The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-03-09
A BIG INCREASE.

/ In Corvalli, School Population Near.
ly twenty-five Percent
An increase of nearly rs per cent
in the school population, is the re-
markable showing made by Corvallis
the past year. The effect of the
increase is to make of number 9,
district of the first class. That in
turn means that hereafter the board
of directors will consist of five in
stead of three members. and that
each director shall serve for term
of FIVE years. 1t also means that
the school clerk, instead of being
elected by the people. as now, will
be elected by the school board. The
extra directors will be chosen at the
regular school meeting to be held
on the third Monday in next June.
At the same time, a director
will be chosen to take the place of
the one whose term expires this
year, making three directors in all
to be elected. After their election,
il is decided by lot which shall
have the three, which the four and
which the five year term.
The increase in the number of
pupils of school age for the year is
nearly 200. 1t may reach that
figure before the enumeration ends.
At present, 1895 pupils of school
age have been returned by School
Clerk Buchanan and Prof. Holmes.
A few stray pupils are known of
that have not yet been listed. If
there are enough of these to lift the
total to 1,o45, the exact increase
for the year will be 200, for the
aggregate in the census of last year
was S45. If there are persons in
town who know of cases in which
pupils of school age have not been
enumerated, it would bea good plan
to apprise the school clerk by tele-
phone or otherwise, to the end that
state school money may be drawn
for all that are eligible. The in
crease during the year was great
er than in any three years in recent
times. 1t shows that Corvallis
proper has an actual bona 6de pop
ulation of not less than three thous-
and souls. 1t is also a certain in
| dex that the town grew more last
year than in any former two years
in her history.
| The law with reference to dis.
tricts of first class is in part as fol
lows:
Section 62-Wheneyer the schoo
population OF any district shall
reach 900 or more, as shown by
the annual census of the schoo
clerk of the. district, the board O
directors of said district shall give
notice at the next election that three
directors are to be elected who sha1
serve three, four and five years res
, pectively. the terms of each to b.
determined by lot at the first reg
ular meeting of the board afte
such election, and from and afte
{ such election such district shall b.
r of the first class and shall have ]
board composed of FIVE director
!: and otherwise be subject to tn
special laws and provisions of dis
tricts of the first class.
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