The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-29
FORTY FIRST CLASS
HIGH SCHOOLS
IN STATE
Interesting Facts in Annual
Report of Inspector
Richard Hayward.

The annual report of Richmond
Hayward, state high school inspector,
which has just come from the press,
shows that the ~janitors in first class
high schools are receiving on an aver
age about Sc more in salary than the
assistant instructors. This applies on
ly in the first class list. however. the
janitors liz the schools of the classes
working for much less.
The salary figures. as compiled by
Mir. Hayward, are given below:
Average salary of superin-
tendents in first class high
ScnOOlS ...... /, 696. %
Average salary OF assistants
in first class high schools. T10.36
Average salaries of superin-
tendents in second class
high schools ............ 1,214.75
Average salary Of assistants
in second class nigh schools $4,000
Average salary of principals
of third class high schools 1,007.43
Average salary of assistants
in third class high Schols.. 640.15
The salary CT the principal is in
cluded in the average salary of assis-
tants in first and second class schools.
The average of all classes in the eX-
hibit show small. but substantial in
crease in salaries.
From the data secured it is found
that the average salary of the janitors
in first class schools is S1I6.41: in sec
ond class schools S551.6U; in third
class schools s39S.52, and the average
salary for all ianitors in state high
school buildings is S575.53.
The following schools are for the
first time this year listed us free state
high schools: Ashley. Finley, Lans-
ford. Marmarth. Maxbass. New Salem.
Portal. Ray. ST. John, Stanley, Surrey
and Wilton. The Bismarck. Hankin-
son and Rugby high schools are add
Vanced to the first class from the sec
"nd, while the Anamoose, ,Edgelcy,
schools are advanced from the third
to the second class. The Glendale
high school was dropped from the
third class list, because the enroll
ment and average daily attendance in
high school We're considerably lower
than h standard set by the state
board.
Forty First Class.
The state now has forty first class
nigh school, twenty second class and
forty-eight third class. Each high
school received but seventy-five per
cent of their regular apportionment,
as the fund was not great enough to
meet the requirements.
Owing to the great effort that has
been made to offer vocational subjects,
an increase in the number of teachers
resulted. The total number of teach
ers in the classified schools during the
year was 4S2, an increase of 100 over
the ear before.
The ratio of the enrolment of boys
and girls was the same this year, 3 to
: In favor of the girls. The total en-
rollment OF girls was 1864 and the
total enrolment of boys was 2,463.
The increase of enrolment in the
schools for h year was 81. practical
ly ten per cent of the entire enroll
ment. The enrolment of seniors was
17S, or 12l2 per cent of the total en-
rcllment.
Agricultural Work.
Considerable space is given over to
a erport on the high school a~gricult-
ural work. in which Mr.. Hayward
states that great advances have been
made in this feature of the school
work.
State high school board examina-
tons will hereafter be given the first
five days of the week in which the
list of March comes. The object of
this change is to permit those stu
dents who are unable to remain in
school during spring farm work an
opportunity to take the examination
and complete their york.
The report also shows that during
the past five years the number of high
schools in the state accredited in the
North Central association of colleges
and secondary schools has increased
from two to twenty.