The township and community high school movement in Illinois . 000 Evanston 25, 000 Belleville 21, 000 Oak Park 19,000 Waukegan 16, 000 Chicago Heights 15,000 Streator 14, 000 La Salle 12,000 Centralia 10,000 Ottawa 10,000 34 TOWNSHIP AKD COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLS. Joilet has a building which cost $225,000, employs 77 teachers, andenrolls 1,252 pupils. The district is soon to extend greatly its build-ings. The equipment of this school is better than that of many col-leges. The Joilet High School was the first in Illinois to offer aregular two-year junior-college course. Belleville, which is a rece
The township and community high school movement in Illinois . 000 Evanston 25, 000 Belleville 21, 000 Oak Park 19,000 Waukegan 16, 000 Chicago Heights 15,000 Streator 14, 000 La Salle 12,000 Centralia 10,000 Ottawa 10,000 34 TOWNSHIP AKD COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLS. Joilet has a building which cost $225,000, employs 77 teachers, andenrolls 1,252 pupils. The district is soon to extend greatly its build-ings. The equipment of this school is better than that of many col-leges. The Joilet High School was the first in Illinois to offer aregular two-year junior-college course. Belleville, which is a recent organization, has just completed abuilding at a cost of $200,000 with acres of ground. It enrolls314 pupils and employs 7 teachers. The buildings are on the groupplan, and are very complete as adapted to the needs of the moderncomposite high school. A much larger teaching corps will be em-ployed hereafter. Waukegan has a building costing $121,000 with 4 acres of school employs 19 teachers and enrolls 440 pupils. CL AYT O N M I /V O N K. Wood roe dCounty m o n rq OM EJ3Y A A MS AS Wfe LOCK Mc LEANCO This is a second-county showing also about four-sevenths of its territory organizedinto high-school districts. In both Woodford and Vermillion Counties comparativelysmall districts have been organized. The other schools named in this last list are also included in listsalready mentioned with cost of building, number of teachers em-ployed, and number of pupils enrolled. Following is an interesting summary of the material equipment ofthe new Sparta Township High School which was first occupied inSeptember, 1916: A 10-acre plot of ground. A 20-acre State experiment station across the street. A vaccmim cleaner system. An electric-clock system. Indirect lighting system. MATERIAL ADVANTAGES. 35 Six sanitary di inking fountains in the corridors. Terrazo in office. Reception room off the office. Two rooms each for manual training, domestic sci
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