Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-15
KANSAS SCHOOLS.
Biennial Report OF State Superintendent


Mr.. Winans states that under this law
there has been a saving of from 25 to 80
per cent. in the cost of school books.
The Superintendent adds that ''every
advantage claimed for State uniformity
may be better secured by the free text
book plan"
Mr.. Winans gives the following valu-
able statistics on the schools of Kansas:
Numbers of districts organized
in state. S,OZZ
Number of district clerks re-
porting. Observation-Disclosures. e,713
Population between and II
years of age ......--.......... 509,614
Number of different pupils en-
rolled. Observation-Disclosures. s91 APO
Average daily attendance. 257 800
Number of different teachers
employed. -...-...--.--- IL ,61o
Number of different teachers
CURED to supply the schools
reported. 1O,IUo
Average salary of male teachers,
per month ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS S42.OO
Average salary of female teach
erS, per month. ............... S34.47
Average length of school year,
in weeks. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 40
Average number of mills levied
for all school purposes. 107
Estimated value OF school prop
erty, including buildings and
grounds. s1o617,14e
Number of school buidings..... SSH
Number of school rooms. 1857
Number of school houses built. 4+2
Cost of same ... s707 a9s
Amount of school bonds issued. s497 e04
Bonded Indebtedness July H.. $5,44S,4SS
Number of persons exa,nined.... 1895
Number of certificates granted. Il,Ie4
tverage age of persons rccciv-
ing certificates ................. 22
Number of persons receiving
certificates who have had no
previous experience in teach
2,S9
Number of teachers employed
who are graduates of normal
schools, hold State certif-
Gates. SSS
Number of visits made by county
superintendcntS. .............. 10,C99
Number of districts that have
sustained public school three
months. .................-...... {, $50
| Number of districts that have
not sustained public schools
FINANcIAL EXHIBIT.
Receipts
Balance in hands of district
treasurers, July 1. 1889 .........s 694,417.67
From county treasurcrs, from
district taxes Observation-Disclosures. 800, 340-20
From State and county school
funds ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 5o2, 5o2s5
| From the sale of school bonds. 757 1872. 55
| From all other sources ........ 1863 466.59
Total amount received dur
ing the year for school pur-
poses 49,. .................s 5,6s66oe.s6
ErDenditures
teachers wages and supervis-
ion. Observation-Disclosures s,o21. oes.ss
Rents, repairs, fuel and other in
cidentals. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $50 291.16
District library and school APP
paratus ...... 1906 40
Sites, buildings and furniture S74,22l.OO
All other purposes. 520, SII.S3
Total amount paid out dur
ing the year for school pur-
poses .......................-s 4,972, a66.s6
| Balance in hands of district
treaSurers, June 30, 1890. 723, 6a3 10
Total receipts and expendf-
lures for school purposes,
balanced observation-disclosures 1856, 65996
TAXABLE PROPERTY, SCHOOL HOUSES AND
SCHOOL BONDS.
Taxable property of the State
(auditor's report for 1900 80. $3.50, s1o. o73.4s
Number of school buildings. ssh
Increase over 1888. .............. els
Number of school rooms. 1887
Increase over 1888 ............... SIS
| Estimated value of buildings and
grounds. 1861 l49OO
| Increase over 1883 ............. 2,0US ,947 90
| Total bonded debt of school dis
tricts 5,4ls.4S 90
| school bonds issued in 1892. 497 ,SO4. 90
| SCHOOL TERMS.
| Average length of school term
| for the State, in weeks. n
| Increase for the biennial period. 2.2
In no case is the average length of
school term for the county less than six
| teen weeks.
|
| the State. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. LOG
| Number-Of institutes of at least
| four weeks. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. lO6
| Number of institutes enrolling
| not less than fifty members,
| and entitled to the State aid of
$50. ....................... 1O4
| Number of institutes receiving
such aid. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS l04
| Expenditures for maintaining
institutes. Observation-Disclosures. $S4. 1S3
| Expenditures from local funds. 500 .S3
| Expenditures from State apprO
| priations. $4,000
| Total enrolment in institutes. 1l,1S4
| Attention is called to the fact that in
| 1890 an institute was held in every
county in the State, and in 1889 but one
county in the State failed to hold an in
stitute; and even in the case of the
single county, joint institute was held
with an adjoining county. These county
normal Institutes are an important fact
or in the educational work of the State,
| and are improving from year to year as
to the kind of work done by instructors
and students. They furnish to the great
majority of the teachers of the State
their only professional training. No
money appropriated by the State is
productive of more benefcent results
than is the money appropriated for the
support of the county normal institutes.
| There ought to be two changes in the
law:
First-The State appropriation ought
to be $50 for each county holding an in
stitute, regardless of the number en-
rolled.
Second-The county commissioners
should be required to appropriate not
| less than Soa.
THE DEAR PRINCE.