Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-11-27
COUNTY SCHOOL FIGURES
CLEANED FROM SUPT. NEPRUD'S
ANNUAL REPORT
Was Year of Progress in the Right
Direction Among County
Rural Schools

So many pertinent statistics regard
ing the school activities of Vernon
county were brought out by Miss Nep-
rud in her annual report to the county
board which we feel are of vital inter
est to most of our readers that we here
present in summarized form the most
important figures and accomplish
ments of the last school year
Number of schools: Rural 143, state
graded 9, high schools with grades.
2l3 teachers-196 women and II men.
61S1 children enrolled; rural 1858, 1913
state graded, grades below high school
SIC, high schools pa. S035 children
of school age tower four, less than 20).
4212 between z and Ia; 1119 between
Ia and 10. School enrolling 6 to 10
children, 5; II to Is, 8; i6 to 20, 25;
81 to %, "a: % to 80, 25; 81 to 35, 10;
Sc to 10, is; Al to as, s; 46 to 80, 2.
Teachers held 40 state certificates,
z LIST grade ,54 End, % 3rd, state linn
tied, II training school;54 had taught
l41 new TO the position held. No of
years in same position: One year 141
teachers, two 43, three IA, four 6, five
2, six to ten T. No. who have taught
one year "a, two Al, three 35, four %,
five II, six to ten 81, over ten y. No.
receiving S45-S50, men 2, women So;
$50-$55, 4, 5S; $55-$60, /, "A; $60-$65,
l, 21; $65-$70, 0, 6; $70-$75, 1, 8;
S75-SS0, 1, 2; $80-$S5, 0, 2; S90-S95, 3,
0; S95-$100, 1, 0; over $500, 3, o. 5000
received in special state aid by teach
ers last year.
Paid for school maintenance: $751;
1926, average for rural children of
S20.52; state graded $23 Sab, aver
srrl, !
S53 ,265.21, average $4S. 42-total for
Vernon schools $164 ,574.60.
Each school should have a set of
maps, globe, seat worF material, read
ing material, single steel desks, moist
air in rooms. paper toweling' Their
mometer. Steady improvement noted
in this equipment. School houses
cleaned monthly 80, times year 10,
yearly 30; outbuildings weekly 40,
monthly So, yearly "A. Buildings
painted during year exterior 20, inter
Tor 80, new floors 16, shades 35, re-
paired walls Is, outbuilding made 10,
repaired 40. 81 new flags and SO flag
poles purchased
Text books old and out-of-date-
some dated during Garfield's admins
tration. 144 Gives, 1901 readers, 800
grammars, SO spoilers, 307 geog-
raphies, PIP arithmeties, 113 physiol-
ogies and 80 agricultural books re
placed during year. Question of free
text books will be discussed and voted
upon at coming school board conven-
tions. No. of different kinds of text
books: Reading 30 kinds, spelling
IA, arithmetic 10, geography 10, Ian
guage Is, agriculture 5, physiology
10, history 8, civics G. Planned to
standardize text books and correct
this when free text books arg voted
in. which will vastly increase \school
efficiency.
Holding of diploma examinations
and community commencements at
centrally located points was inspira-
tional to the students and graduates.
No. of 1918 graduates: rural, As boys,
50 girls, total 1877; state graded %, &c,
48; grades below high school, %, 81,
SO; high school, rs, II, AZ. Grand
total, ia, 1862, 276.
Three school board conventions held /;
seven teachers institutes; a monthly
school bulletin started.
NiRcty-one State Reading Circle Di-
plomas earned by rural students and
SO state graded pupils, and some of
the teachers last year Some schools
have recognized need OF warm noon
meal for pupils, and all should adopt
the plan. Eighteen served them last
year School house becoming social
center. No. of social gatherings held
232, public entertainments 240, out
side speakers lis, proceeds from SOC
ials $3212.50, parent and teacher as
sociations Z, community clubs T. mis-
cellaneous clubs "a.
Fifty-seven Junior Red Cross aux
iliaries organized; receipts $l7937 rs,
expenditures $147941. $3l8.28 CON
tributed for Y NJ. c. A. in week. Chill
dren contributed $249.27 to soldiers
library fund War Savings societies
organized. rural pupils purchased
$1e9l.70 in stamps, state graded pu-
pills $1261.21.
The foregoing figures are all for
the past school year. Much improve
nlent is expected in the days ahead.
A school society is to be organized
in every school; pupils to elect own Of
ficers, frame constitution, take charge
of Red Cross, War Stamp, Reading
Circle and War History work. Very
valuable training for the youth.