Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-12-27

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paid in the rural community. As the child
| rem of tie village however reap the benefit OF
| these better conditions i must be considered
money we'll invested. If the rural school dis
/ tricts spent as much money in proportion to
| their respective valuation as the high school
or state graded school districts do. there would
| be less cause Tor complaint about the poor con
| dition Of the country schools
| TO illustrate this fact we will make a few
| comparisons between the school tax in the
! high school and state graded school districts
and that of the one room country school The
/ figures given are taken from the 1915 tax roll
and is the amount OF school tax levied upon
| one Thousand dollars of assessed property.
! High SchoolS:-ViroQua high school district
pays a school tax Of S5.S5. while four repreSen.
| tatiye districts in the town Of Virpaua pay re-
/ spectiYely; see. soc. soc and SIC. Westby high
/ school district pays 7.l2 and four districts
| around WeStby pay respectively, CSC. Soc, CSC
| aud i.ot. Hillsboro high school pays $50 while
| three districts IN the town of HillSboro pay
/ 40, $50 and s. la Fargo high school district
pays ll.s0. ana three schools in the town OF
Stark pay adc, sd7and l.s4. Ontario high school
| district paws b.2S ana three districts in the
| town OF Whitestown pay $50, TSc and 1.77.
| State Graded Schools.-De soto school eis-
trict pays Z 81 while three districts in Wheat
| land pay 2.70 lT3 and 1877. Coon Valley district
pays $40 while three districts in the town of
Coon pay sc. 90 and 2 % Readstown districts
! PAYS 81, and three districts in the town OF
| I&ickapoo pay each voc. 10 and l.5f. The Val
| Ley graded school district pays a tax of $40
| and three districts in the town of Forest paws
! 75c. $50 and , 90 respectively. The two room
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| the town Of HllSboro paws 20. and the state
/ graded school IN district Nc. 7. town of Clin-
ton, the district in which Supervisor Dolan
lives pays $500,
If we compare wages paid to the teachers in
| the different schools. we find this difference
| The average wages per month for lady teach
ers in the rural schools is IS -: for men il is
80. T5 the wages in the state graded schools for
the lady teachers are o2, and for the men
i nearly so; the wages in high schools and grades
below the high schools for the women are
\ 57.26 and for the men IS 76.
SCHOOL WORK
| The function OF our schools should be to
| train our boys and girls so that they can ap-
| ply both their mental and physical faculties 10
the best advantage. in the ordinary affairs of
| life. The parent who says he is going to edu-
cate his boy so that he need not be farmer
has wrong conception of the use of an educa-
| ton. The right kind OF training should be as
| beneficial TO farmer as TO a business or pro-
| fessional man School training should en-
| courage and stimulate industry and discour-
age shiftlessuess. a boy who can get more
| returns from the same business than his father
did and can do it easier and better has the
right kind of an education.
| The school which is not part of the life of
| the community and does not prepare the pu.
| pills to become helpful members OF that com
munity is not meeting its greatest opportun-
| ity. A mans education must be considered
| a failure unless Il makes him better citizen
| and more useful person in his community
than he would otherwise have been. Every
effort is being made 10 make the work In our
schools as practical and helpful as POSSIBLE
especially along the line Of agriculture a
number of our schools own aud make good
| use of the Bahcock milk tester, and practically
| all OF the schools are doing work in SeleCtinp
and testing seed Tor planting and studying the
soil ia relation to special crops.
| TO further encourage teachers and pupils
along this line OF work, corn contests have
been b ed the past four years in connection
with the Vernon County Fair. Pedigree seed
| furnished free 10y the State University is
| distributed ia small packages from the Coun-
| ~ superintendent S ONCE. The past year about
| four hundred boys and girls enrolled for this
| contest from all parts OF the county. The
| corn display ut the fair was excellent and a
credit 10 any agricultural community. About
| eighty dollars was distributed. but for such a
| worthy cause we should have many times
| this amount. The prize winners were Clyde
| Huschka. of the town Of VirOQua, first, Anna
| johnson. OF the town Of Jefferson. second.
Edith Gardner. of the town of Sterling. third
/ II we had more available funds We would eX-
| tend this work to acre contests and include
| other grains such as wheat. oats and barley.
Such contests not only stimulate and interest
/ the pupils in farm work but they introduce
seed which may be worth a good deal 20 the
| farmer In raising better crops. II also briLnR
the work of the home and the school clo@i
| together.
with the aid Of the supervising teachers it is
/ now possible to give teachers more assist
| ance. Last year every school was visited at
| least once, and many several times The law
| requires that these teachers shall give their
| time TO the country schools and helpin whdt .
| ever way they can not only In school work but
| in the community, in teachers meeting. par
| ents meetings. etc. Where the occasion war.
| rants the supervising teacher can stay two or
| more days in a school, and If necessary return
| for a second visit within short time
| Diploma examinations were held in April
! and May, the papers marked in this ONCE. and
| 235 diplomas granted. This number Of child
| rem having completed the eight grades OF
school work can not help but reflect back
| credit on the rural communities OF which they
| are part
This ONCE selected siSl library books at .
| cost Of 925 AZ These books make a valuable
| addition not only TO the rural schools bnt can
| be of great profit to the communities as wel,
| The following are a few statistics taken from
my last report to the state department that
may be OF interest; Total mum Ter OF children
OF school age in the county 9.27S: which is an
increase Of 1893 during the past year The
| whole number enrolled in school during the
| year was 8.Sl9 boys: and 3.2li girls: making a
total of 1880 Number Of school districts in
the county l55. number Of teachers employed
is 20 men and lss women, total POS Number
of children years, and less than II. living ont
side the two mile limit. is 3l9 OF this number
| 2s5 attended school. This leaves "a who did
not attend schcoi.
Finapc'.i statement for the year ending
/ JuT,l 50 1916.
a RECEIPTS
Money on hand June 80 l9l5..........$ 80 $50 81
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