Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-01-04


The total enrolment exceeds that of the cor.
responding Term of lastyear by 5; the average
monthly enrolment, by IS; the average daily
attendance, by Is. The per cent Of attendance
and punctualItY are about the same; the number
of days absent is however, 3s9i less, and the
cases of tardiness, IA less, with IS days of
school this Term against go last Term. In
making up the report of absence, the pupil is
considered Withdrawn from school if he is all
sent the whele of any enc week, and his absence
before entering or after final withdrawal. is not
counted. The absence reported is such as oc-
Cured while the pupils were members of the
school. The actual days of attendance, show
more accurately the extent to which The aa-
vantages of the schools are enjoyed by those
entitled to them. Had there been no absence,
the total days present would have been 31,902.
The actual days present were 25141, leaving
a total absence of ,7Gs, or an average daily
absence of about so pupils, nearly enc Fourth
of the whole enrullment The average daily
absence while the pupils were members of
school, was bat l5 last year. same term, it
was 81. There has bccn steady Improve
ment in the matter OF attendance and punctu-
ality, until we have reached about us high
standard as we have any reason to expect wall
be reached. If we succeed in enrolling two
thirds of those enumerated, and secure "a daily
attendance of three fourths of those enrolled
we shall do ss well us the majority of schools
in the State.
Our schools, with one exception, have done
good work this term. Two of the schools
were somewhat interrupted by the sickness of
the teachers, and yet these schools have accon =
plished nearly as much as they did last year.
There have been more foreign pupils in at
tendance this term than in the whole of the
three years previous Unfortunately nearly
all of these pupils must be put into the Gram
mar School, making il too large for one teach
er and too small Tor two. 1t will be impossi-
BILE to admit to this school, any foreign pupils
next terna, without injury TO those properly
belonging to it.
Four of the seven schools have been exceed.
ingly crowded during the term, ranging from
40 to 11S pupils enrolled, and having an aver
age attendance of 81. 1t is evident THAI addi-
tional schools must soon be organized. We
may pass through the present year, with tho
preseat number but notlenger This brings
up the old question of more room.
1t is hoped that the citizens will not allow
their schools to be crippled for want OF room
} This want oil room may be remedicd in three
ways by the erection of one large centra
buildisg, or by erecting two small buildings
one near the depot, and the other near tn
south end of the village. The latter plan viii
be much the cheaper and in many respects
will accommodate the pupils better than on
central building. This plan has, however, II
disadvantages, ae we'll as the other
D The following pupils were neither absen
] nor tardY during the entire term: Estella Dar
row, Ruth Asel. Lucy Hubbard. Nellie Love
land. Mary Mitchell, Mary Sinclair, Emm
: Ketchum, Lewis Ansden, Frank Everett, FREQ
Morrison. George Nettleton. Samuel Newberry
: Kittie Kendall, Ella Randall, Alice Catlei
: frankie Mithcell, Ida Amsdem, Fred Thorpe
Mary Fisk, Arthur Amsden. Hugh Ford, e
$ mer Howey. Alice Smith, Sarah Hayner, Mar
: Philips, Ella Chappell, Stella ShOecraft, Aim
: Thorpe, Laura Ticknor, George BeIknapI
: Eddie Beebe, Robbie Eames. George Ford.
: To the above should be added the names Q
e those in the Grammar School, who were neithe
a absent nor tardy up TO the time when thO
4 school was closed. They are, Charles Sayag'
d Justin Munsell, VIII Morrison, Asher Fobe
Il Ida Sweet, Dora Shears, Josie Shaw, Fam
y Seymour, Ella Knapp. Julia Harmon, Mar
Ford I. N. CLEMENS, Supt