The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-01-13

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APPoRTIoNMENT
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and dif}icuIt work Of tba sossi',, f,o
its pcrformoncc' If is nresn,nod ond
trusted thot Won will No g,,;dod ond
governed bv strict sense of instice and and
| impartiality to all parties and to every
district in the State, so that no well.
founded reason be given for complaint
or censure.
Under the laws of the State it is made
the duty of the county commissioners
of the respective counties to make re-
turns to the Governor of the centennial
enumeration of tayables on or he fore
the first Tuesday of December. Not
one-iourth of these returns have vet
been received, although the attention
OF Jhe commissioners was invited 70 the
subject by special circular from the
Secretary Ut TIE Commonwealth As
| soon rs the returns como to hand, the
necessary abstracts will be made our
ana forwarded to the Legislature.
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The report of the Superintendent of
Common Schools shows that there are
now Wlthln the state, 2,OO2 school dis
tricts; l4,2l2 schools; 2,s02 graded
schools l3,iOO directors; 70 county and
other superintendents 1852 teachers,
and S2S,S0l pupils. This is an increase
over the preceding year of 81 districts !;
ZIG schools; HI graded schools; 200 di-
rector5 3superintendents; no teachers,
ana l3,l3S pupils.
The cost of tuition for the past year,
was 50, II, 40 81; building, purchasing
and renting school houses, 81, 7G5, ,64i.
81 contingencies, 81, ,lG5, ,226 Oj; other
expenditures, $05, 40; making a total
of S7,77l ,7Gl 20. Estimated value of
school property, Sl5,S37, 1888. Average
salary of male teachers, $40 6j per
month; length of school term, G.O6
months and the cost per month of
each pupil, 9S cents.
In addition to the obovo five Normal
schools are recognized by the State.
These are intended specially to instruct
in the art of teaching, and to furnish
suitable teachers for the common
schools. The many highly qualified
instructors that have graduated therein,
afford a sufficient assurance of their
success and usefulness. They have aid. &.
ed materially in the rapid advancement
OF our general and widely approved
educational system. Since their recog.
milton, 1880 students have been re-
cciVed into them: and 2,675 are now
enrolled. There are 66 professors and
tutors. The libraries contain S,l35
volumes. The buildings and grounds
are valued at 1864, ,G67; and the furni-
ture and apparatus at $75, 900.
Besides the schools that receive legis-
lativc support, there are in the State
GOl private schools, semlnaries and
academies, employing SiS teachers and
having u, ,Sl5 students. The estimated
value of their property is S6OO,O00,
and the annual amount received for
tuition S3SO,OOO. There are also thir-
teen colleges, with lj7 professors and
tutors, and 2,S0j students enrolled.
They own much valuable property,
and their libraries number $4,000 vol
umes.
These statistics will. doubtless, prove
interestinrr to nll who neruse them. ana
those relafinp to the common schools
merit the especial attention OF the Leg
Of al ali comm,,riiieI iitE Jnnend d. more than
liGencn Idlonnss immoraiitv. crime
and novortv nhonnd must where ipnDr.
nnce nrevaiIs Thr ~reatest wealth a
nno,le can nossa.. and the highest nolit.
irnI freejnn and nnIyar thev can attain.
orn hssaJ unnn and derived from n
sounI and Trnern,,s education. Free.
dom crnr, thr many evils that disturb
thr nnorn nf snriety. social hormonv.
GOOD and hraIthfui goverument: md
all the mutiform blessings that con
spire to produce human happiness, are
| its legitimate fruits. Money judic-
| iously expended by any community
for the mental training of its youth,
cannot be lost; it will not fail to return
| in due time, bearing a liberal interest.
| The admirable workings of our Penn
sylvania school system are everywhere
admitted, and its great success is chief,
ly owing to the generosity OF the Leg
islature by which it has been so kindly
and so benelicently nurtureh, and it is
sincerely to be trusted that it will never
weary in this praiseworthy work,
which has thus far been so wtll accom-
rliahed and 50 abundantly rewarded.
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Your attention is respectfully invited
to the report Of the Superintendent of
the Soldiers Orphans Schools, for the
year terminating May 81, 1870.
Since the first organization of these
schools the whole number of children
admitted is 5,0j3. And during the same
period, the discharges, including deaths,
amount to 1924, leaving 3,529 in the
schools at the close OF the year; of whom
2,i3i are III graded, and I93 IN "Prl-
mary Schools anu ooo III 'lioiiles.
During the year terminating May 81,
1871, 1913 of these will be DISCHARGED on
,no A.; 1870 - l., ,-o 200 T. -
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