The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-02-04
Prom the indianapolis sentinel.
OUR STATE SCHOOLS.
Superintendent Smart's state
ncnt.

ITHE FOLLOWING IS THE TwENTY-THIRD I
ANIMAL REPORT or THr non. j. II. ,
SMART. SUPERINTENDENT or rrELlC IN
srRrCIIoN. As SUBMITTED TO THE COW
ERNOR.
The total enumeration Of the number I
of school children in tho state u 667, ,1s6,
OF whom 657 ,9+8 are white children aud I
9.7ss are coored. Lasf year the number
enumerated was G54, 3o4. making an in I
lcrcasc. the present year. of 1892. The I
enumeration of 1868 embraced 592 ,o85
lc'ildrcn. making an increase in school
population, during The past seven years.
lof 74.S7l. By reierencesto the United
states census Of 1870. il appears that
there were In the state Of Indiana at
that time 2s,7s3 children between the
a.,cs OF 10 sud u. w,o could neither
read nor write After patient and care
lful inquiry it was thought that the
number of lliier,ir children was much
SMALLER. II has since been determined I
lbv making q separate enumeration g! al /
lilliieratcs. that in 70 counties there were
lbut 4234 illiierate children between the .
liges of 10 and -. Suprosing that the
lcouniies that lid not report contained
lthe same proportion Of ililerates a the
loiher counties. the total number would
be 1922. While il is probable iliat a
barge number OF those reported as Hitter
ates by The census OF 1870 have now be-
come Of acc and are therefore not in
cludcd in The report taken by our school |
oiiicers, a careful ANALYSIS Of the facts
will show one Of two things to be true
tllat the census did us great injustice or
hat oar teachers have bcen dong
RIGHT ROYAL WORK
4 lurins the past five years. The school
attendance, in toto. the last year has
been 5U2 3es: 495.7ll being white child
lren and 6.65l colorcd. Il has heen de-
hcimiu~a titt about - per cent. of All
lcuuuefHicd. and IS per cent. of ell
hildrCn cnrcllcd in tho schools are ovcr
li5 years OF age. il i also shown from
lhc STATISTICS that % per cent OF our
'-chopl regulation hrtwrca the ares ot
,,s mi e;ccn. received some scholastic
amiug last year TIE grand total
Amoaui in ilr .r'iool fund at tho present
irt j. eS.T91. .iai IS heiug All increase
Tor the year % $s79s3 SO. The total
II .m0nut of tuition revenue repOri~d 70
elihe superintendent, ofire up 10 Nov.
I 5ih, 1870. Was $3l5H,% ,%6 q. which has
,ihe'n derived lrnnl various sources.
his amount OF tuition revenue is also
applicable 10 school purposes for me
urrenl school wear. ending June 30th.
lls5s. II j. also shown that tue length
lsf school in davs. j. 10. lie number of
I.clool house. erected curiag the wear
l3S2. the number OF teachers I3, l33.
Average pay at Teachers per day: In
hounships male. g. %; female, 50.
.iu towns mNie. Sc "a; fcmaie. 81 Y3 :,
and in cities male. "a ~ fem ~. 81 ~.
rhe valuation of school property j. iil,-
ps7O33S II. lie total number Of sch0ul
houses being 1907. The distinction be-
ittwcen revenue and fund j. not always
observed. tie terms being used inier-
lchangeahly and il sometimes results
from this. that moneys which belong to
lhc permanent fund are distributed -
revenue. and revenues sometimes find
lfheir wav into the permsnent fund.
H. lOne of The most important questions
m4nn which the decision OF this depart
hnenI has been demanded during the
wear. was one which grew out Of this
confusion Of ficrris With egard 90
rus EEvEsUE DERIVED FROM THE LIQUOR
LAW,
ldpos consultation with the attornev '
General. il was decided 10 recommend
ihai the proceeds Of the liquor license
n each county be retained in that
county and bc distributed as revenue foI
hutton TO the various corporations in
proportion 20 the number OF school
children enumerated therein. The chicl
sources whence the school fund has beer
Increased are quite exhausted. and IN
less some wise provisions are made tol
afs more rapid growth. the school fund
lof Indiana will hll from her honorc,
musiiion a. having the largest fund IN
lthe United States. The law provide
that tho school fund shall be increase,
but never diminished. Although guard
ed by such strong provisions, the schoo
lmnd and revenue are subject TO losse
from various causes such as the fore
closure OF mortgages on land not wort
vhalr ts nominal value. The only wa,
TO keep the funds intact is TO provi |
,hor more speedy sale OF forfeited lands
and TO require the county TO make u
any deficiency. II Is suggested that
1.-the various congressional iownshi
funds could be consolidated into con
mon county iund they could be NOR
!, casily managed. In communicate
sIifrom the state superintendent 10 III
treasurer Of state. hc SAYS: by refer
ence TO the records il appears that ther
sh.uld have been ia the state treasury
SIS, balance OF Slsl.5l2 30 to the credi, {
the school account. aud If the variou
''hH amounts which were due that accoui