Beloit High School - Trojan Yearbook (Beloit, KS)

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BOARD OF EDUCATION.

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School, which was built in 1910, and is modern in every way. It has a system of forced ventilation, is heated both directly and indirectly and the temperature of each room is automatically regulated by thermostat. The building is situated on a block of ground just west and across the street from the old stone building. On February 24, 1914, a bond of $25,000 was voted to increase the size of the High School building. This will materially increase the size of the building and will add a modern assembly room, that will seat 500 people, three large class rooms a library room, Principal’s office, Domestic Art rooms and a modern gymnasium. The schools of Beloit are widely and favorably known throughout the state, and the chief reason for this is the intelligent interest taken in their welfare by the citizens in general and the School Board in particular. Politics and religion have never been of any force in the School board. Teachers are elected on their merits alone, which action in itself insures good schools. Dr. E. E. Brewer, the present president of the School Board, is a vigorous, wide-awake executive officer and is ably seconded by his co-workers on the Board. Of those who have done much in the past for the upbuilding of the schools, three names must take a prominent place—those of Hon, W. H. Mitchell, ex-mayor of the city; Hon. A. T. Rodgers, and Dr. E. E. Brew-er, who is now? president of the Board of Education. Each of these gentlemen has served many years as president of the School Board, and the result or their careful, conscientious handling of educational matters can scarcely be estimated. Beloit has been particularly fortunate in her educational advance tnent in the past, and everything points to a bright, progressive future

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r Board of Education The Board of Education is made up of men who take an interest in the school and who know something of its work and its needs. They are men who. in filling these offices are compelled to give no little amount of time and work to the public. They have acquainted themselves with conditions in the various rooms and buildings and having done so, they have the courage to act on their own information. This is a school board that is blessed with harmony among its members and in its decisions, and is one in which keen insight and good sound business sense are prominent factors. Whatever of growth and advancement the Beloit schools have made, these have been made possible only because the Board of Education has always stood for advancement and has ever been ready to assist in carrying out any plans that would tend toward the general betterment of our schools. The board is composed of the following members: W. C. Brown—Member of Building committee—An active member, progressive and ready to back any enterprise for the good of the public. He is serving his first year as member of the Board Dr. F. B. Kincaid—Member committee on Teachers and Salaries —Is also a new member on the Board, but has shown such interest and reliability that he is accounted a valuable member. J. K. Gise—Member building committee—Has served for a number of years as a member of the Board of Education. He visits the schools a great deal and takes a great interest in teachers and pupils. H. Baer—Chairman of building committee—Is a member whose long service on the Board and sound business judgment has made almost indespensible. He sizes up the situation quickly and accurately and acts as his good judgment directs. T. P. Downs—Chairman of committee on Teachers and Salaries —Is singularly fitted for fulfilling the office of member of the Board of Education. His several years as Ward Principal in the Beloit Schools and as instructor in and Principal of the High School, gives him a familiarity with school conditions here that is very valuable. Mr. Downs is an ardent worker for progressive measures. Dr. E. E. Brewer—President of the Board and member committee on Teachers and Salaries—Has served for many years as