Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-31
HIGH SCHOOL HAS
new STUDY PLAN
Inauguration Of the Supervised Course
Expected to Bring About
Good Results.
INSTITUTION HAS GOOD YEAR
Active Part Taken in Patriotic En-
tcrprises by students Build"
Ing il improved.

One ~ The greatest changes IN the
high school this year has been the
Inauguration Of the supervised study
plan.
Under the present double program
each student spends 30 minutes IN
study Immediately following his reel
tation Under the old plan the study
was done I'm the study hall where 1875
10 200 students were under one teach
err. This one teacher could not be ex-
lpected 10 direct the study of the stu
dents in the various kinds OF worF
they might be doing Under the pres
ent plan the students are preparing
their lessons under the direction Of
the teacher who conducts the recita-
ti0n
This does not eliminate nome study,
but reduces the amount OF home
study to a large extent Students car
rying four studies are able. in most
cases, 10 do their work in school
Difficult studies will require home
work This change in the program
has made the day slightly longer but
this increase IN the length Of the
day is not tiresOme from the fact tina.
the work is aiternated. first recits-
ton and then study The new pro-
gram has not been I'm use long enough
70 get definite results here, hut the
experiences Of other schools have
proven it Of great value
The high school students assisted
Loyalty iu the second Liberty loan and
were instrumental in securing appli-
cations for more than fifty-seven thou
sand dollars. This was managed by
the classes as a contest, the fresh
man class winning first place
The students did valuable work alsa
In the sale OF Red Cross seals by max
ing a house 10 house canvass Each
precinct OF the city was covered by q
committee OF students
improvements In Building.
An rooms and halls in the mair
building and the halls in the Manua
Arts building were redecorated dur
ms The summer Two rooms were
made Of room 70 by putting in ;
partition.
The Theadelphic and Hart Literar,
sOcleties furnish opportunity for lit
erary work for the girls OF the school
The Ciceronian society for the boys
I,l"ity o uG1@'' ig fo op'i hotb Nov
and girls interested in science.
f,Cas orgaplged tbis wear Red Cros
,sort is done an Nondav and wed
nesd.v tho tirc being enent Z, han
daec making On Tuesdays an,
THURSDAYS instructions In knitting ar
civop -Tbo or,bssfra has about tvan
,v-eve ,npmbars and meets Wednes
davs AT n'rlock The Associate
gnidenfs' nrpppization has beer ver
active Il has had charge Of severa
proarams Under the management q
the Associated Students classes bay
beer giving Friday afternoon partie
from 90 ) o'clock.
The Watch Tower is In the hest fl
ranrial condition IN It's history. Nor
Than FIVE hundred and twentv-fIve mai
Mo suhscrlptions are now on IN
books. The football team has not bee
poiu, wilmer lint an organization {
manly bows VINO can play a SONAR
aame even against odds. The haske
\ bsU team has three letter men bac
for a foundation on which to build
good team. The interest is more ger
cfal than ion other years.
Four Boys Serve.
Tile school service flag which W,
presented by Mrs. Cora Eastman al
received for the school by Mrs, AM
"A Ferguson each Of whom has a son
the service, has four stars for Il
four noys from The school who a