Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-10
HEIR To SPANISH THRONE
ARRIVES; PROVES A SON

lHS Sldte OF the HndnceS OF the QlStrlcL
was such that the increase could be
granted without raising the tax levy,
it was decided 10 advance the salaries.
Under New Regulation.
The maximum salary in the grades
is raised So a month thus advancing
the salary of first grade teachers on
full pay from $50 to S65 a month;
teachers in the second, third, fourth
fifth and sixth grades from S55 to 500,
in the seventh grade from $50 to $65,
and in the eighth grade from $50 TO
$50. 1t has been the custom to en-
plOy teachers at $35 month the first
year, and then increase their pay So
month each succeeding year until the
maximum pay is reached. Those who
have not reached the maximum pay
will be advanced only the customary
S., so that every teacher who con-
tinues in the employ of the district
will be advanced 50 next year. The
salary schedule in the high school was
readjusted also. and the maximum sal
AIRY paid in the regular department. work
was increased So a month, the adjust
ment of the salaries of teachers ap-
proching the maximum being made on
the same basis as in former years
No Grade Distinction.
The board also inaugurated plan 10
equalize the salaries for the different
grades, the salary of teachers in the
second to sixth grades. inclusive. being
gradually increased until the maximum
Is the same as in the first and seventh
grades. The plan does not contem-
plate equalizing the lower grade sal
aries with that paid for teachers in the
eighth grade.
The Teaching Force.
The board reelected the supervisors
of different branches, and all teachers,
as follows:
superintendent of city schools-II.
b. Hayden.
Principal of high school-H. L.
Brown.
Supervisor of music-E. L. Phil
brook
Supervisor of drawing-Miss Abigail
Dean
; Director of manual training-C. w
Gibson.
| Teachers i'm High school.
Mrs. Cora l.. Eastman. assistant pril.
cipal, Latin; Miss Augusta Hellpe1
= stell, German and French; Miss Alice
Rush, biology; Miss Anna H. Marshall
English; Miss Emelie Mertz. Germal
; and English; Don NJ. Norris. CONNER
cial branches: Miss Clara Z. Barclay
algebra; Victor c. Hall. mathematics
and physics; Miss Ada NJ Hoebeck .
Latin; Miss Litta ID. Jackson, English
Thomas NJ. Coen. physiography and al
zebra: Marvin V. Wallace history;
Miss Mary v Rice, history and Eng
u lish; Claude c. Gruber, manual train
ing; Miss Charlotte r. Chamberlin. J;
: brarian.
Principals of Graded schools.
Hawthorne, L. c. Daugherty: Wash
ington, Miss Emily Freeman; Kembla
Miss AIDA Ellen Muse; Lincoln, Mis-
> Mary Platt; Eugene Field. Miss Saral
= Johnston; Irving, Miss Leonora With
erspOon; Longfellow, Mrs. Ida W
: Lundy; Horace Mann. Miss Mary L
" Carter; Grant, Miss Dora f. Newton.
Teachers in Graded schools.
Mary E. Entrikin. Lou NJ Harri;
Margaret J. Wilson. Sara B. Hflie
= Mary Lannen, Maude Robertson
4 Emma Battles, Augusta S. Dart, Els,
B. Johnston, Winifred Huntoon, Ma
A. Brennan. Marion ]. Banding. Ma
garet Repine Dora Hartz. Bella I
" Cooke, Ethel Young, Nellie X. Kelle
straSs. LOuella V. Stoddard. Jenn:
Murphy, Mrs. Louise Koch Blanche
Barnhart. Lou J. Philip. Idessa Wax
field, Jessie b. Frick. Julia NJ. Ande
son, Frances Oswald. Ellen S. Free,
NJ Julia H. Channon, Lucia II. Robin
Elsa I. Koehler, Josephine Whsle
Miriam Haverstick, Martha NJ Hue
er ing, Birdie NJ Egan, Meta c. Witt
Lucy A. Taylor, Eta Wakefield. Lii
NJ. Long. Mabel Friestat, Natalie
Thompson, Minnie Martin, Emelie |
DeSantO. Katherine Brennan, Graz
~ Noftsker, Bertha Jonassen. Bess
an Montgomery. Elizabeth Stelck. Lii
-, NJ. Roth, Luella Huthmaker. Chariot
= Kenworthy, Anna n. Johnson. Mary
!, Dewey. Lila NJ. Fulsinger, Minnie
al Frederick. Agatha Nevin, Clara Re
- ecker, Sue c. Lee. Jane l.. Wilcox. y
ha talie Mirtield, Mary Quayle, Claris:
~. Freeman, Nettie Dodge, Anna l.. Gre
y. jan, Sara S. Montgomery, Mabel
=, Levey. Esther E. Olson, Anna T. Bro
-, ley, Clara NJ. Grandin, Helen Pryce al
Bessie Beeler.
:" Truant officer. II. B. Keys.
"e Office Clerk, Miss E. Mabel Smutz.
Bills Are Allowed.
. Bills were allowed as follows:
Robb's Express company ......S 3
Charles Scribner's Sons ..... Al
Atkinson. Mentzer & Grover :. 40
A. Flanagan company ... Z
d. c.. Heath & Co. ...... 4
llTucker. the Printer " ;