The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-11-13
HELP TO OBSERVE
EDUCATION WEEK
Civic Council to Sponsor
Community Observance
of National Week.
ALL TO COOPERATE

The observance of National Ameri-
can Education Week from Nov. IL to
% is going to be citywide in Kenosha.
That was the decision Of the Kenosha
Civic council at its November meeting
in the city council chambers on Mon
day evening. The, Council voted to
sponsor the celebration ceremonies in
Kenosha cooperating with the Ameri-
can Legion in the city and appealing to
all member organizations to shoulder
their share of the burden of bring
ing home" to every man and woman In
the city the significance of the week in
Kenosha .All of the city schools have
already been assigned their parts in
the celebration by Supt. G. F. LOOMS,
and it is expected that IL civic fra
ternal institutions and social organ
izations, members of the Civic coun-
Gil; will follow suit.
On motion of J. D. Rosenblum, rep
resenting the Young Mems Hebrew as
ISOLATION, President Oscar Theleen of
the council was empowered to appoint
committee to work with the various
organizations in the city in order to
bring to each of them the message on
the various days set aside during Edu-
cation week for different topics.
Start Work ut Once.
Education in the United States is
controlled by the people of the several
states and not by the national govern
ment, as in many countries, the Civic
council is pointing out to its members
in sponsoring the weeks observance
here. Every citizen has voice in de-
termining what kinds of schools the
cities should have, it is agreed. And
the people determine in the final an
alysis how much shall be spent upon
the schools, whence the money shall
come, what kind of teachers the schools
shall have, what they shall be paid,
etc. Naturally school superintendent
and teachers know great deal more
about schools than the average citi-
zen, but there can not be made much
sound and permanent progress in the
improvement of the schools without
the intelligent approval and support OF
public sentiment. This is one of the
problems which the council has set out
to stir up. Civic organizations, the
Optimist, Rotary and Kiwanis clubs
will be appealed to to help spread the
gospel of the Importance of education
and an intelligent appreciation of its
many problems and difficulties.
American Education Week is not q
new venture in Kenosha. In 1923 the
movement was sponsored by the Ro-
tary club. This year it is to be made
citywide by the Civic council. The Blu
reau of Education in 1920 inaugurated
the observance of week of educa-
ton throughout the nation. The next
year the American Legion, in conjuIc-
ton with the National Education as
sociation, started similar campaign.
The work is now sponsored nationally
conformity by the Bureau of Education,
the National Education association and
the American Legion, and has develop
ed greater momentum than any of
these organizations could have attained
alone.
To Appeal to All.
Encouraged by the marked success
of American Education Week in prev
ious years, these organizations are
now inviting every organization, club,
church, school, motion-picture theater
and individual to participate in max.
ing the week of Nov. IL to % a real
nationwide revival of educational en-
thusiasm.
It seems hardly necessary to urge
upon the schools and those responsible
for their administration and instruc-
ton that it is expected that they will
join in the general observance of pro-
noting education during American
Education Week to the utmost of their
abilities. Programs are being effec-
lively arranged by the schools and CO.
operating organizations that will ma
terially enhance the value of this gen
eral effort.
The unity of effort and interest
which has already been displayed is
but an earnest evidence that the OBJ
servance of American Education Week
this year bids fair to be the greatest
campaign for education that has ever
been made in the United States. 1t
is the work to focus the minds of the
American people upon what the schools
are doing, what their needs and OBJ
jectives are. Thus, with an enligh-
tened comprehension of what is being
done and attempted by the schools, it
can be confidently hoped from the OBJ
servance of the week to secure larger
and more united popular effort in be-
half of the schools.