Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-05
BUILDERS THROUGH
The New High School is Now
Receiving Finishing Touches
by Painters.
MEFIXTUREs NOT YET INSTALLED
Prospects Are That Enrolment Dur
ing Year Will be
over $50.

work in the new high school yester-
day and the painters Will now be en-
abled to finish in Il very short time.
The only portions of the building re-
manning incomplete next Monday
when school begins will be in parts
of the basement, which for the time
being can he dispensed with. There
will be also a number of the fixtures
that must be built in the rooms that
will not be in place. Among these
are the cabinets in the commercial
room and the fixtures in the library
and the science department.
From every Indication the enroll
nent will be the largest in the history
of the school, the number. both from
the city and from out of town being
unusually large. 1t is believed that
the number of pupils Will reach $50.
One thing that attracts many pupils
who otherwise would be unable to at
tend is the system of renting books.
! This reduces the cost OF entering
school from So, the figure in most in
stitutions. TO from so cents to $l-2o
1t is estimated that this saves Sl,5Oo
wear to the high school pupils, while
it loses nothing so far as the public
| school FUND Is concerned.
The Commercial Department..
The room that viii be occupied by
the commercial department in the
new high school is one of the best
equipped in the building, being large,
well lighted, and equipped with all
the modern appliances for the teach
ing of the regular branches in bus
mess course. The room is located on
the first floor i'm the northeast corner
of the building under the north end
of the big assembly room The equip
ment includes desks made from n
special design prepared ny the in
strIctor H. +. Brown, and with four
drawers. each provided with Yale
lock so that the books and apparatus
of each pupil can be kept separate.
There are ~ of these desks. The
tNpewriting room is west of the main
room and adjoins the rooms that Will
be used in teaching stenography.
There will be about 100 new pupils
i'm this department this year. and the
enrolment in the different branches
ltaughr will be over two-thirds of that
of the entire number OF pupils !"
school. The demand for this line Of
work is much greater Ihan most peo-
pie suppose. The course includes
bookkeeping, stenography, tyPewrit-
ING, rapid calculation, penmanship.
correspondence and tho forms of
commercial papers. The regular
work requires 10 hours of the pupil :
time each week Mr.. Brown mas dem
onstrated his ability in his special de-
partment under the unfavorable cir
cumstances of the past two years and
there is no doubt that now he will
make the course much more popular
than ever.
Physical Culture Class.
/ 4 class in physical culture IS beng
discussed. although no attempte will
be made to organize one, at least till
the building is entirely completed
and fully equipped, and the regular
work is gotten under way.
Manager Tom Clark is already clos
ing dates for the fall football season
and Spying out the available materi-
al for a team. 1t has always been
Rock Islands misfortune to have n
Tighter team than the average high
school and victories have generally
been won against odds. Manager
CLARK thinks the team this year will
be considerably heavier than last
year. and the members will be men
who have more or less experience at
the game. As school begins the work
of getting into form will begin and
the team will be given n training
/ that will go far toward overcoming
any deficiency in weight.