Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-01-01


well patronized as 1t should be, for there are
many other young men and boys who, if they
could be induced to attend this school, would
be shielded from the bad influences of street
idlers, as well as otherwise benefited.
GERMAN AND FRENCH.
German and French are both taught in the
High, and the former in the Grammar Schools
by one professor, of whom it may be said that
| both of said languages are his mother tongue
his pronunciation is quite correct of one as
| it is of the other, and his scholarly attain.
ments in both. together with his natural
| faculty for imparting instruction, combine in
him all the elements of thorough and on
efficient teacher. A large number of pupils
are studying German, and the progress made
is truly wonderful.
TEACHERS.
The following are the names of the teach.
ers employed in the several grades, viz:
| High School-Principal, o. NJ. Adams
Vice Principal, K w. Brier First Assist
ant, Mrs. S. J. Folger; Second Assistant,
Miss Carrie W. Roberts.
| Sacramento Grammar School-Principal,
A. H. Mcdonald; Vice-Principal, Miss Mary
J. Watson First Grade Assistant Miss
Annie C. Weeks; Second Grade Assistants
Miss Jennie Burke, Miss Jennie McMeno,ny,
Miss Sue V. Heard Third Grade Assist
ants; Miss Addie H. Wells, Miss Grace E.
Kidd, Miss Helen r. Waldron; Fourth
Grade Assistants Miss Clara Ortiz Mrs.
Mary Z. Michener, Mrs. Harriette Deuel.,
Miss Sarah J.. Weir.
Capital Grammar School-Principal, Jos.
w. johnson First Grade Assistant, Mrs.
Laura Fl. Wells Second Grade Assistant,
Miss n. j. Miller; Third Grade Assistants {:
Miss Jennie Anderson, Miss Ella NJ. Smith,
Miss Belle s. Leary Fourth Grade Assist
ants Miss Ella NJ. Harrison, Miss Minnie
Sweeney, Mrs. Sarah B. Byrod, Miss Amelia
Duggan.
Fifth Grade-Miss Julia Smith, Mrs E.
G. A. English, Miss Matte j. Frazee. Miss
Louise q. Hagen, Miss Irene Richardson,
Miss Jennie Heard, Miss Matte X. Powers,
Miss Mary Keegan.
Sixth Grade-Miss Maggie Younger, Mrs.
Martha NJ Ross, Mrs E. M. Seymour, Miss
Sophia Kropff. Miss Nellie NJ Shepherd,
Miss Carrie NJ. Wadsworth, Miss Lizzie
Griffin. Miss Alice R. Tenbrook.
Seventh Grade-Miss Flora Goldman, Miss
BERTHE Van Guelder, Miss Mary A. Way,
Miss Nettie B. Seeley, Mrs. Sarah j. Toll,
lips, Miss Annie G. Montgomery
Eighth Grade-Miss Amelia Klippel, Miss
Lucy Nichols, Miss Hetty A. Palmer, Miss
Eta M. Bockrath, Miss Addie Duggan,
Miss Clara Felter, Miss Alice Griffith, Mrs.
Katie NJ. Aiken, Mrs Clara H. Bradner,
Miss Nina Funston, Miss Cannie Mason,
Miss Emma Doherty, Miss Maggie Little,
Miss Lucy G. O'Brien, Miss Annie C. Nc
Cleery, Miss Mollie E. Ackley, Miss Lizzie
NJ. Bernard.
Ungraded Schools-Helen Weir, teacher
No. Sarah NJ Jones, teacher No. 3; Mary
E. Mumford, teacher No. 8 Laura L. Hess,
Too NJ rbo,1o+1o
No 5.
Principal Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth
Grades, Miss ii. Mccormack.
French and German, E. Kemen.
Evening School-W. j. Hyde, Principal !;
Mrs. M. E. Merrill, Assistant. (Maintained
five months during the year,
Substitute, grammar classes-Mrs. NJ. E.
Merrill.
Substitute fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth
grades-Miss Flora Weeks Substitutes are
paid by the teachers for whom they substi-
tute.)
Recapitulation-High School, teachers :;
Grammar Schools, %; fifth grade schools,
s; sixth grade schools, s; seventh grade
schools, 8; eighth grade schools, IL Prin-
cipal fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth
grades, L; ungraded classes, 5; evening
school, 2; grammar and French, l; gram
mar class substitute, l fifth, sixth, seventh
and eighth grade substitute, total, 70.
Number of pupils enrolled and the average
daily attendance in the several grades:
Number enrolled: High Schools-Boys,
80; girls, 73; total, 103; average daily at
tendance per teacher, "a.
Grammar Schools-Boys, 519; girls, 615
total, 1,l24; average daily attendance per
teacher, Sc.
Fifth Grade Schools-Boys, 202 girls, 223:
total, 425; average daily attendance per
teacher Sc.
Sixth Grade Schools-Boys, 211 girls, 1873;
total, 409; average daily attendance per
teacher, So.
Seventh Grade Schools-Boys, 21O; girls,
215; total, 425; average daily attendance per
teacher, 34
Eighth Grade Schools-Boys, 80; girls,
353 total, 723 average daily attendance per
teacher, %.
Ungraded Schools-Boys, 142; girls, 12S;
total, go; average daily attendance per
teacher, AZ.
Total number of pupils enrolled in all the
grades-Boys, 1,6S4 girls, 1,SO5; total, 3,4s9.
OF the number enrolled, 347 have been
transferred from different classes, which
leaves the actual number enrolled, 3,142
The following is a synopsis of the School
Census MarshaPs report, made in June last,
viz:
Number of white children between 5 and
II years of age-Boys, 2,209; girls, 2,S02.
Total, 4,51l.
Number of colored children between and
II years of age-Boys, 81; girls, SO.
Total, 80.
Number of Indian children between and
II years of age who live under the guardian
ship of white persons-Boys, l; girls, l.
Total, 2.
Number of children under years of age
Whites, 1,770; colored, IA. Total, 1,7S4.
Number Of children between and II
years of age who have attended only private
schools during the year-Whites, SIC; col
ored, 2. Total, 57S.
This report shows an increase of school
children between 8 and II years of age
during the previous year of 141.
FINANCE.
On the first of January there was balance
in the school fund of So, $50 ~. During the
year the following sums have been paid in,
viz:
From State apportionment. nt..........,..s SIS so
From county apportionment.. 1880 80
From city apportionment. ......-..-...- II, ,0S2 80
Transferred from contingent fund. ....... so 80
Balance from last year. $3.50 "
Total amount in fund. $50, $50 80
Total amount disbursed during the year. l,Ol4 80
Balance in treasury y............... 81, 1855 81
OF the amount that has been disbursed the
sum of S10,733 80 was expended for new
buildings, and 81, $50 sc for furniture, which
shows the amount of current expenses to have
been S6S 439 OF.
| Ample school-room is now provided to sup
ply the demand for the probable increase in
the school population for several years and
as the school property is all in good repair, it
is reasonably hoped that the revenue for the
ensuing year will exceed the current expenses
| IS, 900 or 10000.
SCHOOL PROPERTY.
During the year the Beard of Education
constructed a fine ten-class Grammar School
building on @, between Ninth and Tenth
streets, with Principals office, closets, base
ment, automatic clocks and all other neces-
sarv conveniences. The building was con-
structsd with particular reference to light
and ventilation, and is one OF the best con-
structed and cheapest public buildings 10 the
State. The contract price for the building,
exclusive of the clocks, outhouses, walks,
etc, was S9,4l3. The location of the school
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