Evening journal., 1908-03-18
ANNUAL REPORT
ONSCHOOLSYSTEM
Supt. Twitmyer Completes In.
tereStine Information on
City'S Institutions

Dr. George W. Twttmyer. superinten-
dent Of public schools has completed the
thirty-sixth annual report Of the schools.
Beside his own report. there are the re-
ports Of DR.. Eyan C. shortlidbe. presi-
dent Of the Board Of Educationt Miss
Mary c. l. williams, assistant superin-
tendent Of schools; Principal A. IL. l3er-
lin. Of the Wilmington High School.
Miss Clara Mendinhall principal Of the
Teachers Training School: Miss Edwlna
b. kruse, principal OF the Howard
School No. Is; the supervisors OF sew
ing and music and Miss Bertha B.
oByrne, juvenile librarian.
The financial report OF the secretary
shows the following expenditures.
Amount paid to salaries Of
teachers ...... .Sl54. .65656
Amount paid TO salaries Of Of
hcers and janitors ............... 1g,2gSs7
Amount paid to new buildings. 19,6s5gI
Amount paid to heating appa-
ratus ........ ...................,.. 10000
Amount paid TO furniture ...... 5.aA76
Amount paid TO books and sta
tionery ....,... ................... lOligsl
Amount paid to fuel ............ lOi9LO9
Amount paid 10 repairs .......... l2,7s9Os
Amount paid to manual training
supplies ........ ....~.-....... Lo7s.M
Amount paid to supervisor Of re
pairs and sewing department
supplies ....... ................. ss.22
Amount paid to principal certi-
ficate OF Indebtedness ........... 15.OO0,O
Amount paid to principal. note
Of indebtedness .................. 20000,oO
Amount paid TO interest on
mortgage, note and certificate. 4762.2 q
Amount paid to Wilmington In
stitute Free Library ............ 942s. IS
Amount paid to rent OF school
building No. 22.................... 26b. b.OC
Amount paid to miscellaneous. 4OS9.5O
BY balance June 80. 1907. to
new building fund ................ s5.OS3. 60
BY balance June 30, 1907, to fund
for current expenses ............ 2O5.5l
Total .......... 1926. .6s5si
Outstanding June 3o 1907. GER
tifcates Of indebtedness. ........S Is. .OOO.O
/ Outstanding, June 30. 1907, mort
gage on property No. 7oS Della
ware avenue ...................... 100000
/ Outstanding. June 30, 1907, school
building bonds .....-....-..-...... 60WQ.0
Population Of Schools.
/ The total population Of Wilmington, ac'
cordlng to the census Of 1907 is given al
$780, The number Of schools under the
control of the board is %. with a total en-.
rollment of Ii. .lo2 pupils in the day schools
in charge Of 29g teachers. The per cent. OF
attendance in all schools Of the average
number belonging was S9.S. The number OF
pupils enrolled in the colored schools was
1904 Forty-one teachers are employed
The growth Of the city school system dur-
ing the last thirty-five years shows steady
progress, from fifteen school houses with
1920 pupils enrolled and eighty-two teach
ers in 1873 to it's present proportions. The
number Of schools has not increased sincs
1899 The total estimated valuation OF
school properties is sos, $500. The tota
expenditures for current expenses for the
year l9O6-07 was S22i9O190: the cost pei
capita based on the total number en-.
rolled S2O26, and on the total number at.
tending. S27.S6. The tax rate since 1901 has
been mills The number of cases Of corr
poral punishment was seventy-one and the
number Of cases Of tardiness Of pupils foT
the entire year 3929. School No. IL had the
banner record. with only seventeen tardy
pupils.
Need Of More Money
President Shortlidle in his report re
views the work of the Board OF Education
during the year. He calls attention to .ths
need of a larger appropriation for the
schools and I'm this respect he says:
''The operation Of the schools requires
a large sum Of money; the appropriation
tContinued on Second Pa9e)