The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-17
SECOND MONTH
SCHOOL REPORT

Following II a report covering the Sec
ond month OF the scholastic year. made
by c. w. Richards. superintendent OF
the Ardmore city schools, 10 the board
OF education:
AT the close the school month the
total enrolment OF the white schools
was 2,322. The average daily attenu'
ance was 2,0S3. The number belonging
at the end OF the month was 2,l2''
There were $50 cases OF tardiness' u
554 absentees. cases OF truahcy' DO
cases of corporal punishment, and two
cases of suspension, There were 10
non-residents enrolled.
The total enrollments Of the diner
ent wards follows: Franklin 644; Wash
ington 429: Lincoln Az; jefferson 5I4'
High school 39s.
The number belonging TO the diner
ent schools at the end OF the mohtn
was: Franklin $50: Washington SsS;
Lincoln 45s: jefferson 354; High school
371. tl!..
The average daily attendance was;
Franklin $751; Washington 36s.5; Lincoln
44e.6; Jefferson 800: High school S5I.g;
There were 27l absentees In Franklin,
as in Washington. 1877 in Lincoln 424
in Jefferson and 357 in High school
There were 81 cases VI 80
Franklin, 23 in Washington, 80 in LIN
coin, IS in Jefferson, and 40 IN hish
school.
There were cases of corporal pun
ishment in Franklin, 13 in Washing
ton. 2 in Lincoln and l2 in jefferson.
There 4 cases of truancy in Frank
lin and in Jefferson.
There was one case Of suspension In
Franklin and one in Jenerson
Successful Month.
II gives me pleasure to report to you
that during the month the work mas
been, think, the most successful that
we have ever had Our faculty Is very
strong and capable. The teachers mani.
fest an intense spirit OF interest ana
devotion TO their work. They are CO.
operating in every way possible to make
the work the very best that can be had.
During the month, by the aid OF the
teachers we have made a study of the
over age and under age pupils. We
have compiled a table of the number OF
pupils of different ages in the different
grades throughout the grammar
schools. We found of the 2s3 pupils
in the first grade, 30 were from two
to four years older than the average
for their grades: OF the 2s3 pupils In
the second grade, 150 were from one
to four years older than the average Tor
the grade; of the. 220 in the third grade
there were l3S from one 10 Ave years
older than the average OF the grade; OF
the 246 pupils of the fourth grade
there were 139 from one TO eight years
older than the average for the grade
of the 226 pupils in the fifth grade
there were 153 from one to SIX years
older than the average for the grade
of the 220 pupils in the sixth grade
there were 1870 from one to four years
older than the average for the grade
of the 179 pupils in the seventh grade
ia were from one to five years older
than the average for the grade; of the
131 pupils in the eighth grade, rs were
from one to five years older than the
average for the grade.
OF the 1883 pupils considered in this
study, 9S9 are from one to eight years
older thanAthe average for their grade
We also found that there were mum
Der of pupils in the different grades
who were from one to two years young
er than the average for their grades
There were IA in the first grade, % in
the second grade,,1 IL in the third grade
19 in the fourth grade. IA in the hfth
grade 10 in the sixth grade, 20 In the
seventh grade, and 10 in the eighth
The teachers report that these under
age pupils in all the grades, except
the first, are the brightest pupils In
their respective classes. due, in part
possibly. to the home environment and
the care and attention given to them by
their parents.
Backward Pupils.
/ asked the teachers to ascertain the
reason for pupils being behind in their
respective grades and they made care
full inquiry into this matter and made
their report. A very large number OF
pupils are backward in their grades
because their parents have moved from
one community to another and have
changed schools quite often. A good
many are behind fheir grades because
they did not start to school until they
were seven or eight years of age. Other
reasons given for the backwardness ol
the different pupils were sickness, kept
out of schools by parents to work. lack
of application so that the child required
two years or more to make grade
indifference of parents toward having
their children attend regularly. cigarei
smoking. coming from rural schools
where they have had meager oppor
tunities for education, some were sub
normal. some were retarded because OF
physical defects that might be rene
x4ied. T. ,.- ,i.tE ..' '--~
should be glad for parents, to take
these causes under consideration and
il they have a child who is backward
or retarded in progress. ascertain to
which one of these, causes il is due
and then help to eliminate the causf
that retardfs the progress of the chih
in school. ...t ta.tnio. .s
We found that there was total oi
l2O years of overage in the first grade
222 in the second. 273 in the third. 25s
in the fourth. 305 in the fifth, 224 ir
the sixth, 211 in the seventh and 15t
in the eighth, or a total of 1.744 years OF
over-age As viii be seen. the total
number of pupils is 1,7SS and the tota
number of years of over age is l,744
or nearly an average of one year for a
pupil.
The annual per capita cost for edu
eating a child in the Ardmore schools
below the high school is s2035. Through
these over-age pupils the community
sustains a loss of s35 .490.40. However
this may be offset in small part in
small part by the 1876 pupils who are
under age with a total Of 143 years OF
unier-age This subtracted from the
total of over age would leave 1901
years OF over-age. which would leave