Annual Report on the Condition and Improvement of the Common Schools and Educational Interests of the State of WisconsinDepartment of Public Instruction, 1858 - Education |
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... increase over the year preceding was 27,659 ; so this year exhibits a less in- crease by 5,126 than its predecessor . It may astonish not a few to learn , that according to the most recent statistics at com- mand , only the States of ...
... increase over the year preceding was 27,659 ; so this year exhibits a less in- crease by 5,126 than its predecessor . It may astonish not a few to learn , that according to the most recent statistics at com- mand , only the States of ...
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... increased , until this year's statistics show five and three - fifths months . Out of fifty - two Counties reported , thirty - five of them exhibit an average of from five to eight months and three quarters ; fourteen others range from ...
... increased , until this year's statistics show five and three - fifths months . Out of fifty - two Counties reported , thirty - five of them exhibit an average of from five to eight months and three quarters ; fourteen others range from ...
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... increase of 245 districts over last year ; and the total number has very nearly doubled since the organization of the State . This increase has resulted from an extension of our settlements , and also from the very injurious practice of ...
... increase of 245 districts over last year ; and the total number has very nearly doubled since the organization of the State . This increase has resulted from an extension of our settlements , and also from the very injurious practice of ...
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... increase on male teachers of $ 2 42 , and a decrease on female teachers of 24 cents . In Douglas coun- ty , the highest wages were this year paid to a male teacher , $ 50 per month ; in Buffalo county the lowest , $ 20 41 ; while in ...
... increase on male teachers of $ 2 42 , and a decrease on female teachers of 24 cents . In Douglas coun- ty , the highest wages were this year paid to a male teacher , $ 50 per month ; in Buffalo county the lowest , $ 20 41 ; while in ...
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... increase 272 ; total number of volumes last year 28,628 ; this year 38,755 -apparent increase 10,127 volumes . Judging from the fact that more counties this year report an increase in their libraries , than report money expended for the ...
... increase 272 ; total number of volumes last year 28,628 ; this year 38,755 -apparent increase 10,127 volumes . Judging from the fact that more counties this year report an increase in their libraries , than report money expended for the ...
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Academies acre Amount Library fines Amount of money amount of Wages annually attended School Average Average amount better Board cent character Children cited City Common Schools Counties and Towns Creek District Libraries dollars duty equal expended experience Female Teacher give Government Grant Green Grove half hand HORACE MANN hundred important improvement increase Institutes instruction interest Joint knowledge labor lands Legislature less Male Teachers matter means Michigan mind money raised money received months Schools moral Names of Counties nature never Normal object persons practical Prairie present proper pupils raised by tax reading regard result says School Fund School House School Libraries secure Spring success Superintendent TABLE taught tax and expended teach thousand tion Township University valuation volumes Wages Wages per month whole Wisconsin
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