The daily gazette., 1875-09-14
EDITION
Our Public Schools.
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT OF suprp,N.
TENDENT HARLAN.

AshA UNI Ut
TENDENT HARLAN.
At the meeting of the Board of Edu-
Gatlon, last evening, Superintendent
Iiar!an presented his fourth annual
report from which which we make the
following extracts:
one new schDol has been erected
during the year, there are now III
schools with 98 rooms, and 4,032 sit.
lngs; there are 99 teachers and 6,O33
pupils, average daily attendance, g.
sos. -
The average yearly cost of tuition
per pupil is: grammer school $14.85;
primary schools S0.47; average cost of
books and stationery per pupil gram
100.
School No. 0, Tenth and King
streets, was vacated during the wear,
1T use being desired by the city. School
No. II, in the Ninth Ward was opened
Nov. 10th 1874.
The report suggests the compulsion
OF more regular attendance on the part
of somo of the pupils.
A failure TO provide the requisite
heating arrangements is given as
reason for the tluctuating attendance
In some of the schools last winter
A great decrease in the number of
Pupils marked for tardinoss in the past
two years is mentioned.
School exam nations arc referred to
at length and the steady advancement
of pupils referred to in complimentary
terms.
The retention of teachers in their
respective positions as much as pos
slblc is recommended ut some length,
Also, the gradation of teachers salar.
les according TO their qualifications
and experience. A training school is
strongly recommended.
The report says that n teacher of
vocal music and teacher of drawing,
are very much needed.
The Importance OF making our Pri-
mary Schools rs good as possible, is
strongly urged, US they are the schools
where the masses of the children are
instructed. Less than one-fifth of the
Primary School pupils now reach the
lhighest classes in the Grammar
Schools.
The excellent position attained by
our Grammar and High Schools, as at
tested by their recent commence
ments, is highly commended
The report of 5. J. Wiley, Princi-
pal of Boys Department School, No.
/. is also presented, it suggests vari ,
Gus reforms. including the purchase
of mathematical instruments-a tran
sit, level or theodolite for this school.
Also, the establishment of rules pro-
vidIng penalties for offences, rules for
school hours, and rules for the stand
ard of progress in study of graduation.
The report of Miss Mary Miller
Superintendent School No. l, presents
a tlattering prospect for the progress
of this school, Special instruction in
Especial departments, with apparatu:
and appliances, is represented as thu
lpresent great need. The report urge
the immediate establishment of thu
status of graduates who desire Il
teach.
The Superintendent further present.
statistics in relation to the teachers
their records in examinations, their pro
ticiency and their salaries.
The expense during the year for sites
building and furnishing is given as SIS.
III; cost OF tuition, $50 ,92S, incidenta
expenses, S22,79 These figures ar
given in connection with like statistic
/ from a number of other cities, the popu
. lation of which approximates that o
Wilmington
The report closes acknowledging tn
assistance rendered by the Board an,
thanking the teachers for their heart
co-operationi also, the press of the city
for the free II se of their columns in pub
fishing lists Of meritorious pupils an
| for the help they have otherwise giver