The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-15
Cleveland Is Not Great
Enough to Have School
Named After Him.
JEFFERSON IS VICTOR
New Schools Will Be Called
Grant and Jefferson; Roose-
welt to Be HOnOred Later.

Grover Cleveland, the Buffalo sher-
fff-president who dislodged the Re-
publican party from the national cap
ital after twenty-four years of unin-
corrupted feeding at the pie counter,
failed in the crucial test on Tuesday
night, for the board of education de-
cided that Grover Cleveland was not
big enough man to have school
building in Kenosha named after him.
1t was decided that he did not run
"one-two" with Thomas Jefferson when
it came to consideration Of greatness
and when his name was finally sub
mitted to the board as the name for
one of the new grade schools soon
to be constructed he could muster but
three votes and thirteen other mem
bers voted ''No" to the proposition to
hand his name down to lposterity by
naming Kenosha school after him.
Cleveland was not the only man
turned down. Theodore Roosevelt also
failed to get favorable action as the
man whose name was to be given to
one of the schools.
Not Big Enough for Roosevelt.
The failure of the immortal "Ted-
dy" was not because the members Of
the board did not believe that his
name was sufficiently great to give to
a school but the members held that
the school was not sufficiently great
to be used as a memorial to Reose-
Welt. 1t was decided that later on
Kenosha might properly hand down
the name of Roosevelt to posterity by
giving it to a great junior high school
or possibly to the new senior high
school. The name of Roosevelt did
not come to a vote as there appeared
to be general idea that the PROPOSE
ton before the board was not a
"Rooseveltian one"
General Ulysses S. Grant Jared bet
5er and his name will remain on the
list of names of school buildings in
Nenosha. 1t is admitted that Grant
lad the edge on Cleveland as he was
n Office and the school which is now
coated in the district where the new
chool to be known as the "Grant
choop already bears that name. The
BOARD simply voted to continue the
,ame of Grant and Jefferson was Civ
n sixteen notes.-the unanimous vote
f the board-as the name to be giver
the new school to be erected or
ironson street.
DN Not Care for Local Names.
There had been some suggestion
hat the name of some local educa.
ional leader be given to one or the
ther of the schools but the members
f the board seemed to be favorable
} continuing the plan of naming the
chools for presidents. This plan wa:
laugurated with the building of the
Washington and the Mckinley school:
nd it followed the naming of the
ig southwest school the. "Lincol,
chool."
Outside of providing the names fol
he two new school buildings little o.
lterest came before the members O
he board at the regular meeting OIL
tuesday, evening. 1t was announces
hat Contractor Madsen, who is t,
uild the two new grade schools, wa
Kenosha on Tuesday completing ar
angements to move his equipment t,
he city and start work on the build
ngs. It is expected that the worl
yill be under way in fortnight an,
hat the schools will be complete,
nd furnished in time for the openin,
# the new school term in September
Only small amount of routin
BUSINESS came before the board TO
consideration. Superintendent Loomi
rave his usual interesting report 0
school activities during the pas
month but it was not featured wit
my matter of great interest to tn
General public. Miss Marguerit
quinn of the Columbus school wa
given leave of absence for the res
If the year to attend the Milwaukee
Normal.