St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-31
HARD ON SCHOOLS.
PRESIDENT GJERTsEN,S ANNUAL
REPORT SUBMITTED TO
THE BOARD.
A YEAR OF CLOSE FIGURING.
THE NECESSITY OF MORE MONEY
AND SCHOOL BUILDINGS EN-
PHASIZED.
REPORT.
J0RDANsS
SUPT.
A Very Comprehensive Paper
designations and Appoint
ments.

The board Of education held its
regular monthly meeting yesterday
afternoon. The president, Rev. M.
Falk Gjertsen, read his annual re-
port. He paid a high tribute to eX-
President Ankeny and to the new
members of the board. He emphau-
cally asserted the great need Of more
school room, and said that the lack
of public schools in Minneapolis
amounted almost to a great public
calamity. II had been a hard year
for the board, he said, as the usual
funds had not been Forthcoming. The
tax levy had not materaliZed as ii
was expected to, and thus far it had
been impossible to raise funds in
any other way, and the running ex-
penses had only just been paid The
most careful economy has been prac-
ticed and DR.. Jordan has assisted
the board greatly in reducing the
current expenses. The president
spoke Of the healthful effect the
abolition of corporal punishment
had upon the schools and also Of
the very beneficial effect Of the
free text book system. He spoke
with pride of the good care accorded
the school grounds in the city under
the supervision of Capt. Duncan, and
said that il could not be overes-
timated. It had been greatly inf1u-
entail and had given the schools an
air of culture and refinement that
was marvellous. The excellent disci-
pline, he said, was largely due 10 the
influence Of music.
DR.. JORDAN'S REPORT.
Supt. c. M Jordan submitted his
annual report, which was very COM
prehensive and full of interesting
facts and figures. He, like President
Gjertsen, urged the necessity of i'm
mediate action being taken in re-
gard TO building new school houses.
Last year !, 400 pupils We're unable TO
attend more than half a day out of
each day on account Of the lack of
accommodations New school houses
are imperatiVely needed to insure
the best work being done. During
1 the past year q, 623 pupils were ad-
mitted TO the public schools, an in
crease over the preceding year of
1,437. This increase is less than the
increase of the previous year by
/ over 1000 pupils, and DR.. Jordan
says that he has no doubt that this
! proves that the unusual increase of
! the year 1894 was due TO the intro
duction of free text books into the
! schools. From now on he says that
an increase of 500 to 1900 a year
may be expected, and preparation
/ should be made to accommodate
/ that increase. The superintendent
/ noted as an encouraging sign that
i the percentage of attendance con-
tinued to increase, and this past
! year the increase was notable, the
attendance being 81 per cent, an in
crease of , per cent in two years.
/ DR.. Jordan in his report gives the
/ following figures as the average Of ex-
/ pense per pupil for the past four years.
J These figures show that there has been
/ a decrease Of $1.SO in three years and OF
q cents in the past year:
ISL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 81 81
3
+ 1885, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 1891
! 1S94-5 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 10 72
/ When II is considered that there are
/ over 5000 pupils in the public schools
! Of the city, this saving per pupil means
/ q considerable amount.
/ DR.. Jordan calls attention to the not
] able increase in the admissions to the
! high school, and reminds the board OF
| the very crowded condition Of the cen
| trail high, and the necessity Of erecting
! a new high school in the near future
! in the vicinity of Lake street. It is evil
! dent that some means must be taken
to relieve the high schools. Of the
2, PA pupils admitted to the high schools
last year, the central high claimed
1.l51; the South side high, 400; the East
side high, 3g7, and the North side high
296 The gain in the high school en-
rollment is divided as follows: Cen
tral high, 81: South side high, 46; North
side high. a; East side high, 60.
DR.. Jordan referred with especial
praise TO the work done in the cook
ing schools, and congratulated the
board on the happy results of the ex-
periments with vertical writing. He
/ dwelt at length on the merits Of the
free textbook system, and spoke Of a
scheme that is TO be championed by
himself and J. H. Hosmer, of establish
ing small libraries in the various
schools, drawing on the public j.
brary for supplies.
a TEST QUESTION.
The designations of the following
teachers were accepted: Frances E
Cahoon, Van Cleve school; H. j
! Tromonhauser, Washington; Annette
R. Fay, Corcoran; Mary E. Olson
Madison. The designations of Mehet-
able Rogers, of the Sumner school
Martha Mikkleson, of the Emerson
and Dorothy Ray, of the Harrison
were not accepted. The board decided
TO make a test once for all as Il
| whether a teacher might nick IN AZ 2 ny