Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-08-17
1919 CHILDREN WERE
RECEIVING INSTRUCTION
IN SCHOOLS LAST YEAR

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A report issued by Supt. S. E
Tobey has been made public in whicl
some interesting, carefully complies
statistics are available. The superin
tendent's account follows:
During the past school year 3,91
] children have received instruction il
| the public schools of this city at /,
total cost of $175,347.99.
The cost includes the salaries o
teachers and janitors, fuel, light, wa
ter, power, repairs of buildings, up
| keep of grounds, text books librar.
books, and school and janitors' sup
plies of all kinds.
The children were distributed a:
follows 494 in the kindergarten, 2:
in the school for the deaf, 2,597 in the
grades, and SOC in the high school.
OF these 1913 children, 284 failed
of promotion during one of the two
semesters, while 233 made an extra
half year or an extra year; so that the
net failures FOR the year were only q
little more than 10. We believe
this is an unusually fine record, and
is an indication of high degree OF
efficiency in the schools of this city
The teachers were distributed as fol
lows: 27 wholly in the high school
SO wholly in the kindergarten and
grades, and Z partly in high school
and partly in the grades. OF these 15
were men and LOG women.
The cost of the schools was dis
tributed as follows for salaries OF
teachers, $119,691.51; for textbooks
$1,692.69; for materials and supplies
for instruction, $2,379.35; for manual
training, $1,452.39; for domestic sci
ence, $1,164.07; for salaries of jani-
tors, $15,17S.S1; for fuel, $14,596.36;
for water, light and power, $1,578.70;
for janitors' supplies, $2,610.07; for
printing, S484.05; for repair and re-
placement of equipment, $1,923.54; for
insurance, $794.25; for library,
$30166; for alterations and repairs of
old buildings and upkeep of grounds,
$6,34S.66; for interest, $500; for ex-
penses for deaf school, $1,921.6 for
miscellaneous expenses, $2,730.29. The
average cost for each pupil In the pub
lie schools of this city during the past
year was SASS.
OF the 121 teachers employed IS
had one years experience or less, II
had taught two years, IL had three
years experience, Is four years, z five
years, % six to ten years, and 29
over ten years experience.
Seven Of the teachers holding posi-
tions as assistants in kindergarten
had only high school training; one
teacher had the training given in the
county normal school, seventy-two
had full normal school training, and
forty-one had college or university de-
grees.
Eleven men ard women em-
ployed as janitors keep the ten school
buildings clean, warm and thoroughly
ventilated The Wausau schools are
well equipped for efficient service to
the community and the state. The
course of study provides for kinder
garten, primary, intermediate, gram
mar and high school children. Provi-
sion is made for the exceptionally pre-
cocious pupils of ungraded rooms and
for the retarded ones in the opportun-
ity schools. General promotions are
made twice each year and individual
promotions at any time IN the year
when pupils are prepared for them.
All schools are provided with ample
ventilation, and all but one with ade-
quate light The desks and other
school furniture are thoroughly reno
waited and vanished each year.
Careful medical inspection under
the direction of a competent health
with the assistance of the
visiting nurse and children's infirm-
ary insures high degree of safety for
the children and contributes largely
to the efficiency of the schools.
Manual training and domestic sci
ence in the public schools, supple
by the trades instruction in
the vocational sci3o:, afford ample
o ppo. iunity for the motor minded
child for the training adapted 10 his
specia: needs. Woo working. sheet
metal work, plumbing. electrical work
pattern making, machine shop work
and mechanical and ma"1ne drawing
for the boys; and cooking, pattern
drafting, plain sewing, dressmaking,
and home nursing are pro-
vided for the girls and give a practi-
cal trend to school subjects fitting our
boys and girls for real service in the
world A full four year commercial
course, is provided in the high school
which prepares for a business career
those who prefer this line of work.
Music and drawing are taught
throughout the schools.
Four gymnasiums and outdoor play
ground apparatus at every school aid
materially in the physical develop
ment of the children, and suitable ply
sical training is given through all the
schools.
1t is interesting to know that more
than half of the graduates of the high
school for many years have taken ad-
vanced educational courses in normal
schools, colleges and universities. At
the present time more than five hun
dred graduates of our high school
have completed courses in higher in
stitutions of learning and are making
splendid contribution to the safety
and efficiency of the state.