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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-24

consisted Of two articles each
Tie prizes this year were uniform,
being SO for first IS for second and
IS for third in each product The win
ners Of these prizes are as follows;
Firsts.
Corn-Ralph VIII, Las Cruces, Dona
Ana county.
Kaffir-Tom skeen. St. vrain, Curry
Miio-Mary Rays. TexicO. Curry
county.
Peanuts - Harry Conway, Mesilla
Park, DOna Ana county.
Bread-Grace Munro, TUlarOsa, OterO
county.
sewing-Mary Kays. Texico, Curry
county
Seconds.
COrn-Kenneth McClernOn, Las Cru
ces. DOna Ana county.
kaffir-HarrOn DOlOzier, TexicO, Cur
~ county.
AIiIO-Rue GOOdrum, Grady Curry
county.
Peanuts - Gordon wieks, Curry
county.
Bread-Hazel Hartshorn. Texieo. Cur
ry county.
sewing-Annie Garley. Peralta, Va
lencia county
Corn. Kissinger. Artesia. Eddy
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-24
INDUSTRIAL CLUBS
END FIRST YEAR
list of Prize Winners Among Boys and
Girls of New Mexico Are
Announced.

State College, y. N, Oct. 24-The In
dustrial club for boys and girls Of New
Mexico, whose ages range from 10 to
is years. has Just rounded out its first
years work.
Sixteen counties in the state have or
gaEized clubs. live of these were rep
resented in the state contest Six pro-
ducts wer' specified for contest work
corn, kaffir corn, milo maize, peanuts,
bread and seWiEg-and all six were
represented in the contest There were
81 separate exhibits, but the sewing
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-24

gram which, however, never reached
its destination, was ordered sent well
coming back home" the Ell PasO
boosters on the trade excursion.
Mrs. r c. Bailey and children, have
returned from California, to the Bailey
homestead, near here.
w. IL Sncw and family, have come
down from their Sacramento noun
tain ranch ard will spend the winter
on the c, c. Snow ranch at Mesilla
Park
Mr.. Crockett, from MesiIIa, has
rented the 100 acre alfalfa ranch Of
Mr. ScOggin's, here.
Miss Bessie Emerson was a guest
of Mrs. W. H, Glenn, of CanutiIlO, and
attended the reception to Mrs. Wallace
at the school house. There were about
100 present
Alfalfa is the highest ever known
here at this time Of the year. r. c.
BOwden has shipped fancy to FL
Paso at SIS and SIG.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-24

Park was here Wednesday evening
practicing with a number of musicians
for a musical program to be rendered
at the music club meeting in about two
weeks.
H c. Strong and wife left here this
morning for California They have just
returned from a trip to New York. Mr..
Strong was undertaken here for many
years.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-24

county
Kaffir-Ray Hungate. Texico, Curry
county.
BIilo-Arehie Hall, Grady. Curry
county.
Peanuts-Juan Garley, Peralts, Va
lencia county
Bread-Mereedes Garley. Peralts Va
lencia county.
Sewing - Mercedes Garley, PeraIta,
Valencia county
In the special bread prize, given by
an Ell PasO milling company, Mercedes
Garley got second, $500; and Annie
GarIey third, $500.
In the drawing for the $50 scholar
ship prize, given by a bank Of Albu-
querQue the lots fell in the following
order: Harry Conway. first; Mary
KayS, second and fifth; Grace Munro
third; Tom Skeen, fourth; Ralph VIII,
sixth
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-24
ANTHONY FARMERS UNION
MAY BE REORGANIZED

Anthony, n. NJ. Oct 24-John C
AIcNary, OF Berino; O. c. Wood, Of
Cham berinO: L h Brandt, Of La
Union: p. II. Bailey. Of CanutiIlo, and
F. J. BeIk, of FL Paso. directors Of the
South New Mexico Farmers associa-
ton. were here this week Reorgan-
ization was discussed, copies of the
proposed bylaws ordered mailed, good
roads buttons distributed and a tele-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-24

Perfection OF Heaters.
Laurie Hardware Co. sos Mills St Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-24

W. p. Love, a cattleman Of Midland,
Tex, is at the St Regis
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-24

Get Your Heating stoves Up
before the next cold spell.
Laurie Hardware Co, 500 Mills st. Adv
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-27

high school. laying the foundation for
expert mechanical work IN actual life
beyond the school. The commercial
studies in the high school and the
course in household arts for the girls,
are equally practical and valuable as
g preparation for life.
Through the department of physi-
cal education with its calisthenic
drills, its games and plays. is gym
nasium work and athletic contests.
the physical health and development
Of our boys and girls are being Sc
cured just as definitely as is thair
intel ectual progress through the usu-
FL school studies. And systematic fir"
drills in all the schools aim to pro
vide a training that shall be a pro-
lection in any unexpected emergency.
Our savings bank system is intend
ed to inculcate habits of thrift. Our
branch libraries are established to
cultivate a taste for good reading. And
our course of instruction in ethics
and correct morals aims to build the
boys and girls of today up into the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-27
New Manual Training Building

With the c.ose of this school year
manual training has completed its
10th year in the Rock Island public
schools
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-27

that a suitable school building should
be erected in each local district as
soon as practicable; that the high
school building (which had been be
gun before the charter was granted)
should be completed, and that corps
of teachers should be employed, every
way competent in their several depart
ments, to establish and perfect a sys-
tenn of thorough public instruction
for all persons within the limits of
the district between the ages of five
and twenty years"
UPHELD IDEALS.
To HE accomplishment of these
ideals the board, consisting of George
Mixter, David Halves. Elton c. Crop
per, Jacob Sailor and Washington l..
Sweeney. gave their best endeavors,
and laid most efficiently the founda-
lions of that system of public educa-
ton that has meant so much in the
historS of this community.
The first superintendent of schools
vas B. NJ. Reynolds, a graduate of
Dartmouth college, and previously a
teacher and principal in New England.
He was principal of the Union school
in Moline at the time of his appoint
ment here. Associated with him in
the work were IS teachers. Together
they worked out a course of study
and organized the work of the public
schools.
IN FOUR DISTRICTS.
The district was divided into four
local districts" at a meeting Of the
board held Oct %, 1857, the record
stating: school district No. l being
that portion of Rock Island school
district lying west of Exchange street
(ncw Ninth street,; school district
No. shall be that portion lying be
/ tween Exchange and Buffalo (now
/ SIXTEENTH streets: school district No
shall be that portion lying between
Buffalo and Adams (now Twenty
frst) streets. and school district No.
4 shall be that portion lying east OF
: Adams street" These boundaries are
stated as extending from the Missis
; sippi river to the southern line OF
Rock Island schoo, district.
Superintendent Reynolds also serv
ed as principal of the high school
with Mrs. Mary Grace Davenport as
assistant The teachers in the First
local district" were S. B. Hardy. prin.
cipal, and Miss Emma Gerard as as
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-27

trustees and directors and all others
in the city interested in its public
schools, were held from time to time
to devise plans under the then gen
eral school law to establish a more
perfect system of public schools. The
charter was granted, and then it be-
came the duty of the new board Of
education to take over the property
OF the former school districts, pro-
vide for their debts, and reorganize
as provided in the charter.
The first published report of the
first board Of education of this dis
trict says:
The board were unanimously of the
opinion that the educational inter
osts of the district required that they
should establish a system OF free
graded schools; that, for that pur-
pose, the district should be subdivid-
ed into ocal districts, whose bound
aries might be changed from time to
time as circumstances might require
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-27

short time. Ralph MacManus was
appointed in his place and served the
remainder of the term. At this time
high school course in mechanical
drawing and shop work. At the close
of the school year, both Mr. ellison
and Mr.. MacManus resigned and A.
G. Hill was elected as supervisor and
l.. l.. Harms as assistant in the high
school.
The board OF education decided to
add domestic science to the manual
arts program at this time and a room
was fitted up on the third floor of
the high school, equipment installed
and Mrs. Emily McCurdy appointed
as instructor in domestic science and
art, thereby relieving Miss Dean OF
work which was seriously encroaching
upon the time she wished to devote
TO the industrial arts in the lower
grades. The seventh and eighth grade
pupils then spent 80 minutes every
other week in manual arts work.
In December, 1903, a new equip
ment of work benches was installed
in the Hawthorne shop, the other
grade centers being equipped the fol.
lowing year. BY September, 1903, the
high school enrolment in the manua'
arts had so increased that an added
instructor was necessary. The board
elected f. w. Walsh as assistant in
seventh and eighth grade wood work
and cardboard construction. The time
spent in the grade shops and cooking
room was increased to 80 minutes
each week, and marked improvement
both in interest and workmanship was
at once noted.
At this time a-request for eiemen-
tary architectural drawing and pat.
tern work was received and the two
subjects added TO the high school cur.
riculum. Mr. Walsh resigned in June,
1910, to accept position in Mon
mouth and Clifford TaEg was appoint
Cd as his successor. The high school
classes had increased to such an ex.
tent and so great a demand for ad.
vanCed work both in wood and metal
Was being made, thai the board OF
education began devising ways and
means TO take care Of such increase
and 10 provide such building suI
equipment as would satisfy that de-
nand for some time to come.
Meanwhile, The Tri-City Master
Builda-s' association and the Carpea
ters' union lad made oG< d new work.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-27
Rock Island City Schools Rank With Best
%ya

kind of men and women of tomorrow
Who shall stand for righteousness in
personal ana civic life; men and wom-
IN who shall baiId for a nobler, pur-
er and better Rock Island; WHO shah
give their best efforts to the COM
murity which has. through its homes.
its schools and its other Influences
for ~ood, given them their best prep
ara;ion for efficient service as citi-
kens.
The accompanying historical accounts
Of the several school districts in the
city are based upon the records of
the board of education and remini-
scenes of some of our older citizens
and have been prepared by the prin-
cipals Of the different schools, except
ing in the case of the high school,
where Mrs. Cora L. Eastman, assist
ant principal, accepted the task: and
The manual training school. which has
been discussed by A. G. Hill, manual
training instructor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-27

the same wage as II working at the
bound the master builders to send
their apprentices to school three
the same wage as the working at the
trade. A special course of instruc-
ton with woodwork and drawing, as
the major subjects, together with
arithmetic, spelling and history was
given and proved SO satisfactory that
1t will be repeated again this year
About the first of January, 1912,
the board directed Mr.. Hill to prepare
and bring before them such plans as
thought advisable which, after discus
sion and few alterations. were p.ac-
ed with the three. local architects.
A site directly north of the high
school fronting 125 feet on Twenty
first street and 140 feet on Sixth ave-
nue. was purchased at a cost of APP
proximately $1,000. The contract
for drawing plans was awarded TO
o. Il. Cervin and the addition to the
original plans of heating plant for
heating the Lincoln. high and manual
arts schools was authorized.
May 10 the general contract was
awarded TO Collins Bros, at $50. $50
and short time later the following
contracts were awarded: Carl Weber
Chimney company, stack 125 feet high,
$685.; Lewis & Kitchen, heating
plant, $21,521; Electrical Construc.
ton company, electric wiring, s20S7.-
81, and Channon & Dufya, plumbing
1t $3,s5293.
The building Is 112 by 112 feet
square and three stories high. On
account OF the kind Of work to be
done in the shops. there are no base
ment rooQs except where the heat
ing plant is located. On the fret floor
are the fol owing shops. each room
being Is by A. feet and well lighted;
print shop. forge shop. machine shop
and foundry, with cupola room off
foundry. The wash and locker room.
equipped with shower baths, wash
bowls. and $50 steel lockers. is also
on the first fioor
Between the ceiling level OF the
first floor and ceiling Of the boiler
room is a gp2ce 30 by As feet and
seven feet and six Inches high TO BE-.
used as stock and storage room,
v'irh dry kin for driving lumber There
is also a half story storage floor over
rear Of foundry for storage OF pat
terms. TASKS, etc. Half way between
FIRST and second floors on a landing
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-27
BY n. 3. HAYDEN.

II ROBABLY there "a no institution in
our modern social Organization that
touches the life of so many people
in a community. or touches life so
effectively as do our public schools.
No other nation in the word has free
schools that are comman TO all classes
of children. rich and poor. high and
low. Our common schools are not
merely for the people, but they are
likewise Of the people and by the PEG
pie Called into being by the spirit Of
modern democracy. they have become
absolutely necessary TO the preserva-
tion and growth Of our free institu-
tons They are the best friend of
all classes Of the people. Indeed
Chey tend TO break up class and caste
In American society by leveling up
instead Of leveling down.
SAFEGUARDS OF FREEDOM.
The common schools are the safe
guards OF freedom and the true nurs-
cries CT intelligent patriotism. They
are the great means, more effective
than any other, OF assimilating OUT
vast foreign population and teaching
their children to love the country of
their adoption. In them the people
OF every race and creed and station in
life meet on common ground and
clasp their hands in a united purpose
10 give to every child the fullest op-
portunity TO develop to the utmost
his individual powers.
In common with every really public
spirited community in our land, and
notably so, Rock Island has always
taken great pride in her pubic schools.
The schools have always held a warm
place in the hearts OF the people, and
the money and effort necessary for
their successful maintenance have
always been cheerfully furnished.
DATE FROM 1857.
The recorded history OF the schools
OF this city dates from Feb. IS, 1857,
when the special charter. under which
the schools are still operated. WAS
granted by the legis ature Of Illinois.
The first board OF education was elect
ed on the 7th and organized on the
14th Of April. 1851 Previous TO that
time there were in the territory then
occupied by the city FIVE separate
school districts, each under a differ
ent board OF directors. During the
year 1856 public meetings Of school
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-27

he was succeeded by Mr.. Darby, who
remained for three and half years
Feb. Is, 1901, the school was total
~ destroyed by fire. The origin OF
the fire was unknown, but the popu-
lar belief was that the fire started
in the chemical laboratory and for
that reason chemistry is no longer
in the course, as the board was I'M
willing to equip the new building
with a chemical laboratory From all
appearances the fire had gained COM
plete Roadway during the night and
burst forth early Friday morning.
Not day was lost and, thanks to the
Untiring energy OF the principal and
superintendent, teaching was resumed
Monday morning in the Broadway
church and the Lincoln building. For
one year and a half the school was
held in these quarters and was then
transferred to the present building in
1902.
Under Mr.. Darby's capable leader
ship, athletics were inaugurated and
the school attained a high standing
in the athletic field. Mr. Darby was
extremely popular and the high school
spirit under his regime was excep-
tionally fine and continued the same
under the able management of Mr..
Brown, who succeeded him and was
with US from 1903 TO 1910, when the
school and he parted from each other
with mutual reluctance
We are very fortunate in having
Mr.. Burton at the head OF our fine
school now, and in this. his second
year. our student body is so rapidly
growing-the enrolment now ap-
preaching the 500 MARYLAND the cur
riculum expanding so extensively,
that it has been found necessary TO
add a supplementary building to our
high school, the manual arts build
ing. which will possibly be ready for
occupancy the second semester of this
school year.
The first class graduated from the
Rock Island high school was the class
Of 1874. comprising five members, all
girls. The last class graduated num-
bered 81. one-third boys. the next TO
the largest class graduated. The class
TO be graduated this school year will
number in the nineties. half girls and
half boys.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-27

building was not a large institution,
but the fine spirit that bound the lit
tie faculty of five, and the $50 stu
dents together made a firm foundation
for the splendid school of today. Mr.
Hatch remained as principal of the
new building for two years, leaving
TO become superintendent of the Mo-
line schools and going thence as SUI
perintendent of schools at Oak Park,
position he still fills.
Mr.. Hatch was succeeded by J. A
Bishop who was he'd in high esteem
and who remained with the school
FIVE years. With Mr.. Bishop as
teachers were Mrs. Eastman, Miss
Williams, Mrs. Graham. Miss Hellpen-
tell and Miss Rush. Mr.. Bishop was
succeeded in 1894 by Mr.. Leslie, a
man of sterling character and worth,
who stayed but one year and then
vent west to engage in more advanced
educational work. Mr.. Halsey, who
was then called TO the principalship
and remained two years, left to enter
the ministry. though he is now teach
ing in the University of Omaha, at
Omaha and also filing the pulpit
At that time there were but three
courses OF study, German, English,
and Latin. the first two being OF three
years education and the last, four.
II was then that the German and
English courses were extended TO four,
coordinate with the Latin. About this
time, as the enrolment of the school
was more than 500, the need of a
larger building was recognized. This
addition, which preserved the original
design adding twofold to the size OF
the building. was made under Mr..
Robinson who succeeded Mr.. Halsey.
Mr.. Robinson was a very SCHOLARLY
man, wei liked. and OF strong per
sonality. The school was then fine
and the student body could be likened
10 a large, ideal family. The faculty
was composed OF Mr.. Robinson. Mrs.
Eastman, Miss Rush. Miss HeIIpensteIl,
Miss Clarke, Mr.. Smith. Mr.. Maui.
Mr.. Wendell and Mr. Barneil. The
laboratories al this time were moved
from the basement 10 the first floor,
and a large lecture room was pro-
vided. owing to the increased facili.
ties c. the new building. Mr.. Robin.
sea vas principal Ter TWO years when
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-27
Audubon Newest Grade School

The Audubon school, which has
just been opened for use, is the out
growth of crowded conditions at the
Horace Mann school, owing to the
building of new homes in the west
end of that district.
Some time ago the patrons of that
school petitioned the board of educa-
ton to provide more room for the
increasing number of children by en-
larging the building.
After considering the matter of con-
siderable length, the board members
decided that it would be better to
procure a lot farther west, According
ly, half square of ground on Twenty
sixth street, between Seventeenth and
Eighteenth avenues was purchased.
This year, when the need for a
building in that locality became urg-
ent, the board very wisely added to
their purchase the east half of the
square. this providing an entire block
for the new school. The erection of
the building was soon begun and 1t
was very appropriately named the
Audubon" school.
1t is a two-story frame structure,
modern In every respect. The district
boundaries extend from Thirtieth
street on the east to Twentieth on
the west, and from Eighteenth avenue
on the south to Twelfth avenue on
the north, giving to this new district
that portion of the city which only
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-27

We learn from the first annual re-
port Of the board Of education of Rock
Island for the year ending March 81,
1865, some interesting school facts.
There was an act Of Feb. is, 1857. IN
cooperating the Rock Island school
district and another saying that after
mature elaboration, plans were adopt
ed for erecting a high school building
on block OF land bought of j. W.
Spencer for $4,000. which is the block
where the present Lincoln and high
school buildings stand.
This report states that the superin-
tendent OF schools, b. NJ. Reynolds,
should have as assistant in the high
school room Mrs. Mary V. Davenport,
and the high school pupils should be
admitted on examination from al
parts OF the city. The contract call
ed for the building to be finished
July l. 1S5S. but 1t was not finished
until 1853, owing to it's being partially
destroyed by fire July IA. 1858, while
Il Was being constructed. The third
or upper floor was used continuously
as a high school until 1sSb, when the
separate high school building was
erected. the stone bearing date Of
this building having been found in
the ruins OF the fire ofIg0I and being
preserved at the present time in the
north corridor Of our high school
Il was thought at that time that the
building OF 1856 would afford ample
accommodation but after a decade,
81 was so uvercrowded that an en-
largement was an imperative neces-
sity. The high school thus establish
ed soon after the organization OF the
school has been a very important fac
tor Of the general school system.
From 1857 20 1871 there is little of its
histCr- available. There is, however.
O-ruuucgs record OF its work from
1871 % the present time.
The principals identified with the
high school before the erection Of
g cop8rgrc high school building were
J d. Carver. Mrs l. r Everett Miss
Cora Valentine. l. W Parrish. b. r.
Hathaway. T. r. Gamwell W. n.
Hatch. Under the latter's close super
vision, 'be hiEh school Of 1856 was
ll.lt. This first separate high school