The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-21
Enumerators Count Number
of School Children.
ONE PRECINCT IS OUT
Basis For Another Anti Race
Suicide Campaign.
Unless Fourth Ward B. Makes up
the Defielte, there are 1873 Less
Children Than Last Year.

If the school enumeration is cri-
terion, Marion city has decreased in
population within the last year. The
report Of the enumerators which were
submitted to j. Wilbur Jacoby, clerk
OF the school board, Friday, disclose
total of about 1929 pupils in the
ciyt who are eligible TO attend the
public school. The enumeration of
1908 showed a total o 4452. or about
% more than the present report
All OF the precincts in the city
have been enumerated and reported
with the exception of the Fourth
ward, precinct b. V. II. Killing, the
enumerator on this section has been
somewhat delayed and will not report
for a few days. Last year this pre-
cinct showed a total OF 209 pupils and
II Is believed that the number has not
changed TO any great extent.
The enumerators who hive had
charge OF taking the lists or eligible
public school attendants began their
work on May 10th, and the majority
turned in their reports Thursday af-
ternoon. Tile corps was composed
of Messrs | . B. Smith, V. II. King,
G. y. Chase, +. w. StOll, J.. w. Nc
Cleary, u. C.. MdWherter, G. w.
Robertson, j. w. Hungate, John
Ho hstetter, N. w. Converse, Cloyd
w Sautter, G.. w. Criswell A few
of the enumeratOrs canyassed extra
precincts.
The enumeration by precinct for
1909, is as follows:
First Ward; A-217: B--194: c.
PIG; D-252; ESQ.
Second Warda A--2iO; B-3G2; G.
--32G.
Third Ward: A-15S; ;B-l03; G
BIC; D-527; E--222.
Fourth Ward: A--1si; B-about
299; C-2i7.
In 1908, the enumeration was as
follows.
First Ward A-1Sz B--199; c.
2l5; D-2lG; E-202.
Second Ward: A-2S4; B-4G5; c
-42S. VE@
Third Ward: Ads; B-1S1; c.
29O D-579; E-1SG.
Fourth Ward: Also; B-209; G
PSI. "a
IA peculiar feature of the report is
the fact that there is about an equal
number of boys and girls, The girls
'haye q plurality OF only about twen-
ty-five. A year ago the boyss had
a large plurality. This change is
probably due to the fact that num-
ber of young men between the ages
Of fifteen and twenty-one years,
have been compelled to leave. the
rity in order to secure employment
The present enumeration report shows
that there are 2,l52 boys and 2,l77
girls in the city that are between the
ages of six and twenty-one years OF
age.
'The last report of the superlntend-
ent of public schools, disclosed that
there are about 5000 pupils attend
ing the public institutions of learn
ing in this city. This means that
there are about 1929 young men and
young women i'm the city not attend
ing school The fact that Marion
is manufacturing city and a great
number of pupils leave school at an
early age to enter the shops is due
to the great difference between the
enrolment and the enumeration lists.
Superintendent II. L. Frank de-
clares that he IS very we'll satisfied
with the enumeration and says that
the per cent of school enrolment is
about as high as it has ever been.
The town has undoubtedly receded
somewhat in population but not nearly
to the extent that many of the enum-
orators had prophesied