The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-07-19
County Superintendent Completes
Annual Report and Forwards
to State Superintendent at
at Capitol.
SHOW PROGRESS OF
COUNTY INSTITUTIONS
Corps of County Teachers Ad
vance in Efficiency; Attend
ance Cut Owing to Many
Handicaps

That the schools of Grady county
flourshed during the past fiscal
year. is evidenced by the report just
issued by Moman II. Sheppard.
county superintendent of public in
struction to r, II Wilson, state sup.
erintendent The report cove~s
tperiod from July l, 1913. until July
Il, 1919.
Attendance Decreased.
Despite the war conditions that
prevailed during most of the time
covered by the report the influenza
epidemic that terrified the entire
country last winter and other det
rlments Witnessed during the past
fiscal year, the school attendance
was decreased only slightly. The
report shows that during the last
fiscal year, the enrolment was
G,205. The average daily attend
ance during the time covered by the
report was 1850; while during the
last half of 1917 and the first half
Of 1918, the average attendance was
3,GGi
Teachers More Efficient
The teachers in the county's
schools who served during the 1918
10 term were more efficient than the
instructors Of the pervious year, ac-
cording to Mr. Shephard's report
This year, t9 teachers held first
grade certificates, while last year
only Y had been awarded these
credentials, Forty-one held second
grade certificates this year; last |
year only SO teachers in the schools |
had won second grade certificates
The number of teachers holding
third grade certificates during the
recent school year were 2G; last
year 40
The above does not include the
teachers in the following schools
in the county: Chickasha, Minco.
Amber, futile, Rush Springs and
Ninnekah. These, Mr. Sheppard
says, are independent schools and
are not included in the report
$7s,5oo Worth of Bonds Issued.
Seventy-eight thousand and five
hundred dollars worth Of school
bonds were sold during the year by
the county superintendent office,
says the report This includes
bonds to the extent Of $4,000 issued
to build a new school building at
Tuttlo, and $4,000 for the construc
tion Of building at Pocasset, and
$4,000 for the building of q new
Union graded school building in Dis
trict % near Tuttlo A total Of
$2S,399 was the amount of bonds is
sued during the fiscal year 19171S
Higher Salary Expenditure.
Higher salaries and additional
teachers necessitated the expending
of large sum of money for salaries
during the period covered by the
report than the previous year Ac-
cording to the county superintead
ents report, this year. S95,ssO were
paid ont in salaries; during the pre-
vious year, S6S,5i9 we're expended
in The form of salaries.
The amount spent during the fis
cal year closing July 1st, 1919, for
Of buildings and
grounds, was S12500 Amount spen;
for such improvements during year
previous, $1,000.
Decrease Number Graduates
In accordance with the decreased
number Of students enrolled, the
number Of pupils graduated from
both high schol and common school
was smaller this year than was grad
uated at the conclusion of the 1917
1S term. Number Of graduates from
the high school at the end OF the
recent school term, the report says,
was Al; graduated from common
school, 277 The figures il the pre-
yious annual report brought out that
46 graduated from high school
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