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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1917
Page
23
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The Waterloo east school system outlines expanding ungraded rooms at Hawthorne Lafayette Grant and Washington buildings to aid struggling students. It reports 3430 students 1681 boys 4779 girls 115 teachers and eight grade schools plus one high school with a value of 500600 and plans for a junior high with a new high school building by 1918.
Rural school improvements in 1917 under county superintendent A. C. Moeller show boosted supervision in Lincoln and Bennington townships. One teacher per township visits all schools, with a half day weekly, mirroring city grade principals. Moeller led drives for war funds, canning campaigns, seed corn meetings, and homecoming participation, aiding federal and state efforts.
The city hosts public and parochial schools including three Catholic and one Lutheran institution. Sacred Heart is the newest edifice, with increasing enrollment across Our Lady of Victory academy, Sacred Heart, St. Mary's high school, and the Lutheran attached elementary. Sisters of Charity, Mercy, and St. Francis oversee these schools in their respective parishes.
In 1917 builders progressed on the new East High School in Waterloo East, funded by contractor Anton Zwack. The 1,000-student, multi-floor facility on High Street will feature an auditorium for 1,200, two gyms, and a swimming pool, with completion near December 1918 and openings for the next school year.
War demand drives growth at Waterloo Business College. Enrollment is up 60 percent from last year as more widows and wives join to replace men sent to service. govt salary hike to 1100 with 1200 after three months boosts civil service training and a new farmers short course extends business instruction to farms.
Waterloo schools have expanded physical education and added military training to upper grades. A target range, improved kindergarten scheduling, and restructured early schooling aim to boost student strength, discipline, and interest, with notes of strong outcomes and anticipated success.
County auditor reports outlays for 11 months covering Poor District court bridge state inwanea and road expenses. Bounties paid for livestock and wildlife include gophers, crows, dogs and other losses totaling thousands across various funds.
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