Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-06
NEW ROCK ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL.

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stereopticon. and can be easily dark
ened.
On the west side. north of the phys
ical laboratory. are the three offices, the
south one for the city superintendent,
the next one for the board of educa-
ton and the north one for the prin-
cipal Of the high school. Each has
closet and laboratory attached. In the
northwest corner is the room for the
drawing classes. 1t has "A tables of
special design for use in the work,
and there are a number of large wall
cabinets for the storage of materials.
East of this the recitation room that
has beer set aside for modern lam
guages, and east of this is another
recitation room that has not been
assigned.
In the east end is the commercial
room, or the one that will be devoted
to the instruction in the commercial
branches. 1t is 80 by 30 feet in
size, and when completed Will con-
tain cabinets for typewriting and
stenography, series of three offices
for use of the pupils, and desks of 4
special design with four drawers in
each, to which the pupils will have
keys.
Going back to the south end of the
building and the second floor there Is
first the language department for
which the rooms in the southwest
and southeast corners have been dedi-
Gated. Along the east side north of
the language rooms is the library, q
spacious room so by 20 feet in floor
area. Here are shelves along the west
side for the heavier reference works,
with cabinets along the north side
for the rented books. There are also
six large tables to work upon.
Along the west side north of the Ian
guage department are series of
three recitation rooms that will be
set apart for mathematics, especially.
Across the hail at the north end of
these is a room/intended for the use
of the classes in English, and another
that has not been assigned.
Then we come to the assembly
room at the east end. This is
grand room 60 by 100 feet in size. The
ceilings are arched. They are high
and finished in white hard mortar.
The windows are high and at the north
side of the room gallery may be
placed when more room is needed
East and west through the center Is
n passage way as wide as the door at
the entrance. The seats at the south
of this are all on one level, but north
of it are a series of seven rises. The
seats at the south are ordinary school
desks and are all in place. Those
placed on the rises will be opera
chairs. They will not be put in place
except as needed.
At the south end is the rostrum, a
very commOdious affair, with dress
ing rooms at either end. On each
side also is n heavy carved oaken
pillar surmounted by a heavy pilas-
ter. Near the bases of each is n
niche for statuary. In this room are
to be seated all the pupils in the
school. The idea followed out is that
where the pupils are all brought to-
gether they can be watched by one
teacher and disorder prevented that
would necessarily ensue if the differ
ent classes were separated in differ
ent rooms, unless a very large corps
of teachers were kept. Economy in
this respect is also obtained in the
arrangement of the corridors and the
lack of cloak rooms. Each corridor
is in the shape of an L so that one
teacher can stand at the corner and
keep an eye on all the pupils passing
through the full length of the build
ing. There being no cloak rooms it
will be much more difficult for the
pupils to hide and dodge classes and
play various pranks that the arrange
ment of the old building favored.
In all the rooms and corridors ex-
cept in portions of the basement, pic
ture holdings are run along the walls.