The Goodhue volunteer., 1863-02-18
Ganrntiona1 1epaytm>nt.
EDITED BY -i- l.,
PROF. JABEZ BROOKS.

School STATlsriCi.-rhe materials on
tis matter furnished to the Supern' en- lent
are very meaere, 50 that it is impossible to
arrlve at a. curate or complete results. Ont
OF ~ counties only 81 have reported, and Of
these Ramsey county reports from only Ii
districts; Waba>iiaw, IS LIE Scuer one
Such as. the returns are we use them,
, Gondhne county reports from G. DISTRICTS.
giving the following fcsu'ts-whol- number
i"' persons between 5. and ~2l years of age,
2e3O; whole number in attendance, 1900 Or
40 pr. CT average attendance 76O, or SO
Epr CT. Of number in attendance, and % Dr.
Ct, or about one in Of schoolabl,' persons.
Number of tea hers employ ed-2l mals and
% msu e, total I or one teacher to every
16 scholars in ATTENDANCE. These teachers
:recelvcd 81. 564 81 for their services The
Average monthly compensation OF mute teach
;er~ is ol7.2l, OF. ;? msi/c, SS IL, or 81 pr. c..
lot thlt paid to mde te cners. There are 81
>ch ol houses reported, not quite 50 pr. c.
OF he nunbtr of districts, the to- al value OF
which is $780,, averaging therefore S92 0 =,
each.
| The whole number Of districts in the
State reported is lO74, contanin. 5O.lt4
,schoo'blc p:rsons-25 .S78 mu,rs and 21.-
2b6 J;Hn.s. The w,olc nu.n ,.r in Attcn
dance upon the Schoo in these districts j.,
%, 5l-ll:72i m s, II, ,4s3 r1alx, or 4G
pr. ct. Of the >c.lno'a3|c po;,nialion, with an
average ATTENDANCE: of Is 6J2, showing that
onI: O. pr. CT. Of enrolled sch ,l.rS, aud 81
pr. CT. Of schoolAb- c persons ATTENDED >cn ,ol
'esuI,rIy The whole nunb,r of teachers en-
pIoyed Is, M lie }G7, f NJ lie 81)lotal ly6, or
one teacher 10 every l3 sc;l,llr, in a;,cn
dance.
The a@src rate amoun: paid to the teach
erS in these districts is 5 ,U3 or $ so
per scholar in attendance. Tn, whole mum
Ter Of schoo! houses is 3S7, 2Jl frame, aid
zo3 log, or 5 / pr. ct. OF tt,c number Of dis
;iicts, the to-, al value of which is SOL 9SG II ;.
tic average va'!c uf each school house is
: '"S'S'''c, > i'A oA. 1'c b'ShcNt IFeTaIe
monthly c"n.pen> alton paid to u,4'c TEACHERS
was ia kanabec c"un'y. viz: I3j o.; to
.je"c'e teachers was in Pine cn,.nty, viz :.
! so w. The !.'Wc>: ave az: monthly com
l,en-.lon to ~ III feather, W. in E4r:b .,lil
tcorn1y, VIZ - 81 10 / ma e le.chets WAS
IN "ab'>llaw c''unly> VIZ s. ". { u this
particular the returns ;hn>t r.ort fal>e'y.)
! 1t We coMplre The statistics Of Guuhuc
County with tile general statistics ri the
State We obtain the ,oi1,win- C,c;,-,i,e ,nr
'eHtHsc IT a''enIa'cc q: The s"hooabc pop
"!ai"n III til" Cnnn'v is very nearly til.
same a. tia, OF ,lIc Siatr at large, while tie
average a''c,dauce Of enrolled scholars is
| 'c~>-tte Sch"o'> are srnaitr :han III. general
erase-'h,re are not is many school hous
eS III proportion t" the .lt>;,i i:t>-anu ,he
ii"v:'":e value OF each j, So. 81 less than
,h, general avera:e-the average salary OF
! 'eacer~ IS l,>: :Ean than the general average
W lie 'he tuition Of each Sc,,ul II j, - Cents
tyrcater
TNE STATE No&3A. ScHonL This i, l.,
cat - !'"ne, a i was opened in Sept.
! lSCO. For want Of The Gus or,arv a;;,ro
pciati"n by tn Leyi~!r it SUI pended it's
iuncii"n> in November 1861. >huuFl The
ipresent Legislature furnish the s;new, Of
war .hc institution will be at once :e- onenel.
The ntespriSe deserves 10 be suc:e.slui, AMI
frcin the we'll known energy Of the mana;
erS Of the schlol. and tie citizens OF Winona
1t viii be. No petty jeaioa>ieS or riyairies
should be allowed TO stiic :hs mos. efficient
agency in elevatiag the teachers sufe<ssion.
-; l-es the S;a;e sustain i, by generous appro-
'p,ia ion OF means. aad at the same time
hold its managers to a strict account for an
economical expenditure of these MEANS
Let tie school te what Normal Scl,ool
ough 10 oeei--an fa$'o ly pr .5s>s ~tSc % l.
no, IN acadeay,nr hi n school. but a tra:ai@g
sctari l'Hr y"aDs. r,e. and women. who should
IIe requI'ed 10 pass satisfactory. examlna
tion il a" 'he branches ,arshti in .lc c,n,
=
:" 'h's the tim, PISSED in The Normal
ischo"lmay lie devoted entirely TO the >pec
IIs'''yoi learning as 20 ac.i, and nos To the
|acqu7Si'"n Of a knowledge otT,he elements
OF sI:n.mar, asi'lme,c &c. This
would b. The aos; ecoao=.;csl adjustment,
Ifar is woud throw ous many .ss:uaies now
pursued Ia The es,urse. tha; property be oas
to an nserta=tiia'e department. or li-l, >ci..sol
,aaa 80 ss,arten The lime rsansS:e'i f,r grad
!. aa''o", or. If the time reinasn ur<horssnei
would sIrc the student time for more stris,
in the sa>sn:ss of sea-nssns b'.sos which re-
suits wan'a b. s'oi ess.no.n !, ani il wt,s;sl
|. At The same time he eaIy jas, 10 the other
ssehnNl@ OF the State Personally We are IN
.fzrcr OF Seu.r ,m.I stiesI SID