Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-11-23
County Sup't Report.

VI coH9TauletlO0S, OF little value TO
anyone, and Of less credit to the
makers of the reports. To arrange
and correct this matter requires more
patience than the average town clerk
is endowed with. He is anxious to be
well rid of the whole matter and a
feeling of relief comes over him when
he has mailed or handed it to the
Co. Supt., leaving it for him to try to
convince the State Supt. that the sum
of 4 plus 5 equals the sum of plus
Z, or else to correct the inaccuracies
by interviews or correspondence with
the district clerks. Sometimes the
Town Clerk report is so faulty and
Inaccurate that the income from the
School Fund is withheld from all the
districts in the town. as was the case
in the Town of Sigel in the report of
last year Here the schools of that
town were deprived of about $3.50, a
part of which was obtained by the
officers going to considerable trouble
and expense after it was found that
their town was not included in the
apportionment of the school fund.
On account of a change in the
school law relative to the beginning of
the school year, my report to the State
Supt. for the past school year was for
that period between Aug. 31st 1881
May 81 1889, and am happy to be
able to state that | believe it to be
passably correct, except, perhaps, in
the case Of some of the minor details
From it I have taken the following
statistics. The total amount Of money
received by all the schools during the
year was $24 40; of this amount
$6,023 was money on hand Aug. 81,
1881. There was expended during
the year S2021 for building and re-
pairing; for apparatus and library 500;
for services of male teachers So, Oil;
for services Of female teachers S.. 1872;
for old Indebtedness S1404; for school
furniture 1929; and for all other
purposes S2739. This makes a total
of $14065 and leaves balance of
| $10405 which is reported as being in
the district treasures May 31st 1882.
In the amount expended for building
and repairing, j. e., $2021, there is
not included the cost of building a
new school house at Dexterville, and
only about one third of the cost of the
new school house at Marshfeld, for
the reason that one was not begun,
and the other was only partially COM
pleted June LIST, 1882.
The districts with the exception of
/
are all reported as being out of debt
except few that are indebted to the
state and many of them have a large
surplus in the treasury, as must be the
case when nearly S10500 is reported
as balance on hand.
The whole number of children be-
tween 4 and 20 years of age was
1896; the whole number that attended
school was 1925, leaving 1911 child
rem, or 40 per cent, whose names did
not appear on the rolls of any of our
schools, and Of this number 324 were
between the ages Of and Is and
came under the compulsory education
act
1t gives me pleasure to chronicle the
building of new school houses. The
largest and best of these is at the vii
lage of Marshfeld. 1t is large two
story building of four departments
and cost about $4,000. 1t is nicely
furnished with patent desks and other
conveniences, and three of the depart
ments are being used at present. The
second in Importance is one at Dexter
vile. | have not seen this one but
understand it is very creditable build
ing and cost about $500. 1t is also
furnished with patent desks and is
now ready for the winter term of
school. Besides these there have
been three school houses built in as
many new districts which have been
formed this year; one in Marshfeld.
one in Milladore and one in Seneca
They are not elegant structures like
those just mentioned, but modest
buildings that cost from $500 to $500
each
Allow me here to call your atten-
ton to the progress Wood County has
been making in educational matters
during the last few years. In 1874
there were 1889 children Of school
age in the county. in 1873 there were
2016. and in 1882 there are 1886. In
1874 there were % schools in the
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