Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-01-08
GREAT INCREASE
ln Marietta Schools During the Past Four
Months.


evening with the following members
present: Curtis, Dye, Elslsen. Nielsen
helder and Richardson.
A request praying for The signature
of the school board to a petition which
is being circulated by Geo. NJ. Edger-
ton among the property owners on
Pike street fer the purpose of securing
the names of the required number of
residents favoring the rioht of way
along Pike street for new electric car
line, was made to and considered by
the members of the Board. After some
discussion UIhe request was acceded to
and the President of the Board was in
structed to affix his name to the petit
ticn. .......
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
.s. The SUPERINTENDENT report pre-
sented some startling facts in regard
to the growth of the city's schools dur
ing The past four months.
The total number OF pupils enrolled
in Mnrietta's schools wlas 2,529 up to
Dec 27, 1900. The enrollments in the
different buildings was as follows:
High School, 1884, Washington street,
4C6; Marion, 4OS: Third street, 1862;
Willard, 432; Fort, 527;, Fulton, 76;
Pike, 1874.
For the corresponding period of time
in 1899 the enrolment was 2,276, while
in 1898 the number was 2191. The
record fer 1900 exceeded that of 1899
by 253. which is good gain for the
comparatively short ueriod of four
months, the period for which the pres
emit gain must be computed.
The number of pupils who are just
beginning their school days is 40, and
further it must be borne in mind that
these were ASSIGNED in only one week
But a still more astonishi y gain was
made in THE number of those to whom
the school house and the teacher are
new experiences, they having just left
home for the school. The report shows
that forty Juveniles have been enrolled
in our public schools during four days
Considering the disadvantages under
which the schools have labore1 last
term during the prevalence of the
smallpox scare and the interruptions
| caused by various other quarantined
| forms of disease necessitabing the alb
( sence of few pupils and at others the
/ closing of rooms. or as inL5tanced dur
ing the presence of the smallpox in the
city, the average attendance is very
gratifying both to the Superintendent
and also to the members of the Board.
At no time has the attendance fallen
below 80 Der cent. either for all the
schools or for any room. In all 254
new pupils were enrolled in their re-
spective grades during the fall term
This result shows a gain of II per cent
over the recold last year.
Owing to the congested condition OF
every school building in the city and
in order that the established order of
recitations might not be constantly in
| terrupted by the infusion of fresh
| lot of new pupils, the Board amended
/ It's former ruling so that children who
reach the age of six years may be TAX
en- into the public schools uD to Jan
! 10. ws
There is proposition to builda school
building in the East End to accom-
modate the large aAd constantly in
creasing surplus OF scholars from ev-
cry section of the city. The location
of this new building is problem
which the Board has to
solve this year. There are $50
children that should be as
signed to another building than the
one in which they are now gaining the
rudiments of knowledge. The build
ing committee was authorized to in
vestigate and report at next meeting.
After the usual lot OF bills had been
allowed the Board adjourned.
BILLS ALLOWED.
&. j. Harris. ........... ... ..S 9.5u
Geo C. Hawkins. ...... -. 27.O0