Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-12-27
About the Ohio School,

SOiumDus, u, Dec. 26.-~-TOmorrow
morning State School Commissioner r,
ID. Bonebrake will submit to Governor
Bushnell the forty-fifth annual report
Of his department. Among other
things Mr.. Bonebrake will commend
the law OF the last session Of the GEN
eral Assembly providing for the trans
portation OF pupils to and from school
in the outlying districts, though he
fears that the law will never be a sue
cess in operation.
The Commissioner reports that un-
der the three laws enacted last winter
for the better education of defective
children proper instruction for those
who are both blind and dumb can be
secured at the hands Of the state. I'm
der these laws schools for this class of
pupils have been opened in Cleveland,
~Incinnati, Elyria and Dayton.
The report shows mat the public
schools of Ohio cost for the year end
Ing August 81, 1898, the sum of S13,-
SOS, ,S49.02. OF this amount the state as
whole contributed but $4,000, 953,
the remaining S11,559 ,629.49 being de-
rived from local sources.
The state paid out $247 1872 15 for the
support of the Ohio State, the Ohio,
ldiami and Wilberforce Universities.
The Commissioner holds that Ohio has
not exceeded the moderate demands
of a state system of education.
Mr.. Bonebrake commends some por-
tion Of the Ohio school system, but
characteries Its methods as ''haphaz-
ard" though allowing of rapid re-
sponse to the pressure of public opin-
hon. A State Teachers Institute, to be
held annually, Is recommended.
Special attention Is called in the re-
port to the good results following the
Inauguration of travelling library work
under the direction of State Librarian
Galnreath.
The statistical part Of the report
shows that there are 1887 townships
and 925 seperate districts in the state.
In townships there are 11,149 subdis-
tricts During the year $50 school
houses were erected in the townships
and 81 in the separate districts, total
of 203; as compared with 191 in 1897.
The total cost of these structures was
1901, ,s46. There are 1914 districts in
the state and the total value of the
buildings and grounds is Sal, AIS, ,2S9.
The tctal numbe TIof school rooms In
Ohio Is 1850. 1t took 10, 1853 men and
1883 women to teach the schools, a
total of 25, ,256. The average monthly
wages of men in township and elemen
tary schools is $35 and $50 for women.
The avarge for separate district high
schools is $6s for men and $57 for
women. The average number of
weeks taught in township districts was
u and in separate districts "a.
The number of boys who are of
school age in Ohio is 615,291 and girls
5S3,413, a total OF 1887 This is an
increase of 25,467 over last year. The
total enrolment in the public schools
was 8S7, ,152. OF this number 781, ZOO
attended the elementary and 55,452 the
high schools. The total daily attend
lnce in elementary schools was 572,-
ia and ip high schools 1888, the to-
tai being 618,667. The percentage OF
daily attendance on the enrolment in
township districts was 6S and in high
schools 70. The grand total of re-
ceipts for the year for school purposes
including balances. was 9.7S7, 1854
an increase OF $4OO, 1871 over 1897.