Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-10
PRECAUTIONS
AGAINST FIRES
TAKEN BY BOARD
School Children and Buildings
to Be Protected in Every
Possible Way.
WILL BUY EXTINGUISHERS
Each Structure to Have at Least One
and Some VIII Have Two
Safety Lock for Door.

For the better protection of school
children and the school buildings of
the city, the board OF education at
its regular January meeting last
night decided on the purchase OF
dozen Badger FIRE extinguishers.
These will be distributed among the
schools, the plan being to have one
in every building and two in the
buildings which have wood shops in
connection. That means that the
high school, Lincoln, Longfellow and
Hawthorne buildings will have two
OF the eItinguishers and the re-
naming structures one each.
A Ere extinguisher, properly and
timely used would stop almost any
fire that ever occurred and while the
board is not expecting fire to
break out in any of the school
buildings, II proposes to see that ev-
cry means for quelching a blaze is
at command. The extinguishers will
be in charge of the janitor but will
be located so that any member Of
the school can reach them.
Along the same line OF protection
for the pupils, the board authorized
Principal A. J. Burton OF the high
school to purchase an automatic
Belf-acting safety lock for the fire
escape door In the high school as
sembly room. At present this door
is locked like an ordinary door and
L. o. he
morning and kept unlocked during
the day. There is no evidence that
II has ever been locked while the
school was in session, but the posi-
bility remains nevertheless that
sometime II might be locked when II
was most needed. Then, too, II
might be left unlocked after the
close OF school and might furnish
means OF entrance TO the building fol
those who had no right there.
The lock which II is proposed tc
install will be one that will keel
the door constantly locked from tht
outside and constantly unlocked
from the inside. The lightest pres
sure upon II from inside will force
Il open, while from the outside Il
would have 10 he broken open.
TWO TEACHERS RESIGN.
The committee on teachers report
ed last night the resignation of Mis-
Lou Harris of the Hawthorne schoo
faculty and OF Mrs. Sara Greathouse
who as Miss Sara Richardson was
teacher at Lincoln school. The for
mer is to accept a position as Eng
lish teacher in Moline and the lat
ter as her new name indicates is il
another sphere of life.
Both designations were accepte,
and the committee and Superintend
ent II. p. Hayden were authorize,
10 fill the vacancies in such name
as they may see At. The resigna
lions do not take effect until tn
end ~ the present semester.
TO MY ORCHESTRA MUSIC.
The board appropriated SIS whic
was turned over to Principal Bur
ton with instructions for him TO us
it in the purchase of music for tn
high school orchestra. Inasmuch a
the orchestra furnishes the music 70
the annual commencement exer
cises, the board felt II incumben
upon 81 to buy the music.
An electric pump has been put
chased for use at the Horace Man
school I'm connection with the heat
ing system there. The water pre-:
sure by which air for operating III
thermostats is compressed, has pro,