Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-11-29

GENERAL STATISTICS
The whole number of children h,fv-RrO fht
ages of and ~ IN Iowa county Tor the wear
ending June 30, 1906, was eat.
F6e, whole number 81 childrvu no attended
public school was COIL, which shows a VERY
good percentage 81 attendance 10 our M, hliF
schools during the NcSr.
m, whole number of days that school was
the year was sl,siS
The average daily attendance was SsSS
I The number Of teachers employed was les
. Of which Al were male.
/ Whole amount paid for the services Of male
/ teachers WAS >il,9tA, and the whole amount
paid for the, services Of female teachers was
/ Ai 9i0SS, which was an increase in the wages
I OF the whole teaching force Of the county OF
s., 80. is over the wages of last year
/ The whole number of ,choolS maintained
counting each department as one SchNol-thr
( high school II amy, counted as one dcpMt.
F mVut-waS los,
/ The number. of pupils ;hat the Schoolhouscs
/ will accommodate Is 1900 and the cash value
ot tho same is SsOS, $40, an increase in the vain,
alton OF si6S;o in the past wear, or about So per
cent. which is certainly good showing for
/ Iowa county in the educational line.
/ Seven ca new school buildings were built in
Iowa county the past year at a cost of SS1,0Ot
not counting the turuiShNgS-tw new high
schools and i've new district schools.
SCHOOL ROAEp CONVENTION,
In compliance with Chapter les. Laws vt 1905
| called the first school hoard convention for
Iowa county, where a carefully prepared pro
gram was carried ont, pertaining 60 the inter
VStS of the rural schools, There were les
members of school boards present State Ru
raj Inspector, W, l., Wood, was present ami
gave two very interesting talks on subjects
pertaining to the good ot the public school
system. The convention throughout was in.
tcrcstiug and full Of instruction aud has al.
ready brought untold results to the schools OF
the county,
During the year have, with the aid " the
teachers, catalogucd all the books in the dis.
trict school libraries, 10y towns and by districts
showing the number of Nolum, Ia each libra,
y, the author, title, price, subject aud the
condition of the book for use, and have filed
the same for future reference,
This year, with the aid of teachers, q Card
Index system is being made for each country
school library, and at the present time about
s. per cent Of the rural schools have a com.
plctc system IN ne which makes small
library ever 80 much more useful and inter.
cStlng,
Stair INSTITUTE,
The annual teachers institute was held IN
the new high school building in the city of
podgcville for period of ten days, beginning
July 80, 1905, Teachers enrolled during the
entire institute pa, with an average attend.
auce of 2i2. The institute was inspected by
representative Of the state dcuRrtmcpt, who
reported Iowa county rs having the largest
enrolment in the state.
The conductors were phj)ip kolh, Ocono-
mowoc, Wis, G. q. Bahcock, nodgcyillo, Wis,
John Dixon, Prairie du sac, Wis, 4, &, Rray,
Ontario, Wis., T. !. lyn h, Ayoca Wis, and
II, q, Sampson, Washington, u, G., ot the
Bureau Of Soils, L, =, Department of Agricul
turr was able to secure the sorry ices Of Mr.
Sampson free of any cost to Iowa county or
20 the state thus our teachers had the Hdvant.
age Of getting the best instruction possible ON
this valuable subject.
EXAMINATIONS,
The fall examinations are held right after
the state institute for all grades of county Ger
tihcNtcs, the questions being based ON the
work of institute, and Is given az the county
seat. The spring examinations were held nj
Arena, Highland and Dodgcvillc in all
branches for third grade certificates. The re-.
suits of the examinations were as follows:
Those receiving first grade
Those receiving second grnde-32
Those receiving third grRde-t2,
No. of applicants refused CCrttNcRtCs-G.
sCnoOL VISITATION,
In my school inspection during the past
year have made 100 visits aud on many of
these occasions ! have been accompanied by
the state rural school inspector, aud ON other
times by normal instructors and high school
teachers, giving the schools the benefit of the
advice Of all, | found the teachers ready to
accept any suggestions apperaining to the
good of the school and the pupils in general
What we need IL this county is u County
Training school, and when the county
board can see its way, financially they can
do Iowa county no greater good than 10 vote
20 establish such q school and accept the
states offer OF such school for the better
training of our rural school teachers aud 20
the uplifting of the boys and girls whose only
hope is the rural school
The school board convention has helped
equipment but there are yet many that are
still lacking I'm appliances,
| recommend that the usual amount of 500
be appropriated for the common school diplO,
ma examination In the county aud $50 for the
school board convention expenses.
| shall be pleased 10 have any member of
the county board offer any suggestions that
he may see NJ to give me in the school affairs
of this county.
With best wishes, ! remain yours for good
schools. Respectfully submitted,
i. EMERY BRAY, Co. Supt.
Mr.. Bollerud moved that the report
be published with the proceedings, and
that the recommendations therein be
laid over until morrow. Motion carried.
Mr.. Mundy moved that the expense
vouchers of the county superintendent
be referred to the committee on general
claims. Carried.
The committee appointed at the
February session of the board, relative
to the appeal of the town of Highland
in regard to the valuation of the real
estate Of that town, presented the fol-
lowing report
DoDGEvTLLE, WIS. November 18th, 1909,
To the Board OF Supervisors IN session.
GENTLEMEN: Your Committee appointed
at the last session of the board I'm February
by resolution introduced by supervisor
Mundy, OF DodRevllle, I'm relation To the APP
peal OF the Town OF Highland, In regard to
the equalization OF real estate valuation Of
said Town OF Highland beg leave to report
AS follows;
Said Committee met at Madison, pursuant
TO notice from the state Tax Commission
on the LIST DAY OF March, A. ID. 1893 and de-
Tended said appeal, said committee pre-
senting the County Boards SIDE Of the
the town Of Highland
The state Tax Commission, after hearing
both sides OF the case, rendered their decls-