Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-14
Reports of Attendance Show In
creases Over Last Year
in West End.
NEED OF NEW BUILDING
Board May Consider increase in Grant
District-Book Rentals Total
$441.79, and Tuition $446.5O.

| dltlOnal accommodations are necessary
Supt. Fl. B. Hayden reported that, on
| account of the increased attendance, it
| had been found necessary to open an
| additional room at the Irving school,
nine rooms new being maintained
| there. The new class is in charge of
| a substitute teacher The four schools
| in the western part, the Haw thorne
Grant, Washington, and Irving, are all
crowded by the increased attendance
AT the Hawthorne school, where Is
rooms are maintained. the attendance
| is G17, compared with $50 pupils and
Ia rooms last year. At the Washington
building the attendance of 152 practi-
cally reaches the capacity of the four
rooms. The attendance last year was
Isl. At the Irving school, where an
additional room has just been opened
the attendance is $50, compared with
| SCI lase year. At the Grant school the
attendance has increased from AS last
year to 152 now reported.
Need of New buildings.
The conditions are such that in the
near future it will be necessary for
the board of education to consider the
al
the Grant school district The fouI
| room frame structure which at present
accommodates this district is rapidly
becoming inadequate to meet the re-
Tuirements The district is being built
up rapidly, with resulting Increase in
| he attendance at the Grant school.
This is the only frame public school
building in the city.
The committee on teachers last
evening reported that the increase in
| the attendance at the high school
where the enrolment is $50. had made
it necessary to secure an additional
teacher. and that Miss Ada NJ. Hoebeke
had been placed in charge of the elias
5es in history and English. The board
! ratified the appointment of Miss Hoe
beke, fixing her salary at 500 month
| To provide for the additional classes,
| the northwest basement room, which
heretofore has been occupied by the
Mansill collection, has been equipped
| as Il class room. The resignation of
| Noah Knapp, who has taken position
at the township high school at Oak
| Park, was accepted. and Victor c. Hall
elected to succeed him as instructor
Of physics and mathe mates at a salary
of $50 a month.
The Mansill collection at the high
school has been removed. and now
occupies a large class room on the
| first floor, opposite the Office and board
of education room. 1t is to be installed
| there permanently, as the school mu-
scum.
Receipts From Rentals.
The semi-annual report of Principal
| II. e. Brown. of the high school. on
the rental and sale of books, showed
an income of $441.79, and the sale of
| lumber to students in the manual train
ng department to amount to $51.GS.
| Checks for these amounts were turned
over to the board. The report of tut
ton of nonresident pupils attending
| the high school showed a total of
| S446.50, collected during the first sem
| ester. and this amount was turned over
| to the board. An allowance of $42 was
made to purchase additional apparatus
for the physical laboratory of the high
school,
Grants Leave of Absence.
The board granted. c. w ellison, di-
| rector of manual training, a leave of
absence of 2 days, to visit the Bradley
Polytechnic institute at Peoria Thurs
| day, and to attend convention of
| manual training teachers at the Illinois
university Friday. Miss Dean. in
charge of the industrial work and sew
ing classes, was allowed a similar
leave, to visit the ST Louis schools
Thursday and Friday and inspect the
work in these lines and in drawing.
The committee on janitors reported
The resignation of ID. w. Stephenson at
the Irving school, and the appointment
IF e. C. Richards to fill the vacancy.
Tno board ratified the appointment, at
the regular salary of s4S a month
supcrintendent's Report
The following report was made by
Supt. H. B. Hayden:
Enrolled for the year 1854
An increase of 1873 new pu-
pills during the month.
An increase of PAS over
same month last year.
Enrolled for the month 3,GG9
An increase of 80 from last
month
An increase of 13S from last
GEAR.
No. belonging at close of
month .o,4o3
An increase of As from last
month.
An increase of 154 from last
year.
Average number belonging ,4io
An increase of Z from las
month.
An increase of 131 from last
year.
Average daily attendance. $3.50
Same as last month
An increase of 1872 from last