Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-10
WILL BUILD WALL
3oard of Education Plans I'm
provement Of irving School
Grounds.
QUE TO SIDEWALK CHANGE
Routine Matters Occupy Attention of
Members - Superintendent Re-
port Shows 1893 Enrolled.

Routine business took up n greater
part of the meeting of the board of edu-
cation last evening Owing to the fact
that the president was out of the city,
it was necessary to appoint temper
airy chairman. Mr.. Seidel reported that
it would be necessary to cut back the
terrace in front of the Irving school
building or put in q retaining wall,
owing to the construction of the cement
sidewalk along the Hc-t,o side of the
school grounds which from necessity
had been laid lower than the Old one,
Ninth avenue having been brought 70
grade. After the consideration of var
ious plans, ii was decided TO put in a
concrete retaining wall which, together
with the new cement sidewalk, will
place these grounds in the best condi-
ton they have ever been.
Principal II. +. Brown was authoriZ-
ed TO procure copies of Milliken &
Gales First Book in Physics to take
the place of the text book in this sub
ject that has been in use in the high
school for quite period of years. The
board made its usual annual appropri-
alton of SIS for new books for the high
school library.
Report of Superintendent.
Superintendent Hayden reported the
facts of enrolment and attendance for
the first month of school, as follows:
Total number enrolled, 1898; number
belonging at close of the month. 1886;
average number belonging, 1897; aver
age daily attendance, 1853; percentage
of attendance, $50; percentage of pune
uality, 99.9; number of cases of tardi-
ness, 100; number of cases of truancy
reported. 13.
The enrolment by buildings is as fol-
lows: High school. AIS; Hawthorne,
5S4; Washington, 149; Kemble. 1924:
Lincoln. $50; Eugene Field, 1922; Irv-
ing, 37S; Longfellow, $40; Horace
Mann, 317; Grant, 139.
Bills Are Allowed.
The bills for the month were allowed
as follows:
Hartz & Bahnsen company $153.96
l.. S. McCabe & Co. .. 1880
Rock Island Hardware company. 500
Union Printing company ....... 27.50
Rock Island Argus ............ 1900
Robb'S Express company . $50
Mueller Lumber company ...'... 1892
Rock Island Lumber & Manufac-
turing company ...... IA
Adams Wall Paper company. 1901
ward d McMahon .-....- l.55
Moline TOOL company ..-...... 2-31
Nj. Schillinger ............ $50
Electric Construction & Machin-
cry company ............... 400
<A'hlhSoh' 0hehIHeI q HroFer..'' 1880
John Nolk Co. .............. 1852
ii. b. Hayden ................. 1850
II. f. Brown ................ $50
Joseph Dixon Crucible company. 600
+. r.. Lamp GO
+. A. Eklund ............... 800 |
W. H. Bleuer ,........ 80
Little, Brown d Co. .......... 2.1O
CHM d co. 1916
Atlas School Supply company. 5000 |
G. w. Gibson .............. 4.50 |
Channon & Dufva .. 245O
:, H: shinn & & co, ,.,.,...,.. 1.s5
Houghton. Miffiin & Co. ...... 400
Henry Holt 4 Co. ..........-.. 1896
Allyn d Bacon ...'............ lO.4O
u. e. Heath q co. .....-...... 1896
bennington Typewriter company 800
Union Electric Telephone Tel
esraph company ...-......-. 300
!. Ara,ner d 90. .-~..'..'.-'''..- $50
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