Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-03-30


last term, 1t will be seen that the total ehroll-
ment is 2l less, the monthly enrolment is the
same, tie average daily attendance, is 2l less !;
the per cent. OF punctunlily. IS less. By ex.
dmining the reports from the several depart
mtnts l find that this decrease has come al
most exclusively from the Primary depart
ment. In that department The total enroll.
nent Is az less than the first term, the average
daily attendance is IA less, and the average
monthly enrolment is 10 less. l think tho ex-
trene severity of the weather during nearly
the whole or the terfn Is sufficient explana-
tion Of this falling of. No doubt the enroll.
ment in this department next term, will exceed
the enrolment for the fall term More than
one-fOurth of the absence from sickness was
reported from the Primary department The
wonder is that thrfe was not more sickness,
for there were many days SO stormy and SO cold
that such young children ought not 10 have
left their homes at all. and yet more than half
the school was present the scvercst days This
exposure lead 10 sickness, and sickness 10
witharawa| rom school, and hence the reduc-
ed cnrollmtnt for the whole school The en-
rollment in all the other departments except
the End intermediate, has Increased, and in
this department the decrease was only four.
The average per cent of attendance is much
less than Tor the corresponding term of last
year. This is due to the method by which
the per cent. is calculated The Stat. School
Commissioner recommends that the per cent.
Of attendance be calculated Gu the average
monthly enrolment instead of the average
number belonging. The latter method would
have made our per cent 92-about the same as
last year. -'
The total enrolment for the two terms of
this year is 429, being 80 more than the entoll.
ment for the Whole Of last year. The enroll
ment Tor the term just closed is 78 more than
for the correspond ding term of last year. This
increase has arisen from an increase in our
school populations l think it cannot he ac-
counted for by irregularity of attendance. No
doubt the public improvements being made in
our villdge is The true cause. And as these i'm
provements are not yet Completed, and have
not brought in the population from abroad
that there is reason 10 believe they will bring,
II corresponding increase in our school popu.
lation may be expected during next term, and
for u few years, nj least. to come. Should This
be the case, the 10 .al enrolment for the present
year will exceed that for last year by, at leus
70. 1t seems to me this indicates increased
prosperity in our village, and every effort pos
sible should be put forth to make our schools
slill better than they now are, and thus add
new inducements to those Wishing to locate
among us,
The following pupils were neither absent
moi tardy during the entire term: Burrtt Sry
mour, Fred Dornlan, Henry Harris, Arthur
Luce, Edwin Wright, Mary Conlin, Nellie
Loveland, Sarah Trimmer, Julia Dorman, ELI
Randall, Alice Sanborn, Mary Wagner, Chas
Geoppinger, Charles Simpson, Mary Webb
Mary Phillips. Lewis Ansden, Chas. Bruce
Lewela Taylor, Fred Moshier, Ella Conln
Ida Russell. e"
l haye not thought it necessary TO extend
this REPORT beyond the presentation Of iii,
above statistics, and the few relharks accom-
panying them, reserying the discussion o
such questions as refer to the future wants q
the school for my annual report, So 80
Respectfully Submitted,
l. NJ. CLEMENS, Slpt