The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-15
Will TAKE A SCHOOL CENSUS.
rs WANTED OF ALL CHILDREN
NA' BETWEEN AND IS.

..,a of Education Advertises for
.iicants for the WOrl<-The |
s,dent and the superintendent
u select the One to Do It-WiIl
n.re About Month-The Census
Taken Every Five Years-The
LAST one Gave Chatham a school
nonuIatiOn of 1890.
,-so census of the school population of
...ornah and Chatham county will be
Ian this year. This census is taken every
ON, .s rsars under the law prescribed by the
ats The last census was taken in 1893,
orotber falls due this year.
A. the March meeting of the board of ed
,,ior last night the census was pro-
IA for. the superintendent being au-
.sorized TO advertise for applications from
"a desiring to undertake the work. The
mi lives the compensation to be re-
tod for the work at cents for each
Ana in the city and at cents in the
.onntrv districts. The ages to be embraced
- the census are from six to eighteen
years.
The president and superintendent were
.,,tborized 10 receive the applications made
T., response to the advertisement and to
make all necessary arrangements for the
.ork 1t will be commenced as soon as
rossibe after the applicant has been Sc
,.,ted 1t is said the work of preparing
cha census will probably require about
hot a mr.
Fl, Commentators will be Kept busy. The
act of taking the census is borne by the
poard of Education. Blanks to be
susd in with the names and addresses of
Ill children will be distributed among
ba enumerators These blanks have al
resdv been received from the educational
aanartment of the state. The appropria-
tor If the state money among the coun-
t,os for the support of the schools is based
mon the census reports, and it is thus
innortant that the names Of AL children
dAnt in Chatham county should be
given the enumerators.
The last census shows that there were
II 1sg children within the school age In the
civ The country districts showed 4,2Sl,
making total of 15,43O. 1t is thought
his number will be increased by this cen
Ms.
The meeting of the board was held at
the Chatham Academy Col. George A.
Mercer presided, with Capt. Henry Blum,
Mr.. Lee Roy Myers, Capt. J. r. F. TAFT
nall col. p A. Stovall, MIR. b. A. Den
mark. Capt. M. j. O'Byrne and Mr.. ]. r.
Saussy
Superintendent Ashmore reported that
the work of the schools had progressed
satisfactorily during the last month. He
said the teachers had continued their
faithful and efficient services, and that
Il the earnestness of their efforts may be
seen in the progress that is being made by
the children.
He reported that the schools had all been
visited by the committee of the grand jury
and that its members had expressed them
selves as well pleased with all they had
seen in their inspection.
A matter that will be of interest to
the pupils of the High School was con-
silered by the board and the recommended
4 ton Of Supt. Ashmore was adopted. There
n has never been a minimum limit set to be
reached by the pupils in their examina-
tons in any one study. Last year Supt.
Ashmore noticed that the general average
4 OF pupil might be sufficient to promote
him. the requisite mark being rs per cent,
while a very low percentage might have
been made in some one study. lie has
regarded this as a bad plan, as it admits
OF pupils disregardng some study they
may find distasteful and make only half
hearted effort in it. To render this I'M
likely, a minimum mark of so per cent.
was set In order for the pupils to be
promoted hereafter it will be necessary for
them to make higher marks than 50 per
cent in each of their studies. The gen.
eral average per cent. of 70 remains I'M
changed
new text book on physics was adopted.
Steee's Popular Physics has been used,
but this will be discarded about May l in
favor of Avery's Elementary Physics Ar
fragments have been made with the pub
fishers and book sellers through which the
change from one text book to the other
VIII not be an extra expense.
Supt, Ashmore submitted an informal
report to the board upon his recent visit
10 Chattanooga to attend the convention
OF the department of superintendent OF
me National Educational Association. He
spoke briefly of the meetings that were
mad and referred to his visits to- the schools
OF Chattanooga. Returning, Mr.. Ash
more stopped over in Atlanta, where he
also visited some of the schools. He told
lAe board that Savannah has every rea'
son to fell proud of her schools, as his
talks with the superintendent and his Wis.
us TO other schools have assured him thai
ulls CITY has as fine a system as many
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