The Jersey City news., 1892-01-12

Of Smiths History to Schools. 6s IS
Expenses Of state board OF edu-
cation ....................., ISIS G.
Expenses of department of public
instruction. n......................... $3.50 20
County supcrinteadepts' salaries... p ,247 "A
........................ 5as7 46
Expe Dses OF school fund ............. 7,24 IL
Amount of indebtedness of school
districts exclusive of citiesl in
Cured during the year 10000 90
Muornal school building. 80. s5.$ss 80
Paid for distribution in schools of
geological maps. ps..........,........ rs So
Amount paid for plans Of school
houses. oUU w
Paid deaf mute school. ........... 1855 10
s., 5,6l2 81
The following are some of the principal
expenditures:
For teachers salaries. 81. 43,0dl 80
For fuel. .........,.................. 9S,0b4 ~
For building and repairing school
houses. ............................ GS0,S5l VI
For ianitors' salaries, books, sta
tionery, taking census. etc.,. 4CSr 666 81
The total value of ordinary school proper
ty is s909S,576. The number OF male teach
ers is TO, with an average salary of S76.3S
per month. The number of female teachers
is 1851, with an average salary of $44. 40 per
month.
Normal and NJ odel schools.
The normal school was established under
the act of 1855, (P. L. 1855, page 25), for the
tr;iining and education of teachers in the
art of instructing and governing the COM
mon schools of the state. Since that time
1870 teachers have graduated therefrom.
The model school is maintained as an ad-
junct of the normal school for the purpose
of providing a training school for those who
intend to become teachers, so that when a
normal graduate takes charge of school he
or she will not only know what to teach,
but what is equally, if not more important,
how to teach This school is more than
self supporting. The original cost of the
normal and model schools was S155, 900; the
present value of the school property is esti-
mated at s3O6,000.
In 1891 326 pupils were in attendance at
the normal school, of whom "a graduated
from the advance course and Is from the
elementary course. OF these graduates 81
are reported as teaching. The attendance
at the model school during the year was
541, of whom II graduated.
The revenue for the support OF these in
stitutions, in addition to the $20,0O0 an
nually appropriated by the state, is derived
from the tuition fees of the model school,
amounting to SIS, .63, and from other
sources, $3,421 26 This, with the balance
of s7,271.O7, on hand at the date of the last
school treasurer's report, nGetle the total
receipts SAG, ,42196 The disbursements
amounted to $3s, ISL 60, leaving balance on
hand at the end of the school year, Aug. 81,
1891, of 81, ,640.36
The receipts of the boarding halls in the
last school year were s51,317.13 13; disburse-
ments, S37 ,554. 10, leaving a balance on hand
of S13, 294.
new building has been erected connect
ing the normal and model schools, which
increase the facilities of these institutions,
and enables the schools to introduce physi-
cal and manual training and give instruc-
tion in natural sciences, SO as to show their
practical bearing upon our agricultural and
other industries
Farnum School.
This school, situated on the Delaware
river at Beverly, was built by Paul Farnum
in 1855. In 1857 by an act of the legislature
it was made part of the state school sys
tenn, and Mr. Farnum endowed it with
$4,000.
During the past year sixty male and sixty
seven female pupils were enrolled; the av-
erage attendance was 10. The income OF
the school was derived from the state ap
preparation of 81, 200 the interest on the en-
dowment OF S|o,ooo, amounting 10 sSoo' ahc
tne money conecteo lroni tuition lees
amounting 10 $3.50. Inc totai recelpt'
were So,@9soe, ana the e&Penuature'
amounted 10 sf'4so.9o' leaving os'la'ce u
Stos.lo.
School for Deaf Mutes.
There were 139 pupils in this school dur
ing the fiscal year, being an increase OF
twenty over the previous year. The aver
age attendance was 124$4 pupils The state
pays to maintain the institution seventy-siz
dollars per quarter for each pupil. Thil
makes a total of $37 1924 for the last fisca
year. The state also paid in the last fisca
year SO, OLA for the quarter ending Oct. 81
1890, making a total of SAG, 96S.
During the past year special attention ha.
laaen given by the school to industrial a
well as literary education
The disbursements for the year for sal
aries of officers and teachers, and for all pur
noses connected with the tuition and main
tenance. amounted to $42.972. so Their,
was balance OH hand at the commence
mept of the fiscal wear of s3. .44o. 90. leayine
a balance Oct. 81, 1891, of 81, ,436. 49,
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