River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-01-03

Gouity SdpcfiUtSHICUl VI SblfbOAot
For The Year Eading Noremoer II, 1888.
OFFICE OF THE Go. SUPT. OF Schools,
ELLSWORTH, WIS, Nov. IA, 1888.
To the Board of Supervisors Of the County
Of Pierce, and Stak Of Wisconsin,,
GENTLEMEN:-In compliance with law,
have the honor of submitting to you
and to the people of Pierce county
through you, my second annual report,
which covers the year ending November
18th, 1888
In taking a retrospective view of the
years work thai has just closed, we find
much to encourage US in our efforts to
attain higher plain in the educational
world. The eanestness with which
very many of oar teachers prosecute
their work in theschool-room is already
bringing forth results that are commend
able. While, Oh the other hand, drones
and laggards receive but cold welcome
at the hands of dae people and are fast
disappearing fron our midst. School
Boards have cone TO recognize the fact
that it pays the largest returns to hire
only the best qualified teachers, and that
a person who hdds a first or second
grade certificate, other things being
equal, has larger stock of information
from which to draw and, consequently,
can achieve greater results. A third
promising feature is the fact that many
of our teachers are not willing to content
themselves with holding third grade
certificate, but by heir own industry and
effort are working up to the higher
grades thus indiating that the mind
has not become stagnant but is as the
living fountain from which new truths
may be drawn each day.
Among the hinderances that tend to
prevent the attainment of the best results
in the school-room, we would mention as,
perhaps, being the greatest that of irreg-
ular attendance. Very frequently the
pupil is kept at home for some trivial
but whether it be necessary or not for
the pupil to remain at home, the result is
the same; viz, loss of the connecting
thread in his class work, and an abate-
ment of his zeal and energies in his stud
les. From past experience we know
the baneful results of this practice and
accordingly beseech parents and all 9TH
ers who have the care of the pupils of
our schools, to see to it that their child
rem are in school promptly each day at
8 o'clock A. NJ, Whenever practicable.
Another obstacle is the lack of suitable
apparatus in many 9f our schools. 1t is
true that the teacher, if he be ingen-
ious, can make many things to help in
his work, but the District Board should
see to it that there il blackboard in ev-
cry available part OF the school-room, al
SO, that there are a globe and a set Of out
line maps provided for the school.
In the following general summary of
the more important items reported in
detail in my last annual report to the
State Superintendent, general view of
the condition and results of the work in
the schools, for the year ending July 80,
1883. may be obtained.
GENERAL SUMMARY.
Enumeration Enrolment, and Attendance
No. of children of school age in the county~6 662
No. OF children OF school age who have at
tended school. 500
No. of children between and 10 in the
746
No. of children between and Is who have
attended pubic sch0ol.................. ,272
Districts, School Houses, Teachers, Etc
No. Of school districts in the county........ 100
No. of school houses in the county. lilo
No. OF teachers required for all the schools 12l
No. OF different persons employed during
the year as teachers. o. ................. 200
No. OF teachers licensed last spring;
Flrst grade'.....'....r.... ...................
seconu grade...,..H.
Ihlrd grade. ......... ..... ....30
Limited tnlrd grade.
Total number being ........................ So
No ofteachers licensed this fall
First grade. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
second grade. ....,....................21
Iinlitad t,,i -, e,ra 90
Limited thlrd ELECTROMAGNETIC
Being total ef........-..............,... IS
Total number to whom certificates have
been issued during the year............-..... 173
Paid for services of mali teac heTs.....S 977 63
Average wages per month of male
paa fta ~ i 10 TO 1S9 ~ 81 81
Average wages of female teachers ......... % 9S
Being 81. 80 greater than last year.
Paid for building and repairing 1859 90
Paid for old Indebtedness. 1856 60
Paid for all other purposes S052 OF
Amount received during the year,. As 915 IS
Amount on hand at close of year.......... 33S 10
Cash value of al school fDuses....... S. 453 90
Cash value of 347l 90
Cash value of apparatus 2147 90
No of districts which have adopted text
DOCKS. .t..,.............. 80
No which purchase textbooks. so
No. which sell them to pupils................ Is
No of official visits made TO schools by
Co supt. .................. 80
From the above table it will be seen