The daily gazette., 1878-08-27
The Public schools.
THE WORK OF THE PAST YEAR-ANNUAL
REPORT OF sUfERINTENDENT HAIR
Lam.


REPORT OF sUfERINTENDENT HAIR
Ian.
At the meeting of the Board Of Educa-
| tion, last evening, the annual report of
D. W Harlan. Esq, Superintendent Of
PuDic schools, was presented; and refer
req 10 special committee. The fol-
| lowing is an abstract of the document
The report opens with following statis-
| tics Number of school population of the
clIy between and q years of age, ZIP;
! number between 16 and u ears, 2,066
total number of legal school age, g.178
number of school houses in use, IS num-
Der OF slttings, 5,6i8 an increase of 2S4
OF these siItings 1l24 are in the High and
Grammar Schools, an increase of 104 and
412l in the Primary Schools, an increase
OF loO total value of property used for
school purposed, 1855, ,338 50; number of
teachers in the day schools, 110, an in
crease of 4 of these, % are IN the High
and Grammar Schools, and 80 in the
Primary Schools.
The whole number of pupils enrolled
during syeiir was 6 S31, an increase Of
IA of thtse 1850 were enrolled in the
High Grammar Schools, and 5j7I in the
Primary Schools.
| Up to june Z, the numb Der of applicants
for seats in the schools was 23l number
of vacancies, 976. Most of the vacancies
were in the High and Grammer Schools.
The report next shows that there has
been almost constant increase of atten-
, dance during the past six years, and says
That should the increase next year be as
great as that of last year (297 pupils) it
Will be necessary either for some child
rem to walk from the heart of the city to
Nos. IL, II and IA, or for the Board to
erect new school house, The unwill-
: ingness tosend children far from home
to q Primary School is shown in the case
l M Nh
these schools are within six of our short
squares of each other, there have been
all Ghc time since January, from fifty to
sixty children waiting for seats at No. 3
when they could at any time get seats a,
. No. 8.
TIME OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
The rules of the Board provide for two
Y hundred and three school days in the
year, and one hundred and ten HOLIDAYS
In some OF the schools the school days
provided for are not held, being interfer
od with by stormy days accidents to heat
a ers and other causes. On account of the
t Importance of giving all possible time
O durings the school hours to study anc
recitation. the report suggests sfrcte
!, enforcement of the rules, in order to keeI
IL the children in school as much as DOS.
n sibe.
The report further states that there ha.
|, been marked improvement during the
O last three years in relation to the tardi
= ness of pupils and teachers,
ADVANCEMENT OF PUPILS.
After considerable Investigation ant
discussion the course of study used tn,
last half of 1867 was slightly altered
and adopted by the Board on the 10Th o
$ November. The custom was to promote
pupils whenever it became evident tha
= they were fit to be put into higher classes
and that the plan for reviewing in mos
n OF the schools was such that pupils coul,
be promoted four times a year withou
:, skipping any lessons. The result OF tn
IL present plan proves that pupils who ar
bright and studious will advance NOR
rs rapidly than those who are less indus
trious or less favored.
vi The report is accompanied by furthe
r. report from S. j. Wiley, Principal Boys
Department of School No. l. 1t state
q that the department is prospering, an,
o that the results of tho past year are ell
couraging. The number of pupils enroll
ed is:-Senlor class, IA middle class, 16
It junior class, 80; total, 60.
EXPERIENCE IN TEACHING.
Under this head the report states tha
!, 40 teachers have taught seven years o
II more; % from five 10 seven years; l,
= from four to five; 3 from three to four
= :. from two to three; 16 from one TO two
teachers not more than six are in thei
"teens." An appointment of teachers t,
jpostions in accordance with their ex
= perience is recommended.
3 Referring to the Normal Schools, tn
q report states that the average attendance
last year was twenty six per evening
, 1t also mentions the following teacher
l as having received permanent certi ii
IS Gates: SaIlie A Taylor, Fannie j. Butler
S Sallie Miller, Ida G. DeVou, Maggie A
/ Davis.
l. THE ADAMS PRIZES.
The report closes by alluding to tn
= Adams prizes, comprising two gold med
ais worth thirty dollars each, which ar
, awarded each year by John II. Adams
!, Esq, TO the boy and girl in school No.
- displaying the greatest proficiency IL
/ English Grammar. These generou
; prizes have had the effect of great,
:, stimulating the scholars in their study o
this important branch of learning, an,
g cause a marked improvement from yea
u to year. The successful competitors 70
> > these prizes since they have been offere,
IL are as follows:
% 1873-John ID. Kurtz, Sallie Pyle.
$ 1S74-Richard II. Keenan,, Lucy Han
l. ma.
). 1s75-John Il. NJ oore, Maggie Carpen
ter.
1S76-Frank Merrihew, Annie Mi
chener.
r. 1S77-William f. Kurtz, Florence 7