The Rock Island Argus., 1882-06-25
BOARD OF EDUCATION.

An adjourned meeting of the board d
education was held yesterday afternoon
when all of the members with the excep
tion of H. u Cleveland were in attendance
superintendent Kemble submitted hi.
annual report which was approved, an6
Its publication ordered.
The auditing committee appointed tc
examine the reports of the treasurer and
clerk of the board, reported that the ac
counts were correct. On motion the re.
ports were ordered published
The superintendent was instructed to
receive figures from the daily papers for the
publication of the above noted reports.
The cancelled bonds, orders and coupons
were ordered burned, and the board sae-
complished the destruction of the securi-
ties on the adjournment of the meet
ing.
On motion the member, proceeded to
ballot for a principal of the high school,
with the following result:
w. FL. Hatch four votes, being the unani-
nous choice of the meeting he was de-
c1ared elected -
The board of education decided that an
order of $50 be drawn in favor of Super
intendent Kemble 10 meet his expenses
attending the state PRINCIPAL association,
which meets at Trayers City on the 3rd
of July
The board then adjourned.
THE NEW PRINCIPAL.
Prof W. Fl. HBtch, the newly elected
principal of the High School. is teacher
of considerable experience in the school
room, and it is fully expected that his
presence in the city High School will have
beneficial effect in every way.
Prof. Hatch formerly occupied position
of similar character in Council Bluffs,
and also had the position of superintend-
ent of schools for that place.
More recently he has been engaged in
Iowa City having charge of the city
schools for some months. He comes to
this place highly recommended, and the
members of the Board of Education are of
the opinion that they now have the right,
man for the place.
He viii not arrive in this city before the
latter part of August, or the FIRST part of
September.
THE STATE PRINCIPALS y
will have their fourteenth annual meeting
at Traverse City, Mich, on the Sd, Attn and
5th of next July. The association is com
posed of the school principals of Illinois.
The officers of the society are
w. Jenkins President.
G. c. Snyder, Secretary.
A Bayliss, Treasurer.
Leslie Lewis, Recording Secretary.
The executive committee consists of O.
F. Barbour, J. W. Wilkinson, and H. J.
Sheriff..
The following is the programme of ex
SUNDAY MORNING JULY 2.
Sermon, by II. Boltwood of Ottawa.
Evening.
MONDAY JULY 3.
at two D. M. Presidents address, Tendencies
in Educational Thought and method, . Wm Jenkins.
Mendoza.
At three D. m. 1.-The Responsibility of the Teacher
for the Physical Development of his pupils,s Geo.
NJ. Herrick, Lena.
Discussion.
TUESDAY JULY 4.
At nine a. m Appointment of committees
At9:14. "HeE can the Teacher Increase the Nor
al Power of his Pupilsfs Sarah E. Raymond. supt.
of schools Bloomington.
At ten a. M, .sFree Schools the Hope of a Free
People, j. IL. Freeman, III. L. Boltwood, Ottawa.
WEDNESDAY SILLY g.
doom Public Schools. as now Organized and
Conducted. Meet the Wants of the Timesr,'S S s.
Kemble, Rock Island
Discussion led by s. II. Ingals, GreenviIle.
At 1890 a. m. 1.-The Geology and Zoology of
Grand Traverse Bay Prof. s. A Forbes, director
of the state labratory of Natural history. Normal.
Attwo p m, Report of committees and election
of officers,
Ata:sop. m. 1.-THE Management Of Bad Boys,
ID. H. Darling Joliet.
niscpasion lad nv A r y-sAad f,h;caen