The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-09-22
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Superintendent bsrnard's Re-
port on the Years Work.
SUGGESTIONS FOR THE FUTURE.
Changes In the CouPse-Manual Train
Ing sad Physical Culture-Teachers
Need Exercise.

At TIE meeting Of the board OF educ-tion
held last night the principal business trans
acted Was the reception q superintendent Bar
Rard's annual report, which was received and
ordered 70 be printed In addition TO this the
board az reed TO allow an additional teacher to
the night school when the attendance shall
grow TO 50: that the Seattle school exhibit at
the Worlds fair should be confined exclusively
- the state exhibit: that explosions from tho
school should be final unless the board upon
application shall order otherwise: that princi-
PALS and teachers should look diligently for
that the secretary should have the grounds
around the South scno0i covered with sand
without delay.
Below will be found an spitome OF the super
iatendent's report:
The general condition and progress Of the
tial. Much has been done to provide additional
accommodations for pupils, new buildings be-
Ing erected, old ones enlarged and single rooms
rented. This made IL necessary TO change macy
OF the boundary lines and transfer pupils from
ono district to another. Permanency il b3uad-
ary lines and assignment of pupils and teachers
viii do mach toward placing schools In
more sataSfactory condition. There were l .503
"trans.ers' during the past year; which meaus
that i,so5 pupils wers obliged TO change schools,
70 begin work with new teschers IN strange
places, under different conditions. These
numeroua transfers yex and irritate teachers,
pupils aud parents, and must of necessity impede
the progress of the schools 1t was beyond human
power to avoid these conditions, and the same
conditions will exist as long as the city con-
ttnues 10 grow. We all thought that the eight
rooms added TO the Denny and the four each to
the Mercer aud Rainier buildings would be suf
hcient and Insure permanently OF assignment
10 those districts ut least, but relief rooms had
to be rented A. the close of the year there
were liz school rooms, exclusive of recitation
rooms, OF which number eleven were rented
rooms and eight in ten porary buildings. Many
OF the transfers OF pupils due to the fact that
largo number OF our citizens live in rented
houses, and hence frequently move from one
part of the city to another
II IL gratifying to know, however, that the
"homc- builders are rapidly increasing in num-
bcrs, and many OF tho school districts will soon
have an approach at least to permanently of en-
roliment The work OF the principals and
teachers In general was thorough and effective.
The board OF education WIS more than active
and enthusiastic in promoting the interests of
the schools, and did much both officially and
rs Individuals. to make 1t possible to say that,
compared with last year. the condition of the
schools shows a decidedly pronounced improve
inent. The prospect for n continued i'm prove-
Uent IL most encouraging.
The vim and enthusiasm with hich we all
work 10 due entirely to the announcement and
vigorous support given us by the citizens. Ii is
pleasure to work when SO strongly backed by
public sentiment
/ give below comparative statistics for the
years ending June 30, 1855, 1891 and 1892, fol-
lowed by statistics in detail for the year just
ended:
COMPARATIVE STATISTICS.