Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1872-02-17

ANNUAL ScHoot REpoRr.-We are Indebted 40
DR.. sminkey, member Of the Legislature from
Dauphin county, for copy OF the Annual Re-
port of the State Superintendent Of Common
Schools, for the year ending June 9Th, 1871. On
examining Il we find that new school houses have
been erected iu the following townships In this
county, to wits
Coal. Q; Cameron,e |; jackson, 9; Mt. Car
mel township, and nine brick, as follows; De-
laware, Q; Turbut, 2 !; Washington, 2; Mt. Car
mel borough, 1; Upper Augusta, l; shamokin
township, 1. One of the two built in jackson is
n two-story building, In which two schools are
taught, thus affordlng the advantage of grading
those two schools. The two built In Delaware,
are furnished with patent furniture. The two
built In Turbut are model structures, 2sxS6 feet
ceilings 12 feet, with ventilation registers In the
walls, and sliding sash In the windows, with
weights appended. Each has an entry aud sepa-
rate clothes rooms for boys and girls, provided
with hat hooks and shelves.
The two built in Washington complets their
whole number--hve in all-all brick built In
two years.
The Mt. Carmel borough school house Is 30r7O
feet, two stories high, with ceilings 13 feet from
the floors. 1t has also a"frontispiece" or extern
sion ten feet wide for entries and starways. The
cost of this building when finished, If completed
according to specifications, will probably reach
$4,000. Northumberland borough has commenc-
ed the erection of new school house. 65xlOO
feet, which, when completed, will be the best
school building In this county, and probably the
best IN the State. The whole number Of schools
is two hundred and two, of which siSty-four are
graded. The graded schools are found In Sha-
nokin borough, Milton and Northumberland boz
roughs.
From the tabular statement appended TO the re-
port, we learn that the whole number of schools
in the county is 202 average number Of months
taught {. 20 numberofma teachers, 165 num-
Der OF females, 4S average salaries, of male
| teachers, per mouth, s4l.36 females, S3l.95
number of male scholars attending, G,oS5, fe-
males, 5,23S; the average number attending
! school, 1874. Amount of tax levied for school
purposes, S43,l64 35 amount levied for build
| ing purposes, s24, lag 90. Total amount levied,
s74, TIC rs. The amount collected was $S4, 900
IS State appropriation, sI,7G5 30. Cost of con-
struction, s4099a 81; fuel and contingencies,
sl3, lG5 60. Cost OF school houses, purchases,
building, rents, &C., Sal ,053 As
1t will be gratifying to the friends OF our Pub-
lie Schools to learn that all the districts in the
county have accepted the Common School sys-
TEN. Little Mahanoy township having been the
last to accept it, has made no report.
The etabular statement for Sudbury District Is
as follows: Number Of schools 10; average num-
ber of months taught, Z male teachers, 6; fe-
male teachers, 4 average salaries fer male
teachers per month, s65 female teachers, $50
rs number of male scholars attending, $40; fe-
male scholars, 295; average number attending
school, 414. Total amount Of tax levied, S5, GS5
81. State appropriation for 1871, sS72 90. Cost
ofinstructon, s3,745 90; fuel and contingencies,
$500 S9 Cost OF school houses, purchase of
buildings, rent, &C., 6,5l7 "a. Debt of District,
s6,lS7 %.