Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-03
SCHOOL CENSUS
SHOWS INCREASE
REPORT MADE BY CLERK OF
SCHOOL BOARD.
Shows That There are 1901 Be-
tween Ages of a and 10 Years
Vacancies Filled in Corps of
TedCherS-COntrdCt Let for Coal
Supply.

A regular meeting of the board
of education was held last evening,
lasting till nearly the midnight hour,
several matters having come before
the board that require the usual
amount of discussion pro and con.
One of the important features of
the meeting was the report of DR..
Field, the clerk of the school board on
the school census, which was recently
completed. The report shows quite a
healthy growth in the school popula-
tion over last year, when the number
of children in the city between the
ages of four and twenty was 3, 712.
The census this year shows that the
number between those ages is 1901,
an increase of a little over 100. Of
the number this year, 2,O26 are males
and l, IT'S females. The number of
children between the ages of seven
and fourteen years is 1,665. The
number of such who attend the public
schools 80 weeks or more of the year
is 974. The number Of such attending
private schools for the same period is
691.
By the adoption of resolution the
sum of $3.50 was appropriated to DR..
Field, the clerk of the school board,
for the taking of the school census.
The matter of the time of the be-
ginning of the public schools for the
coming school year was determined
upon at the meeting last evening.
The fall term will begin on Monday,
Sept. 8, and the term will end on
Friday, Dec. 21. The winter term
is to begin on Monday, J an. and to
end on Friday, March 27. The spring
term is to begin on Monday, April 1
and end on Friday, June 20.
1t was necessary for the members
ter of couple of requests for releases.
The first was from Charles G. Bishop
of Dodgeville, who had been engaged
as one of the assistants in the high
school, he asking to be released in
order that he might 60 to Sheboygan
at an increase of salary. His place
was filled by the selection of Max A.
Becher of Milwaukee, at a salary of
$85 per month. The newly engaged
assistant has the best of recommen-
dations. He is graduate of the
Milwaukee high school, also of the
Milwaukee normal an the State Uni
versity, since which time he has had
two years experience.
Miss Emma M. Roemer, another
assistant and instructor of German in
the high school was another to ask for
a release, she desiring to go to Wau-
kesha at an increase of salary. The
board chose wisely in the selection of
Miss Hattie Werner, a we'll qualified
young lady of our home city. Miss
Werner is a graduate of the Chicago
University, from which institution she
graduated with high honors.
Superintendent Roseman made re-
quest of the board to supply telephone
communication between the public
schools of the city. The matter was
referred to the committee on buildings
and grounds.
The superintendent also recommend
ed to the board that the committee on
supplies be instructed to purchase the
necessary supplies for the coming
school year and read list of the sup
plies that would be necessary, includ-
ing new desks necessary for the COM
mercial course. The matter was re-
ferred to the committee named, with
the exception of the item of the desks,
the members of the committee having
been given the power to purchase the
same.
The matter Of coal supplies was
disposed after little discussion and a
few smiles by reason of the uniformity
of the bids presented. The bids were
as follows: j. P. McGolrick, hard,
So. so; soft, S5. 25. Lehman & Schroe-
der, hard, sS. AT; soft $3.50. A. E..
Needham, hard. s. 49; soft, s5.3
John w. Burns, hard, So. 49; soft,
S5.26. The bid of Lehman & Schroe-
der for hard coal, So. 49, was accepted
and the bid of ]. P. McGolrick of
s.. 25 for soft coal.
The members of the Apollo club
petitioned the board for the establish
ment of system of muisc in the pub
lie schools of Watertown and the
matter was referred to the committee
on teachers. 1t was rather late
hour when the petition was read,
otherwise, as Commissioner Viebahr
annuonced, the members of the boarG
were saved half hour speech from
him upon the subject. What the
nature of the remarks would. have beer
is only matter of conjecture, bu
it is probable that at the next meeting
of the board, Mr.. Viebahn will Civ,
voice to his opinion.
The committee on buildings an,
grounds made the following repor
which was adopted: We have inspect
Cd tho foIloxpinu c..hool honcas an