Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-12-25

and fuel $500; for all other pur-
poSes. Debt due county S2e4.29
board meetings SSi.55: telephone
| 81 freight and express 1886 incl
dentals 1894. Total So. 7as. 10
nalanee on hand July /. 1918. 7e 81
I Respectfully submitted, MRS ETA GORBdAN
a. U. CURRY MAUD z. NEPRUD
REPORT OF COUNTY sUPERINTEgDENT
OF SCHOOLS
| s1ehuenien In compliance with the duties
OF my Office, herewith submit to YOU INV
second annual report concerning the schools
IN vernon county for the school year ending
June %, 1915 tCIty of Niroqua NOT included 4
wish 70 preface this report with the Sfste
ment that the schools in Vernon county - a
whole; are doing good work, and that al
nnent, the present trend of school affairs Is
very encouraging. The school boards have
oeen most willing to furnish necessary equip
ment and to make needed repairs. The re-
spcnse has been splendid and / know that
you gentlemen viii appreciate what has been
accomplished when ! show you the statistics
and charts which / have prepared. 4 tow
general statistics may first be of interest Ia
YOU There are at present 15e schools in the
county, l45 OF which are rural, 9 state graded
and high schools with grades. There are are
/ employed IN these schools 2IS teachers Io6
/ the past year enrolled 61gI children. 4SS3 IL
rural schools, s29 in state graded, and 876 in
grades below high school. and 224 in the high
I schools; The census shows that there are
9OS5 children of school age flour years and
1 ieas than Z0l- There are 1879 between the
ages Of Z ana u years, and 11ls between the
ENROLMENT ~ ONE ROOM RURAL
Number of schools enrolling to 10 children
: II to IS, 8 IS to 20 rs; Fl TO Is, "a 26
% - 70 u to IS, 10; Sc to 40, IS: Il to IS.
Last year the 213 teachers employed in YER
nen county held certificates as follows: 40
state certificates, FIRST grade, 81 second grade
~ tnird grade, special state limited and ri
! Ia,hing 5cnoct certificates. OF this number
! - nat taught one year or less and I4I were
new to the position held that year
EXPERIENCE IN TEACHING
! Number Of teachers who have been enaaIoyed
+ IN their present positions: 0ne wear or less
] l4l, two years 10. three years IA four years
/ Q, five years 2. six to ten years Z, over ten
| Number Of teachers who have taught: One
year or less 24 two years Al, three years 30.
four years e. five Years II. six to ten years
/ 81, over ten years II, total 2I3
TEACHERS SALARIES CLASSIFIED
! , NnmDeF OF teachers receiving s45 ana less
than $50, men ?, women SIS: $50 and less than
s55 men 4, women So S55 ana less than SEQ
men !, women a. $50 and less than S65,
men l. women q S65 and less than S7o.
men :; SIS and less than $780, men l women
2; $50 and less than $s5, women p ss5 and
less than $50, none $50 and less than sg5
men sos and less than 800 men 500
and less than S120. meme. $40 and over men
- Total men II, women Is6.
The salaries Of teachers show a general in
crease each year, but when the additional re-
qtlrements and the general increased living
expenses are considered. it IS evident that the
rate OF increase oil salaries Is not conpa arabic
with the rate of increase in the teachers
necessary expense.
law commonly spoken of as the "2-4-s"
| law, gives two, four and eight dollars q
month of state aid 10 rural sehoo, teacher
VINO return to the same school for two or
more years and whose work can be approved
last year 90 teachers received aid amounting
/ in total to 5000.
| The financial statement for the year shows
That the rural districts paid out TO. school
maintenance $S7495.26, or an expendl ture of
500 per child the state graded schools
92Ssl4 .l3, or S2s.77 per pupil; and the High
schools with grades below S53266.2I or S4s42
| Tor each pupil enrolled-a total of 1854 57A SO
| for the schools of Vernon county.
During the year an effort has been made to
nring all the schools UP TO the standard from
the standpoint of equipment. On June 30
1918, we found that there were-out of the
LAB rural schools-139 that were supplied with
SET OF maps ana only 4 that did not have
the required maps; 156 had globe z did not
have; 40 have plenty of seat work material
IL have some and 81 have none More busy
work material for the primary grades must
| be furnished. Schools were also found to be
Sadly lacking IN supplementary reading ma
| thus leaving so schools that do not have
enough Many of the desks are old and bad
| ~ worn Single steel, adjustable desks ought
| 70 replace the double seats. 80 schools still
| have the double seats, 30 have all single seats
and ~ schools have both single and double
some provision should always be made for
| moistening the air of the room. Sxty-seven
schools were without any moisture apparatus
| washing facilities should be provided in every
sShool. fIlteen schools have facilities for
Washing and ten are very poorly equipped in
| that respect. The law requires that the board
| furnish sweeping compound-yet there were
TWO schools who failed to do so. Fifty-seven
schools have paper toweling, So do not fur
| nish toweling. One hundred eight schools have
thermometer; thirty-five schools without.
| SANITARY CONDITIONS
The following statistics show the need for
/ keeping school houses clean and whole
some :..s School buildings should be scrubbed
| does the janitor work. however we can hardly
expect that this be done.
School houses cleaned monthly 49, times
| year ~, once year 80.
o1tbuildings cleaned weekly 40 monthly 50.
| IMPROVEMENTS IN SCHOOL, HOUSES
Some very gratifying improvements have
been made during the past year and many
buildings, We're both repainted and repaired
| during the summer. The following statistics
are for the school year closing June 80 1918.
Number of buildings painted on the exterior
| 20. painted the interior IS, having new
floors is, having new shades 35. in which
walls and ceilings have been repaired Is. new
outhulldings constructed TO- repaired out
The Morning Star school, Joint District
/ No 8. Town of Union, has been completely
remodeled during the summer. Lighting has
been changed so that all the windows are TO
| the left and rear of the pupils. The walls
and ceiling have been repastered and a new
| floor has been laid The building has really
district No. 2, Town of Christiana. has also
undergone notable changes. In the first place.
! the district Noted TO make 1t state graded
school Then various improvements in the
building were made. The new outbuildings
are the finest in the county. These are just
examples of what has been done in other dis
| tricts during the past summer. Full partc-
ulars. however, have not yet been available.
The law requires that tmtG the aap he aisplave5
every day that the weather permits During
the year, 81 new flags and SO flag pies We're
purchased. At the end of the year, there We're
only seven schools without flags, and no doubt
they have now been supplied.
| TEXT BOOKS
At the beginning of last year. l found
| that the text books in use were old and out
of-Cate. The condition of the text books is
| still deplorable, but the steady improvement
| during the year has been very encouraging.
The following table viii show to what ex-
| tent new text books have replaced old ones
during the past year.
Civics LA copies, readers 1901 copies. gram
| mar 800, speller IS. geography 307. arithmetic
2lS copies. physiology l1S copies, agriculture
| 80 copies.
! An effort is being made to have all dis
/ triets furnish free text books. 1t is gener-
ally true that where books are furnished, the
board conventions to be held sometime during
the winter, the question of uniform text books
viii be discussed and voted upon.
The following figures show the number OF
different kinds of text books used in the
mon schools of Vernon county.
Reading 50 different kinds, spelling IL,
arithmetic 10. geography 10. language Is, ag
ricuture 5, physiology 10, history 8, civies s.
The figures above show conclusively that
with such graf number of different kinds
| of text books in each subject, there be no
| ferent schools. and consequently the children
| in many Of the schools handicapped in the
eighth grade diploma examinations the *
aminations must be the same throughout thu
county.
The book dealers in the different parts of
the county az present are obliged to send sep