The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-01-23

Number of children, Jan. l, 1SS4.
ever seven and under twenty
Number enrolled IN the public 'e''
Per cent Of attendance Of those 'o'o'i
Average cost for tuition per month "
for each pupil.:...-....... 81 20
Totel number of teachers en-
p!oyed ...-.... e,el1
Number of male eachers........ S63
Number of females. =. ..... G,O4S
AVERAGE pay OF teachers per
month. males ..........- SOS 43
Average pay OF teachers per
sn mepsh; + females .asas,s s;.asi sal e e
Number Of schools nnsraded -. 1880
Whole number Of school houses. 1926
Sittings in school houses ........ $3.50
scfc.nl horses bull drrtng the
year. 800 roo
Value of permanent school propa
Receipts by treasurer of sebeol
corporations. April l, 1883. to
June 30, 1854 ..,ss,,,.........$ 81 ,6O3, 562 30
Total expenditures ............. 81 BOG, 1878 ~
This does not include sums paid to county
superintendent, expended for county and
territorial institutes or for the erection of
university, agricultural college or normal
school buildings. The grand total, including
all expenditures for educational purposes by
the territory quot private institutions is
81, $50, 5000. The superintendent re-
port has been received too late for careful
examination, and consequently too late for
any extended comment or recommendation,
but enough has been gained by even a cur
sorry reading to warrant me in saying that 1t
deserves the careful examination OF the leg
i~slature. / particularly invite attention to
that part of the report which discusses the
question Of amendment to the existing law,
and also to the remarks of the superintend-
ent regarding the issue of school bonds and
variants. The report of the regents of the
University of Dakota is Incorporated in the
superintendent's report and gives an exhibit
of the expenditures in the building of the
university and its maintenance for the past
year. The regents say:
In accordance with the purpose Of The act ere.
as!,g this board, We have expended nearly
S., 400 to complete the wing Of the building
which was partially built by Clay county. We
the walls of which are Sioux Falls quartzyte and
the trimmings OF stone from Stone City. The
extreme size of this building is 6s by lie feet
1t Is three stories high. with tower III feet {
inches high, from the grade line. 1t is rooted
1 with iron shingles.
The board have not had sufficient money
to complete the second and third stories ii
| the main building. They ask an appropria-
ton for the ensuing biennial term. amount
ing in the aggregate TO S59,45O. The re.
port of the regents of the North Dakota uni
yersity is Il clear and comprehensive state.
naent of what has been done and what is
hoped to do for that institution, / have but
just received the report. which, like others,
has been unfortunately delayed, and mus
refer the legislature to the document itself
for details. The construction fun6 appro.
priated by the last Legislature will fall about
$4,000 short of paying in full for the main
building that has been erected. For other
necessary buildings, heating apparatus. pay
of president and professors. fuel and jan.
1tor's services, a further appropriation vii
be needed. the amount of which Will have t.
be ascerta,ned later. The building which is
completed is l5O by Oh feet. three stories
and a basement, md / am told is admirably
adapted to its purpose. An observatory 90
feet 8 inches by 2S feet 5 inches, wiSh twc
wings 20 feet q inches by 16 feet 8 inches
and 20 feet o inches by Is feet 8 inches, ha,
also been constructed in fultillment OF the
bond given TO the territory.
The trustees of the agricultural college a,
B~rookings are required under the law to re.
port directly to the legislature. I am In.
formed that the institution has opened under
fatteriDg auspices, and that its success car
! scarcely be doubted. A building G8xSC
lI4EHU."E#T lFtLH &C.,.