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.

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 we'll organized for any emer-
gency; and the children seemed to
find great enjoyment in 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 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 a two
story building with eight rooms, hay
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 huiIdipo wac oloarad i'm opa min
ute and 10 seconds.
The Horace Mann school contains
nine rooms, four on the first floor and
five on the second. There were 800
children in attendance. The building
was cleared in l minute and seconds,
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
There are about $50 pupils in attend
ance, and the building was cleared in
| l minute and Is seconds, all pupils go
/ ing out of the rear doors.
\ At the Lincoln school there are l;
rooms and about 545 pupils. Six rooms
were dismissed through the Twenty
second street entrance and sever
rooms to Seventh avenue. This build
ing was cleared in l minute and II
seconds.
At the Kemble school there are 24s
pupils attending, in six rooms. mi.
building was cleared in So 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, ant
clearing the building in 1 minute an(
Is seconds.
| AT the Washington school there ar,
/ four rooms, two below and two above
with about $50 children, all below TIL,
fifth grade, in attendance This build
ing was cleared in 1 minute and 81
seconds, all pupils passing out of tn,
| front door.
| The Hawthorne school has IA rooms
six on each of the two main floors an,
two basement rooms near the from
entrance. There are about $50 chill
dren in attendance at this school. TIL,
building was cleared in 1 minute an,
10 seconds, all the lower floor pupils
| passing out at the front and all tn,
upper floor pupils passing out at tn
rear doors.
II The Grant school has about $50 pu
building, with two rooms below an
two above. There is only one entranc
| to the building and all the rooms ar
| necessarily of easy access. This build
| ing was cleared in 35 seconds.
III Good Order Kept.
II At all the buildings it was notice
able that the pupils were kept well il
hand by the teachers. In some Q
them when the gong sounds the fir
/ alarm, the teachers say "one," two,
\ three" At the word "one,' the pt
H pills stand; at two" they line up fat
i ling the doors; at three" they marcel
i At all the buildings the teachers Sc
Il that the last pupil is out of the roor
II before leaving themselves. The boy
assigned to do monitor duty. openin
4 the doors and securing them in plac,
and so on, show remarkable prof
\ cheney.
III The children are being trained t
pass as directed out of the front c
| rear doors of the building. as may b
Il indicated by the person who l!ngs tn
alarm. and to keep themselves col
Il stantly under self-control. Taken a
II together, the results of the inspectio
seemed very satisfactory. but at Sc
U eraI of the buildings the principals an