Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-15
Board of Education.

Regular meeting Of the Board of Educa-
ton, April lst, 1874. Present CONS.
Specht, Malloy, Weber. Voss, Wood, and
the Superintendent. President Weber in
the chair Minutes of last meeting read
and approved. The following accounts
were presented and on motion allowed, and
| the Clerk directed to issue or iers theretore:
D. Blumenfeld, for printing. .....$50.O 90
+. Ucker, Janitor's services. ......... 625
The superintendent read his report on
tae Winter term of 1874 which was approv-
ed and ordered on file. hHH. .faf'lqrir,r =.
8 The reports on the tuition fund showing
| bal lance f$l47.73 was real and approved.
The Superintendent read the annual
statement of the receipts and dis5urse ments
of the School Fund forthe past year, which
was, on motion: adjusted and the clerk di-
rected to transmit a copy of the same to
the Common Council together with a detail
ed estimate of the amount of school taxes
ne cessary to be raised by this city for the
coming year, the same to be $7,65OOO
On motion the Board adjourned.
3e .. tn. BERNHARD, Clerk.
Report Of the School Superintendent for
the inter term ending March 9th, 1874.
To the Bord of Education of the Cssy of
=" Hatcrtown: ~. Hn. i..-, s.#
IA GENTLEMEN: - The term ending March
eth, 1874, shows nm attendance almost
eq ual to that of the Fall term preceding it;
the total enrolment during the term
was 1904, while the attendance during the
first month Of the term was sol, during the
last mouth S5l, and thercf ore the number
Of pupils Withdrawn during the term 153.
the average daily attendance wa about 90
per cent. of tie number registered The
following table viii show the distribution
of our pupils according to departments and
grades: w..
..... ... UNION SCHOOL NO. |.
High School Department: '.... - II.
Grade tot. enroll. % Aver a,td. per mo. %
80 &c 81 e.. - q %
g" 3 Z" IS G. " .." {. 33
Grammar Department
Grade tot. enroll. 81 Aver at,d. per mo. 20
o." g 81 AZ
intermediate Department: ....
Grade tot. enroll. 81 Aver. at,d per mo. 81
u" " 81 62 g. u F" " SIS
Primary Departments i
Grade | tot. enroll. So Aver attd per mo. IS
2 =" g lot i" 81
SEVENTH WARD SCHOOL.
Total enrolment 81 Aver. attd. per mo- A
f3a UNION SCHOOL NC. g. . Is. "a.
Grammar Department i: s=@ .s II.
Grade tot. enroll SO Aver. attd per mo. 4s
3 +" " At /" al
intermediate Department ....-.
Grade tot. enroll. 50 Aver artd per mo. Al
2 +" '' 40 6" 20 i" A
Primary Department .t rH.
Grade l tot. enroll. so Aver. attd. per mo. 4e
2 " " 50 60
UNION SCHOOL NO. g.
intermediate Department l. ...
! Grade tot. enroll. 81 Aver attd. per mo. 46
Primary Department: -s ~ -.
Grade tot. enroll 40 Aver attd per mo. "a
8" 2 g 't" "a "" 40
From the above it appears that the total
enrolment of a.. ..,.,..,.,. .. +.
Union School No l, 470 Av. atsd per mo. 4l2
7th Ward school l54 g -" f" e. a.
Union School No 2. 326 e." SO :" 286
|, I'd" .r.''i.i'' 3, 345 !" g I" +" 1873
And, as above said, the average daily ct
tendance was about SO per cent. of the aver
age attendan ce per month. Though this result
| may be called in general very satisfactory
| one,- still must not conceal the fact that
the attendance in the middle grades, where
1t ought to be most regular, is not such q
it should be. While the little ones of the
Primaryjgrades.h eroically brave the winters
storm and snow, and while the pupils of
the upper grades, with comparatively few
e exceptions, attend with that steadipess
which the nature of their studies require;
the pupils OF the middle grades, q or rather
many of them, are kept out out ofschool
for reasons W hich cannot call but futile.
The parents herein concerned seem not to
be fully aware that they are doing serious
damage to the true interests of their children.
who will be found, sooner ar later, deficient
in those habits Of steady and perseyerin g
industry which are the true foundation of
of success in the pursuits of life. a.4r-
There was little complaint of bad deport-
| ment among the pupils. = a.5o'''t t..4j
The number of suspensions during the
term amount ted to II, mostly cases Of truan-
cy, to which l have enjoined our teachers
to pay the strictest attention ia ill. Io8
The progress IN study made by the pu.
pills during the term may be called very
satisfactory. and, in general, it may be said
that during the last TIVE terms much has
been done to raise the standard nj onr ecboo1o