Rock Island Argus., 1903-01-14
BOARD APPROVES
Night School Receives Substan
tial encouragement From
Official Sources.
LIGHT AND HEAT TO BE PROVIDED
Supt. Hayden Reports List of Candi-
dates for Promotion to
High School.

ing last evening awarded Il contract
to Allen, Myers d. Co. for the INSTALL
ing of additional radiators in the cor
ridors of the high school, 1t was
deemed advisable to provide the addi-
tional heating facilities in order to
admit of heating the building even
ings with the greatest economy.
With the new radiators installed it
will not be necessary to keep the fans
going for the ventilating system.
This will cheaper the cost of main
tanning the night school.
Principal j. F. Darby reported on
the opening of the night school with
the enrolment, lines of work taken
mp and the general interest manifest
ed. Besides expressing approval of
the school the board authorized the
| proper committee to make such ar
rangements with the ianitor as Will
insure the proper care for the rooms
used during the term of the night
school.
Candidates for Promotion
SUpt. III. Il. Hayden submitted a re-
port in addition to his monthly re-
view of school statistics, relating to
the new class Of eighth grade gradu-
ates that will complete the grammar
school work and enter the high school
Jan. 26. There are 4S candidates for
promotion, ~ being girls and 21 boys.
This being the first class TO be ad-
vanced under the semi-annual promo
tion plan, there will be no special eX-
ercises in connection. Supt. Hayden's
list of candidates for promotion fol-
lows:
From the Hawthorne school-Katie
NJ. Banscher. Charles ~ Burris. Albert
Oliver Gutzwiller, Theodore Mathew
Harder, John w. heidemann. Walter
+. Oberg, John Il. Paulsen.
From the Lincoln school-Theo
Charles Free. Jr., Mearle Dodson.
John Walter Gutenberg. Una Albina
HodgdCn. Minnie Fitzsimmons. Lille
Elizabeth Mertz. Bessie Anna BladeI.
Benjamin David Farrar, Bessie Pearl
Hathaway, Ida May Maucller, James
Edmiston Stewart, Bessie Wasson.
Walter Henry Wise. Frieda Traca
Kramer. John Stewart Hoffman. Bes-
sic Ada Hitler. Orpha ID. Tremann.
Minnie Bertha Patting, Bertha Grace
Wood Ida Elizabeth Stanley. Flor
ence Schneider. Adah Atkinson
From the Longfellow school-Ber-
tha +. Bulger, Katherine f. Bein,
Flora w. Berg, Minnie \. f. BartheI.
Mary +. Becllwith. Iduna NJ. Cowden.
Howard j. Graham, Carl Spencer Hen
ming. Lazy Robert Henning. Elmer
Frederic Holgrain, Ralph McManus.
Tillie b. Nyquist. Carrie \. Norman.
Bertram y. Rains, Lizzie ID. Russell,
George r. Robertson. Leroy w.
Smith, Roy f. Wendt. Jessie NJ.
Whiteside.
School Statistics.
In his monthly statistical report
Supt. Hayden showed the total enroll
ment for the year to be $50, an in
crease for the month of 81 pupils. or
26 more than the increase for the
same month of last year; enrolment
for the month, 3,32S, an increase over
last year Of 27; belonging at the end
of the month, 3, ,166, an increase of 33
over last year; average daily attend
ance, BOSS, an increase of 81 over
last year; percentage of attendance,
95.Ss; percentage of punctuality, 90 .94.
There were rs cases of tardiness and
five cases of truancy.
Bills for the Month.
Following are the bills allowed by
the board for the month:
Reidy Bros. ...............$ 5000
[. r. Taylor .......... $500
X. Bennett, Jr. ....... 36O0