SIXTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE ST. LOUIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, FOR THE YEAR ENDING AUGUST 1, 1870. ST. LOUIS, MO., 1871. ANALYSIS OF THE REPORT. (For table of contents see close of Appendix.) VI. O'Fallon Polytechnic Institute. VII. Polytechnic Evening Schools. STANDING COMMITTEES FOR 1870-1. TEACHERS' COMMITTEE. MR. LIPPMAN, MR. HAMILTON. COMMITTEE ON LANDS AND CLAIMS: MR. SCWEICKHARDT, MR. FINNEY, MR. COLEMAN, MR. BLOCK, MR. ROMBAUER, MR. MCAULIFF, MR. MEYER, LEASING COMMITTEE: BUILDING COMMITTEE: MR. MARQUARD. MR. ENNIS, MR. VAHLKAMP. MR. LIPS, MR. SCHWEICKHARDT, MR. MCAULIFF, MR. DUROSS, MR. HAYWARD. AUDITING COMMITTEE: MR. SCHWEIKHARDT, MR. ROMBAUER, MR. HAGERTY. REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT. To the People of St. Louis: The Annual Report of the Board of President and Directors of the St. Louis Public Schools for the year ending July 31, 1870 is herewith presented. By referring to the accompanying report of the Superintendent it will be seen that during the past year there have been in successful operation forty-eight different schools - one Normal, one High, one Intermediate, thirty-nine District and six colored Schools and besides these, eleven Evening Schools were open for a period of four months, for the benefit of such boys and girls, over twelve years of age, as could not attend the day schools by reason of being engaged in some useful occupation. The enrollment of pupils and teachers in these schools was as follows: Number of Teachers in the Day Schools 424 42 466 This gives an increase of 80 teachers over the year previous. Number of Pupils enrolled in Day Schools Evening Schools.. 24,347 2,464 26,811 This shows an increase over the year previous of 3161 pupils in the Day Schools and a decrease of 64 pupils in the Evening Schools. As an increase of three thousand pupils in the number enrolled during the year corresponds to about twenty-five hundred in average attendance, it follows that school accommodations for that number have been demanded in addition to those needed last year. Early in the fall of 1869 a deficit was felt, and the Board took active measures to secure the requisite number of new buildings. Three new buildings were begun though not finished, before the approach of winter put a stop to their erection. In the spring, work progressed rapidly, and four others were com |