Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-08-29

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exceedingly interesting report to the
state authorities and a which will
give our readere an excellent idea Oi
The school facilities of Union county.
Within its borders we learn from the
report that there are IS public
schools of which Is are graded and IA
%ungraded. Out OF - schools 50 are
conducted six months and over. There
are 6S frame public school buildings
and one-in Elk Point-composed OF
brick. The valuation or cost OF these
structures is $50, $40 while the seating
capacity is $3.50. There are only two OF
these buildings without blackbords
and eleven without dictionaries.
There are 102 teachers employed of
which 3 are males. They r paid
s22,652.H for their work. There are
in force in the county 1O2 certificates
OF which 5 are from the state, IL are
first. 70 are second and 5 third grade.
The number of persons OF school age in
the county is 3,412 OF which 1916 are
males, and 1916 females. The ENROLL
ment for the past year has been 2,9l7.
The superintendent during the year
has made 1876 visits Il the schools and
96 to the district officers. just 20 Of
the schools have public libraries, with
a total OF 547 volumes. The chairmans
OF the boards have been paid STA the
clerks 1910; the treasurer's 1914. 81 max.
ing a total of $79S.57. The amount Of
school bonds acknowledgements of
Elk Point-$l2,3 800 and of warrants Is.
O49.l9 making a total OF ST ,349. 10.
There are in the hands OF the county
treasure 81, OS3 in cash, making a net
Indebtedness of the school districts of
a little over $40, ZOO. The average tax
rate is 5 mills. The amount of bonds
issued during the year was $500 and
the cash received for the same was
$500. While the total average rate of
interest on these bonds is O7.35 per
cent.
Miss ID. May Miller, who attended
the American institute at Chicago,
returned home on Monday evening. In
speaking of the institute Miss Miller
says that there are only two insti-
tutes of the kind in the United States
the eastern summer school at
Brown university, Providence, Rhode
Island, and the western school at High
are for the training Of teachers in
normal methods as applied to vocal
music and other branches. The high
appreciation in which the work Of the
institute is held by the leading teach
ers, superintendent, supervisors and
musicians of the country is well at
tested by the fact that during the four
years covered by the schools of the in
stitute they have brought together
over $50 teachers in the department of
vocal music alone. There are twelve
professors in the faculty, among them
being some of the ablest instructors in
the United States, such as Emory r.
Russell, director of music in the public
schools and the state normal school at
Providence, II. L.; Frederick A. Ly-
man, director of music, public schools,
Syracuse, N. Y; Leonard B. Marshal,
supervisor Of music in the public
schools OF Boston, Mass; Samuel w.
Cole, professor of sight singing and of
normal methods as applied to vocal
music in the New England conserve
tory of music, Boston, Mass; Mrs.
public schools of Salem, Mass; Mrs.
Agnes Cox, supervisor of music, public
sahools, Chicago, ILL.,, and such is the
high standing of the entire faculty.
Our citizens may we'll feel proud of the
advantages that their children will re-
ceive through the ambition and per-
severance OF Miss Miller, who has been
engaged to teach vocal music in our
public schools for the coming year. She
will also have charge of all the public
schools of Union county the first day Of
the Union county fair.