Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-09
MORE CHILDREN
IN CITY THAN
TWO YEARS AGO
Fie ures of School Census Show
an Increase of 1877 in Num-
Der Under Age of q.
EJACULATION IS COMPLETED
Records of Annexed Territory Are Keep.
Separate, and Show a Population
of 27o There.


school census, which had just been
made by superintendent II. B. Hayden
OF the city schools, the population of
| Rock Island is 22,f4O, and there are
in the city S.046 boys and girls under
ale age of 81. OF this latter number
2,164 are under the age OF 6. and s.
$50 are between 6 aud q years old
/ There are but II unable to read or
write, and there are 27S attending
private schools.
| The census enumeration was made
By Mrs. Lous Koch, E. L. Philbrook
Miss Lou NJ. Harris and Miss Maude
Robertson. The canvassers were pro-
yided with special blanks for the rec
ords. calling for a statement of the
total residents in each household,
male and female; the total number
under y years old, male and female;
and the number of children attending
other than the public schools; the
number of children between II and 81
unable to read or write. and the cause
for failure to educate A separate
report sheet was used for each house
mold. and these are to be bound and
kept in the superintendent Office for
q record for the superintendent and
the board of education.
/ Districts Kept Separate.
The enumeration of the school dis
trIct as it was before the recent an
Ias been kept separate from the
enumeration in the annexed territory.
The summary of the enumeration
Shows the following totals:
Total enumeration-Male. 1850; fe.
male, 11,063; total 21,S70
Under 21-Male, 1910; female, A.
I02S; total, 1888.
Under G-Male, 1868; female, l.,
075; total, 2,13S.
Between and 21-Male. 2,S47; fe
male, 1858; total, $500.
Attending private schools-Male
1876; female, 142; total, 27S.
Unable to read or write-Male, s;
female. 8: total, II.
These figures are for the city dis
trict as it was before the annexation
of the South Heights addition. The
| SluIiI6IdllOu III tlS SouIll IltiSbtS Gu
dition is as follows:
: Total enumeration-Male, 143; fe
: male. 127; total. 270.
Under 21-Male, CT; female, Al;
total, 10S.
Under 6-Male, IL; female, 10;
| ,otal, 26.
, Between and 21.-Male, so; fe
male. 80. total. 80.
| Including these figures with tn
enumeration for the old district thC
totals for the entire district are:
Total enumera.ion-Male, 1880; fe
, male, 11,19O; total, 22,140.
Under 21-Male, 3,971; female, 4
, O75; total, S.O46.
Under 6-Male, 1914; female,
; O90; total. 2.164
Between and 21-Male, 1897; fe
male, 1855; total, 5,SS2.
Attending private schools-Male
1856; female, 142; total 27S.
Unable to read or write-Male, s
female, 3; total, IL
Shows an Increase.
The school census taken in 100
be: Male, 1858; female, 3,95S; tota
d 1911; and the. census just take
: shows on this item a total of 1888,
u gain of 1877 The 1906 census shove
l. as the total between ) and q $500
l. a total of 6 more than the numbe
l. enumerated in the same territory thi
S year
The enImaratorc found copno die
Guilty in gathering information as [
the number of children attending pr
vate schools and the number unabl
TO read or write. Reports made d
rectly from the private schools of tn
: city to Superintendent Hayden, to b
incorporated in report which he
y called upon each year to send TO tn
" United States commissioner of ed
cation at Washington, show total
6G9 attending private schools in Il
= city. Physical inability or other d
feet is given as the cause of the fe
cases of illiteracy reported
re Many Are Employed.
Superintendent Hayden has ISSUE
s. so school and age certificates durir
IN the last year to boys and girls
Ell tween IA and Is years of age. as pc
r. mits to work authorized by the chi
ut labor law of the state.
ly Under this law no child betwes
be IA and 16 years of age is permit,
IN to work for wages, and no one is De
1t mitted to employ any such child
,p- work for wages, until there is fiji
" obtained from the city superintende
We of schools a school and age certificat
he showing the school attendance of Il
tie child as certified by teacher and pr
IT. cipal, and his age and date and pla
ly of birth as sworn to by the parel
These certificates are obtained at t
board room in the high school. Al
may be had this week and next. aft
at which the room will be closed IN
Aug. 1.
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