Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-08-30
HIGH SCHOOL TO
OPEN ON TUESDAY
East Moline Township institution VIII
Omen Week Earlier Than tity
District Buildings.

East Moline township high school
-e5U open for the fail term on Sept. a.
Gaze dato originally set though the
graded schools of the East Moline city
district viii not open till sept ~.
The utEb school js operated by "A DIS
Huct district beard OF education and
is not affected hv tha ruling with ref
areuce ta the srade schools.
Announcements was made today Joy
Il D Hoffman. principal II the hiSn
school. that tile faculty has been com
uIetad by the election of Miss Anna
Kerchuer Of Freeport as Instructor tn
the commercial department. Miss
Kerchuer is graduate OF Cornell
college. and besides experience as
teacher She has had several years
practical businesses experience The
teachers committee believes she is
excalently qualified for the position
to which she has been elected HAL
rner FrvxeII was named Instructor for
the commercial department, but re-
signed to enter the government ser
vice iu Washington.
May Register This Week.
Principal Abbott will be iu his
Office Friday, Saturday and Monday
between the hours of q and II lip the
morning and o and in the afternoon
school are urged to report at the office
and register SO that delays and con-
fusion on the opening day may be
avoided This applies as well to for
mer pupils as to the newly enrolled
ones
Indications are that q number o.
eighth gEade graduates from the
Hampton. Carbon Cliff and C0Iona
districts viii enroll this year in the
East Moline school.
New Tuition Law.
School authorities believe the new
tuition law viii prove big benefit TO
the pupils Of the rural districts, ana
solve the problem which has been oc-
cupying the school heads and the
courts for several years. The new
law differs from either OF the former
tuition laws as to the method Of pay
meut for the tuition. but it provides.
as did the others. that all eighth
grade pupils in the state may have q
high school course at public expense
Under the new law all territory
outside of the constituted high school
districts. which i'm Rock Island county
are those of Moline, Rock Island and
the East Moline township board. are
embodied in q nou-high school dis
trlct "A separate board of education
Us
this board handled the details Of fur
nishing a high school course to the
pupils in the non high school district
This board has authority to levy q
tax upon an or the assessed prop
ertv not included i'm high school dis
rricts This tax may be as nigh as
per cent
Tax CO. BE low.
#e- Lou NJ Harris. county sUper-
5utenHaut of schools. has made caI-
culation. OF the possible tax levy in
+ this county. and she has informed Mr..
Abbott that even should all of the
present high school pupils and all Of
fthe last wear graduates Of the eighth
grade enroll in the high schools. The
aoss would be only about Qne-loarth
OF per cent There VIII certainly
not be sucu . large enrolment and
the cost therefore VIII be very 5oW.
All n0n-ligb school territory how
ever. pays its share OF the cost. and
Tins those districts which send rhe
largest number Of pupils to high
school set the greatest benefit The
pupil is nos concerned i'm any was
with the tuition charges All that is
required Of the pupil is that he reg
lister and attend school certain per-
ceutage Of the time during the term.