The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1879-09-09

THE ANNUAL BEPORr o. suPHn1A-
TEnDEAT HARLAN 10 THE BOARD "


EDUCATION.
Superintendent Of Schools Harlan
mace his annual report TO the School
Board n it, meeting last night. II u IN
elaborate document, but not - much 90
as the Two or three preceding ones. Al!
who take ~ interest in education Will
read II with interest.
THE ATTENDANCE.
The report opens with summary OF
Stats in for the year which does not
show . great change nom the state Of
things last year. The number OF days
taught was 196. An increa'e Of one
room in the day school houses and one
In the primary school is reported. The
numher Of teachers In the day schools
has been increased 2; in The grammar
schools, /; In the primary schools, 2. In
the number Of pupils enrolled during thr
year in the day SCHOOLS, there has been .
decre ase of 20; In the number belonging
to the day schools an increase OF 30; III
the average daily attendance, decrease,
48. The whole number enrolled In the
High and Grammar schools gives de-
crease Of 10; the average number bs-
longing, q decrease Of Is; the daily At
tendance. q decreass If 20. The whole
number belonging to the Primary schools
gives an increase of 10; the sverahe
number, an increase of 81 daily average
attendance, an increase of 2S.
The Superintendent says that there are
some things in the tables frem which the
above 10 taken are worthy of special At.
tention. The whole numb+r Of enroll ed
L. a. l..ou hot loof average
number belonging SO more average A.
tendance 4S less. Thirty-nine OF tht
falling off in average attendance wers
from the colored school. Nov. !, l4o
children were waiting for seats In the
eastern part Of the city and oS
Ia the western part. Three more
suitably located rooms could have
been fiIled At that time, but probably not
kept full till May l, much less till the
end Of the year. Nov. 1, l69 pupils
more than the average for the year were
at school. A noteworthy fact IL that the
attendance for the first three months Of
the year has, during 81 the years Of
which records we're kept, been much
larger than for the ret Of the year. The
cases of tardin-ss has been 1872 mort
than last year. This il q small increase
and 10 due to the fact that tardy pupils
| we're forbidden tU enter school. Out oi
| the 47SO cases of tardiness we have had,
most have been caused BY frw pupils
That there were no more cases Is TO tne
credit of teachers, pa enis and pupils
More cooperation with teachers by par
ents Is needed to prevent tardiness.
HIGH AND GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.
The average number belonging 70 tn
| vo Hieb and Grammar schools In No.
was as follows Boys, 1877; Girls, l43-
total, 2SO. In the other grammar schools
Boys, 257; Girls, 368-total, 6lb. L.
s, pt. and Feb. all the boys prepared u
enter the Grammar school, and few no
prepared did so. On the othtr hand
lew girls prepared TO enter the Grammar
school were kept back on account OF iaci
OF room. The girls passed the examina
ton for the fourth grammar grade taste
than they could he promoted, but Int
boys were Just the reverse. At the ent
of the year 10 girls and only 80 boys wer'
presented by their teachers for prom" lion
This shows that the Boys High Schoo
Is conducted under some disadvantages
| BOOK EXPENSES.
The report then goes On to treat OF ex
pens Of books, &C., and shows by u
BILE hat the cost of books this year ha
been much less than last year. Tlel
the total cost was $6,53S.8S. and thi
ear it has been g, 3,S77.31,-a decrease o
S2,658.b7. The introduction Of new
Biographies last year caused this. Ex
ceptinx last year, the average cost o
books Tor pupils has been about the sam
as aAy previous year, and tho contrac
prices remained steady.
The Superintendent next gives an IN
SIGHT into the care with which those ex
pendilures are made. Schools Nos. 2,
md 7 are primaries of the same grad
and size. The averase cost Of books, &C
for four wears In No. 2, has been $lSo. ~
in No. 8, S235.66: IN No. Z, $zS6.So
Nos. 8, 8 and 10 are about equal In siz'
and grade and the cost has been nearl.
EQUAL. It ID 90 in the Girls Gramma
school No, 4 and the Boys Grsmma
school No. 4, and in the Boys and Girlt
High schools.
CARE OF BOOKS.
The rule OF the board concerning car
of books il, "in case of loss or injury Z
books, the pupil shall pay for the same.
/ This rule is enforced except In case Of
few children excused on account OF pov
, erty, The books are generally c0vere'
by the pupils, in many cases the pupil
fiirniah the material and the teachers pu
them on. The teachers often take leave
, OFT of worn out books and place them II
! D ace of lost leaves in better ones AM
: thus save expense.
John W. Adams, ESQ.,, gave again hi
! large gold medals for proficiency In Eng
nsh Grammar. In April last, the Execu
tive COMMITTEES Of the Wilmington In
,, , stitnte Library offered there subscriber
tick.ts for the year commencing July !
1879. three to the three boys, and thre
!, to the three girls in school NO. !, wh'
should make the highest general average
in the examination OF the year ending II
June.
. NORMAL CLASSES.
The normal classes for the year wer
continued four evenings Of each weeh
! The attendance was about the same q
, during the two previus years. Anon
|, thoee who were in the last year Of tn
course for permanent certificates ther
= was much interest and study. In tn
: O her classes there was an irregular a'
D tendance and but little study.
0 PERMANENT CERTIFICATES.
. The following teachers passed thei
. examination and received permanen
], X;a...o.. r. hacca l. Davis. JenDi