Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-09
HIGHER PAY GIVEN
Beard of Education Increases
Salaries of Grade
Teachers.
FIVE PER MONTH WAS ADDED
appointments OF Instructors 70.
Year Made-OLher
Matters.

/
Matters.
Salaries of teachers in the first six
grades in the Rock Island public
schools We're increased So per month
each by the board of education at its
monthly meeting held last evening.
For the current year it means an
| addition to the school expenditures of
approximately $1,7OO. but the board
feels the money will be well spent.
the action heing taken only after il
was shown by investigation that 9TH
er cities of corresponding size were
paying better salaries than was Rock
Island. For city boasting of one of
| the best school systems in the west,
| the board decided that the teachers
of Rock Island should have pay in
keeping with the services they are
| rendering toward the education of
the youth Of the community The re-
port of the teachers committee on
appointments for the year was adop-
ted by the board. 1t is as follows.
the first three named being paid by
the year and the remainder by the
month:
Supervision-H. b. Hayden. super
intendcnt. $1,000; f. L. Philbrook SUI
pervisor of music. $500; Abigail Dean.
supervisor Of drawing. $3.50; Carrie +.
Clement, office clerk. $50; ii. g. Keys,
truant officer, $40.
High School-H. T.. Brown, princi-
pal, civics, S166.66; Mrs. Cora l.. East
man, assistant principal. Latin. 500:
Augusta HcIlpensteIl. French and
German, 500; Alice Rush, biology. 500;
Rose NJ. Clark. literature. 500; Charles
w. Kent. manual training. S133.33;
Bertha Hanna. English and algebra.
$75; Anna II. Marshall. Latin and al
zebra, SO; ID. Il. Thomas, commercial.
$l11.11; y. ID. Hamilton, mathematics
Ss5; Samuel +. Dove. history. $50;
Jacob {. Miller, assistant manual
training, $50; Mae Lidders. librarian.
So.
In Grade Schools.
Hawthorne School-Eighth, l.. c.
Daugherty. principal, 1922. -; eighth
Mary f. Entrikin, assistant principal.
$50; seventh, Harriet f. Henderson.
500; seventh. Margaret J. Wilson, 500;
sixth, Julia NJ. Anderson. $50: sixth
Sarah Il. Hitler, $50; fifth, Lou NJ.
Harris, SO; fourth, Mary Lannen. $50;
third, Maude Robertson, $50; third,
Emma Battles, $50; second. Elsie
Johnston, $50; second. Mary \. Brcn-
nan. $50; first, Marion J. Banding
$50: first, Margaret Repine, 500
Washington School-First, Emily
Freeman, principal, sos: fourth, Mary
Mills, $50; third. Bella F. Cooke, $50;
second. Dora Hartz, $50.
Kcmble SchoOl-Fourth, Mrs. /. NJ
Copp. principal, so; sixth. \. Lillian
Fitzpatric, $50; fifth, Louella Stod-
card. $35; third, Blanche f. Barnhart.
SO; second. Nellie +. Kellerstrass.
$50; first. AIDA Ellen Muse, 500.
Lincoln School-Eighth. Mary Platt,
principal, SILL; eighth, Lou j. Philip
assistant principal $75; eighth, Idessa
Wakefield, 500; seventh. Emma Rod
crick. $50; seventh, Jessie Ii. Frick
500; sixth. Ellen S. Freed, $50: fifth
Julia II. Channon, $50; fourth, Isa-
belle McConochie. $50; third. Perpetua
\. Major, $40; third, Miriam Haver-
stick, 500; second, Martha NJ. Huesing
500; first. Bertha f. Bowman 500;
first, Bride NJ. Egan, $50.
Eugent Field .Sehool-Seventh, Sar-
ah Johnston, principal. $50; sixth
Lucy \. Taylor. $j5; fifth. Frances Os-
wald. $50; fifth, Mrs. Eta Wakefield,
$50; fourth. Mabel Levey, $50; third
Josephine Whistler, $35; second. Min
ME Martin, 500; first, Emelie II. De
Santo. $50.
Irving School-Seventh, Annie Kirk
patrick. principal, $50; sixth, Leonora
Witherspoon. SIS: sixth katherine
Brennan. 500; fifth. Grace Noftsker,
$40: fourth, Elizabeth Stelck, $55;
third. Jennie johnson. $45; second,
Luella Huthmaker, $50; first, Char
lotta Kenworthy, $50; deaf class.
Meta C. Wittig, sos.
| Longfellow School-Eighth. Ida W.
Lundy, principal, $50; seventh. Anna
y. Johnson, assistant principal, SO;
sixth, Mrs. Mary S. Dewey, $55; fifth,
Lila NJ. Fulsinger, $50: fourth, Minaie
j. Frederick, $50; third Agatha G.
Nevin, $45; third, Clara Redecker. $35;
second, Susie c. Lee, $55; first, Jane
l.. Wilcox, 500.
Horace Mann School-Eighth. Mary
L. Carter, principal, $50; seventh, Ma
tale Mirfield. 500; sixth, Elizabeth
Kennedy. S55; fifth, Minnie Quhyle,
$35; fourth. Clara & Freeman, $45;
third, Anna L. Grotjan, $40; second,
Clara p Harrington, $45; first, Maude
Luckey, $55.
| Grant School = Fourth. Dora L.
Newton, principal. 500; third, Anna 10
Bromley, $50; second. Clara NJ. Gran
din, $45; first, Helen Pryce, $50.
Other Matters Before Board.
| The committee on teachers report
ed also on having placed Miss Elsie
Johnston on the substitute list, en-
gagged Samuel E. Dove as teacher of
history at the high school and Miss
Mae ladders as high school librarian.
The contract for furnishing station
cry and supplies to the schools for
the year was awarded to the Hartz d.
Bahnsen company, they having the