The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-11-21

| Chattanooga. Report says that Bragg viii
not give battle, but fall back. Our troops
are in good health and fine spirits.
| Yours, &c. nth Iowa.
Our Common Schools.
Mr.. EDITOR believing it to be due tc
| the friends of education in Des Moines
County to know the condition of our Pnb-
lie Schools, with your permission will in
form them through your paper. ...-.....
:. The number of Independent Districts
and District Townships in the Counly, is
! IA; Suh-districts, II; males between five
and twenty one, 1891; females, 1885. To-
tai, 1852. Increase since October 4th, 1862,
439. Number of Schools, 70; number of
pupils attending school, $3.50; being an in
crease over last year of 625. Total average
attendance, 1905. Number of male teach
ers, SIS; female, 9S. Average compensation
of teachers per week-male, IS Is; female.
81 q. Aggregate number OF days the
schools have been taught-summer. ,75S;
winter, 1855: increase, ], 3l9. Average cost
of tuition per week, for =. each pupil-sum-
amount paid teachers duringthe year, $14,-
600 IS. Teachers fund in the hands of the
District Treasures, S7,4l9 II. Amount of
special tax for Teachers Fund, received
during the year,S3, 467 SO. Received of
County Treasurer, April apportionment,
Sl2,3SS 81: September apportionment, 81, :
$50 81. Total amount Of Teachers Fund
received from all sources during the year
ending Oct. +, 1863, S20,7l7 II. a.
| By comparing the foregoing with the sta
tistics of last year, it will be seen that much
more has been accomplished for the cause
| of Common Schools in this County, during
the past than the present year.
! On the 9Th day of October, 1863, there was
| in the hands Of the Several District Treas
urers of Teachers Fund, including the
September apportionment, S12, 404 90, with
which to commence the present school
year. F
| Presenting the amount of special tax and
apportionment fund that will come into the
hands Of the District Treasurers by the
third Monday in April, to be $l2,0 900 CO.,
! (which is a safe estimate), we have Teach
ers' Fund for the year ending Oct. 4, 1864,
amounting to S24 ,404 81. .a-
The average time which the Schools of
the County were taught during the past
year, lacks only a fraction of seven months,
at an aggregate cost of SD, 009 IS. Thus, it
will be seen, that we will have fund suffi-
Gent to keep open the schools at least nine
months during the year, even at an in
creased compensation to teachers, which the
| District Boards, if they wish to increase the
number Of professional teachers, and thus
elevate the standard of our schools, will see
| the propriety of doing. .a.
| w mole nuluDGT Oh dppilCdutS eAdullueu
during the year: Males, a: females, 70; re
iected, TO- Certificates renewed: Males, %:
| females, 3S. Total number of certificates
issued 140. Total number of teachers nee
essary to supply the Schools Of the County,
96; to which add Is, the number of certiti.
Gates issued for a less term than one year,
and expired before the 5th of October, and
we have 100; which deduct frem 14O, the
number of certificates issued, and we have
| thirty-one teachers, to whom certificates
were issued, not engaged in teaching in
| this county. ISL
! The whole number of teachers who have
gone into the army from this county, since
| the first call for volunteers, is thirty-tive,
among whom are some Of the best profess
| sional teachers. Vt. ,-......
While it is true that in most of the Dis
tricts of the county, the citizens manifest a
commendable pride in the erection, repair
| ng and furnishing of their School-Houses,
it is nevertheless true that in some of the
Districts the health, comfort and convent
ence of teachers and pupils are entirely
neglected.
| In some of the sub-districts that nigh
mention, are log school houses, with flat
| tened rails for seats. and other appliances
corresponding, which should be preserved
! only as "reminiscences of pioneer days.
The schools of this county, as whole
never were in more prosperous condition
|
| Most of the teachers now engaged are
earnest, jealous, and practical A majority
of the schools are being taught by females,
who have demonstrated by their practical
adaptedness tothe school room, the truthful
ness Of a statement made in my report
three years ago, that the opposition urged
against employing female teachers existed
more in prejudics than in fact.
The citizens of Burlington have taken
hold of their Public Schools with a hearty
good will. ..r.
There are in attendance in all the Public
Schools of this city, between eight and nine
hundred pupils, who are being trained by
as faithful a corps of teachers as can be
found in the State. ......
of the several districts of the county is di.
rected to the provisions of Sec. q, part q
laws of '62. n....
Each school district in the county should
subcribe for and take at least one copy Of
the IoaDd Instructor and School Journal pub
lished by Mills Il Co., Des Moines Iowa.
The Instructor and Journal is published
Secretary of the Board of Education, and
Executive Committee of the State Teacher
| Association. "." 49,.
It contains an official Department which
| embraces all the decisions of the Secretary
of the Board. No teacher who expects tc
continue IN the profession, in Iowa, shoulC
be without a copy of the Instructor ano
Journal. Price one dollar per annum in
advance.
Icannot close without expressing my
gratitude to the citizens of Des Moines Co
for their hearty cooperation in my efforts
to develop and put into practical operation
our Common School system, and to the
County Board of Supervisors, who have
evineed so lively an interest in the welfare
of our Schools.
While our beloved country is being dis.
tracted in consequence of the raising Of the
ruthless hand of rebellion, it is truly en-.
couraging to witness the lively interest ex.
hlbited on the part of the friends Of oul
Government, in the cause Of Universal
Education. 1t goes to show an intelligent
appreciation of the fact that with the cause
Of popular, or universal education is link
ed the destiny of our nation.
AS the masses are educated and become
virtuOus and good, so will our free institu-