Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-01
Plans For Entertaining North
ern Illinois Teachers.
COME TO THIS cry IN APRIL.
The Meeting of the Rock ISL
and Teachers Saturday.
General Outline of the Pro.
gram Agreed Upon.

At the meeting of the Rock Island |
teachers Saturday to perfect arrange
ments for the convention of the |
Northern Illinois Teachers associa-
ton April 1924, Supt. &. G. Young
presided, and the matter Of enter. |
tainment of the visitors was fully
discussed. Committees were pro-
vided for to complete plans, including
the general program of enter
tainment to be observed, the
selection of design of badge for
the reception committee, etc. 1t was
reported that o. T. Bright, Of Chi
cago, chairman of the executive COM
mittee. who had been in correspond
ence with the Rock Island committee,
had already made such arrangements
that o general forecast of the pro-
gram OF exercises could be had. This
will include q musical recital of 80
minutes, Thursday evening, fol-
lowed by an address by the
president of the association, Supt.
Slaussen, of Moline, and . lee
ture BY DR.. Henderson, of Chicago.
Friday evening Washington Gland
den, OF Columbus, Ohio, is to lecture.
and reception will be rendered by
the Rock Island teachers at the No.
4 school building. Saturday morn
ing will occur the general teachers
meeting and business session. The
day sessions OF the other days will
be devoted to the demonstration Of
school and section work.
Principal l.. c. Daugherty has been
appointed chairman of the Eighth
grade section, aud c. B. Marshall,
OF the school board section. Both
ere busy securing speakers
for their respective departments.
: The committees provided for in
connection with the Northern Hi.
: nois Teachers association conven
ton have been announced % follows:
; Reception aud Banquet B. G.
Young, Annie Kirkpatrick. c. L.
: Eastman, Mary E. Entrikin.
Preparing q Reception COMMITTEES
Badge. C. Daugherty, Mary L.
Carter, Francis Oswald, Lillian Fits.
patrick. Clara NJ. Levey.
At the meeting Saturday Supt.
Young reported on the proceedings
of the Indianap oils National Teach
ers' convention, and the teachers
> discussed the preparation Of daily
school programs.
gchool Exsreasss.
None Of the school exercises of last
Friday were more patriotic and ap.
propriate than those in Miss AIDA
MUSES. room at Building 4. The
room was prettily decorated with
the national colors, and those who
took part in the program were Lulu
kolls. Maria Stilwell. Harry Condor,
Ethel Strang, Fred Robinson, Emma
Wieland. Fred Lyons. George Crow
! ley. Roy Bagley. Abby Blskemore,
Margaret Grotjsn, Mae Harper,
Harry Silverman, Edna Wyckoff,
Allene Hollowbush, Richard Carter,
Bessie Postlewaite, Harry Schroe-
der, Helen Krell, Roy Robb, Ruth
Johnston, Memo La Porte. Edna
Brittner, Walter Koenig. Florence
Wilcox. Gertrude Wingmith, Bessie
: Spaulding. Verne Swain.
The rooms at Building united in
celebrating the birthdays of Wash
: ington. Lincoln and Longfellow Fri
day afternoon. The rooms were
prettily decorated with fsgs, bunting
, and appropriate pictures. Recita-
tons. readings and patriotic songs
comprised the program. Many par
} ents attended.
High School Tnlks.
Principal Halsey has introduced q
, successful innovation in the Roch
Island High school Of late in the
way of noon day talks by representa-
; tive men, occupying the Is minute,
before the noon recess. Most of the
pastors Of the city have already I'D.
/. dressed the High school. % have
also DR.. }. w. Stewart. General Sec.
Rotary Bailey. of the Y. n. G. A.,
( and L. D. Sweeney.
{ ''Not Exsctiy Raght."
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q condition. They ara not sick and