Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-11-11
School aSeD0rI.


synopsis of my annual report to the Supern-
tcndeut of Pubic Instruction.
RICHARD h. CARHE.
Superintendent of Public Sc:iUo!>,
City aud County ot Alexandra.
CITY OF ALEXANDRIA.
Rccc;Dt From State fund, So, l63 %; iiouI
county tax OF 1870, (lncludlng balance OF
81 400 ~ from last Year, s. S49.9l; from the
CITY Council Sc coo; from the Peabody Fund.
Gpcludng balance of : 900 fom last year
and interest 81. 649 %; total SIS d. ia. Iatne
Of property owned hy he Buald, 3l>t Of Au-
gust, 1872, 81, 100: DO. August 3l>t, 1873, (at.
Ter allowing five per Ct deduction for wear and
tear of furniture ST SOB 81; asked fox by City
School Board and granted by City Council for
School year ending August 81 1874, 5000,
heiug about fourteen cents ou the 500 ou the
property Of the CITY.
Ecprp1itMrs For teachers wages, $4,000.
for rerairs at school houses, S775 4G: Ter turnl-
ture aud apparatus (incIuciing $295.92 cxpense
Of 6ttiug up and furnishing etfic2) Sl5S 80: Tor
| fnel rent. books audo contingent eXpcn es,
including pay Of janitors, 50 l43 81; fur pay Of
clerk $50 total, Sl0.O21. IS; balance, Qu.
udipg 81, 200 city stock aud go 30 cash IN
building fund.- 50 234. &c; total cos; oil education
| 81 .U2 a mouth FIR each child enrolled duTug
the year
Scl.oo1s Whole pumbar Of persons between
) aud ~ 4.OOl, Of which 2.699; ,334 boys
| and ,345 grIsl are white, aud l.3'I2 lJ99 boys
and ,U3 girls cOored; schools, f. witt IT. teach
crs. having Il total eurollmcut for the year Of
911, (white jsl, coorcd 1861 aud an average
/ Attendance Of j55 white 3422, colorcd 2l3.)
which gives tota! enrolment OF 6O and an
average attcndance OF 50 to each teacher he
/ Init On
! i toll was n. white p and colorcd 20 and
that Of average attendance to total enroll
mrnt IS. white 81, colurcd ii There We're
! four male teachers employed, two white and
| Two colorcd at salaries averaging S3b.2o
month. and twelve female teachers. eight white
! and four colored, at salaries averaging ST -
month: the general average Of salaries being
SD a month; 81 pupils studied spelling. b63
! could read, 6SS were learning pennansll1p, no
arithmetic, l12 grammar, 33334 geography aud
| - history. Two were furnished with text
| books at public expense On accoutt Il poverty.
Supcrnten,lcut The Superintendent was
officially employed 3lJ hcuts, travelled l23
Jules on school business, wrote IS official let
t.rs examined 53 teachers. attended - meet
iugs Of the School Board, and visited schools
| / Is times His SALARY, PAID by the State. was
! $50. 90. out Of which he paid SS3.42. 'uclden'
tai EXPENSES.
COUNTY OF ALEXANDRIA.
REGENTS. From State Fund, $500; JET
ferson 1922 2s Arlington $3Gl.42. Washing
ton sl95.20 From County Fund, $500. O6;
Jefferson SIP Is, Arlington Sl2643, Wash
inytou 67.24 County School Is ard 81 II.
FROM District Funds S3,l2o.9S; Jefferson
$40 ", Arlington 81 ,475.OS, Washington
ss7S IS. Total receipts, $43l6,94: Jefferson
| 81 ISL Us, Arlington Sl,9So.93, Washington
81 IS -. County School Board, $l3.G4. Ar
llngton District held property valued AT Sl23
on the 3lst Of August, 1872, and had Increased
! il to :l5S | on the 3lst OF August, 1919. -
| The assessment on the districts FOR school rur-
poses for the school year ending August 3l>t,
! 1874, was Is cents on the 800 for jefferson,
- cents for Arlington, and 10 Tor ashluytpn;
two cents aud half was levied on the county.
Expenditures Salaries OF teachers, $3,ui+
65: Jefferson, 1910 30; Arlington 81 ,334 10;
Washington, $3.50 %; Arhugton expended
IS. sc for repairs &c, and $2l.75 for furniture
| &c. For fuel, rent. books, aud other cortlG
gent expenses $47647 Was paid: by Jefferson,
STAT. IS: by Arlington, S24l.I9: by Washing
ton SS7 .35: by the County School Buard,
SS.75. The clerk Of Jefferson was paid $25.
| %: the clerk OF Arlington, $1,000; the clerk OF
Washington, nothing; The clerk OF the County
| School Board, 81 90. The TreaSurcrs Com
missions were Sl6l sc; and the rDtire cX'
! pendi,ure 50 762 %; jefferson, Sl.l79 -; Ar
iington 81 6S5. Ut; Washington. 1883 81; Coun-
ty School Board, Sl3 g. The balance tcoun-
ty and district funds is S554 s.: Jefferson,
%; Arlington, 1926 81; Washington. S254.-
| 10. Total cost OF education Il cents Il month
for each child enrolled during the year:
Schools Whole number OF persons between
5 and u. 76l: white $40 l43 boys ami III
girls; colored AL, boys 229, girls 2l2.) Schools
| S, with 9 teachers, having total enrolment
| for tic year Of 1911, (2O3 white and 2SS color
ed. and an average attendance OF 23i (ll9
white and lis coored) giving an average OF 30
total enrolment and % in average Attendance
to each teacher The percentage Of enroll
white and 65 coorcd) aad that OF average al
tendapce to that OF enrolment is 80 white and
40 coloredI. There were five male teachers
employed, four white and one colorcd at Saa-
res averaging SAL 93 a month and live female
teachers, two white and three coOred, at saa-
res averaging SO Oh mouth; the general
average of salaries being $50 - Il month. The
schools were generally continued II months;
47G pupils learned spelling, 445 reading, 3l2
penmauship, 2l7 arithmetic, IS granular. l34
geography and other branches. Three indi
gent pupils were supplied with books at the
public expense.
,Su,rindcnt The Superintendent was Of
fcay employed | 10 hours, travelled 30 miles
on cial business, wrote SO official letters, ex-
amined Is teachers, attended Two meetings OF
the County School Board, and visited schools
II times. He received a salary Of $4,000, out
Of which he paid $l4.5O incidental expenses.
HARD TIMEs.-Iu the Lake Superior min
ing region the people are suffering from hard
times brought about by causes altogether dis
tinct from those which have caused the prevail
ing stringency in other parts of the country.
Last spring the operators Of, the iron mines an
,iclpatcd season Of unusual prosperity, having
made contracts az high prices tor their ores,
but before the summer was half over 1t became
apparent that prices agreed upon would bank
rupt the manufacturers. The mine owners in.
sisted on the tulfiment Of their contracts, and
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