Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-31
COST OVER $,ss.ooo TO NUN
SCHOOLS FOR LAST YEAR-
s,4s1 ENROLLED.
TUITION COST VARIES
Highland and Agency Highest With
Eddyvllle and Washington Low
est-valus OF Schools More
Than $s36,ooo.

Public schools Of Wapello county
represent in dollars and cents IN tine
carrying out OF their functions. the
sum OF 316O,156.ss. That is the sum
shown as the expenses OF the schools
LOT the county In the annual report
just completed by County Superin-
tendent, elizabeth Burgess for the
year OF 1901. q.
5000 Enrolled
This is, not all that the report
shows for among other things one
will and that the number Of rooms In
tho rural schools is 101 and the sub
districts number ffty-four. There
are 116 rooms in the graded schools
OF the county. The average number
OF months Of school for the year was
SO. and the total Of persons between
& and 21 years, or of school age
Is shown to be 11,136, males 5.577, fe-
males 1860. The enrolment In
the schools OF the county for the
past year was 8,491 with an av-
eraEe daily attendance OF 6,080.3.
The cost of tuition averaged 2.39, the
highest cost being at Agency where
the figure reached 1922 while the low
est was In Eddyville where the cost
was $1.63 Ottumwa tuition cost 1927.
These ngures are for the schools IN
corporations while In the rural
schools the highest cost for tuition
was reached In Ben Butler school,
Highland township with q figure
reaching 1918, and the lowest In
Washington school, Washington town
ship, with a cost OF $1.66.
Has Many Books.
The total number OF school houses
In the county Is shown as 116, and
their value aggregates $536,250. The
apparatus is valued at $11,921. OF
this the Ottumwa schools represent
value OF 100000, and the apparatus
$500. Libraries are one OF the valu-
able assets Of these schools and Wa
pello county's libraries for school use
represent total in volumes OF 1856,
OF which Ottumwa has 1.450 and Eddy
Vile is a close second with 1.106
volumes.
The teachers employed to educate
the youth OF the county number IN
the aggregate 298 persons OF which
there are twenty-seven males and III
females The average salary per male
il 993.S7 per month while for the fe-
male teacher 1t is $49.77. The total
outlay In salaries to teachers for the
year was. male $19,036.39 and female
S11O.448.16. About twothirds Of this
was spent In Ottumwa whore the sal
aries paid were, male $12,3b0 and fe-
male @65,30S. To meet this expense
aside from the cash on hand from the
last year and such sums as came In
from tuition and other sources, the
real source Of the revenue was from
the tar OF the county and district
which represented in money $114,025l
and the state apportionment OF
$11,5S3.
Applications over 800
Still another section u the report
referred to the certificates issued for
teaching In the county during the past
year. as we'll as the number Of persons
who applied for certificates. The ap-
plicants examined numbered 302 and Of
this number 257 were given certificates.
The average age OF persons to whom
certificates were issued was male.
24.1 years and female, 21.4 years. OF
tho certificates issued 46 per cent
was to persons without previous ex-
perience and 10 per cent had taught
less than one year. Those holding
state certificates or diplomas was II
nor cent,