Report of the city of Somerville 1905, Part 15

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1905
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 486


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To the members of the school board, the supervisors, prin- cipals, and teachers, and to the citizens of Somerville in general, the hearty thanks of the superintendent are extended for their efforts to strengthen and maintain the important work of the schools, as well as for personal sympathy and assistance.


Respectfully submitted,


G. A. SOUTHWORTH.


December 22, 1905.


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In Memoriam.


At a meeting of the school board held June 26, 1905, the ifollowing was unanimously adopted, to be entered upon the records and a copy sent to the family of Mr. Nichols :-


George E. Nichols, master of the Highland school, died at his home in Somerville June 7, 1905, after an illness of several months.


Mr. Nichols was elected master of the Lincoln school in West Somerville July 21, 1877, and was transferred to the High- land school in 1881. His service in Somerville covered a period of twenty-seven years, one year's leave of absence having been granted him.


Mr. Nichols was an excellent instructor, a genial and warm- hearted friend and companion, and a man of refined tastes and manners. He easily won the respect and affection of his pupils, and the results of his labors will long abide in the lives of hun- dreds who came under his influence.


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ORGANIZATION OF SOMERVILLE SCHOOLS.


Information concerning our schools is frequently sought by citizens or by educators in other localities. Following are the- principal facts concerning them :-


Kindergartens. The city supports four kindergartens, in the. Hanscom, Bennett, Baxter, and Glines schools. Vaccinated children between four and five years of age are admitted to the kindergarten nearest their residence during the months of Sep- tember and April, and may remain until the July following their fifth birthday. Sessions from 9 to 12.


Head kindergartners receive $600. One trained assistant is allowed when the number exceeds thirty, at a salary of $275, $350, or $425, according to experience. Kindergarten teachers give five hours daily to their work, the afternoon being employed in visitation, preparation, mothers' meetings, and the like.


Primary Schools. Our elementary school course covers nine years, the first three of which are spent in primary schools. We have one exclusively primary school building, the ninety-six pri- mary classes being distributed among twenty-three schoolhouses.


Vaccinated children five years of age, or who will reach that age on or before the first day of October, are admitted during the month of September only, provided they have never attended school before. Children able to enter existing classes will be ad- mitted at any time. Applications for admission should be made to the principal of the school.


Only trained or experienced teachers are employed, the sala- ries being $300, $3"75, $450, $525, $600, or $650, according to length of service. Normal training is equivalent to a year's ex- perience, and experience in other places is counted in determin- ing salary.


First-grade teachers, with classes numbering fifty, are al- lowed an assistant, who is paid $200, $275, $350, or $425, accord- ing to years of service.


Grammar Schools. The grammar grades are found chiefly in twelve large buildings, of twelve or more rooms each. The course covers six years, and includes only those studies which the statute requires, with the addition of music, sewing, and ele- mentary science.


The salaries of grammar school teachers are the same as those of primary teachers. Masters are paid $1,900, and their assistants $725. Other ninth-grade teachers are paid $700. Principals of smaller schools receive $725, $775, or $900 each.


Promotions. Promotions in all grades, from the first to the thirteenth, are made in June by the regular teacher and the prin- cipal, with the approval of the superintendent and district com- mittee. They are based on the estimate of the pupil's daily work made by the teacher and recorded bi-monthly. An occasional brief, unannounced, written test is a factor in this estimate.


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Where there is reasonable doubt of a student's fitness, he may be promoted on a trial of three months. In such cases the parent is notified and kept informed of his child's progress. At. the end of this probationary period he may be returned to his for- mer grade, provided it seems for his interests. In 1905 eight per cent. of those promoted on trial fell back.


Children capable of more rapid advancement may be pro-, moted one or more grades at any time. Seventy-four were thus: promoted in 1905.


Fitness for graduation or for admission to the high schools. is determined in precisely the same way. Diplomas are given in grammar and high schools to those who have satisfactorily com- pleted full courses.


Latin High School. In September, 1895, in the forty-third year of its existence, the Somerville high school was divided, the classical, or college preparatory, departments remaining in the old building, erected in 1872, and the English departments occu- pying a new building, erected in 1894-'95.


Some facts concerning the Latin school are presented in the following table :-


School Year.


Average Number Belonging.


Number Entering.


Gradu- ates.


Cost of Instruction.


Per Capita Cost.


Teachers.


Pupils to a Teacher.


1895-6


257


69


50


$11,702


$45.57


9


28.6


1896-7


262


81


51


11,840


45.19


9


29.1


1897-8


273


86


55


11,921


43.67


9


30.3


1898-9


264


78


51


11,935


45.21


9


29.3


1899-0


245


65


48


12,491


50.98


9


27.2


1900-1


271


104


56


12,676


46.74


9


30.0


1901-2


314


114


56


12,583


40.13


10


31.4


1902-3


358


125


46


14,170


39.58


11


32.5


1903-4


.398


122


73


16,104


4


13


30.6


1904-5


411


138


76


16,566


40.31


13


31.6


The object of the school is, primarily, to furnish a suitable preparation for those pupils who desire to pursue either a regular or a special course of study at higher institutions of learning, but the school is open to all pupils who wish to take the courses of study offered.


The regular time for completing the course is four years. Pupils, at the request of their parents, can make the work of each year easier by taking five years for the course. Those who are capable, and have good reason for shortening the time of prepa- ration, are allowed to complete the course in as short a time as their ability will permit.


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Graduates of grammar schools are admitted to either high school on presenting a certificate of qualification signed by a master. All other pupils are admitted by an examination in grammar school studies, given usually on the day preceding the opening of the schools in September.


The tuition for non-residents is the per capita cost for the year, payable in advance. The sessions of the school are from 8.30 to 1.30. The salaries paid high school teachers range from $900 to $1,200 for women and from $1,000 to $3,000 for men.


English High School. This school was organized in Septem- ber, 1895. Information concerning it is found in the following table :-


School Year.


Average Number Belonging.


Number Entering.


Gradu- ates.


Cost of Instruction.


Per Capita Cost.


Teachers.


Pupils to a Teacher.


1895-6


456


213


67


$20,102


$44.13


21


21.7


1896-7


531


235


70


23,010


43.33


21


25.3


1897-8


535


224


75


24,843


46.44


22


24.3


1898-9


575


231


86


26,159


45.49


23


25.0


1899-0


669


316


83


31,322


46.82


27


24.8


1900-1


691


249


97


32,739


47.35


30


23.0


1901-2


738


294


108


35,989


48.74


34


21.7


1902-3


747


264


135


36,843


49.32


33


22.6


1903-4


728


264


106


36,426


50.04


33


22.1


1904-5


784


339


135


39,634


50.56


33


23.8


The course of study covers four years. Graduates are ad- mitted to special courses when the conditions are favorable. Candidates for technical and normal schools take specific pre- paratory work.


The wide range of elective studies is a distinctive feature of the school. The choice of the first year may be one of the fol- lowing: Latin, French, German, biology (botany and zoology), manual training, and mechanical drawing. To these, physics is added for the second year, and chemistry, geology, and astronomy for the third and fourth. After the second year two or more electives may be taken. Penmanship and commercial arithmetic may be taken the second year.


During the third and fourth years the student may elect in a business course bookkeeping, commercial arithmetic, commer- cial law, penmanship, stenography, typewriting; in mathematics, advanced algebra, solid geometry, analytical geometry, and trigonometry; in advanced science, work in botany, zoology, physics, chemistry, and drawing.


Of the fifteen periods of prepared work, the course pre- scribes ten periods the first year, eleven periods the second year,


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seven periods the third year, and seven periods the fourth year. The pupil has the privilege of selecting from the list of elective studies subjects whose recitation periods each week, or their equivalents, when added to the required prepared work, shall equal the necessary fifteen periods.


Concerning admission, sessions, etc., see Latin school.


A simple, healthful, inexpensive lunch is served at the recess. midway of each session to pupils desiring it.


Manual Training. Three rooms are fitted and equipped in the basement of the English high school for its manual training department. The course includes carpentry, wood-turning, and carving, clay modeling, pattern making, moulding, and casting. A fourth room is devoted to mechanical drawing, with a full course. Manual training has not been extended to include grammar schools.


The sub-master in charge of the manual training department is paid $1,700, and his assistants $1,700, $1,300, and $800.


Sewing. Sewing is taught to the girls in the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth grammar grades in weekly lessons of about one hour each.


Three special teachers are employed at salaries of $650.


Music. Instruction in music is given exclusively in the high schools and in part in the three upper grammar grades by a specialist, who is paid $1,700. The books used are "The Euter- pean," "The Cecilian Series of Music and Song," Nos. 2, 3, and 4, and "The Laurel Song Book."


In the six lower grades musical instruction is given by the regular grade teacher, under the supervision of a specialist, who visits each class once every fifteen days. She is paid $900. The Normal System of Music, with its books and charts, is used.


Gymnastics. In elementary grades the Ling system of Swedish gymnastics is practiced daily. No special teacher is employed.


Recesses. The Latin school has two brief recesses, breaking the daily session into thirds. The English school has a single recess at the end of the third period.


The four lower elementary grades have a five-minute recess midway of each session. The five upper grammar grades have no recess, though no unreasonable physical restraint is placed upon any pupil.


No detention of pupils is allowed at noon, and but a half- hour's detention at the close of the afternoon session, "for wilful neglect of duty only."


Corporal Punishment. Corporal punishment, "which in- cludes any infliction of physical pain or application of physical force," is not prohibited. It must, however, not be administered until twenty-four hours after the offence, the approval of the


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


principal being first obtained. Each case must be reported in detail to the superintendent. There were 270 cases in 1900, 284 in 1901, 328 in 1902, 299 in 1903, 293 in 1904, and 339 in 1905.


Drawing. Two teachers of drawing are employed in the English high school at salaries of $1,000 and $600. In that school freehand drawing is compulsory for first-year pupils, and elective for all others. Drawing is not taught in the Latin school. A few Latin school pupils take drawing in the English school.


In the primary grades daily lessons, and in the grammar grades semi-weekly lessons are given by the regular teacher, under the direction of a supervisor, who visits each class once a month, and is paid $1,000.


The course includes pictorial drawing from nature, models, and objects ; structural drawing from type solids; decorative drawing, designing, and color work, historic ornament and picture-study. No drawing books are used. Colored crayons are provided in primary grades, and water-colors and brush in grammar grades.


Penmanship. Intermedial slant writing is taught in the ele- mentary schools, the Whitehouse system being used. The supervisor visits each class once in four weeks, and receives $1,500.


Student Teachers. At the present time two student teachers are employed in the Latin school, and two in the English. Each serves without pay, under the direction of the head master.


The Public Library. The English school has a working library of 1,200 volumes, but it draws constantly on the public library, located in an adjoining building.


For many years there has been a constant use of the library by school children. Circulating libraries of fresh books are in use in the smaller buildings. Books are delivered and collected each week at the large grammar schools. As far as they can, the teachers aid in the selection of books by the children, and the librarian and his assistants cheerfully render all the help in their power.


Evening Schools. An evening high school is maintained in the English high school building on four evenings a week, from 7.30 to 9.30. The principal is paid $6, and his assistants $4, $3, $2, and $1.50. Any high school study, and freehand and me- chanical drawing, may be pursued.


Elementary evening schools are open in the Prescott, Bell, Forster, and Highland buildings from October 1 on four even- ings a week, from 7.30 to 9.30. The length of the term is de- pendent on the interest and attendance. The course of study followed is that prescribed by the statute. Principals receive $3 or $4, and assistants $2, $1.50, or $1 each evening.


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Truants. The city employs one active truant officer, who is paid $1,100 and the board of his horse. Truants are sent to the county truant school at North Chelmsford. There are now eight truants from Somerville in the school.


Janitors. These important officers are appointed by the commissioner of public buildings, and are under his direction and that of the school principal.


Supervision. The superintendent of schools is the execu- tive officer of the board, and upon him devolves the general management of the schools under its direction. He serves as the secretary of the board and as supply agent. His salary is $3,000, and he is allowed a clerk, who receives $750. His office is in the city hall annex, and his hours are from 4 to 5 each school day, and from 8 to 9 on Saturday. His office is open from 8 to 12 and from 1.30 to 5 on school days, and from 8 to 10 on Saturday.


The meetings of the school board are held on the last Mon- day evening of each month, except July, August, and December, at 8.15 o'clock.


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CONTENTS OF APPENDIX.


Concerning Finance.


No. of Table


1. Schedule of school property


2. Cost of maintaining schools, 1905


3. Cost per capita of maintaining schools, 1905


4. Cost of maintaining schools for a series of years


5. Cost per capita for maintaining schools for a series of years


6. Amount spent annually for new school buildings and for re- pairs for a series of years


Concerning Pupils.


7. Population and school census


8. Attendance, etc., of the schools for 1905


9. Statistics of the high schools, for school year 1904-1905


10. Pupils by grades, December, 1905


11. Separate statistics for grammar and primary schools, 1905.


12. Admissions to first grade in September


13. Number of grammar school graduates, 1905


14. Truant statistics


15. Evening school statistics, 1904-1905


16. Grammar school graduates for a series of years


17. Attendance statistics of all schools for a series of years.


18. Statistics of the high school for a series of years


19. Promotions, 1905


Concerning Teachers.


20 Resignations of teachers, 1905


21. Teachers elected in 1905


22. Leave of absence of teachers


23. Transfers of teachers


24. Number of teachers employed for a series of years.


Miscellaneous.


25. Changes in text-books, 1905


26. High school graduation exercises, 1905


27. Grammar school graduation exercises, 1905.


28. Organization of school board for 1906


29. Teachers in service January, 1906


30. Officers in service January, 1906 31. School janitors


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TABLE 1 .- SCHOOLHOUSES.


NAME.


No. of Classrooms.


Size of Lot.


Valuation, including Furniture.


When built.


No. of years used.


Enlargements ..


1


Latin High .


a13


.....


$62,000


1871


33


2


English High


b19


137,600


1895


9


3


Prescott


12


22,000


66,250


1867


37


4


Knapp


12


24,517


50,340


1889


15


5


Pope


12


27,236


80,860


1891


13


6


Bell .


12


22,262


45,340


1874


30


7


Edgerly


12


24,000


44,250


1871


33


4 rooms added 1882 1 4 rooms added 1892


8


Glines


14


28,800


80,800


1891


13


9


Forster


18


30,632


85,350


1866


38


5 rooms added 1896 6 rooms added 1899


10


Bingham


16


35,586


60,000


1886


18


§ 4 rooms added 1894 8 rooms added 1904


11


Carr


16


20,450


53,800


189


6


12


Morse .


12


29,000


48,200


1869


35


13


Highland


12


23,260


60,560


1880


24


14


Hodgkins


14


35,034


71,550


1896


8


15


Bennett


12


17,000


59,248


1902


2


16


Proctor


9


·


.. .


41.029


1905


1


17


Burns


8


16,080


34,700


1886


18


4 rooms added 1899


18


Lowe .


8


21,650


51,826


1903


1


19


Hanscom


6


12,756


49,580


1897


7


20


Baxter


6


11,000


32,956


1901


3


21


Perry


6


46,080


37,000


1899


5


22


Brown


G


20,093


39,690


1901


3


23


Davis


4


30,155


22,720


1884


20


24


Cummings


4


11,300


11,920


1884


20


25


Durell .


4


13,883


19,720


1894


10


26


Lincoln


4


17,662


18,220


1885


19


Total


269


...


$1,365,509


....


(a) Including six recitation rooms. There are also a physical laboratory and three teachers' rooms.


(b) A chemical, a physical, a biological laboratory, a recitation room, a lecture hall, drawing room, two teachers' rooms, library, and principal's office. Four manual training rooms and lunch room in basement.


The biological and physical laboratories and the lecture hall furnish four classrooms.


4 rooms added 1894


6 rooms added 1890 4 rooms added 1891


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TABLE 2 .- COST OF MAINTAINING SCHOOLS, 1905.


SCHOOLS.


Teachers.


Care.


Supplies.


Total.


Latin High .


$16,840 00


$1,816 25


$1,710 95


$20,367 20


English High


40,171 15


3,347 33


4,704 97


48,223 45


Prescott


11,057 28


1,582 64


560 82


13,200 74


Knapp


10,776 44


1,663 08


693 40


13,132 92


Pope


10,478 52


1,817 25


598 93


12,894 70


Bell


10,407 20


1,530 62


858 41


12,796 23


Edgerly


10,741 42


1,481 09


782 16


13,004 67


Glines .


14,464 26


2,607 41


723 15


17,794 82


Forster


13,158 51


1,892 68


728 11


15,779 30


Bingham


13,783 79


2,157 53


750 90


16,692 22


Morse


10,842 07


1,814 83


976 25


13,633 15


Highland


11,908 03


1,592 33


865 32


14,365 68


Bennett


9,595 32


1,557 97


297 20


11,450 49


Burns


6,559 82


1,179 97


403 88


8,143 67


Proctor


2,299 17


325 95


1,379 01


4,004 13


Lowe .


5,750 08


1,077 41


304 35


7,131 84


Hanscom


4,677 78


978 30


277 39


5,933 47


Baxter .


4,565 51


906 27


265 44


5,737 22


Perry


.


4,253 41


1,065 82


173 73


5,492 96


Brown .


4,330 61


1,019 58


310 50


5,660 69


Davis .


2,835 25


829 33


94 72


3,759 30


Cummings


2,865 49


783 75


189 31


3,838 55


Durell


2,895 25


748 92


161 50


3,805 67


Lincoln


2,940 45


686 29


181 59


3,808 33


Evening


8,393 00


3,214 48


479 59


12,087 07


Totals


$259,597 12


$41,942 89


$20,136 82


$321,676 83


12,760 97


2,447 48


707 44


15,915 89


Carr .


10,246 34


1,818 33


957 80


13,022 47


Hodgkins


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TABLE 3 .- PER CAPITA COST OF MAINTAINING SCHOOLS, 1905.


SCHOOLS.


Teachers.


Care.


Supplies.


Total.


Latin High


$40 29


$4 34


$4 09 .


$48 72


English High


48 57


4 05


5 69


58 31


Prescott


19 13


2 74


97


22 84


Knapp


19 70


3 04


1 27


24 01


Pope


20 15


3 49


1 15


24 79


Bell


19 94


2 93


1 64


24 51


Edgerly


42


2 68


1 41


23 51


Glines


20 38


3 91


1 13


25 42


Forster


20 12


: 63


1 01


24 76


Bingham


20 00


2 88


1 11


23 99


Carr


19 22


3 01


1 05


23 28


Morse


19 50


3 26


1 76


24 52


Highland


19 97


3 54


1 87


25 38


Hodgkins


75


2 64


1 44


23 83


Bennett


19 42


3 15


60


23 17


Burns


17 45


3 14


1 07


21 66


Proctor


15 86


2 25


3 81


21 92


Lowe


15 46


2 90


82


19 18


Hanscom


16 36


3 42


97


20 75


Baxter


.


17 36


3 45


1 01


21 82


Perry


·


16 61


4 16


68


21 45


Brown


15 69


3 69


1 13


20 51


Davis


.


15 93


4 66


53


21 12


Cummings


17 37


4 75


1 15


23 27


Durell .


; 00


4 14


89


21 03


Lincoln .


15 16


3 54


94


19 64


High schools


$45 79


$4 15


$5 15


$55 09


Gram. and primary


19 67


3 57


1 33


24 57


All schools


22 50


3 63


1 74


27 87


Gram. and prim. with-


out evening schools .


18 86


3 26


1 29


23 41


All


schools without


evening schools


21 76


3 36


1 70


26 82


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TABLE 4 .- ANNUAL COST OF MAINTAINING THE SCHOOLS FOR A SERIES OF YEARS.


Amounts are given to the nearest dollar and include what has been paid for maintaining day and evening schools of all grades.


YEAR.


Average Member- ship.


Instruction and Supervision.


Water and Light.


Heating.


Janitors.


School Supplies.


Total.


1885


4,904


$79,506


$728


$4,965


$4,000


$8,449


$97,648


1886


4,985


83,542


624


4,929


4,194


6,676


99,865


1887


5,198


86,713


765


6,475


5,084


7,526


106,563


1888


5,488


88,967


953


7,121


5,892


7,421


110,354


1889


5,956


96,466


805


6,081


6,448


9,903


119,703


1890


6,486


104,184


1,004


5,586


7,539


10,371


128,684


1891


6,502


114,066


1,047


8,032


8,544


13 899


145,588


1892


7,035


124,232


1,064


7,148


9,794


12,944


155,183


1893


7,217


128,720


1,014


8,312


10,160


10,137


158,333


1894


7,212


132,919


958


9,673


10,686


10,919


165,155


1895


7,617


144,113


1,398


8,796


11,581


15,063


180,951


1896


8,077


161,551


1,469


9,962


14,160


17,601


204,743


1897


8,589


180,222


1,920


10,065


16,251


14,815


223,273


1898


9,085


189,244


2,075


0,767


17,393


14,986


233,465


1899


9,502


197,660


2,472


10,821


17,831


16,131


244,915


1900


9,823


212,863


1,729


10,840


19,236


15,735


260,403


1901


9,991


226,556


1,731


13,723


20,078


18,707


280,796


1902


10,402


234,210


1,803


10,489


20,859


19,386


286,747


1903


10.719


242,964


2,015


18,052


21,042


20,873


304,946


1904


11,094


255,481


1,436


15,315


22.024


21,648*


315,904


1905


11,543


259,597


4,345


15,167


21,949


20,619*


321,677


*Including cost of telephones.


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TABLE 5 .- ANNUAL COST PER CAPITA OF MAINTAINING SCHOOLS FOR A SERIES OF YEARS. [ Based on the average membership. ]


YEAR.


Instruction and Supervision.


Janitors, Water, Heat, and Light.


School Supply Expenses.


Total.


Assessors' Valua- tion of City.


Ratio of Cost of School Main- tenance to Valuation.


1885


$16 21


$1 98


$1 72


$19 91


$24,878,400


.00392


1886


16 76


1 94


1 34


20 03


26,003,200


.00384


1887


16 68


2 37


1 45


20 50


27,469,300


.00388


1888


16 21


2 54


1 36


20 11


28,756,400


.00384


1889


16 20


2 24


1 66


20 10


30,004,600


.00399


1890


16.06


2 18


1 60


19 84


32,557,500


.00395


1891


17 54


2 71


2 14


22 39


36,843,400


.00395


1892


17 66


2 56


. 84


22 06


38,093,100


.00407


1893


17 84


2 70


1 40


21 94


41,773,600


.00379


1894


18 43


2 96


1 51


22 90


44,142,900


.00374


1895


18 92


2.86


1 98


23 76


46,506,300


.00390


1896


20 00


3 17


2 18


25 35


49,013,050


.00418


1897


20 98


3 29


1 73


26 00


50,173,775


.00444


1898


20 83


3 22


1 65


25 70


50,739,700


.00460


1899


20 80


3 28


1 70


25 78


51,202,350


.00478


1900


21 67


3 24


1 60


26 51


52,513,400


.00496


1901


22 67


3 56


1 87


28 10


53,924,200


.00521


1902


22 52


3 19


1 86


27 57


55,485,370


.00517


1903


22 67


3 84


1 95


28 46


56,981.360


.00535


1904


23 03


3 52


1 93


28 48


58,056,700


.00544


1905


22 50


3 63


1 74


27 87


59,146,600


.00544


TABLE 6 .- AMOUNT SPENT ANNUALLY FOR ALL SCHOOL PURPOSES FOR A SERIES OF YEARS.


YEAR.


For New Schoolhouses.


For Repairs and Permanent Improvements.


For Maintaining Schools.


Amount Spent for all School Purposes.


1885


$19,185


$7,052


$97,648


$113,885


1886


15,515


8,706


99,865


114,086


1887


14,839


13,636


106,563


135,038


1888


4,996


13,994


110,354


129,344


1889


20,167


14,225


119,703


154,095


1890


75,775


19,168


128,684


223,627


1891


84,902


14,847


145.588


245,337


1892


12,679


17,734


155,183


176,001


1893


22,809


12,440


158,333


193,582


1894


82,206


44,764


165,155


292,125


1895


87,680


15,651


180,951


284.282


1896


61,016


33,240


204,743


298,999


1897


46,621


20,507


223,273


290,400


1898


49,983


21,274


233,465


304,722


1899


72,516


15,637


244,915


333,068


1900


51,232


21,745


260,403


333,380


1901


49,203


11,000


280,796


340,999


1902


56,501


13,079


286,747


356,327


1903


59,822


12,261


304,946


377.029


1904


23,703


18,209


315.904


357.816


1905


51,987


8,306


321,677


381,970


200


ANNUAL REPORTS.


TABLE 7 .- POPULATION AND SCHOOL CENSUS.


1842


. 1,013


1875


21,594


1900


61,643


1850


· 3,540


1880


24,985


1901


63,000


1860


. 8,025


1885


29,992


1902


65,273


1865


9,366


1890


40,117


1903


67,500


1870


14,693


1895


52,200


1905


69,272


SCHOOL CENSUS, 1905.


No. of children between 5 and 15 years of age October 1,


1904.


1905.


Change.


Ward 1


1,866


1,929


+63.


Ward 3


975


1,100


++125


Ward 4


926


1,042


+116.


Ward 5


1,869


1,911


+42


Ward 6


1,710


1,972


+262.


Ward 7


1,416


1,479


+63


Total


11,308


11,969


+661


In public schools


10,004


10,226


+222


In private schools


1,549


1,601


+52


Out of school


388


346


-42


Total


11,941


12,173


+232


Number of compulsory school age, 7 to 14 :-


1905.


According to census, males


4,194


females


4,201


8,395


In public schools, males


3,627


females


3,512


7,139


In private schools, males


532


females


595


1,127


Total in school


8,266


Number of illiterate minors


51




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