Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-13
HULL new HEAD
BOARD EDUCATION
Body Reorganized With Seat,
ing of Messrs. -Cleaveland
and Anderson.
A. J. BURTON is PRINCIPAL
Wilmette Educator Named as Sue
Harmon History Instructor.

At the reorganization of the Rock
Island board of education last even
ing, following the seating of H. H.
Cleaveland and A. G. Anderson as
members to succeed F. c. Denkmann
and DR.. ]. w. Stewart, whose terms
had expired, the following were
chosen officers for the year:
President-H. H. Hull.
Clerks. S. Kemble.
Treasurer-Carl Hellpenstell.
Mr.. Hull announced standing COM
mittees for the year as follows:
Finance and auditing-H. H.
Cleaveland and A G. Anderson.
Teachers textbooks and discipline
"A. G. Anderson and w. B. McIn-
tyre.
Buildings and repairs-The entire
board.
supplies-C. H. seidel and H. H.
Hull.
Insurance. janitors and heating
w. B. Mcintyre and c. H. Seidel.
The election of Mr.. Hull as presi-
dent of the board is a well merited
recognition of his faithfuIness to his
duties as a member of the board.
During the nine years of his mem
bership thus far he has been absent
from only one regular meeting of the
board and on that occasion it was
physically impossible for him to
leave his home on account of having
suffered injury in an accident.
a. j. Burton New Principal
A. J. Burton of Wilmette, Ill. was
elected to the principalship of the
high school to succeed H. E. Brown,
who has resigned to go to the New
Trier township high school near Chi
cago. At the meeting of the board
last evening, the teachers commit
tee reported that a thorough canvass
had been made of so applications for
the position of principal After con-
sidering the names of several of the
leading candidates the board chose
Mr.. Burton.
Mr.. Burton is graduate of In
diana state university and has had
extended experience, both as depart
ment instructor and as high school
principal. His last principalship was
in NOblesville, Ind, which position he
resigned to take an advanced course
at the university. During the past
year and a half he has had charge
of the science work in the New TTieT
township high school. Mr.. Burton
will bring to the high school the re-
suits of abundant preparation and a
thoroughly successful experience
His work is fully commended by the
school authorities where his past
work has been done. He has visited
Rock Island twice within the last
few weeks and the board members
are satisfied that his personal quail
ties are such as will win the support
of pupils and school patrons in the
work to which he has just been APP
pointed. Mr.. Burton is a married
man, has two children, and will es-
tablish his home here early in
August.
Instructor in History.
In addition to the election of a
principal, the board appointed Merle
S. Harmon of LaPorte, Ind, instruc-
tor in history in the high school. Mr..
Harmon will succeed Floyd w. Gray
in this department and will also take
charge of the athletic interests of the
school. He is graduate of DePauw
athletes of that school.
The matter Of the tax levy and the
question of increasing the present
salary schedule for teachers was dis
cussed and laid over to an adjourned
session Friday evening, together with
other matters requiring early atten-
ton.
In closing their business for the
past year the board made the final
auditing of finances showing that the
district is in the same excellent finan-
ciaI condition as a year ago, all ex-
penses for the maintenance of the
schools having been met and con-
siderable payment already made on
the Grant school building now under
construction.
The teachers committee reported
the resignation of Miss Stella An
derson. who recently married in Chi
cago, Floyd w. Gray and Anton d.
Udden of the high school faculty.
Mr.. Gray has accepted a business po-