The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-03
REPORT Of
CITY SCHOOLS
FOR APR|L
UPERlNTENDENT RlCHAR D S
SUBMITS HIS MONTHLY RE-
PORT TO BOARD OF EDUcA-
TlON
Ardmore, Okla, May l, 1916.
70 the Honorable Board of Educa-

| Ardmore, Okla, May /, 1916.
To the Honorable Board of Educa
ton,
/ Gentlemen
desire to submit to you my
monthly report for the month end
! ing April 2S.
During the month the total enroll
ment was 2,i04. At the close of the
month the total enrolment was l,761.
The average attendance was 1925.
There were 1,7O9 absentees reported
/ by the different wards and the High
school. There were g. cases of tar
diness, 19 cases of corporal .unish-
ment; 20 truants; suspensions and
new pupils.
The total enrolment of the differ
cnt schools was as follows: Frank
lin 616; Washington AS; Lincoln
sos; Jefferson 459 and High 346.
The total number belonging to the
different schools at the end of the
1876; Washington 343; Lincoln 3o1;
Jefferson 3O7 and High 2G0.
The average daily attendance at
the different schools was as follows:
Franklin 43O; Washington 31217;
Lincoln $685. Jefferson 3O7 and High
242.5.
The absentees reported from the
different schools were as follows:
Franklin 329; Washington 2SS; Lin
coin 34S; Jefferson 341; High 4O3.
The number of cases of tardiness
reported by the different schools was
as follows; Franklin 6; Washington
3; Lincoln II; Jefferson 19; High %.
There were 3 cases of corporal
punishment in the Franklin school;
8 in Washington; in Lincoln and
in Jefferson.
There were 3 truants reported
from the Franklin school; from
Washington; from Lincoln; 8 from
Jefferson and from High.
There was l suspension in Wash
ington; / in Lincoln in Jefferson
and in High.
There was / new pupil reported
from Franklin; l from Washington;
from Lincoln; . in Jefferson, and
l in High.
An examination of the above report
will show that we have made a very
creditable showing during the month.
You will notice that our total en-
rollment is 2404. One year ago the
census enrolment for both the
whites and cOlored was 2,402. The
total enrolment now is 2,797 which
is practically 400 more than the en-
tire census enrolment II months
ago. Another thing that is encourag
ing in this report is that we have
had fewer cases of tardiness this
month than ever before. | am es-
pecially pleased that the parents
are taking an interest in the matter
and are cooperating with the teach |
ers in their effort to stamp out tardi- |
mess entirely.
During the month we have had ,
our May day exercises and Shakes
pearean pageant All who have spok-
en- to me agreed that it was by far
the best program of the kind that
the schools have ever given. One |
thing about the program this year
that especially pleased me was that
in addition to the entertaining fea-
ture. it contained an instructive fea-
ture of the very highest type by the
celebration of the tercentenary OF
the death of Shakespeare. We have
the students with a great
many facts concerning this great au-
thor and his works. which they pos
sibly would not have known other
wise. We have aroused general
interest among the students of the
High school. There was less extra
time devoted to these exercises this
year than we have ever used before.