Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-30
GIVE SPACE FOR
MORE PUPILS BY
DIVIDING ROOMS
Board of Education to Relieve
Crowded Condition in the
High School.
PAYS BILLS FOR CENSUS
Accepts Resignation Of L. C. Daugh-
erty, Veteran Principal of
Hawthorne Building.

The board of education held a spe.
cial meeting last evening with all
members present to consider matters
OF school house repairs. During the
week following the close of school the
members of the board in a body visited
ali the school buildings in the city and
| inspected them carefully with regard
to needed repairs. The board makes a
| trip of this kind every year during
June, and thus the school property is
kept in good condition.
II was decided TO run partitions
through rooms IL and II in the high
school. so as TO make two rooms of
each. and thus provide for the increas-
ed enrolment for the coming year.
During the past year conditions have
been very crowded, at least one teach
er being without a regularly assigned
class room during the most of the
year and hearing classes in such
rooms as might be vacant from period
TO period.
Contracts were awarded as follows:
To Allen. Myers & Co. to install an
iron smoke stack at Kemble school
III N-Nos anu 10 pldNt IuD
in the manual arts building at a cost
OF $3.50.
In connection with the plans 10 in
stall domestic science equipment in |
the Lincoln building. a contract for |
plumbing was let to Channon & Dufva /
on their bid of S142.24. The girls from |
the graded schools who have taken |
domestic science in the past have gone |
to the manual arts building for this
work. but the increased demand on ac-
count of the larger number of high
school pupils enrolled in these classes.
makes II necessary to provide addi-
tional accommodations in the Lincoln
building
When the manual arts building was
opened one room on the second floor
was left unassigned. Last spring it
vas found necessary 10 use this room
or mechanical drawing on account OF !
increased enrolment in the drawing
'lasses. A contract for p.astering this ]
Dom and the rear hall in the manual
lrts building was let to Charles l..
Thompson for s27O.
Closes Long School Career.
The board received the resignation :
f L. c. Daugherty, principal of the
hawthorne school, who, in connection ,
nth his resignation. expressed his de- G
ire TO withdraw from the duties of the h
chCol room and his appreciation of q
asst courtesies from the board of edu D
alton. Mr.. Daugherty has been prin-
iIal of the Hawthorne school for 25 d
ears. completing a period of ~ years s
IL l., 49,
he board accepted the resignation 8,
it'll expressions of regret and appre p
alton of Mr.. Daugherty's long and
ithful service.
Bills were allowed to cover the eX- -,
ense OF the school census which vas 3
,mpfeted June %. and of which the IN
bulation was completed today. The h,
mmary shows the following figures: o,
arsons of school age. between 6 and n
years OF age. male 1922. female Nh
D11. total 1888. Al persons under di
. male 1855. female 4,451. total
DO6. The enumerators in making r
cir canvass called at every place of ii
sidence in the city. and as the blanks Y
ed in this canvass called for rec p.
d of the total memb ers OF the house ~
Id, the following figures were gath #,
ed. Total residents of the city, male a.
1876: female. 1926; total 26.392. II.
The enrolment of persons of school MI
e, including the annexed territory, w
121 larger than the census enumera- NJ;
n made two years ago. He
Hayden Retires Friday. Mi
Hayden announced
the board that he would be busy Lo
IN the work OF the office during the Mi
ssent week by the close of which -
lie the school records and office -
Iipment would be in complete order "A
the beginning OF the new admins
ton. Mr.. Hayden will retire from
work next Friday night at the
Sc of Il years OF service. II is his
n 10 remain in the city during the "A
nth Of July and remove TO Boulder. III
e. during the early part of August. n
ere for a season he will devote him
TO rest and recreation and deter
lie later on the uuastion of futtire III