The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-14
TRIO OF SCHOOL
::cONTRACTSLET;
$685. ENROLLED
} additions At Cost OF s9,s99 to
ae Occupy Simmer; Health Of
Pupils Excellent


sontracts for the building OF ad-
dftions TO the Center Station school,
Tenth street and Twenty-ninth ave-
nue., and Edison school, Ninth street
and Forty-fourth avenue, were let
by the board Of education and the
architects, Cervin & Horn. yester-
day and approved by the board at
the monthly meeting last night
Brissman e. Co., Moline, was
given the contract for additions TO
Edison school at cost of $2,054,
and Jasper Sievers, contractor,
Rock Island, was awarded the work
at Center Station school, which in
cludes abe addition of one room,
for $4,I40. The plumbing and heat
ing contracts for both schools were
awarded TO Channon & Dufva, Rock
Island, for $1,000, and the wiring
contracts TO Fred G. timer, Rock
Island, for 1920.
Building work will begin imme-
diateIy so that the improvements
will be completed by the September
term of school. In the main, with
the exception of the one-room addi-
ton at Center school, the improve
ments are for toilet facilities and
plumbing.
Contract for work to cost approx
imately $500 for the re-coating OF
the roof of the Manual Arts build
ing was given TO the E. w Lewis
company, Rock Island, and the
Cassini Mosaic & Tile company re-
ceived the contract for retreading
the stairs in the Manual Arts
building at a cost of $125.
Bids for the new Audubon school
building to be erected at Eighteenth
avenue and Twenty-seVenth street,
July.
Appoint Teachers.
Ella AverhilI and Marguerite
Moser were appointed special
teachers last night at the board
meeting and those appointed in the
grade schools are: Marie Collins,
Mary Spry. Ora Sloan, Dorothea
Vance, Margaret Anderson, Grace
Sheets, Eldora IsaacSon, Melissa
Kingsley Frances A. Carlson, Har-
riet Welch, Catherine Wilson, Ma
bel E. Sanders, Marion A. McKin-
ney and Oenone Apple. Appoint
ments in the high school were:
Helen HarwOod, physical educa-
ton; Lillian Ekblad, Helen B. Odds,
and Martha f. Miller, commercial;
Thelma Henry, Lucille Powlison
and Minnie Ehiert, English; Lydia
Fielder, science. Carl Osterman
was appointed janitor of the KEN
BILE school to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of M. j.
Smith. -
designations of Edna Jones,
teacher at Hawthorne school and
Lois Jones, teacher at Irving
school, were accepted.
Enrolment Was $685..
Annual report of E. c. Fisher,
superintendent of schools, showed
the enrolment for the year. $685.
pupilsG the average number be-
longing for the year was 4,SS4; the
number belonging at the close of
the year, emitting those who en-
r0lled only temporarily or who
We're temporarily dropped or alb
Gent at the close of the year, was
hS49. There wer65 26 pupils Meth
Or absent nor tardy, and the total
nnmber of visitors was 9,106.
Diseases Decrease Half.
The number of contagious dis
eases decreased almost half in the
last school term. In the preced-
ing year there were $40 and the
Year just completed there were
daily 25S. There were 4.425 pupils
a7amined and 3,400 pupils were
found defective. Examinations
showed 1,03S with defective teeth.
These reports were made by DIR.
Dan F.. Paul, the school physician
and Kate NJ. Lowrey, school nurse.
EThree hundred ten dental cases
were cared for. according to the
report made by Or. Mary G. Robe
sxtn, and $40 patients were treated.
There were 3,747 dental inspec-
ttpns
kFailures also decreased this
year in the schools. There were
80 reported for abe last school
tkm in comparison to 262 in the
Heceding year
The board OF education will make
asEtour of inspection in all of the
grade schools Friday.