The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-03-13
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d. A. MAHONEY, EDITOR
STATE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES RE.
PORT.

| STATE SUPERINTENDENT'S RE
PORT.
The annual report Of the State Su
perintendent for 1878 is at hand. L
Icontains much valuable information
and many important suggestions
which, if carried out, would greatl,
! benefit our schools.
Below will be found a short synop
sis of some of the leading points:
Whole number Of districts 5361 =
decrease of 2O3. It is doubted that
this is reliable. Whole number OF
children between 4 and 20, 476,975
Number who have attended public
school 297, 602 private schools, colleg-
es, &C., $4,000. Total in school, $780,
1872, or 81 per cent of the whole mum
Der, which is gain of per cent over
1877. OF the children between 4 and
IS, SO per cent attended school. The
average length Of the school was lit
tie oVar s months; this is an il crease
over other years, and indicates a grow
ing interest among the people, The
number Of teachers necessary for all
the public schools, G,700; the number
actually employed was 9,S08. Thus it
will be seen that 3,1OS schools changed
teachers, q practice which is very in
furious to the schools.
The results Of these changes are that
inferior teachers are supplied for the
schools, the better qualified teachers
being driven into more lucrative en-
pigments. In the district schools, the
average wages OF male teachers $3.50
per month, a decrease of $2.O3; and of
females $25.33, a decrease of $1.O2. In
1874 the wages for male teachers were
$47.44; and for ladies $32.13. The
next year, the wages of gentlemen de-
clined 81, and Of ladies $55 per month
Since that time the decline averages
$1.68 for males, and so for females
each year.
The whole number of certificates
granted was $500 d decrease Of 446.
Of these certificates, 2,744 were held
by males, and 6,1S6b by females-a ratio
of nearly 7 to is. OF the number en-
ployed, about = are males.
The total number of graded schools
is 432, all increase of II.
The school houses of the State will
accommodate 55,517 more pupils than
were in attendance; but there are in
the State 1858 more children of
school age than the school-houses can
accommodate.
1,730 houses are poorly ventilated.
The injurious effects of Initiated air
are exciting much alarm. This matter
must receive attention.
The number of districts which have
adopted a list Of textbooks is 1850
more than one-half in the State. In
1875 the number was 1902. The dis
tricts which purchase the textbooks
number 1,104; which loan them to pu-
pills 427; which sell them to pupils 6s1.
Seventy towns report a uniformity of
textbooks.
The total expenditures for all pur-
poses during the year were S., JAS, $780,
"a, which is about 1924 for each pupil
attending school.
The State University has 449 stu
dents-a gain OF 81 over that of last
year. 1900 students were enrolled in
the Normal schools; and 101 graduated.
The number enrolled in the Institute
for the Blind was 90; in the Institute
for the Deaf and Dumb, it was 1870.
In the Industrial School for Boys
the number enrolled was 527.: and at
the Industrial school for Girls 81.
During the year, the Sup't.has visit.
ed 33 counties, delivered So lectures
besides making brief addresses tc
schools and Institutes.
The Report offers several suggestions
as to the need of schools, which WE
will publish next week.
CONSTITUTIONS.