The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-03-27
Virginia School Report, 1885.

Virginia School Report, 1885.
The Nineteenth Annual Report of the
superintendent of Public instruction of
Va covers vast fund of information
relating to the school system of Virginia
in all it's departments. 1t is a valuable
contribution to the literature of the
State, touching this branch of the GOV
ernment.
The report states the population in
1880 at ,512,47 Assessed real and per
sonal property ,$345, 6G3, 039. School popu-
lation between and 81 years
, Wh5te NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. s So O.
6lo,37l
No. schools opened whte..... ....... 5,aes
Cora .................. 2,Hs
T,4l0
Pupils enrolled White. ....... sI7, KS
Colored. ...................Ii9,l7s
;s36,g4s
Daily average attendance-Wh ........ l2a9G7
Coored e5,6lS
195525
Number teachers White Males .......... 1924
FemalcS 5,1i5
Colored Males. .......... a64
Females ........ 9S1
7423
Average monthly salaries Males. ......... s3l 38
Females $25,74
Cost per month per pupil in attendance. 1. %
Total number of school houses. .......... G,34l
Of the whole number Of teachers. ......... 74.3
There were educated in Va--white. 5O6S
colored ...... las
Elsewhere than Ea-white. Observation-Disclosures. 404
colored ............... 2c8
7423
Educated in Va Public Schools WHITE. 2ss3
cOlored... 22s2
Total cost-Current expenses. 81, 43l ,3Ss.27
Permanent imprvem'ts. 1Sa, 1906
s1,e20,s9s.!s
School funds for the current year were
derived from the following sources
State funds-Capitaton and property
tax S64S, 4S5 10
Arrearages 100000 90
Interest on old literary fund bonds.... 1870 90
Appropriation from gent revenues. 20,1s,0 90
Interest in part on new q per cent?
literary fund bonds. 2.,GS6 81
From other sources, including interest
on bank deposits. .......... ........ SIT 10
1871, JAG s,5
Amount of State funds expended in
education for the year closing Septem-
Der 30th 1889:
Public schools. S11, l49
University of Va annuity. ............. :s5,OGO
Virginia Military Institute. ............ $4,000
Medical College of Va annuity. ........ 1,5G0
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical
Institute, for barracks. .............. 10000
State Female Normal School annuity l0,GG0
Virginia Normal and Collegiate Inst-
tute annuity. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 15,OO0
College of William ana Mary annuity. 10000
Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and
the Observation-Disclosures. 5000
$l,023.646
There is still due the schools on ac-
count of arrearages to January /, 1890,
1924, 5O56a.
The number of female teachers has
increased from 2,625 in 1886 to 3,17S in
1889. Male teachers have decreased dur
ing the same period, being 2,4s6 in 1886,
and 2,e94 in 1899
The Superintendent recommends what
is known as Arbor Day in the schools
DuDJecCS IOf instruction: Inc aCtual
planting of trees by the pupils, judicious
talks on arborculture, what trees to
plant and how to plant them, &C. "No /
day could be more proftably spent than
Arbor Day, even from an educational
standpoint. But, in addition to the 'edu-
cational effect and esthetic influence of
such work, and its direct effect in the /
and identifying Of school |
grounds, it tends to develop thoughtful
attention to the larger subject of forestry
in general, which is becoming and is des- I
tined to become question of vital i'm (
portance to the American people,"
Peabody Institutes were held during
the year at Lynchburg, Jacksonville. /
Winchester, Petersburg, Lexington, and
Culpeper Total attendance of teachers,
/ 1854; 1T a total cost Of $1,519.60.
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