Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-07
OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Annual Meeting OF the Board Of Trus.
tees and Reelection Of Prof. Alex.
Hogg rs superintendent.
The suPerinssndent's Annual Report SHOW.
tng n Good Condition OF Tho
Fort worth schools.


monthly meetlng yesterday. Present,
His Honor u S. Brolles, mayor and ex-
oiilcio chairman Of the board, a. j. Cham
btrs, X M. VanZandt, j. @. Reilly, Jesse
Jones and Thomas Z. Martln, secretary.
Absent, J. r. Smith.
The minutes having been read were 81.
proved, and then sundry Incidental niils
agoregating SEP ~ were approved and
ordt re paid.
Prof. Alexander nogg wss unanimous
" reelected superlntendeutoit the schools
for the coming year.
The committee on teachers aud exam
inatlon OF teachers was granted further
time to rep Jrt as TO the matters Of the
principal nj the boys high school and
the vocal and writing aud drawing
teachers.
The report Of the superintendent for
the past scholastic year was presented,
read and ordered published, together
with the rules and regulations, in pam.
phlet form.
Ga motion the board adjourned.
The committee ON teachers not having
completed the assignment Ct the assist
ant teachers to the various bull ings,
will not make known It's action until the
next regular meeting In August.
| To the Honorable the Board OF Trus-
tees City Public Schools, Fort Worth,
Tex: DEAR SRs-- Herewith transmit
to your body report OF the condition
aud operations OF the city schools for the
school year session beginning 18th Sep
TENDER, 1855, and closing 2Sth May, 1896.
The schools opened, as per resolution
OF the board, earlier than before, with
| thirty-nlne teachers, thirty-three for
white pupils and six for colned. The
average daily attendance fest week, 1870.
There was a steady increase ia thenumber
till appearance of dengue fever as an
| epidemic. Every teacher without excep-
ton suffered from this malady, and at
least 20 per cent. OF the pupils were
stricken down by It. Late in December
the schools recovered, aud the actual
attendance reached 1857. During the
month Of January the actual weekly at
tendance was 1926 In February the
schools suffered again from cpl
demic small pox, which reduced
the attendance for two weeks
to less than so per cent Rallyipg from
this panic TO some extent, in March 'the
strike" struck us and continued until late
In April, when the schools partially re-
gained their numbers, never, however,
reaching over 1880.
AS TO NUMBERS.
The total registry for the year was
2l07. Number of different pupils taught
for an entire session, 1850. Average daily
attendance during the session, 1909.
Number present at close of session, 1901
OF these there were promoted 98S, a gain
over session Of 1884 of 81.
ExpENsEs.
For instruction and supervision, per
pupil, per months
Upon n basis Of dai'y attendance. Sls7
Upon basis of different pupils
taught u ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 30 .
Upon bail OF total registry 20
Expenses per pupil, per month
total for instruct on, supervision
and incldentRls. upon q basis OF
actual attendance @',,,"..,~~,. 2ld
, Upon basis OF that taught sos.
Upon basis OF total regisuy.t. j3s
--------
Total expenses for instruction
and supervision. ........,.,. 3l9, $50 %
Total Incident ls--coal, repairs,
rents, ianitors, water, school
supplies, etc. .,,...,.,.,..o s,lls 81
i. |
Total Observation-Disclosures, 6p2e 81
Expenses as compared with session
, 1876 are less In the aggregate, although
the number OF teachers was greater by
two, and these were paid for an entire
session, while the teachers OF 1870 were
not paid for an entire school session.
there being only thirty (of the thirty
seven) teachers up to March ~; hence
here has been a saving not ouly Ia the
incldentals, repairs, etc, but In expenses
of instruction,
There has been
HEALTHY GAIN
In actual attendance during the four years
] OF the history OF these schools, showing
the increased interest OF the pupils in the
schools.
A narrative statement OF percentage OF
FER cent
1883 4. .,,,.t..... 80, Isl
lSs4-5. ,,.,....o,,,..,.0 l
1855 d, 4" ,-...,4........,...ei
1t may not be amiss to give another
comparative statement showing the
steady, not phenomenal, progress OF
these schools
First session opened with GAS pupils
First session closed with 300 pupils
: Second SO sslon opened with 62i pupils.
Second session closed with 1918 pupils
e Third session opened with TIA pupils
Third session closed with 1907 pupils
7 Fourth session opened with 1890.
Fourth session Closed with 1901.
The maxlmum attendance has usually
J been reached In January; minimum attend.
/, ance ia April-May,
/ But for the "dengue feyer,n "smali-
: pox, y and "the strike," II is confidently
believed the schools would have carried
an average daily attendance for the SEES
sion Of 1900 pupils.
: 2lO7 REGISTERED.
! Total numbers by ages and sexes OF
. white pupils:
} Age. 2. n 81 10. NJ I2I 10, ni5IioHlsTL
} boys. i-oIso iliiol y, 8 ~ a555isil . 81
elIl.. i5s 3 d laina q !, u ! v
TOTAL. 2S7 i7255 ll7lis2l7ll 13 7l76l
coLOR purms ~ A0Es AsD 81 xEs
Boys nj lsl . "A % 9OI ~ al 81 a a., i7'
Girls - 90 20 20 az i6I 81 1sIlsl q n, lGi
-- ts--t Il s@- i-l i=-r-t~si
Total 30 85 81 al 81 aGl 81 35ll7l3 81. 4 gia
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