Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-09-26

treasurer Will show, all payments nave Deen
regularly vouchcd for
Thanking you for the advice, and assistance,
and support you have given me during the
year in the discharge of my duties, | remain
Yours respectfully,
RICHARD L. CARNE,
City Superintendent of Public Schools.
ALEXANDRIA, Sept. %, 1871.
1nnual Report Of tie City Superintendent Of
Schools of .Alerandraa City, for the gear
ending August 3lst 1871:
Number Of graded schools &, white and
colored aggregate number of days taught, 1000;
in white schools, SOB; in colored schools, 703.
Average number of days taught, 100; in
white schools 90; in colored schools III.
Whole number of teachers employed, lG;
white male, p white female s; colored male, /;
colored female, 5; total white, TO- total colored
6; total males 3; total females, -.
Total pupils on the rolls during the year,
l,l09; white males, 373; white females, 22S;
colored males, $50; colorcd females DDS; total
white, 60l total colored, j0S; total males, G53;
total females, 1856.
Average attendance Of pupils, C52; white
males, 246; white females, l42; colored males,
129; colored females, 1875; average white, 3SS;
average colored, 264 average males, 375;
average females, ~.
Percentage Of attendance Oh whole number
enrolled, So white males, &c; white females,
G.; colored males, 4G; colored females, 50;
average white, G5 average colored, 81; average
male, 81: average female, g..
Average number of pupils enrolled to teach
er, 60; white co; coored, IS.
Average number of pupils in average atten-
dance to teacher, Al; white, 50; coorcd, Al.
D,r,ont,r,n If hoo r. a all
SONS between and 2l} enrolled, 81; white, rs;
colorcd, ~.
Percentage of school population and average
attendance, 20; white, IS; colored, -.
Whole amount paid to teachers during the
year, $500; to white males, 5000; to white te-
males, 81 $40; to colored males $3.50; to col'ored
females, Sl,l7O; to white teachers, $1,000 to
colorcd teachers, 81 800; to male teachers,
1920; to female teachers, $3.50
Teachers average monthly pay, SAT; males,
(all principally s5j; females, $3.50.
Cost Of tuition per Month for each pupil en-
rolled. - cents; in white schools G4 cts; III
colurcd schools rs cts.
Cost of tuition per month for each pupil IN
average attendance, "a cents; in white Schools
81 cents: in colored schools IS cents. (IheSe
two items show the cost Of tuition only, and DO
not take into account rent OF school rOOnL
fuel. &c.)
Number Of pupils study spelling, !, JOG, white,
60: colDrcd. sos.
Number who can read, 923; white, 53S,
colorcd, 3S5.
Number who can write or are learning to do
50. 94S; white SAG; cclored 4O2.
Number who study arithmetic 723; white
437; colored 2SG.
Number lcarn!trt grammar $50! white 2''7;
culorcl l52
Number learning geography 49,; white 327;
co!nrcd Us.
Number Of visits made 800; to white schools
o.: to colored schools 800.
BY the City Superintendent l22; to white
schools IS; e conrcd schools IT.
By trustees ~ to white schools 81; to color
cd schools l..
By parents and other persons $50: to white
schools IL; to colored schools l74
Number Of days for which distric clerks
were allowed pay Gin taking census 1884,
Snowlcn District $; Custis District 5; 1allowel
District H.; Washington District =.
Number of meetings Of trustees Is; number
attended by the City Surcrintcndcnt lG.
Number of graded schools continued live
months Or more e.
Total cost of public education except teach
ers pay during the yearS2, O5S.Il. This, with
the teachers pay, shows the average cost OF
educat inc each child enrolled to have been IS
cts. = month and each child an average at
tend .ancc Sl.il month. As furniture, stoves,
&c arc included however, some allowance
u ,ust be made Oh this. The probable cost Tor
each child attending is not far from SD year. }
!, Received for paying teachers 81, 2S3. 90; from
state fund s., SIT. "A; from county funds ST.
2,S3. Of. Expended IS 500. Bal ance S39.Sl.
| (JanitorS salaries and some incdcntas were
paid out Of this fund besides teachers, which
| will account tor the discrepancy in this state
ment
Reccived for Incidental expenses $l,S3O2l.
Paid Tor incidcntals s., O5S.7 !; water rent S4
rent OF school-rooms $42S; repairs OH buildings
SCI 80; furniture, &C., Sl,239.C7, (besldes
500 donated BY private individually; pay OF
clerks SGT; stationery SlO.22; salaries OF JAM,
tors S2325O printing $3.50. (Ihe financial
items having been obtained from the City Au-
ditor's books in the absence of that officer, are
necessarily of doubtful accuracy
Number Of schoo-houses used 6; frame =;
brick +; with out-houses 6; with suitable;
grounds /; with good furniture, i with wal
maps ,; with globes G.; with black-boards 81;
comfortable g. number Of rooms L.,
Text books adopted: McGufcy's Spoilers
and Readers; Spancerian Pcnmanship; Davies
Arithmetics; Harvcy's Grammars; Maury S
aud Guyots Biographies.
Text books used during the year, the same
exceptDunstouian Pcnmanship instead OF Spen-
cerian and GuyotS Biographies.
Abstract of City Trtasurers Report: Re
ccvcd of Second Auditor $ .99S; from County
Taxes l,tl77jO; whole amount placed to credit
Of school fund $3,4l5.j0; amount drawn So
325. 50: amount to credit of school fund S39Sl.
Total receipts into treasury +. Total payments
out of treasury lis. Vouchers proved by cx-
animation to be regular 10:
Statistics Of Private Schools: Number OF
white schools %; colorcd do 6; white teachers
GO: colored do 5; white pupils on the rolls S59;
p rDIt 7I9; do of colored ISL average cost per
pupil in primary schools on enrolment IS cts;
do. in classical schools 50 9 H5, average number
not considered reliable, having been obtained,
in many cases, from third parties, in the abb
scncc OF teachers