Blue hen's chicken. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1848-1854, 1851-01-17

III Common school Statement.
es To The eii.asn- Of tAr city oe Ea,rosfry.
= By resolution ofilie BOARD Of Directors
I, the Common Schools Of the city adop'ed
!. their last meeting, il was made the duty of /
d Undersigned 10 lay before you the followi
1. statement Of the general condition ofihe school
e The tchoie popuiofion of the city, by Il
j. census recently completed is 1889. or th
y number 22s6 are supposed 10 be between ii
o years of and IA, being the ages of those wi
+ usually attend school.
e The number ofpupils at the present momei
on the rolls of the city common schools is I8a
: being within 451 of the whole number of o,
D youth between and IA; but IL the names ofa
$ who attend the schools at any time during III
! past year were included, the number would b
over el00. A large number of these 45I VIII
) are not in the common schools, are either q
Z private institutions, or have been Withdraw
. from school Tor the purpose of learning trades
II is presumd thatd the number of those VIII
are absent from school without being employ
ee at all during the day is very small.
These figures show the graft Tying fact iha
someihing over full sepenM of cur population
are now in the common schools, exclusive O
those who have Withdrawn attend pay schools
l-asiaie of things supposed not to exist in many
large towns, even in those parts OF the Union
Iarrangemepts. '' Wv ''''S' f'''''' 'u'a''0''''
The erpenses of The schools. for Tho e,rren,
wear. are estimated a, sloId2 % S-''s''
The cost of The school lois. hnildinas and
lfurnilure belonuing 10 Tho Ro,rJ ;s a"s;..a,aJ
al $4,000; Tine inferest on which a, s;,- na.
cent, being aided n lie ordinarv snrnsI ps pe,
lpense makes The whole ANIMAL COS, as ~
school system sII. .2o3. %.
The permanent Debt efthe Board, incurred
for purchasing lots and Building Houses is
S9649 Sc. The whole interest Of this sum is
regularly paid semiannuaily Out of the ordinary
income of the Board, and about $500 of the
principal is either paid off annually or tna' sum
10 the purposes of purchasing lots OF building
houses.
OF the ordinary income about $1,000 are de-
rived from State appropriation, and the balance
f..,'', .s-'s''. -...
iuihi'u'r oe a'ueo ~ ,'e "''n'ny o~Pe"s1sN'h-
ciuo'ng ih"'ieS' on ceoi'J "e average eosi "
eaueaHng enea pnP'i 20, one yea' SeAoep. muse
~ .ne n'gu' so"ooi W.. NJ" WY ony oe aug"'
curing moh'hs,l Is oo'i.3. Withoui lnc'u-
a'ng interest on 'ne Gust oi io's oc'' Tue cos'
'S 20, Tp''oE pei PuPn' ,;.;l., 49, IL.
ne sonoo's aso u'''ueu NV '"'eo s,aues ia;'L
w. f,rimary, secondary or g.'n"'a, Any ri,sh
'' ""s ' Nf'"' - 'N' ~ ~
sex; X.
me cos' " 'hsuu,'ng enon PuPIl pr Annun
u 'ne primary sc"oo's 70 So,to2. !" '''s seoon
asry OF gta'nma, scnqois so,Ia ana VI ,pe
my sc""s,s gss,o; ~ n.e n'sns sonvG. ";e NJ
oo'a oo,;,ns,a psa p1r a, az szI
rhars ara ~ Primary scbools. incl,dno one
,f,;"an. q cr,nmsr ~ Secnnda arv. snd ,,vo
nt'l1a"' rI.DS' o'a'''a' VI S''' anu ="
'"s"' 900
W the 1887 puriis on Inc foi' Oh an the school
lol4 Is me number IN dperdge aHe"aa"ce snow
ing 10 out oil loo, or y out OF sehooi oil ou'
as The proportion OF absence; ms proportion
however, Is greater IN ihe lower than In the
hiyhe schools
Inc whole NUMBER on 'ne rolis oil all the
Primary schools is ioI9' the average auen-
dance o6oi anu ihe propofloh oil ABSENCE ~
oui OF 100.
The whole number In the Grammar schools
is Ala; the average attendance 547 and the pro-
portion OF absence, 10 out 10 oi ioo.
Inc nuhpe, ~ 'ne aa.sn 'u"oo,s .a' Is sio'
tne nseIage a'ono ,',asIoc ''' anu '"' P'oP0'''0"
Oh aosehve - ous VI iuoI
no nu"vei o' sea;s ~ ."s n,sn' ,e"oo. 70 70
10 anu 'no P'opo,no" r. a., as'e"se, 80 oui H.
ioo. me ase,age ~ =. ."o pups ~ ~ nus
in,1uesuns sI"oo. 70 ~ a
Inc oranenes 'a"s"' anu '0"'se :" '''''''''''
are as ioi'ows' .h..,. -
rupnss en'el me p,i"as so"oo,S ''a Ii.' aaiu ~
mann uii NnsS a'e sgJu ~ ~ a"S sP9,.s,1 eI.
nave lea'heu 'ne a,', .av,es anu m1 iou. 'unua,
h'en'a' iu,es .. ';.' ai."'nses anu na'o N'au'
goou progress III "i''"g on paper.
They are then transferred to the grammar
schools oil The ward. where toey study 0eog'
: raphy, English GRAMMAR the hiSiory OF The
Unliedsstates the whole oil common Arlih'
metc; and are exercised IN wIlung and com
q position. Some also commences algeoIa.
In the High schools lhey review ue9gra
lphy, Grammar and At'hmetoi are regularly
exercised In ComPosiuon ana Defamation
pursue the study 81 uensla, h i'ss0ry, ana AZ,