Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-09

lar with ordinary business principles
and banking methods. 1t is not the
purpose to induce large individual de-
posits; but rather to encourage as
many pupils as possible to deposit the
small amounts which children usually
expend with injury to themselves for
candy, gum and other unnecessary
things.
Tried in Moline.
The public school savings bank sys-
tenn has been in practical operation in
the schools of Moline for several
years. At the beginning of the pres
ent school year the children had over
$1,000 of their savings on deposit in
bank there. The system as usually OPP
Grated Is very simple. Each Friday
morning deposits from 1 cent up are
received from pupils by their teachers.
Deposits are made in such a manner
as not to display the amounts, thus
preventing any tendency to injurious
rivalry. Each depositor is given credit
for the amount OF his deposit in the
form of penny savings stamps which
the pupil pastes into a stamp folder.
This folder holds so stamps, and when
filled is presented at the bank and
credit is given for the account and a
pass-book is issued to the child depos-
itor free of charge. There credit is
given the pass-book whenever a folder
containing so stamps is deposited. The
signature of one of the parents or the
guardian of the child is necessary be-
fore money can be withdrawn. De-
posts remaining in the bank for three
months or more draw interest at the
usual rates.
Buy Scientific Lantern.
The board authorized the purchase
of a scientific lantern for use in the
atus was exhibited to the board last
evening in the high school assembly
room and is a very simple equipment
designed particularly for illustrating
with pictures thrown upon a screen
before the class in the various lines Of
work. 1t combines with the ordinary
stereopticon' protector microscope
and the Opaque protector. Used as a
stereopticon d series of pictures may
be shown to illustrate the geography,
the industries and production of any
country, or views showing the many
features of any topic in history, science
work, or any other school study. With
the projection microscope, slides may
be used showing large views of the
structure of plant and animal tissues
and other microscopic material. With
the opaque protector. postcard views,
or pages from ordinary textbooks and
magazine can be thrown upon the
screen before the class, increasing the
amount of illustrated material availa-
BILE to the teacher. The high school
teachers are planning to put this ap-
paratus into immediate use with their
classes and later on its use will be ex
tended to the graded schools as well.
Miss Havefstick Resigns.
The resignation of Miss Miriam Hav-
erstick, who has been teacher at the
Lincoln school for several years past,
was offered to the board last evening
and was accepted. Miss Haverstick
will give up school work. The board
declared a recess for the schools of
the city on Nov. "a and %, which days
are thanksgiving day and the day ar
ter. Teachers salaries are to be paid
before the recess. The superintendent
made his usual report on the enroll.
ment in the different schools of the
city. The following bills were audit
ed and allowed:
L. S. McCabe & Co. ...S 9.26
Rock Island Hardware COM
pany .... $40. 1916
w. T. HartZ $50 |
Rock Island Sand & Gravel COM
pany -. 49,. ........... 524.75
A. w Champion ........ 200 |
Empire Coal & Ice company. 100 |
Tri-City Lighting company. .... 200 |
Rock Island Lumber & Manu-
featuring company ........ 500 |
H. B. Hayden ... 40
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