Daily Republican., 1882-08-29
ANNUAL REPORT.
SOME INTERESTING G FAUTS IN RE
LATLON 10 OUR PUEBLO
SCHOOLS,


Prof D. W. Harlan, Superintendent 8
of the Public Schools of Wilmington
submitted his eleventh annual report
to the Board of Public Education last
night, for the year ending July 31st,
1882, from which the following statistics
We're cleaned:
Number Of days the schools were
taught, 1874; number Of school houses in
use, ~; number of school rooms used
for day schools, 116; number OF sittingS
for study in all the day schools, 5,920;
| whole number of teachers in the day
schools, III; whole number of pupils
enrolled during he year, 7, ,123; average
number in day schools, 5,104; average
daily attendance, 4 ,522; whole number
enrolled in High School classes, 10;
average rumber belonging to High
School classes, 80; average daily attend
auce il nigh school classes, 49, whole
number enrolled in tae grammar and
primary schools, 7013; average number
belonging, 5015; average daily attend
auce, 4439 Per centaEe OF attendance
ia all the schools Of the average num-
Der belonging, 1876; per csntage of at
tendance in all the schools of the whole
number enrolled, 635 OF the entire
number in attendance 81 we're years
of age, 81, years; 577, Z years, 702, 8
years, SOL, 9 years; 695, 10 years; 647, IL
years; 585, II years; 44S, 10 years; 297, IA
IA years; 175, Is years; II, 16 years;
20, II years, 18. 1S years;7, 10 years.
Considerable space in the report is
devoted to the question of attendance
and the evils of absenteeism, in which
he says The question of school at
tendance is very important one. If
childrf go to school it is fair to SUM-
pose that they learn. Those who do
act 60 to school generally grow up in
ignorance. Our whole population is
40, 900. The number of pupils enrolled
in the public schools during the year
was 1928. The average number be-
longing was 5104 and the average at
tendance 1922. At the end of the first
month of school 615 children were re-
ported as waiting for seats at the end
of the second month $40 and at the end
of the third month 598. The report
further states that inasmuch as 5477 Of
the Z, 1913 children whose names are en-.
rolled did not advance beyond the
studies OF The primary schools, it Is inn
portant that everything that can be
done to improve the primary schools
should de done. While the grammar
and high schools need that the provis--
ions made for them should be contin-
ued and, If possible, increased, tie
welfare of the community is We Ne
timately connected with the imi 4u9e-
ment OF the primary school. That bet
ter provision is made for our primary
schools and that they give more and
bet or instruction than the primary
schools of some Re1ghboring cities, ara
not sufficient reasons why they should
not be made still better than they are.
! The great obstacle in!the way of maxi
ing the primary schools better are the
large number OF chillren that teacher
has to teach and the irregularity of all
tendance.
The superintendent states that there
is more need for Improvement in the
teaching Of reading than any other
branch, and points out some of the de-
feCts in the system and shows how they
I may be overcome.
The school work in general is review
ed at length by the Superintendent and
many valuable suggestions are made to
the members of the Board, the teach
eTs, parents and pupils The report
also contains the names of the Board
together with the various committees
and full list Of the teachers add the
location of all the schools.
The report is well prepared and con-
tains some important information. In
conclusion the superintendent thanks
the Board of Education for continued
confidence in his administration of the
duties of the office and for the support
and cooperation they have given him.
He also commends the principals and
teachers for their cheerful cooperation
and gives them mnch credit for the
majority of the good work done in the
schools. He also expresses his warmest
thanks to the press of the city for their
interest in the cause of public educa-
| tion,