Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-08-02

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70 the editor Of the alexandria Gazette:
As required by law, l furnish herewith sNa
synopsis of my annual report for 1871 49, just
sent to the Superlntendent CT Public lnstruc
,ious. Yours truly,
RICHARD L.. CARNE.
Civ SuDerintendent Public Schools.
SYNOPSIS OF ANNUAL REPORT.
Pupils--Whole number enrolled DUNG tho
year. ,lS9; white, TAT; coored, AZ. Average
moathIy enrolment, $50; white, GOG col1reu
$685. Average daily attendance,, SIi "hlls'
lation (i. G. all persons between aud ~ en-
rolled, &c white aod q ceIored. Percentage OF
the average attendance to the average moOth
" enrolment, 90. Studying higher brarches
(pbysical geography, history and algebra, ~
c!uding ST who study drawing l25 white and
81 colorrl, Including So who arc taught Voea
music by teacher who is proficient II
it. Average mouthy enrollmeot to each teach
er, -; average aye of pupils, | years; snrpI'eu
with x books by the city, mont; pupils oVel
81 ycars Of age none
Sstoos aud tcachers-W hole numhtr OF
Schools %; for white children, -; Tor colored
children, s. Two OF thcso for each race arc
ouIy half day schools for small children, haViog
attendance in The morning and the Girls in the
afternoon.
Teachers employed, IS; white males, ?;
white females, 9; colored males, .; colorcd it'
males, 8. Average pay Of male teachers, SCI. %
month, for ten months; OF female teachers,
$3S Do
GRADED SCHOOLS.
Washington for white boys. Theodore Il.
FickIio, A. NJ, principal; : grades; e teachers;
!42 pupils enrolled. With 27O in average attcn.
dauce. Percentage OF attendance to average
mouthly enrolment for ten moulh7, &c. Cost
of tuition month for each pupil enrolled, 81
cents.
Lee School, fer white si,l5, Miss Virginia +.
sNa,kson principal; E grades; teachers; 22e
nui,is enrolled, with us in average attendance.
Percentage Of ATTENDANCE, 90. CAST ut tuition,
1G cents.
Saowdeu School, for colOred boys, John i.
Parker principal; 6 grades; teachers; ll3
pupils enrolled. with an average ATTENDANCE OF
IS. Percentage of attendarca, "a. Cost OF
lutioD, II cents.
fIallowcll School, for coIored girls. Miss
Sarah A. Gray principal; grades; 4 teachers;
223 pupils enrolled, with 40 average attendance
lG3 Percentage Of attendance, 92. Cost OF
tuition, is cents
FINANCES.
Balance 10 treasury, Aug. ], 1877, $l92.47;
received from State, $l,77S.S 0-there should
have been about 81, AT; from city, 81 200;
from other sources, rent aud interest on sinking
fund. S473.jS; total, So. GLASS;.
Expended Tor teachers wages, 81 500; Tor
pay of iauitors, fuel, books, repairs and contln'
gent expenses, $l,942 II; for pay of clerk
and treasurtr's percentage, Sloo.3S; total,
50, 9oT.75 oveldratt Oh treasurer, $2o2 30.
Average cost of tuition for each oblld enrolled,
&c cents month. The schools for small ohl.
drcn cost very little Whole cost OF education
Tor cuph Pupil enrolled, s. cents Il month. The
amount paid the State by each taxpayer tor
the support OF schools 10 genera Is ten cents
On the 500; tho amount paid the CITY for our
oWn schools exclusively, II cents % The 800.
SCHOoIMoUSES
We have Two brick schoolhouSss Belonging
to the city and two frame ones in the hands Q!
the colored trustees. Three have suitable
grounds; ono has good furniture; and there are
&c rooms iu all including three assembly
rooms, aud excluding Offices, store rooms,
janitors rooms, &c. The value OF property
belonging to the School Board Is estimated at
$4,000.
SUPERINTENDENT.
The Superintendent gave 3Sl days exclusive
ly TO TIE direction Of the schools, travelled az
miles on school business, wrote l2o official
letters, examined ii teachers, attended IL
meetings Of the School ,ard. and paid 1863
official visits to schools. His salary from the
State was $3.50, out of which be expended
$l3 10 for incidental expenses.
JEFFERSON DISTRICT, ALEXANDRIA CoUN
IY.-Ip pursuance of notice the conservative
voters of Jefferson District, Alexandria county,
assembled yesterday for the purpose OF select
iug delegate to represent the District 10 the
CONGRESSIONAL convention, which will meet 10
this city on the 2Sth list.
John Il. Johnston, District Superintendent,
called tho meeting 10 order, and N. >. wright
was elected chairman, and GhoIg" hyde, sec
rotary.
Tho following resolution was adopted
Resolved, That the delegate elected from
this District to the Congressional convention to
meet in Alexandria on tho 18th natant, be in
struoed to vote for s. q. Nealc fer Congress.
Alexander Hunter was then unanimously
elected delegate =,
The meeting was the largest aud most eSoh-
ing ever held 10 Jefferson District. Everything
was conducted with the utmost good feellug.
The gentlemen present were most cordially re-
ceived and hospitality entertained hy II. II.
Wiodsor, esq.,, at his handsome residence,
Prospect Hill. Tho Neale aud Hutton men
iraternized most amioabiy alter the vote was
announced, and the success OF tho nominee OF
tho convention, whoever he may be-, was
drunk with all the honcrs.
THE RICHMOND BIsuopRlC.-rh Bati.
more Sun of this morning says that tho papa
bulls of tho appointment Of Rev. John d.
Kesne, of Washington, ms Bishopoi Richmond
which we're supposed to have been lost IN
,be,r passage through the mails reached
Archbishop Gibbons in Batimcrs, yesterday,
from the foreign dead letter cfhca 10 Ne"
York, where the package had been fer some
lime. 1t was registered and mailed lroul
Romo April Is, tho namo and title Of Arch
bishop Gibbons being plainly Inscribed 10
Italian, and the words Baltimore. Maryland,
Uoited States Of America" in EugIlsh. By'
tbo lnrSp1runH