The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-27
CONTEST JUDGES
PRAISE KENOSHA.
Men of Nationwide Prom
inence Discuss Better
Cities Contest.
FAVOR CITY'S SPIRIT


Better Cities contest took leap sky
ward today following the visit here
on Monday of the judges who are maxi
ing survey of the cities in the state
entered in the contest being staged
under the auspices of the Wisconsin
Conference of Social Work. The
judges - men of nationwide reputa-
ton in their respective fields - cana
to Kenosha to confer with the chair
man and members Of the various local
committees working in the Civic coun-
Gil which is sponsoring the contest
here.
They met at the Elks' club and fol-
lowed their deliberations with a din-
! ner as guests of the Civic council. AT
this dinner each of the judges was
given an opportunity to express him
self on what he had found in Keno
sha as reported in the scoring sched-
ules made out here for submission to
the state contest officials. The con-
test, in which fourteen cities in the
state are entered, seeks to determine
| which city in the state of Wisconsin
! is the best in which to live and to
make home. A prize of $1,000 in
addition to the distinction that goes
with the award is the reward in tha
| contest.
Talk of Kenosha FavOrably.
The concensus of opinion among the
| judges was that Kenosha was ideally
situated to take advantage of num-
Der of things which are xst~l highly
| H., h. ~,
! ization. Each spoke Of his findings
| here and when the contest is over
J each promised that brief report bas-
cd on their conclusions would be SUBJ
mitted to each city. These reports
would constructively criticize any con-
| ditions which obtain in the city that
ought to be remedied or eliminated
and would also show where the city
stands out strongest in good points.
| Aubrey Williams, executive secre-
tary of the Wisconsin Conference Of
! Social Work, declared on Monday that
he found it "a source Of great pleasure
and satisfaction that city ranking so
| high in everything, standing among
the five cities that are left under con-
sideration in the contest, is taking the
work Of community inventory so seri-
ously."
Praises Spirit of Workers.
81 believe that it is a most encourg-
aging sign to see the members on your
committees taking this work so close
to heart" he said, land if this city
should not be declared the winner Of
the contest, twill in any event learn
! a great deal that it would not have
noticed otherwise. With the real and
sincere effort that have seen put
forth in Kenosha fon improving the
community l cannot help but see that
| good will accrue to every citizen in the
city through the means Of this con-
test"
Williams invited the Civic council
to send delegation to Stevens Point
on October % at which time the final
decision Of the contest judges will be-
announced and at which time also the
! award will be presented to that city
which will be hailed as the best city
in Wisconsin. "There might be a
demonstration there in which your
committee might want to take part"
Mr.. Williams limited.
Men Who Were Here.
Included among the judges who
were in Kenosha Monday are men who
hold national positions in government
and semi-public institutions. Judging
! the reports on public administration is
Luther Gulick, Phi. D., director Of the
! New York Bureau Of Municipal Re-
! search, and director Of the National
Institute of Public Administration;
/ for social welfare, c. c. Carstens, Phi.
| d., executive director Of Child Well
fare League Of America, is the judge;
for recreation, J. r. Bachelor, WELL
known in Kenosha recreation circles,
and field director of the Playground
| and Recreation Association of Ameri-,
/ ca, is the Judge; for library commit
/ tees, Joseph l.. Wheeler director Of
the Reuben Mcmillan Free Library OF
! Youngstown, Ohio, and national au-
thority on library affairs, will be the
! judge; for health work, DIR. S. J..
| Crumbine, of the National Society Of
Hygiene will officiate; for town and
country relations, Nat. T. Frame, d.
rector Of agricultural extension, West
| AASAAI1 ChiNC1 sly anu a member OF
| the international Kiwanis COMMITTEES
\ or Town and Rural Relations, will be
the judge for city planning, Myron
! D. Downs, city planner of Toledo, and
with Harland D. Bartholomew, Keno
sha's city planner recognized as the
two foremost men in the field in the
nation today; for education, w. S.
! Deffenbaugh, chief Of city school di-
vision, Bureau Of Education, Depart
ment of the Interior, at Washington;
for industry, Steward Scrimshaw, d.
rector of industrial relations Of the
/ firm Of Kearney and Trecker.
| With this array of talent the work
| of judging the fourteen cities in the
state has been carried on until now
only five cities remain in the reckon
ing. And Kenosha is one of these five
cities.