The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-01-17


The report of the state superintend
ent, R. H. Wilson and the Board of
Education is complete and ready to
be submitted to the state legislature.
1t covers the activities of the educa-
tional officials and gives some inter.
esting comparisons with former
years.
This report shows that there are
5,752 school districts in the state.
1877 Independent, 11O consolidated, q
union graded, $40 village and SITS
strictly rural districts.
In discussing the source Of the
funds from which these schools de-
rive their support, superintendent
Wilson calls attention to the in
crease in the state apportionments
from year to year. During 1910, the
state apportioned $77O,O10.5Q, and
during 1918 the state apportionment
amounted to $2,1SS.5S5.42, or almost
three times as much. The state
school fund is derived from interest
on the public school endowment,
rentals of school lands, remaining
unsold, and state tax of one-fourth
mill The permanent school fund
consists of:
Unsold lands, estimated at $5,OOO,-
10000.
Sale notes, $12,241,694.04.
Cash in Sales Division, $6.55434.
Farm loans outstanding, $S,599,-
$500.
Cabs in Farm Loan Division, $247,-
21S.S3.
TOTAL, $26,095,45711.
The state fund, however, provides
only 16 percent Of the entire cost of
the schools. Last year, $13,8O3, 1851
S5 was spent to maintain the com
mon schools.
Since 1910, the scholastic popula-
tion Of the state has increased from
515,47S to 651,019, ard the percent of
enumeration enrolled has increased
from 80 to S5 percent Superintend
ent Wilson attributes this increase
to the operation of the COMPULSORY
law, but recommends that the law
bo or,ondod 70 ,,oo11o ~ booo,,,o o,,o
rative at the beginning of the school
term. At present, pupils are not
compelled to attend until after one
third of the session has passed.
Pupils entering the schools several
months after the beginning Of the
term cause confusion in the classifi- |
cation, which results in a loss of
time and efficiency.
While the number of first and sec
ond grade teachers has steadily in
creased during past years, the num-
Der holding third grade certificates
has remained practically stationary. |
These third grade teachers represent |
beginners and compose about one
fifth Of the entire teaching ccorps
from year to year During the BIZ
ennial period, covered by the report, !
1107 teachers were prepared for rur-
al service in the 60 normal training |
high SCHOOLS of the state and 1920 !
were graduated from the six normal |
schools. The teacher training facil- !
tiles in the state are sufficient to
supply only two-fifths of the teachers !
actually needed. During the summer !
sessions of State Normal SCHOOLS, !
the University and A & NJ College I,
a great deal of training is provided /
for the teachers now in the service.
The inexperienced teachers are
employed principally in the ISOLATED
rural schools, where they do not
have the benefit of close supervision.
OF the 2,449 third grade teachers en-
ployed in the schools, only "a were
teaching in the independent districts.
Attention is called to the fact that
the county superintendent. as super
visors of the large majority of the
schools and pupils, about 80 percent
of both are the most important
school officers in the state and it is
recommended that their salaries be
increased to the point where they
will be equal to those paid other
county officers.
The report shows that independent
districts have improved their schools
much more rapidly and nationally