Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-04-28

cover INC GU It tOiiihch seh''''
1859 lss7 8
Sch lars in state, 2ll.,6i 2ll ISL
Attending school, 1918 lH,<5
Average dav attendance per
term, N,t4l lop, l<2
Per cent Of average daily at
tendance. Fl E
Average length Of schools, 22w I'D 22v. ID
Different teachers employed, 7.h9 1855
Teachers con inued in same
school. 2,Nl 1904
Teachers with previous expe-
Teachers with no previous ex-
perieDce. l,lJ l,2a2
Teaehers graduates of Normal
schools, q. 65s
Average wages male teachers
per month, excluding beard, t35-22 i36
Average wsge- fem ale teachers
excluding board. tl72+ sl6 W
Towns r, porting well suptlied
with text books, AZ As
Reporting schools not well sup
Towns and plantations having
town system, 100 113
School districts in State. 3352 81
School houses, 4,B4 4,Ji1
Built during year. rs "a
Cost of same. e16a,d'0 ti331 16l
Value school property, e5,4sl : t3a<e ,9fj
Tow rs el. citing supervisors. 3H 3is
Elpctins school committees. 1873 le3
mounts silabie from town
;reasnties, tf3s ,221 f7Sf us
Available from State treasury, 1874 l53 s3s4 SO
Total expe dlinres, y - ,efs 81 ,zas .s9s
School money voted by towns
for ensuing year, eeoS,d.9 $e16,o34
Superintendent Luce analyIe the stats
tics. While the number of persons of
school age, he says, sas but 80 less than
in the proceeding year, the number Of those
in attendance upon the common schools
wasI.I45 less The condition here show
decrease in attendance exceeding decrea.e
10 scholara-has been almost constant for
the last ten years. During that period ths
decrease in the latter as been 3 eco. uhile
the decrease in the former hss heen 3 s35,
One Ease for this " hich is still operative
is the esiabllshi of parental school. in
sev. raj of our manufacturing esmmurities.
which have drawn c-ttsin eiss. of pupils
away from the Urinary grades of the
public schools 1t IL es','psted that in
Lewiston. Auhurn. Ri defo-d. Ssco.
wsterviIe, Calais and WesEbroox. at least
| 2 500 are in these church schools. Who
wouli otherwise b. in the public schools.
! But further and more pote nj cau-e il fGuad
/ in h goath of our free high school
sys.sm. l il more than mere Increase il
T attendance ppan these .ceaos. darirf the
tecs+e IL almost the san a. the decrease q
at+eHd-nes on the common schools The
{ I, d Ct. Of the frst Of fhrse C uses sre TO r.
| deprecsted; Ter the work Of 'he ps'ochis
s. hool At il, 5eu, colsii red asa pr fpira-
to- for Au,r car ciizensbip. must in The
pxtnre Of ttings be inferior to saat of ,he
pahiis schoo-'
| The exhibit for she year IS regards tex
books is no; in the lire OF improvement
but the system of public oun. rship snt
supply soen to take effect ~ilI remedy tbs
prescott evil
SPEAKING shout the character of ihs
. ho Is Nr Lure ,b-erves that there /.
z i,g on IN srk6d d gree a much reesIst
con-oiiss,ion IN the o. er seetious and g,
ore # the results grated schools sre muI
ripis ing The facts as to the maximum
grade of instruction required or sllowed b
II y are on the phole favorable Whfis
there xss incresse in hi-,nfy and hookkesJ
,ng and falling # IL Fhssiol ny. by ai D.
/ ami orhef higher sa.ies occurred. Ths
fslii' "a in schools having siss-es IN by
sioIegy and h. ei-ne is q b. dsplored. a
the special end Of this instruction is to en-
'phatically impressed upon the mind o.