Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-13
IS NEARLY READY
Committee Has Secured Ad-
dresses of Greater Part of
High School Alumni.
TO REPORT AT THE REUNION
Principal ii. T.. Brown Points Out I'm
portance of Unsatisfactory
Soon to be Published.

Principal H. E. Brown of the high
the alumni association has in hand in
attempting to revise the directory Of
the graduates of the school, declared
that in his opinion it is just as import
ant for an alumnus of the school to
have his address properly stated in
this directory of the association, as 1T
is to have it properly stated in the
city business directory. The associa-
ton has had a committee at work on
this matter for nearly two years, and
the committee hopes this year to Ce
able to submit a final report to the
association. 81 believe that graduates
who live in this city should consider
it a duty to see that the committee
has the correct address of any alumni
who resides out of the city. The com
mittee has, of course. had general co
operation in its work. but there are
many who do not appreciate the inn
portance of this effort | wish you
would urge that those who have been
appealed to for information give the
matter prompt attention." added Mr.
Brown.
Over 1000 Graduates.
The roll of graduates of the high
school contains over 1000 names, and
| the greater proportion of these are
women. OF course many have married
and have left the city and for many
years no organized effort has been
made to correct the directory AS re-
result the work of the committee has
been very difficult, and while the ma
jority of the graduates have been
traced. there are still some whose adj
dresses the committee has not as yet
been able to secure.
| Steps have already been taken 10
publish several thousand copies of the
directory this summer, and Mr.. Brown
and the directory committee hope )e-
fore the lists go to the printers q
account for every one of those who
has since 1874 received a high school
diploma. The roll is now being made
Iup by classes. and alphabetically. AS
far as possible the occupation of the
male graduates and of such of the
women as are engaged in business pur
lsuits, will be published. The commit
tees efforts have come to the notice
of the board of education, and thai
body has given its recognition of th'
Regarding that a complete list of the
alumni will be of great value. not onl,
to the alumni association. but to the
Ischool authorities in general.
The committee which has the pre-
lparation of the directory in hand i
composed of Roy A. Sears, Dude.
Marshall and Mrs F. H. First.
Plans for Reunion.
The executive committee of tn
alumni association is busy with pre-
lparations for the annual reunion to b.
held June 5. The reunion will take tn
form of a banquet at the high schoo
building, and in addition to the prc
. gram of toasts, there will be an in
: portant business meeting later. 1t
possible that the matter of Offering
scholarship at some university eac
year will be considered by the associ
ton. The indications are that over 50
of the graduates will attend the r.
union this year The executive con
! mittee is composed of Ralph w. l.;
mont; Miss Emily Lamp. A. d. Welc'
: Miss Myra Bear and Miss Catherin
Larkin. The officers are as follows
President, Jesse E. Spencer; vice pre-
. ident, Miss Edith Case; secretar.
: Myrtle Summers, and treasurer, L
Brein.