The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-02
Board Of Education Holds Regular
Meeting At Rooms In High School
Building Monday
Evening.
REPORT OF SECRETARY.
Dr, q. Walter Barr Reads Extensive
Report Showing Increases In
Nearly All De-
partments.

The annual meeting of the board
of education Of the city Of Keokuk
was held last night in the high school
with all members present. Reports Of
the president and secretary were filed
and accepted and the treasurer's re-
port, which was not ready was referr-l
ed to the finance committee.
An application Of c.. H. Wolfe for
the position Of secretary to the board
was read and DR.. G. Walter Barr also
announced his candidacy for re-elec-3
ton. A ballot was taken and DR.. Barr
was chosen by vote OF six to one.
This will make fifteen years in this
position for Dr. Barr His salary was
fixed at $500 for the year and he filed
a bond Of $4,000 with the board.
The resignation Of Miss Elizabeth
Megchelsen as teacher In the fourth
and nth grades at the Garfield
school was presented to the board
and Miss Helen NJ Brink was chosen
to fill her place.
Increase in School Population.
The report Of the school census
showed a total OF 1886 names Of
school age an increase of 9S over a
year ago. The increase is nearly all
masculine, being " males and 26
females.
The school age population by wards
is as follows: First, 1926; second, 649;
third, ATS; fifth, 5s5; sixth, 1888; out
side city limits, 70. The third, fourth
and fifth wards have moro boys than
girls, and the first. second and sixth
wards have more girls than boys. In
the district the girls outnumber the
boys by 60 as against majority Of
girls of liz last year, showing that
the boys are rapidly catching up, on
the face of the returns, but the secre-
tary says that the apparent gain by
the boys is really chiefly due to
clerks under twenty-one years Of age
coming to Keokuk to work for the
Stone & Webster corporations.
Two men and twenty-four women
who are married admit being under
twenty-one years old when the school
census enumerators go around.
Cost Per Pupil Low Here.
The annual report of the secretary
showed 6s teachers employed last
year. with an average salary for the
men, mostly principals and supervis
ors, Of s127.25 per month for the
nine and half months of the schoo
year. The women teachers averaged
S6e.69 per month Oh the same terms.
The enrolment of pupils for the
year was 2,27o and the cost per month
per pupil was 1884. This is low
compared with the average in the
rest of the country and far below tn
Average for the northern states.
The ten school buildings are valued
at s2S5.00o Apparatus in use 4
worth s2.94n. There are 2,132 book
in school libraries besides those Il
the public library branches in tn
schools. There are S65 trees on thu
school house grounds.
Figures From the Ledger.
The financial report of the secre
tary is to be published in full. l
showed the cost Of maintaining tn
schools to have been s6s,1S7.56 las
yeas
The principal items are $47,475 70
teachers: $e,52s for repairs; s4,52
for janitors; $s,1S4 for fuel; $500
for retiring bonds; s2,S47 for interes,
and $1,275 for supplies. All the 9th
er items are not over $500 each, g,
cept water and light which cost 1851
Members Of the board have sal