Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-17
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
OF THE CITY.

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The twenty-fifth annual report of the
board of education of the Kansas City pub
lie schools for the school year 1856 has
been completed, and the first copies were
received from the hands of the printers
yesterday. The growth and excellence of
the public schools in this city have long
beer proverbial throughout the country,
and the report just issued, copies of which
the leading educators of the United States
have been requesting for several months
past, shows that the schools of Kansas
City have taken q longer stride forward
during the past school year than during
any other single year in their history. This
is true, both in the increase of tine enroll
lnent of the pupils, necessitating increased
facilities for their accommodation. and the
raising of the already high plane of the
educational system The actual progress
OF the schools is given in the most compre-
henSive and detailed manner in the report.
In the introduction of his exhaustive re-
port to the board, Superintendent ], NJ,
THE total enrolment for the year is
20,0OS. a gain of S19 over last years total
enrolment; the average number belonging
is l5,2S6, also a gain of 667 over last year,
and the average daily attendance is 4,351,
"a gain of no over last year, while the
teaching force remained practically the
"of the 2o.OOS pupils enrolled, 12,sl7 were
born in Missouri, 72S3 in the Atlantic, Cen
tral and Western states, 4O3 in Great Brit
ain. Ireland and Germany, 1894 in other for
eign, countries, and 2OS unknown. The
number born in Kansas City is 1898.
There We're 5,6$ pupils who attended
school less than 100 days, and 2,244 of this
number who belonged less than 40 days.
The total number of promotions exclusive
of the high schools was II ,402 out of total
enl ollment in the ward schools of 1SO79.'
The report of the treasurer shows that
the total receipts for the year was $780,
64z sc, and the amount of the warrants paid
!Sf g leaying aaIe eaianSe Ia g5 IN the treasury
The total number of employees is stated
40, and 4S new school rooms, besides the
preparations for the building of a new
manual training school, were added to the
school facilities.
1t has been the wish of loyal Missourians
friends of education, to bring the schools
of Kansas City, and especially the high
school, in closer touch with the university
of the state. Every year large number
of Missourfs young men and women go off
to Eastern colleges who ought to patronize
the state university. To bring about
change in this respect, it is the intention
to have some of the leading professors of
the university come to Kansas City and
lecture during the winter and spring. On
Thursday, January q, Professor John Pick
ard, LII. D., of the department of Grecian
archaeology, will be in the city, and in the
forenoon will talk to the pupils of the high
school, and in the evening he will lecture
in the assembly, hail of the high school.
Century, There will be no charge for ad-
mission and it is desired to fill the large
hall with the best people of the city. Those
who have sons and daughters to educate
are especially invited Professor Pickard
is an eminent scholar and most entertain
ing lecturer. He has travelled widely and
was several years in the university of Ath-
ems, Greece.
The teachers of the city are arranging
parties to attend the course in electricity,
by Professor Blake. These lectures will be
given under the auspices of the Kansas
City Medical college, at Lyceum hail. 104
West Ninth street. on Thursday evenings,
beginning January q.
Monday evening, January 49, at the Col
lege Avenue mission, Mrs. Fluhart will
talk on Child Life in Greece" Mrs. Flu
hart has lived in Europe for several years,
and will speak of her own work among the
children. Two solos will be rendered by
Miss Frances Laura Denny. Miss Denny
will be accompanied by Miss Bertha Jean
Richardson. The address will be given for
the benefit of the Yeager school library.
Superintendent ]. NJ Greenwood and
Principal Longan, of the Humboldt school,
will leave for st. Louis this morning. They
will spend tomorrow visiting the public
schools of that city and at night Superin-
tendent Greenwood will deliver an address
before the Pedagogical Society on the SUBJ
ject of THE Dead Line in Education"