Morning journal and courier., 1880-01-24
Public Education.
The State Board Of FEducasi0n-ReyI
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The State Board Of EducafhOn-HevAeW
 of the Years Work
 The report of the State Board of Education for the year ending December 31. 1879, being the fifteenth in the series, ably discusses the subject of popular education and it's untold beneficial influence. Included in the report is plea for the State Normal School, and for an enlargement of it's accommodations that 1t may yield increased usefulness, There has been slight decrease in the average attend anco at the schools for the year also in the wages of teachers and in the total amount ex- pended for schools. The numberof children be- tween the ages of four and sixteen years, who were not in any school during the year, was in excess of that class for the previous year. Persistent efforts, however. have been made by Secretary Northrop and Mr. Potter to re- duce this evil to minimum, good amount of success attending their work, consid- ering the fact that large numbers of parents are compelled to keep their children at work the year round in order to eke out the family livelihood. But 1t is believed on the whole that the work of the schools for 1879 will compare favorably with that of other years. From the success Of the work and it's good results, and from the con- stantly increasing interest felt throughout the State in the right education of the young, the members of the Board have derived much satisfaction in the discharge of their official duties, which are performed without any pc cuniary compensation. Some important changes in the laws with reference to the ex- animation and certification of teachers seem to be desirable; yet as Q whole the school system of the State deserves the continued confidence and support of the people and of their representatives in the General Assembly.
 The total number of children between four and sixteen years of age in the State, emu
 merated for January, 1879, was 13S, 428 i; number between these ages in no school, 14,- 112; number between the ages of eight and fourteen years, the period covered by the statute concerning absenteeism, reported as not being iu school during any part of the year 1878, 1875; number of scholars regis l tered in winter 99, ,662, in summer 91, 76O :; | number of scholars over sixteen years of age ! registered, 4,6O9; number in schools of all kinds 13O, 597 number of teachers in winter 2,741, of which 1868 were females; in sum- | mer 2, 721, the females aggregatinR 2, ,344 ; number of teachers continued in the same | school during the year 2,o63, being an in- crease of 116 as compared with 1878. The average wages per month of male teachers | were $57.19, a decrease of $3. 84 as compared l with the previous year. The female teachers | received on the average $35.2 per month, g | falling of of SIPS. The total amount re- | ceived for public schools from all sources was $1, 1890, 972. 54, being decrease of SIS, 1s6.- | 31 for the year. The sum expended for teach ers wages was $1 ,O15, ,882 91, a falling of o1 ! 1925, 52 as compared with 1878. The total l amount expended for public schools was $1,-
 375, ,ss1.O4, which is $13O, 596. o5 less than the
 sum expended the year before. It is 8 fact worth noticing that the amount expended for fuel and incidentsls during the year increased l $16, 125.31 over the sum reported for 1878. The total expenditures for new school houses | were $37, 227. .65. being decrease of $87,. | TIC Al for the year. The sum expended fol
 repairs, $71, ,346.1 IA, was only So, ,630.90 more | than in 1878.