Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-26
inspection is Made by Depart.
ment Head, and Records of
Schools Taken.
EXITS ARE PROMPTLY MADE
From 35 Second to Minute and Half
All That Is Required to Dismiss
All the Pupils.

eral school buildings this morning.
Yesterday afternoon they visited the
schools in the east end of the city and
this morning in the western portion
of the city. In all the buildings they
found the principals and teachers en-
thusiastic in their efforts to have the
children well organized for any emer-
gency and the children seemed to
find great enjoyment i'll the fire drill
as a temporary release from their
studies. At all the buildings the chill
dren seemed to be already well train
ed for any emergency that may occur,
and the drills were accomplished in
manner creditable to teachers and pu-
pills.
Records of Exits.
The time required for all of the pu-
pills to leave the building varied in
the different schools, only 35 seconds
being required in the smaller struc-
lures where there are fewer pupils,
while in the larger buildings a minute
and half was required.
Below are given the facts relative
to the size of the buildings, the enroll
ment, and the record of the fire drill
as noted by the fire department chief
and the superintendent:
The Eugene Field school is two
story building with eight rooms, hav-
ing about 274 children in attendance.
At this building the three lower rooms
were dismissed through the rear doors
to the play ground, while the upper
grades passed out of the front door.
This building was cleared in one min
ute and 10 seconds.
The Horace Mann school contains
nine rooms, four on the first floor and
five on the second. There were 300
children in attendance. The building
was cleared in l minute and seconds,
it being noticeable that even with this
quick dismission there was no running
on the part of the children, just rap
id walk. The first four rooms passed
through the front door, the upper five
rooms at the rear.
AT the Longfellow school there are
nine rooms, four below and five above.
There are about $50 pupils in attend
anee, and the building was cleared in
l minute and Is seconds, all pupils 60
ing out of the rear doors.
At the Lincoln school there are Is
rooms and about 545 pupils. Six rooms
were dismissed through the Twenty.
second street entrance and seven
rooms to Seventh avenue This build
I ing was cleared in 1 minute and 10
seconds
At the Kemble school there are 245
pupils attending, in six rooms. This
building was cleared in 55 seconds.
The Irving school has nine rooms
four below and five above. There are
$50 children in attendance. All were
! dismissed through the front door
passing out without running, and
clearing the building in 1 minute and
| 10 seconds.
| At the Washington school there are
F, four rooms, two below and two above
with about $50 children, all below the
| fifth grade, in attendance. This build
| ing was cleared in 1 minute and &c
seconds, all pupils passing out of the
| front door.
The Hawthorne school has IA rooms
six on each of the two main floors and
two basement rooms near the front
entrance. There are about $50 chill
dren in attendance at this school, The
building was cleared in 1 minute and
10 seconds, all the lower floor pupils
passing out at the front and all the
upper floor pupils passing out at the
rear doors.
! The Grant school has about $50 pu
pills in attendance. 1t is a two-story
building, with two rooms below and
two above. There is only one entrance
to the building and all the rooms arc
necessarily of easy access. This build
/ ing was cleared in 35 seconds.
/ Good Order Kept.
i At all the buildings it was notice
able that the pupils were kept well in
hand by the teachers. In some o.
them when the gong sounds the fire
alarm, the teachers say "one," two
three" At the word "one," the pu
4 pllS stand; ar Two, they line up fac
ing the doors; at three" they march
At all the buildings the teachers SCI
that the last pupil is our of the room
before leaving themselves. The boy:
assigned to do monitor duty, opening
the doors and securing them in place
and so on, show remarkable prof
cheney.
i The children are being trained tt
pass as directed out of the front o.
rear doors of the building, as may b,
indicated by the person who rings tn,
alarm. and to keep themselves con
stantly under self-control. Taken al
together, the results of the inspection
seemed very satisfactory. but at sey
eral of the buildings the principals an,