Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-11-14

accordingly.
The expenditures OF a school system
will depend also on the standard of
preparation required of teachers and
on the number of men employed in the
school system. Ii Is well known that
children of grammar grade and nigh
school age do better if part of their
teachers are competent men teachers.
But given grade of talent and eX
peIience in men teachers costs at
least twenty-five per cent more than
that of the same grade of talent in
women teachers.
the expense Of school system de-
ponds also on the number and size OF
the school buildings maintained for
this affects the amount paid for fuel
and janitOr service.
MarshtieId and Grand Rapids are in
the same county and have about the
same population. 1t may therefore be
instructive TO compare school Statis
tics for these cities.
The following data is for the year
1906-1907.
School Population-Grard Rapids
2007, MarShtield 23l6.
Public School Northumberland
Rapids 1919, Marshfeld 999.
Private School Northumberland
Rapids 248. Marshfeld 506
Number of Male Teachers Employed
Grand Rapids 4, Marshield 2.
Number of Female Teachers En-
ployed-Grand Rapids 30, MarShtield
25.
Special Teachers.
Grand Rapids
Manual training l
Drawing
Music
Commercial work
Total 4
MarShfield
Music and drawing /
Domestic science
?
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Rapids 4,
MarShtield 2.
Kindergarten Teachers-Grand Ra
pids 4, Marshtield 2
Kindergarten Northumberland
Rapids 2l7, Marshtield So.
1t appears from this that while the
school population of MarShtield is
larger, the enrolment in the public
schools is considerably smaller. This
makes it necessary for Grand Rapids
to employ nine more teachers than
Marshtield. 1t is to be noted that al
SO one teacher is in charge of music
and drawing in MarShtield, giving
half of her time to each subject In
Grand Rapids one teacher is employed
for music and one for drawing each
giving her entire time to the subject
MarShtield employs woman teacher
for domestic science, Grand Rapids
employees a man to teach manual
training. The man for manual train
| ing costs from twenty TO thirty dol
lars month more than the woman
for domestic science. Grand Rapids
hires a teacher to teach commercial
work, Marsnfeld does not give this
| work. This special work costs more
compared with the number of pupils,
than other school instruction.
Grand Rapids hired last year four
kindergarten teachers, Marshfield
two. Grand Rapids had more than
double the enrolment in the Kinder
gartens as compared with Marshtield.
Marshfield maintains four school
buildings, Grand Rapids, six.
Expenditures.
Salaries of Male Teachers-Grand
Rapids "A teacbers) $4,000, Marsh
| field z teachers) S2460 90.
Salaries of Female Teachers-Grand
| Rapids (32 teacher S17021.63, Marsh.
| field Us teachers) Slz84S. IS.
Building aud epairing-Grand
SS33S11, Marshfield S22O1S. Grand
Rapids item further considered on
| last sheet.
Other Expenses-Grand Rapids
| S1131059, Marshtield Sl1o4OS2.
Total Expenditures-Grand Rapids
S4l1S0 SO, Marshfield s2736975.
| Total Expenditures Less Repairs
Grand Rapids S32S42. %, MarShfield
S27149.577.
| Aside from expenses for building
and repairing Grand Rapids spent
last year twenty-One per cent more
money than MarShtield and educated
! thirty-two per cent more children.
Grand Rapids offered more varied ed
ucation and employed larger number
of special teachers to make this edu-
cation more effective. The amount
spent by Grand Rapids last year for
repairs was for heating apparatus,
closet systems, and sewer connections.
| Those are really in the nature of per-
manent repairs, or new buildings. 1t
| is therefore fair to omit it in consider
ing the expenses of a single year.
Receipts.
General Tax-Grand Rapids $4,000,
| 90, Marshtield $4,000 90
State School Fund-Grand Rapids
S4032.73, MarShfield S4958 40.
County School Fund-Grand Rapids
| $685.. Al, Marshfield $685. Sc.
Other Sources-Grand Rapids $685.
| Al, Marshfield S1l043.S9.