The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-01-24
KANSAS SCHOOLS.
A splendid showing for 1878.

A Splendid Showing for 1878.
State Superintendent Lemmon's report
for 1873 will soon be out, and the Atchi-
son Champion has gone through the ad-
vance sheets and collated the following
interesting figures:
The superintendent says that substan-
tial educational progress has been made
during the past two years, and that the
school interests of Kansas are keeping
pace with the growth and development
OF the State. The school districts in 1875
numbered 4,65S; in 1877, 1855; and in
1873, 5,136. Increase in two years, 479
The school houses built during the year
1877 numbered 246, valued at $191,21
OF these, 80 were log, II frame, 6 brick,
and 81 stone. In 1873 the number erect
ed was 354, valued at $24O, 4O3. OF these
16 were log, 272 frame, 4 brick and 81
stone. Total number of school houses
erected during the two years, 600; valued
at $4}1 1922.
There are in the State 1890 school
houses, valued ut $4.O52, 919. OF these,
246 are log, 3,475 frame, 157 brick and
642 stone. The school furniture is valu-
ed ut 1894, O51; apparatus, $65 ,221; and
libraries, $15, 039-a total, including the
value of the school houses, of 81, 525, 225.
Increase. in total value during the year,
$3.50, 1873.
The population of the State of school
age-that is, between the ages of five
and twenty-one years-was, in 1877,
232 S74, of whom 120, 569 were males and
liz, 306 females. The same population,
in 1873, WAS 266,575, of whom 137, 400
were males and 129,173 females. In
crease during the year, 33, 701. The
average daily attendance for 1877 was
"a OO9, and for 1873, 1O6,932. -.
In 1877 there were 2,784 male and
3,279 female teachers employed, a total
of 6,O63. In 1878 the number was 1851
males and 3, 498 females, a total of $3.50
Increase during the year, 296. OF these,
459 had "a" grade, 2, 4O2 had first grade,
and 8, 400 had second grade certificates
The average length of the school term
in 1877 was 21.5 weeks, and in 1878 il
salary, of teachers during the past year
was, males, $32.12; females, $25.S5.
During the year 1873 the state paid
1885,, Abs OF for teachers wages; ga, $685.
IL for salaries for superintendent OF
graded schools; $36, 500 for salaries OF
county superintendent; $3.50, 791 SO for
rents, fuel and incidentals; $14,672 O2
for text books; $4,14411 for district il.
braries; $50, 722.61 for maps and appara
tus; and $24O, 1884 for sites, buildings
and furniture-making total, for school
purposes, of 81 SAL ,417.12.
The sources from which the common
school fund was derived were: balance
from proceeding year, 1886, S7227; state
annual school fund, 1914, 1890; sale OF
bonds, $136, $500; district taxes, $047,
019.24; all other sources, $14S, 114.S3-s
total of 81 800, sos, 33.
In hn ~
county normal institutes has been a sue.
cess. During the past year they have
been held in sixty-three counties, most
of them t. term of four weeks. The fault
he finds with them is that they have at
tempted to accomplish too much. AS a
whole, however, the work has been done
very satisfactory.
One hundred and three teachers hold
certificates from the State Board, and
four, l.. A. Thomas, Topeka, l. c. Scott
and Lloyd Z. Wolfe, Atchison, and Ed
win Philbrook, Washington, hold life
diplomas from that Board.
The superintendent speaks in high
terms of the collection of school work
exhibited at the State Teachers Associa-
ton held in this city IN June last. He
describes the collection of school work
exhibited at the Paris exposition.
The State permanent school fund now
aggregates 81, AS, 223.S7, invested as fol
lows: In Kansas State bonds, $607, 925
in Kansas school district bonds, SSH
OS3.90; in Lawrence city bonds, 800, 600
in L. S. four per ceuts., $140, 900; curren.
cy IN the treasury, $50, 214.97.
The superintendent says the permanent
school fund is rapidly increasing, and
will, with proper management, in the
near future amount to not less than &c.
100000.
The amount of the State annual school
fund distributed to the several counties
during the past year aggregated 1914.
1890