Mr.. LOOMS gave the address OF wei
come. He had definite message or,
as he terms it, challenge to the city
Parent Teacher members: There are
two things l want to ask for this year
and next year. I would like to see,
in connection with the schools, some
thing of movement towards closer
attention to the health in the line OF
height and weight. | would like to see
each school provided with weighing
and measuring scale. / do not think
that money can be spent in better
advantage. The value of these scales
will be lust as marked in the country
as in the city for it will be possible
to emphasize the benefit derived from
them. These scales will unquestlon-
ably lead the boys and girls to pay
more attention to underweight and
underheight.
Asks Building Program Support.
"Now I, come to the second thing,
woud ask of you. You all know that
we have a building survey committee.
This committee will present report
soon about what they think Kenosha
needs - how many buildings, how fast
they are to come, where the money is
to be obtained, so many bonds and so
many dollars added to the tax roll.
You may not like the report of sug-
gestions made through careful study
by the committee Of fifteen and the
board members but let us accept it as
majority report. Let US not quibble
over petty details - we may lose the
90 per cent good through quibbling
over the percent unimportant.
"The big problem will come after the
report is submitted-the sale of the
suggestions to the people of Kcnosha.
They must be taught and convinced
of the educational needs. There is a
publicity committee but / would like
to ask that you who are so vitality in
.terested realize your responsibility
and form publicity committees to sell
the proposition in the various com
munities.
"Are we ready for the problem? |
think We are. The children of all
ages and of all districts will be pro-
vided for. Some districts may be TAX
en- care of sooner than others but in
stead of grumbling be thankful that
the wait is not longer. 1t will be
criminal if we must wait any longer.
"This program interests the county
workers too for the program will in
clude a high school as one of the big
items. The school will be credit
to the city and to the county and while
! it won't require first hand taxes from
the county residents and while they
won't be able to vote on the question
many of the county children will at
tend that school and the county work
ers can create sentiment which will
bring that school. Have a definite
organization in your P. 7. A. which
will assume responsibility in your To-
cality, which will see that the mess
age goes over so that every individual
/ will think right and vote right If
| you want more information don't hesi-
tate to make inquiry and then sell the
| idea to others for I believe that the
survey committees, program will mean
more to the city of Kenosha in an