The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-02-05
The Schools OF Wisconsin.

4IE VA ~ ASSSAAc-A'
It's announced that the report Of Hon. A.
J. CRMd, State Superintendent Of Public
instruction, is no8 in the hands Of the pub
lie printer and viii soon appear. From
general summary Of its contents, published
in the Madison Journal, We gather the fol
lowing information Of interest:
The whole number of public school dis
tricts in the state il 3,SSl, al increase OF
III over the year previous. The number
of children in the state, between the ages
Of four and twenty, is 3S6, $50, showing an
increase of 1871. 246, los have attended
school during the year, an improvement of
u, 529. The Attendance at private schools
shows falling off, the number being IA,
679. decrease of 3, 724 There are 1866
shool- houses, Of all descriptions, in the
state, concerning which the Superintendent
says:
Several fine buildings have been erected or
completed during the past year. Oshkosh
takes the lead with a high school building,
which with the grounds, is valued at S65 coo.
1t is a fine specimen of architecture, an orna-
ment to the city and credit to the enterprise
and intelligence of it's citizens. Berlin comes
next with a house costing SIS 600, followed by
EIkhorn with one at $40, 06o Shullsburg with
one at $40, 600 Lake Mills one at SIS 600 ;
Green Bay one at SO 900 Appleton one at
IL 900 and Necedah one at IS 900. Menom-
onie, Dunn county, has a house nearly finish
ed which will cost $4,000, and several other
places have erected or are erecting substan-
tial. commodious and tasteful structures
There are twenty-five cities and villages hav-
ing school houses valued at ten thousand dol
lars or more The total valuation of all the
school-houses in the state is S2573. 393.99
The value of sites is $3.50, 1856 o., making IN
, investment Of nearly three millions of dollars
After giving full and very lengthy ta-
bic Of general statistics, the report comes
to the subject o. yeachers and their wages.
We quote from>t
The number Of teachers required in all the
schools is 5,267, and the numter actually en-
ployed for some portions Of the year is 8 1866
This difference between the number required
and the number actually employed is partly ac-
counted for 10y the fact that in large num-
Der of districts female teachers are employed
in the summer, and male teachers in the win
ter, and partly by the almost universal custom
of changing teachers every term without re-
gard to the of the person engaged.
The average monthly wages of male teach
ers is $40 81, gain of 50 81 from last year
and Of male teachers s'27l8, a gain of 81
cents.
The Superintendent discusses quite fully
the comparative merits of the county and
township system, and makes congratula
tory allusion to the success of the normal
schools and the state university. We next
find that 10 colleges have reported an at
tendance of 1851 students, sos more than
the preceding year. This is gratifying
evidence Of prosperity on the part Of these
higher institutions. In conclusion he SAYS
the facts and statistics presented in his re-
port show that
Our people are still active and Jealous in
their efforts to furnish facilities for the educa-
ton Of their children and my personal inter-
course with teachers, school officers and
parents corroborates the differences drawn
from the statistic, and intensifes the convic-
ton that cur course in the future is onward
and upward. The necessity of education TO
the state and the individual is better under
stood, and broad and comprehensive views as
to what constitutes a true education are held
by greater number than ever before.