Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-30
OPENING OF THE SCHOOLS.
supt. Young Says Coming Year Should
BE Best in City's History.

All public schools OF the city lex
cept the High schooD will open Tues
day morning, Sept. 8. During the
vacation all the buildings have been
thoroughly renovated, several have
been calcimined, and needed repairs
have been made. so that everything
necessary for the convenience and
comfort of the pupils has been pro-
vided.
The coming school year should be
the best in the history of the schools, -
saws Supt Young. To make it so
will require the mutual cooperation
of teachers, pupils and parents. Par
ents wish their children to progress
rapidly, and to be thorough in all
they 20 over. To secure this the
child should enter at the beginning
of the term and continue regularly
and promptly to the end. Pupils
should be made to feel that the teach
er has the cordial support and svm-
pathy of the parent. 1t is impossi-
BILE for the teacher TO do effective work
if her influence over the child is
wholly or partially destroyed by I'M
favorable comments made by par
ents in the presence of their children.
1t is no easy task to teach and control
10 or 80 pupils, all full of life and
energy, and especially is this the case
when the teacher is not supported by
the home influence. To get the best
results the work of the teacher in the
school must be supplemented by the
influence of the parent in the home.
Without this the child's progress is
slow and his work superficial. He
grows FESTIVE under the moderate re-
straint of the school room, forms hab-
its of idleness and in the end be-
comes insubordinate both in the
school and the home. Let children
be sent to school at the beginning OF
the term supplied with all necessary
books; let them feel that the teacher
has the confidence and support of the
parent; let them see that the parent
has keen interest i'll the work they
are doing, and there is not one child
in 80 that will not respond to these
helpful Influences"
In all first grades beginning classes
will be started next Tuesday. Those
having children, six years of age.
should send them ut the beginning of
the term if they wish them to adj
vance with the class. Another be-
ginning class will not be started until
after the holidays.
Parents having children to enter
school for the first time should send
them to the principal of the school of
the district in which they live. The
principal will see that such children
are received and properly classified.
Principals of the Longfellow, Eu-
gene Field, Lincoln, Irving and Haw- |
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spective schools Saturday afternoon
from 2 to O'Clock to receive and
classify pupils and to consult with
pare nts and pupils on school matters.
Parties desiring to see principals will
do well to call at this time and avoid
the busy opening hours of Tuesday
There will be general teachers
meeting at the Lincoln school Sat
urday morning at 10 o'clock. 1t is
hoped that every teacher will be pres
emit. Matters of importance concern
ing the opening of the schools will be |
All members of the High school, and |
all those who graduated from the |
Eighth grades last June, should be |
ready to enter the High school on the |
day of its opening. The new building
will be ready for occupancy in 4 few |
days. When finished it will be one of |
the most complete High school build |
ings in northern Illinois. Its depart
ments in biology, chemistry and ply
sizes will be especially well equipped |
and work in these branches will be |
better than ever. With the additional |
room provided by the new building.
all pupils will be comfortably situated |
and the environments will be such as
to cOnduce to the most effective work. |
The work now being done in the
High school is of such a character as |
to meet the demands of ala general |
course fitting for ordinary employ |
ments and for teaching; business |
course fitting for commercial pursuits; |
a university preparatory course, fitting |
for admission TO our state university,
or the colleges and universities of the |
east. The principal institutions of |
higher education recognize the work |
done in the Rock Island high school |
and will give credit for work done here |
to pupils seeking admission to their
advanced classes.