The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-09-12

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County Supcrin tendent.
n At tho September msesing of N
County Board of Educssion. Count
Supt. Wilson made some excellent aue
gestions IN his annual report TO IN
Board, and also adds leaf 10 the histor
Iof the common schools Of Dubois coun
lty. which in after years. A. we'll - nov
will be read with interest. We max
some extracts therefr0m below. In "a
gard 70 the Indiana Series Of Schoo
Rocks he toriiliee tho position no tool
last year by quoting from tho decision
Of the Supreme Court: He saws:
On the 18th dav of March. 1890, jus
tice Elliott. Of The Supreme Court o
Indiana, rendered his decision on IN,
,"School Book Law" II II said 10 h,
one of the most forciblc aud logical de
ciaions ever rendered by tho Suprems
Court OF Indiana. In concluding hi,
decision he said:
Tho conclusion that the law IL obliga
tory upon every school trustee within
the state Is therefore irresistible.
From beginning TO end there is nc
hint or suggestion that come OF the trus.
tees may, aud some may not, obey th(
law. and procure or decline to procure
tho booka under the contract made By
the State Board. There il not the re-.
motest suggestion from which Il can b(
inferred that the syetem constructed
shall be treated otherwise than - : unit
Nor IL there word from which Il can
be inferred that the Legislature intended
that inferior school olIlcers might exer.
else discretionary power, and thus break
and deform the uniformity and sym.
mctry Of The system.r
They must now uee the Now hooks n
those counties whore they failed 70 do %
last year. Those ~ YOU who did your
duty last year will hsve m sr0uble now
in this matter. Those that did not will
lesrn 70 be true tn justico and eQnal
rights, and above all 10 render 70 the
lava Of our country prompt obedience.
II is TO BE- regretted that 10 eevoraI
schools In the county puplIe Who are
studying (?) al The co9mon achool
branches can mot, or at least do not, write
"legible hand" In one town ID thls
county not : solitary copy-book va 70
ported = being IL nee lest winter. Fous
hundred and eighty were senl % tho
trustee, and the box Was never opouod.
4 VA like Poon's treosy vIlb ~ r..
alaess II NSyee ovorn - q 1rvr1
20 become eolo @ write IS Iooot z
|''IegibIo hand. they ca eoseolnlv eoo
the child 'l|ve cent copy-book.1
On the drst Monday IL last Augnsl
you made yOur annual 1nencIal oUd
ssatistical repOrls 10 this olloo. COm-
parlsons may be edIous, yet 6 may b
we'll % mention : few ileOo learned
from : careful study or The above r.
porta. There were sixly.four male
teachers and iIfty-eight lady teachers
: total of one hundred and twenty-two
IN the county, during the past school
year. Last wintcr teachers received the
Following amounta for their services
Bain:ridge. tl.994.30: Boone. 81 .665 ;
Case. 1913 H.; Columbia, 81. .433 As (;
Ferdinand. $2343.75; Hall, ol.962. 90 ;
HARRISON. ~ .357. SO Jackaon, 81, no. 20 ;
Jefferson, e2.19925 Madison, tl.438. 20 ;
Marion, $l.O2423; Pstoks, t1.6S8. 80 ;
Birdseyc, $66O5O; Jaspor, ol.0C3 IS ;
Huutinghurg, 5000: : total for the
county Of &25.4749 al. OF this amount the
male teachers received 81 q. $50 6l, and the
isdv teachers $ll,944 81. There were
447l pupils enrolled on tho school reg
isters. This would make the teachers
pay per pupil nearly s. 20. The amount
paid all the teachers for one day'o teach.
ing in the county Il $40 43, Or little
over $40 IN hour distributed q follows /:
For teaching all the scho0ls one dav In
Iiainbridge. $15-05 Boone. SIG IS; Casa,
9ls 90; Columbia. 81 "a; Ferdinand,
$lS.75; Hall. e22 30: Harrison, ols - I:
Jackson, el67O: Jefferson. $3.50 |:
Madison. ol6.92; Marion, 1l334; Pa
foka, $i535; Birdseyc. t4.5O; Jasper,
ss.74; Huntingburg. el8 IS.
There are one hundred frame, one log,
and three brick school houscs in the
county. The estimated value Of the
housea and grounds % made BY you a.
e59O35. The school apparatus is esti-
mated BY you 70 be worth t4.A77. 20 that
The total estimated valne OF public school
property In Dubois County Il 4G35l2.
Your reports also show that the value or
school houses erected lsat year u 81 $40
This Il included In the o63,5l2 mem
'ioncd above. The log school house is|
N Ferdinand township, and is : very
:ommodious building erected "dnring
he flfties," and perhaps destined to re-
main long after the 90 called "elegant
have succumbed 70 the ele-
ncnts. Il stands upon the brow or 81
yentle elevation : broad porch extends d
Ilong its southern front, evidently to|
each lesson TO modern builders. that
y having somo place where children|
AN divcst themselves Of wet and muddy
vreps before entering the school room
proper. That Il stands upon the BROW
i gentle elevation Il : lesson IN itself.
or many school-houses erected long
ince thon, arc upon low grounds. Bel
ng surrounded by "nsture's grove" it|
; suggestive, and - the weary traveller
passes BY and sees tho "bAre. foot boy at|
lay" he certainly recalls to mind days|
yone BY gone forevcr.)
Your reports further show that you
expended last year soe The erecsion or
supplying them with pro-
,er seats. fuel, ropairs, etc., the sum Of
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