New Ulm weekly review., 1886-12-08
MINNESOTA NEWS.
STATE INSTRUCTION.

STATE INSTRUCTION.
u, iteresting Statistics from the Report Of tho
State Superintendent Of Schools-Daily At.
tendance and Per Capita Tax-Reconmenda-.
tions Made Comparative Statements.
The fourth bienniel report OF Superin.
tendent OF Instruction Kiehle was made
pubic recently. Thereport is quite volum-
{. nous.
1t shows that the number OF pupils en-
: rolled in the public schools during
1885 entitled to appointment was
325, ,215; in 1886, 243,o59; not en-
titled to apportionment in 1885,
$500; in 1886, 1904. The average daily
12G,893. The number Of persons in the
state betw cen the ages of five and twenty
one years. in 1885, was 387 ,4O2; in 1856,
estimated, 4O5, ,8O5. The number of
teachers employed in 1885 was: Males.
100; females, 5,O23; in 1886, males, g.
6; females, 5000. The average month
OFT wages OF men in 1885 was
o .; in 1886, $40; the average
,.4or women was $50 in each year.
superintendency OF schools and only one
county is not. During 1885 there were
253 first grade, 3,6lO second grade and
2,512 third grade certificates granted; in
81 1856, 29S first grade, 3,S17 second grade,
z, 1864 third grade. In 1885, 1,755 certif-
r,cates were refused in 1886, 1,943. Under
/. the head OF state high schools it is shown
that in 1885 55 were under the supervision
of the state high school board; in 1866 50.
In 1885 2,76O pupils were enrolled; in 886,
3, 1875. There are thirty one special districts
and seventy three independent districts,
the average attendance being 46, 176. The
total number OF common school districts
at present is $50, an increase OF l, 155
over 1885. In 1885 3O5 school houses
were built at q cost OF $4O5. .08O; in 1886,
346, at cost OF $5O0,614. The total val
ue OF all school houses in the state is
$685. Sc; school apparatus S97, 243;
normal school there are 576 enrolled, an
Increase OF sixty over last year; at the
Mankato normal, an enrolment OF 614
against 577 last year; at the St. Cloud nor
NAL. 375 now enrolled against 342 in 885;
at the university 4O6 against 3 0 last year.
The revenue from the state school
fund in 1885, was $3.50, 7S7; in 1886, $685..
,61S; revenue from special and mill tax in
1885, ST.. 999, ,S62; in 1886. So, ,O66, TIA. In
!, 1885, $1,413, 474 was paid out for teach.
I ers' wages, 81 ,641, ,8O7 in 1886. The amount
of the permanent fund is now 81, 311.-
89. A table is given showing that in 1862
the assessed valuation OF the state was
$29,832, ,719; amount raised for education,
$50, 225.27; in 1886 the assessed valua-
ton is $47O,OOO, ,OOO the amount raised
for education, $4,000, ,915.95. Uninter.
rupted prosperity is reported in all de-
partments. Considerable space is given
to the matter OF classification OF schools
merely explanatory OF the system. The
report says under the head OF obs tacles to
progress.
"The defects OF our common school
system, comprehensively stated, are q
lack OF thorough organization, by which
the influence and intelligence OF the whole
are brought to bear upon each part, by
which the wise may direct the ignorant,
the rich help the poor and the energetic
and progressive urge forward the more
sluggish"
The law OF 1885, requiring children be-
tween the ages of eight and sixteen years
to attend school not less than three
months in the year. has not, according to
this report, accomplished much in securing
the attendance OF those who are growing up
in ignorance. The superintendent says he
he is not able to report any substan-
tial aid gained from the law. In St.
is $14, in Minneapolis 50. The
plan has been adopted in some districts
OF allowing the district or township to
supply free text books, and the plan is said
to work admirably where thoroughly tried.
The superintendent recommends the pas
sage OF IL law authorizing school districts
to purchase such text books and supplies
as are necessary for the instructions OF
their pupils. A change in the law regard
ing the election OF teachers is suggested,
the proposed alteration reading:
1R,1tr No or hall hov do
teacher who is related by blood or marriage
to any member of the school board, with
out the concurrence OF all the members not
related"
Appended to thesuperintendant's report
Is the report OF the president OF the state
university, showing that 243 43havegraduat-
ed from this institution, seventy two of
whor were women. The number in at.
tendance in 1886 was nearly one hun.
dred greater than the preceding year.
The examination of Charles Gravius for
Illicit intercourse with Mrs. Overton in the
ST. Paul police court results in holding the
defendant to the grand jury.
T At Saltwater the jury in the Kerr case
brings in a verdict for the defendant insur-
ance company.
- L HC 1CCh dtU OIdulU6 L cLllS lS 6dlu 10 Dc 80
richly impregnated with iron that it will
pay for mining, some specimens showing
as high as eighty per cent. iron.
The secretary OF Interior gave c. M. Bax-
ter the right to make timber.culture entry
.of the northwest quarter section 8, town
1913, range A. Fergus Falls land district.
This supports Sparks decision rendered
July II, 1885, in the case of the St. Paul.
Minneapolis & Manitoba road VS.. Baxter
Under the law OF 1857 the St. Paul and
Pacific railway, OF which the above road
lis successor, secured title to the land,
among which was a parcel in section 13,
town 124, range 80, upon which Mr..
Thompson had made a filing. The COM
Spany acknowledged Thompson's title and
,relinquished the lands, taking in lieu there
OF the above first mentioned tract. BY the
decision OF the land Office, confirmed some
time ago by the secretary, the latter tract
was decided to be outside the ten-mile
limit OF indemnity land, and hence Bax-
tors right to settle on it as part OF the
public domain. On the basis OF the above
decision the case is again decided against
the road.
The GENERAL rnerchand;sa huo;no.. -