Rock Island High School - Watchtower Yearbook (Rock Island, IL)

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fbiaeciafui ff Seated: Mr. Earl H. Hanson, Superintendent of Schools: Mr. Milton H. Scheuerman, Mr. Carl F. Bauer, Dr. C. W. Motz. Standing: Mr. W. W. Bailey, Assistant Superintendent of Schools: Mr. Junius P. Calilf, Mr. Virgil Anderson. Acting as a tie between the taxpayers and the school system, the members of the Board of Education have put in another busy year maintaining the high standard of education they have set in the Rock Island public school system. The members of the board are Pres- ident Carl F. Bauer, Mr. Virgil Anderson, Mr. Junius P. Califf, Dr. C. W. Motz, Mr. Milton H. Scheuerman, Mr. Earl H. Hanson, superin- tendent of schools, and Mr. W. W. Bailey, assistant superintendent in charge of business and properties. It is the duty of the members of the board to see that all the pupils in the Rock Island school system get the best possible training and guidance. Directing building and repairs, purchasing new equipment and ordering textbooks are important parts of the board's work. Another important duty is engaging new instructors to fill vacancies. Because of the increasing costs of operation of the public schools, the members of the board have given many hours of their time to the solving of financial problems. Under an alert Board of Education, Rock Island senior high school has made marked progress during the past year. New records have been established, new courses have been inaugurated, and a broader guidance and vo- cational program has been arranged. One of the outstanding changes at the sen- ior high school this year, a change approved by the board, was the introduction of a new time schedule, providing a nine-period day in- stead of the former 11-period day. Under this plan students spend 56 minutes in the class- room and have four minutes between classes. The three lunch periods were lengthened to 31 minutes each. The Rock Island Board of Education is constantly seeking ways of better preparing the students, through education, to take their places as intelligent citizens of the United States and the world.