Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-15

Board of Education Votes to Sign
Petition for Asphalt
improvement.
ADDITIONS TO COLLECTION
Hon. William Jackson Presents Marine
Aisae-Take No Action on Pc
ttion CT Parents.

At the board of education meeting.
MIR Reed OF the Thomas J. Peter AS
phalt company was present. and re
quested the board TO sign the petition
Tor the pavement of SIKH avenue from
Twentieth street east several blocks.
This improvements which is much
needed. is contemplated for next
spring. The board authorized the
president and secretary 10 sign the
petition for the boards frontage of one
block. ON the south side OF the avenue.
between Twenty-first and Twenty-sec-
ond streets.
Adds Ia collection.
valuable addition has been made
10 the Mansill collection of minerals
and shells by Hon. William Jackson.
Who. in communication TO the board
last evening presented the schools of
the city with a valuable and complete
collection of marine algae. The collec-
tion includes a great many specimens
If sea life. each specimen mounted
separately ON heavy drawing paper
Mr.. Jackson's gift To- the school collec-
lion was accepted by the board, and an
expression of thanks and appreciation
of his interest in the schools sent to
Linn The algae collection is the first
addition to the natural history collec-
tion lief, the school by the late Richard
Mansil.
The finance committee of the board
made a report of the payment of $15,-
600 on the bonded Indebtedness of the
schools. on the bonds issued in 1898.
The bonds were refunded once after
their issuance. and of the $40 800 bonds
then issued there remains now but SIS,
500 to be paid next year. $4,000 of the
issue having been retired last year.
Clerk Resigns.
The superintendent reported the re
signation of Miss Carrie E. Clement,
who has been office clerk in the super
intendents office for five years. Miss
Clement resigns to accept position
in the office of Deere & Co. Moline.
The board accepted the resignation.
and appointed Miss Mabel Smutz as
Office clerk ON the recommendation
of the teachers committee Miss AIDA
T.. Muse. teacher in the first grade of
the Kemble school. was appointed act
ing principal of the school during three
months leave of absence of Mrs. l.. NJ.
Copp, the principal.
Petition Not Considered.
The petition of over $50 citizens re
fcrring TO the recess arrangement AZ
the Lincoln school was presented TO
the board. and was taken under advise
ment The petition was not formally
considered. but in an informal discus
sion the members took the position
that the present arrangement of the re-
cess is the best and most practicable.
The matter may be taken up again and
formally disposed of by the board.
The board granted the usual Thanks
giving recess of Thanksgiving day and
the Friday following. and instructed
the secretary 10 prepare the payroll
for Nov. % that being the close of the
school month.
Principal H. r. Brown Of the high
school, was authorized to purchase the
necessary supplies and apparatus for
the physical laboratory and the high
school library.
>uperintendePt's Report.
The following report of the month
was made by Supt. II. b. Hayden:
Enrolled for the year. 3,C43; an in
crease of 60 new pupils during the
month and an increase of 1870 over
same month last year.
Enrolled for the month. 1888: an
increase of 16 from last month. and
an increase of l22 from last year.
Number belonging AT close of the
month. $40: a decrease OF IS from
last month, bu, an increase of 122
from last year
Average number belonging, 34G9; an
increase of 10 from last month. and
an increase of 80 from last year
Average daily attendance. 1881; a
decrease of A from last month. but
an increase of IS from las; year.
Percentage of attendance. 96.O44;
decrease of 1903 per cent from last
month. and a slight decrease from last
year.
Percentage of punctuality. 99SS7,
the same as last month, and slight
increase from last year.
Number of cases of hardness. So;
one less than last month, and de
crease of eight from last year.
Number of cases of truancy. rs
decrease of ~ from last month. but
an increase of six from las year.
Monthly BILLS Allowed.
The following bills for the month
were allowed and ordered paid:
Peoples Power Co. ...........S 1885
Rock Island Fuel Co. .... 3.T5
r. l. Lumber a Mfg. Co. 800. 1893
RI Hardware Co ...... 965
Ward & Mcmahon .......... $40
Kramer & Co. ............... ais.
Penn OIL & Supply Co. ..... ASS
Hartz a Bahnsen Co. .... 25.i4
Standard Oh Co. ,...... ll.6l
J.. : McCabe & Co. . 44S
Empire Coal 4 Coke Co. ..... 297 80
Rausch & Lamb Optical Co. =. 1920
NJ. He. Beckley ............. 1000
Hayes & Cleveland ... $3.50
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