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Book Title: History Of Henry County, The

THE COUNTY SCHOOLS.

    B. F. Barge, Superintendent, elected in 1873.

    The whole number of persons under twenty-one years of age in the county is
18,518; whole number of school age, 12,379.

    The number of school districts is 196; school-houses, 221-frame, 190, brick,
31.

    The number of pupils enrolled in 1876 was 11,206 - males, 5,181, females,
5,038.

    Total number of teachers employed, 437 -males, 134, females, 303.

    The whole number of months taught during the year was 1,770. The total
principal of the Township Fund was $106,282.75. The highest amount ($13,958.60)
was in Oseo Township: the lowest ($1,200) in Cambridge Township.

    Highest monthly wages paid to teachers in graded schools, $188.88; ungraded,
$60. Highest monthly wages paid to female teachers in graded schools, $77.77;
ungraded, $55. Lowest to male, $20; lowest to female, $16. Total amount received
for the year, $156,430.81; total expended, $111,302.65; balance in treasury,
$45,128.16.

    The Agricultural Society at its late session appropriated $75 to be paid in
Premiums for Educational Work at its coming Fair, and the County Superintendent,
W. H. Russell, of Kewanee, and H. S. Comstock, of Colona, were appointed a
committee to arrange a premium list and specifications for the work. In
pursuance they have prepared the following

    "PLAN FOR AN EXHIBIT FROM THE SCHOOLS OF HENRY COUNTY.

    "For purposes of the Exhibit the schools of the county shall be divided into
three grades, as follows:

    "Grade A-Including all schools of six departments or more.
    "Grade B-Including all graded schools of less than six departments.
    "Grade C-Including all ungraded schools.

    "The awards shall be as follows:
    "For the best general exhibit in Grade A,                       $10 00
    "For best exhibit penmanship, Grade A, not less than thirty
pupils from a school,                                                 4 00
    "For best letter writing, Grade A, not less than thirty pupils
from a school,                                                        4 00
    "For best map drawing, Grade A, not less than thirty pupils
from a school,                                                        3 00

    "For Grade B the same awards as in A, with the exception that not less than
twelve pupils shall be required from each school where thirty are required from
Grade A.

    "For Grade C same awards, except that competing number required shall be six.
    "For best individual specimen of penmanship in Grades A, B
and C, each,                                                          1 00
    "For best individual specimen of letter writing in each Grade,
A, B and C,                                                           1 00
    "For best individual specimen of map drawing in Grades A, B
and C, each,                                                          1 00
    "For best plan of drawing of school-house by pupil,               1 00
    "For best programme for ungraded school, by teacher,              2 00


Additional Comments:

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THE HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS, ITS TAX-PAYERS AND VOTERS;
CONTAINING, ALSO, A BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY; A CONDENSED HISTORY OF THE STATE;
MAP OF THE COUNTY: A BUSINESS DIRECTORY: AN ABSTRACT OF EVERY-DAY LAWS; WAR
RECORD OF HENRY COUNTY; OFFICERS OF SOCIETIES, LODGES, ETC., ETC.

CHICAGO: H. F. KETT. & CO., 15 LAKESIDE BUILDING.

1877.


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