Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-10-26
SCHOOL FIGURES.
Some Interesting Figures and Stats
tics from the Annual Report
of County Superintendent
County School System in the
Past Year.
Notes of Interest Regarding the Con-
dition and Conduct of the Sew
eral County Schools.

year.
Old school buildings are being re-
paired and painted, more would have
Deen done in that line curing the last
vacation, if help could have been Sc
cured.
School grounds are being fenced,
wells are being added to the grounds
and the efforts to make trees grow on
the school grounds are increasing.
The schools are we'll supplied with
uniform texts BOOKS. The school ap-
paratus in most of the districts is very
good.
There is a marked improvement in
the length Of school terms. The en-
rollment is larger than ever before.
The per cent Of attendance the past
year was 81 per cent on an average
throughout the county, this being the
largest average per cent of attendance
in the history of the county.
The classification and grading in the
common schools will now be done to
conform with the new course Of study.
The teachers standard has been very
materially raised, but two third grade
certificates having been issued during
the past year.
The teachers training school has
been a great help to the teachers, and
burleigh county teachers are in good
demand, sixteen Of them are now en-
ployed in adjoining counties.
More supplementary reading ma
,erial should be supplied by the school
boards.
Every school should be supplied
with a school library. Teachers
should provide themselves with pro-
fessional libraries as fast as possible.
Some interesting figures from the re-
port are as follows:
Number of organized school dis
tricts. y; number of new districts Or
ganiZed since last report, /; total num-
Der of districts, Is; number Of graded
schools in county. II; number. of I'M
graded schools in county, 30: total
number Of schools in county, II; num-
Der of departments in graded schools,
II; number of departments in un-
graded schools. 30; total number of
departments. II; number of school
houses built during the year for I'M
graded schools. /; total number Of
school houses built during the year, 1;
number Of frame school houses in
county, 81; number of stone or brick
school houses, ); number of log school
houses. >; total number of school
houses, ~; total seating capacity Of
all school houses. 1860; number Of
school Libraries in county, 8; number
OF volumes in libraries excluding
Webster's dictionary, 1889; number CT
volumes added to libraries during the
year, 81; number of schools in district
for which text books are furnished
out Of public funds, IS; value of said
text books, $500 81; number Of
schools that observed Arbor day, 10;
number of planted trees growing on all
school grounds III district, 951; num-
Der Of trees planted during the year,
IS; number OF school grounds upon
which no trees are growing, 2S; num-
Der of school grounds fenced, 10: num-
Der Of school houses protected by fire
breaks, 30; number OF school houses
having wells Of water, I; number Of
school house visits by county super
intendent, %; whole number of visits
by directors, 50; number of visits by
patrons, 254; number of male children
OF school age residing in the county
June 30, 1900, 1873; number Of female
children Of school age residing in the
county Dec. /, 1880, 1876; total number
of children residing in county, 1919;
number of colored children enumer-
ated, i; number of children of school
age residing over two and a half miles
from the nearest school, 113; number
of male pupils enrolled, 545; number
Of female pupils enrolled, 557; total
number Of pupils enrolled, 1902; num-
Der of days school was taught includ-
ing holidays, 5GOS; aggregate days of
teaching, 157,O25; aggregate days Of
attendance, 1OG,315; aggregate days CT
Absence 11,OS5; aggregate days If
non-membership, 39,621; average daily
attendance, CAB; average daily mem
bership, 715; per cent of attendance,
81; total hardness Tin minutes), a.
2O0; number of schools taught two
months and less than three months, J.;
number of schools taught three
months and less than four months, /;
number of school taught four months
and less than five months, 3; number
Of schools taught five months and less
than six months, II; number of schools