Arizona republican., 1907-01-23


of the receipts from the forest reserves
The amount of the drbuve share of each of the above
named counties is matter of computation.
The of the expenditure of these funds for the
benefit of the schools and roads the various counties is
subject for your consideration and action.
INVITATIONS TO ExPosrTloNs.
The Territory in receipt of invitations to participate in
two expositions, both of international character.
The first is that of the Jamestown Exposition to be held
at jamestown, Virginia beginning the goth of April 1907
and to close on the LIST of November, 1907.
have had correspondence with officers of that Ex-
position relative to the participation of Territory in it
of course had authority say that this Territory could
take any part in it and did not do however, promised
response to their request to call the matter to your aten
when you had convened The correspondence is file
in my office subject to your inspection, and of which will
transmit to you copies at your suggestion
The other the alaska YukOnPacic Exposition to be
held at Seattle Washington, beginning the st june 1909
and to close the LIST October of that year.
EDUCATION.
Aside from the money expended for private secaran and
other schools than million dollars expended by the
Territory for education during the last two years To be exact
the total money expended for our public schools $O52
lGS9.37.
According the annual school of last May there
3O23O children of school age e to 81 years. in the Ter
rtory In the previous year the gave 1920 There
is steady and gratifying increase of school population
the increase having been approximately 20 per cent IN SIX
the relative number of pupils enrolled and attend
ing has increased in greater ratio.
1t still a subject grave concern, however, that
many of children remain out of school, and that
should not be eened in any degree by the fact that the
generally make better showing Last year, for
ample while had than thirty thousand Scno0l
but 23 223 of them enrolled in the public schools and
there average attendance of but IA 44S Thus while
only n per enrolled and but 62 per cent of those
enrolled attended, less than so per cent of the total number
actually attended public school Worst of ALL after max
ing allowances for the children that attended parocha and
other private schools it found that total OF 5l66 children
of school age attended school at all.
Although fuller statistics, if available, would doubtless
show that the children shown to be out of school are mostly
their schooling the regreabe fact that many of
children do not attend school at any age We given to
claiming unique distinction for Arizona the absence of il
teracy her American population, and for tins element
of citizenship the future may equal the present But
afford have any element of people growing up
in eracy should permit any children to leave the
schools with but rudimentary education Education the
public schools desirable from every standpoint and Partl
culary is this in Territory which contains large
proportion of foreign born citizens who have little no know
ledge of the English language In too many cases their children
growing comparative Ignorance and unable to con-
transact business language The first step IN
making good American citizen o. the foreigner Is to teach
him the English language and unless compel him to permit
the education Of his children in that language shall always
have dtnctivey foreign group in our population
Attendance school, either public or private
should be made strictly compulsory until the age of 16 is
reached and proper punishment should be provided for par
who neglect refuse to send their children of certain
ages school, Our present statute upon this subject IS
wholly inefficient.
The total receipts for the benefit of the public schools for
the past two years were:
In 1905 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 531,5754O
In 1906 579,3S53G
q
u The total expenditures for the schools during the same
period were
In 1905 471,353SS
In 1906 5S1,33549
i Or total for the biennial period of 81 1897
There 29O school districts comprising 81 primary los
grammar and high schools employing 554 teachers 1O men
and 444 womenthe average monthly salary paid to men
teachers being $50 Il and to women teachers $7110.
i The Normal School Tempe.
must you the report of the Board of Education Of
the Tempe Normal School for detailed information
ing it.
appears from the report of the Board charge of that
institution that the present enrolment of pupils at that
school, which shows increase over former years. is:
In the Normal Department .....................2 66
In the Training School
The Board estimates that before the close of the present
year the enrolment will reach 500 and that within two years
it will have reached 600.
The school has the reputation, not only within the Terri
standard The particular function of this school, of that
at Flagstaff to qualify the students to become teachers in
public schools Of the graduates of both these institutions
very large proportion do become teachers The Board
ports that of the 50 students of the Tempe School who gadu
ated thereom in 1905 and 1906 all but six have taught
now teaching in the schools of the Territory.
During the past two years. and authorized by the last
of the Legislature and important improve
ments by way of construction have been made new
training school building dining hail. dormories and other