The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-22
ANNUAL REPORT.
Prof. L. p. Sterner Gives Interesting and
Highly Gratifying Statement
OF School Work.

held a meeting Friday evening
last, at which time Supervising
Principal, L. P. Sterner handed in
his report for the past year, which
was as follows:
Bloomsbury, Pa.
June IL, 1905.
Members of the Bloomsbury School
Board,
Gentlemen:-In accordance with
my duty as Supervising Principal,
most cheerfully submit for your
consideration this my fourteenth
annual report of the progress, con-
dition and needs of the public
schools of Bloomsbury. / make
this report with very great pleasure,
because the past years work was
in nearly allrespects the best in the
history of the schools. Z. R5S.@,
ENROLMENT AND ATTENDANCE.
The total enrolment for the year
was exactly the same as last years.
The attendance, though excellent
last year, was better this year. The
records show that it is the best we
have ever had.
Only one school had an average
daily attendance of less than thirty.
Thelowest average percentage of
attendance for any school was male
95; female, o5. Last year it was
mali, ss; female 50. The highest
average percentage OF attendance
vas male, 90; female, 100, and was
made by S. J. Johnson's c Gram
mar school. For six months, his
boys and girls each made
100 per cent, as their average
attendance. This record 10
truly phenomenal, and l believe
that it is unexcelled in the State.
Ella Aliens B. Grammar pupils
made an average percentage of at
tendance of SO, an extraordinary
record. During five different
months, her boys made an attend
ance of 100.
Mary Sleeps A Primary school
made an average attendance of
male, 90; females, SO. During the
term her boys had perfect attend
ance one month, and her girls two
months. Emma Cadmans boys
and girls each had perfect attend
ince for one month. Katherine
Cadow's boys had perfect attend
ance for five different months.
Mary Kline's girls had 100 as their
average percentage of attendance
or the nine months OF the term.
The average daily attendance for
The year was o96 or IS more than
last years. The average percen-
Jage of attendance of the Third
street school was 10 per cent
better than last year, of the Fifth
street schools was ? 3'S per cent
better, and of the Center street
,chools, per cent better. The
,verage percentage Of attendance of
Ill the schools of the town was
20 $40 per cent or Id per cent,
arger than that of last year. The
'-nrollment for the last month of the
:erm was 1902.
ROLL OF HONOR.
The following are the names of
ahe boys and girls of the different
e1chools that attended every day of
he term.
c Primary. Helen Carpenter,
;eacher; Daniel Obi, Margaret
dower, Rose Soners and Kimber
Beagle.
c. Primary. Clora Furman, teach
II; Josephine Furman, Margaret
jacobs and Harold Roadarmel.
c Primary, Anna Snyder, teach
er; Paul Strohm, Allah Applegate,
Chester Kahler ano Norman Hoff-
nan.
c Primary, Tillie Casey, teacher;
Harold Oil, Francis Stiles, Hester
Yost, George Fry, Wells Hartman,
Dewey Rupert, Helen Zeigler, Har-
mon Smith and Inez Gilpin.
B Primary, Mary F. Adams,
teacher; Helen Hartman, Hazel
OIL, Marc Baker and Fred Peifer.
MB Primary, Mabel Meyer, teach
er; George Doty, Lawrence Conner,
Lille Kline, Hurlow Bennett and
Ruth Yost.
B Primary, Anna M. Fox, teach.
er; Bertha Deiterich, Martha Yetter
Irene Hummel, Laura Holdren,
John Masteller, Mabel Kelly, Hell
en- Huff and Marcus Ivey.
b. Primary, Louise Robbins,
teacher; Frank Transue, Carl Yost,
Margaret Hidlay, Hester Cook,
Robert Henrie, Mabel Werkheiser
Raymond Gross, Karl Hess and
George Berry.
A. Primary, Mary Kline, teach
eT: Ruth Keefer. Helen Vost Harry