Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 195, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 August 1911 — SCHOOL STATISTICS THAT ARE INTERESTING. [ARTICLE]

SCHOOL STATISTICS THAT ARE INTERESTING.

Figures Show Remington .Town Inf Kankakee Township to Have Best Percent of Attendanee. County Superintendent Lamson of the Jasper county schools has just completed and filed with the state superintendent, the annual statisticaf report of the county affecting the enrollment and attendance of those of school age in the county, and seme other matter of interest. The enrollment for last year in the county was 3,118, while the attendance was only 2,279. The average attendance was only 73.12 per cent of the enrollment. There were 1,556 males and 1,562 females enrolled. The per cent of attendance in the country districts was 70. The best per cent was in Kankakee township, 82, and the smallest per cent of attendance was in Hanging Grove township, where it was only 56. "Remington had the best per cent of attendance among the corporation schools. It was a fraction of one per cent better than Rensselaer, being 81, while Rensselaer has a little more than 80 per cent of attendance. The per cent of attendance in the various townships was as follows: Barkley 70 Carpenter v 74 Gillam 75 Jordan 72 Kankakee ... t 82 Hanging Grove 56 Milroy 63 Keener 69 Newton •* ■ ; m »••k• •• -* tu Marion 62 Union 71 Walker ... 70 Wheatfleld 67 In 1910 there was a balance on hand in the tuition funds of the county of $40,316.28; the 1911 report shows that the balance is now 540,904.54. Exclusive of Rensselaer, Remington and Wheatfleld, the fund shows an increase from $30,177.48 to 531,929.03. The special school fund in the townships increased from 58,099.65 to 511,428.23. In the incoporated schools it increased from 95,075 to 55,091.15. There were 42 graduates from high schools of the county and 167 from the coihmon schools. There were 28 male teachers employed in the schools last year and 97 females. The amount expended for the country schools was 534,996.85.

The amount expended in the town and city schools was $56,531.50. The average per diem for teachers in the country was $2.55, and the average in towns and city was $3.39. The value of the school property of the county is $155,350. The township institutes cost $1,706.19. Mr. Lamson prepared his report in purple and red typewriter figures and it was a very neat one. Farmers near El wood have reported to the police that men and boys from that city are making nightly raids on their hen coops, milk houses and corn fields. The thieves appear in the neighborhood well dressed and driving good buggies, giving the impression they are out for a drive. After surveying the country they get under cover until late in the night when they load their rigs with plunder and drive back to town. The farmers |**e posted sentries at crossroads sad guards about their barns. ..... Ned Waggaman, of Kokomo, accidentally shot himself with a revolver Monday, the bullet entering his stomach and penetrating the bowels. There are slight hopes for his recovery.