Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-04
A new INSTRUCTOR
Miss Bertha Hanna, of Cincin.
natl, a Member OF High
School Corps.
FOR THE OPENING
Plumbing Contract is Awarded by
the Board to E. &.
Lamp.

At the special meeting of the board
of education last evening Miss Bertha
Hanna. of Cincinnati, o.. was elected
assistant teacher at the high school at
salary of $40 per month. Miss
Hanna is a graduate of Hughes high
school of Cincinnati, and also of tine
Normal school of that place. and
comes highly recommended for the
position which she is to fill.
The tuition for the high school was
fixed at IS per month or $25 per year
if paid in advance, a slight increase
over the old rate. due to the fact that
the actual cost of tuition is $37 per
pupil. The tuition for out-of-town
grade pupils is to be 81 per month or
IS per season if paid in advance.
Superintendent Hayden was given
the power to purchase supplementary
books for the grade schools TO the
value of 5000.
E. f. Lamp. the successful bidder
on the original plans for the plum bling
of the high school, was awarded the
contract according to the plans as re-
Vised, at 81, O44 So
Two new text books were adopted,
Adams Commercial Geography" and
Jordan's Animal Life"
To High School Pupils
Principal j. F. Darby has been in
the city the past few weeks, working
busily in order to get things in proper
shape for the opening of the term. He
has prepared circular letter and other
printed matter, which will be sent to
pupils and which will be profitable
for them to peruse. The letter is as
follows:
Rock Island, Sept. 4. 1901.-The
Rock Island high school will open
Monday, Sept. 9. To a great extent
the adverse conditions which pre-
vailed last year after the unfortunate
| fire have been removed. More room
will be occupied in the Lincoln build
ing; laboratories have been equipped
with new microscopes, physical ap-
paratus. tables and other necessary
material; the library contains more
than one thousand volumes; the
teaching force is able; the studies Of
fered are numerous, diverse and well
adapted to the needs of the communi-
ty; the choice of subjects is liberal.
| 1t is assured that the school will
maintain it's high standard of eff
cheney.
You will find enclosed an outline of
the courses of study. a program of
recitations aud circular of informa-
tion concerning the plan of renting
text books authorized by the board of
education. Examine the program and
note any conflicts of recitations that
you may report them next Monday.
Bring this program of recitations to
school with you. First year pupils
will find no conflicts of recitations.
Beginning next Friday text books
may be rented according to the con-
ditions on the enclosed circular. Call
at the Lincoln building.
Assemble Monday morning at 8
O'Clock in the Broadway Presbyterian
church.
Examinations on work made up
during the vacation will be held Sat-
urday. Sept. Z, forenoon and af err
noon.
The office of the principal in the
Lincoln school is open between the
hours of and II q. m. and l and 5
p m.
1t IS hoped that you Will avail your
self of the advantages the high school
has to offer.
j. F. DARBY, Principal.
The New Library.
The new high school library is
growing rapidly. The books have all
been properly marked and indexed
and placed upon the shelves in the
library room in the Lincoln building.
1t is estimated that the value of the
books has now reached $1,000 and
last evening the board directed that
insurance to tLat amount be placed
upon them. The receipts to the
library fund are $965.73, donated as
follows:
AtuiOu Cluu e-OO VI
high Scnool Library association. ........ 4s7 -
Alumni association 2tl %
German Ladies' Sewing society $500. % 90
Bessie Hartz-.. .......-..-..-.- u A
ro.., so.o -
Total. .....'.''.' ...''''''' '.'...'. Ss6S'3
The expenditures have been as fol-
lows: