White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-16
SCHOOL CENSUS
SHOW INCREASE
ELY'S STEADY GAIN OF PUPILS
WILL NECESSITATE MORE
ROOM AND EXTRA TEACHERS
FOR FALL TERN.

Statistics from the state school
census are interesting, as showing
an increase in the number of
scholars attending schools, which Is
pretty sure indication of the grow
ing stability and prosperity of the
state Nevada ranks high in her
educational policy, and the fact that
the number of school children Is
constantly increasing, is undispu-
table evidence of the healthy
growth of the business and social
wealth. OF particular interest is the
school data of White Pine county,
which shows a net gain in 1912, of
220, of which one hundred are of
school age. The census of the present
year contains the names of 1887
children, 1862 being of school age,
and 1870 under six years of age. Cor
responding figures for 1911, showed
1867 children, of whom 962 we're of
school age, and 5s4 under six years.
Within the next two years it Is rea-
sonable to believe that 225 children
between the ages of four and six
years will enter the schools in the
county. In 1909 there were TAB
children of school age, making an in
crease in three years of 319.
The Ely school district leads in
the school census report, there be-
ing 259 of school age in 1912 as
against 213 In 1911. McGill increas-
es from 1872 to 23O, and the Ruth
and Kimberly schools also show en-
couraging gains. The largest gains
among ranch schools was in Snake
valley
AS the Ely school rooms have been
filled during the past term, the
school trustees will undoubtedly be
called upon to provide additional
room and a larger teaching force to
take care of the increase in atten-
dance when the schools open in the
! fall. In anticipation of this the
school board has already engaged
one extra teacher and have under
consideration means for providing
the extra room needed. At McGill,
the present building is large enough
20 accommodate the increase, ana an
extra teacher will be added when
needed.
In connection with the foregoing.
the county board of education will
have to find a way to provide room
for the high school enrolment with
the opening of the fall term. The
capacity of the school room was tax
ed the past year, and as the atten-
dance the coming year will be dou-
BILE and possibly treble what 1t has
been, the question is one of serious
Importance. While it is probable
that accommodations can be found.
it is only a question of a short time
when a larger and more suitable
building will be imperative for the
needs of the school, and the ques-
tion is one which the voters of the
county should consider at the COM
ing election in the fall.
AS showing the increasing needs
II larger high school building, -
eighth grade diplomas were granted
in White Pine county this spring,
and this number will undoubtedly be
increased by ten following the spec
ial examination in districts where the
schools closed before the examina-
tions were held. Nearly all of those
graduating from the elementary
grades have announced their inten-
tion of entering the county high
school, SO that the problem of pro-
viding for the attendance Is a ma
terial rather than theoretical one.
Thursday evening, at meeting of
the vestry of st. Bartholomew Epis-
copal church, there was favorable
consideration of the offer of the
board of education of the county
high school to rent portion of the
church basement for school purposes.
II Is absolutely necessary that ad-
ditional room be provided for stu
dents intending to take the CONNER
cial course, and the church base
ment will furnish very good tenn
, porary quarters pending the time
that the high school can have a
building Of its own.
Eighth grade diplomas were
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