The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-08-12
Shows Total Of 1877 Teachers EN-.
pIoyed in Grady County Civ.
ing instruction to S,i4s
White Children
TRAINING YOUTH
COSTS $l36,33O.27
Average Term 7.2 Months; Male
Teachers Paid More; Five
High Schools with Full
h Courses Of Study

A hundred and ninety-seven teacl
ers taught school III 81 school district
in Grady county last year. giving II
struction to sl45 white pupils at
total expediture OF 6,33027 Thes
figures are taken from the annual r.
port OF supt. NJ, H. Shepard OF Grad
county TO State Supt. r. II. Wilson
which was mailed this morning.
All the details OF expenditures an'
costs Of length of school terms and 0
grade qualifications OF teachers ar
given In the report which Is to b
filed In the office OF the state superin
tendent. The average length OF terms
In city schools Is nine months, in vii
lage eight and third months, and II
rural seven months. The latter class
of schools predominates to the extent
that the average term for the county
is seven and two tenths months.
OF the 1877 white teachers employed
only twenty have first grade certifi
Gates. Fifty-four have second grades
and 63 have third. None taught last
year under temporary permits or the
total number who are instructine
Grady county boys and girls. l4i are
women and Sc are men.
The highest average salary received
is that by men holding first grade GER
tificates. They are paid an average OF
$500 a month The lowest average
salary is received by women holding
third grade certificates. The average
is s52.6S. A curious feature is the
fact that men with third grades draw
an average OF se2.61 The explanation
Supt. Shepard gives for 1t is that not
only are the men often preferred to
women in the rural schools, and paid
more. but also women with first grade
certificates are willing TO teach in city
or village schools much cheaper than
they will teach in the country where
work is heavier and responsibilities
greater. The total cost OF teachers
salaries for the school year was s4S,-
s6s.25.
The high school report shows five
different districts giving full second
airy courses. They are Chickasha, Po-
casset, Amber, Rush Springs and Yer
den. The total enrolment in high
school in Grady county is 4so Of
which 2l4 are boys and 276 arc girls.
This is a slight contrast with the
comparison of boys and girls attend
ing all county schools. The number
Of boys exceeds that OF girls by al
most four hundred.
OF the high school enrolment. 2SS
are registered for Chickasha. Rush
Springs has the second largest high
school in the county. Fifv-eight boys
and girls were enrolled there last
year. The smallest secondary school
is at Bradley. where only eight pupils
are on the roll.
According to the report, $ll2,s55.s9
was collected by direct taxation for
school purposes in Grady county dur
ing the year ending July l. The sum
of si4,2ss SO was brought forward from
the preceding year, s22.O5s came from
the apportionment of the state school
funds. s1442s7 came from the appor-
tionment OF county funds, $3.50 was
realized from the sale of bonds and
s36S7, 65 came from all other sources.
Total receipts were si54,926.65, of
which there is now on hand in cash
s1S.5s6.ss The total value OF all school
buildings and grounds is given at
sss2.9S5
or course the biggest district in
Grady county is Chickasha, which had
last year an enrolment Of 21S7 pupils
and an average attendants C 1857.
The next largest public school system
is at Rush Springs, where there arc
4l3 enrolled. Ninenkah is third with
s16. Tuttle next with sO5 and verden
fifth with 2s4.
Other schools than those belonging
to the regular county school system
given in the report are the Chickasha