Burt Community School - Bears / Roundup Yearbook (Burt, IA)

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NUMBER OF TEACHERS EMPLOYED BURT PUBLIC SCHOOLS 1907 - 1933 In 1907 five teachers were employed to teach all of the grades an the high school. At that tiinee there were a total of lAO pupils enroll- ed, 115 in the grades and 25 in the high school department which at that time consisted of three years of work. Since that time the high school department has almost quadrupled in size, full four years of work is now offered, a greatly extended curriculum has been introduced, extra- curricular activities have been made a part of the school program, a Junior high school has been organized and revived attention is given to art, music and penmanship in the elementary grades. With the increase in the number of pupils enrolled, especially in the high school , and with greater attention given to what is offered in the school , has come a tremendous increase in effort required by teachers , It was but natural, therefore, that the number of teachers should be increas- ed to meet this new demand upon the schools. The above chart shows the number of teachers employed in the Burt schools each year since 1907. No thinking person would say that it is possible for one or two teachers to teach all of the subjects now taught in the high school and handle even a part of the extra-curricular work that has come to be a part of the school’s work, V hen only a few subjects were offered by the school and there were few if any extra or outside work it was possible for one or two teachers to hear recitations in the classes held. Schools everywhere are reducing the number of teachers, eliminating subjects from the curriculums and otherwise curtailing the activities of the schools. Economy should always be a watchword and an aim in public institutions, but false economy never has in the past, nor will at the present time prove a profitable move. Economy means ’’wise spending Economy does not mean blind slashing of salaries, reduct- ion in teaching steJffs, elimination of valuable courses; failure to maintain standards of equipment or of instruction, When children have to pay for the errors and mistakes of their elders, it is time that people think carefully and straight as to the purpose of the schools and the goals to be attained. The future of the nation rests in these young people and the v'elfare of he social and governmental standards demand that an opportunity be given for education.

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PART III - THE PUPILS Part III of this report is concerned with the information and statistics concerning the pupils. This information includes charts showing enrollments and census enumerations over a period of more than twenty years. Statistical data is presented in chart form because the pictorial form makes it easier for the reader to grasp the significance of the data without too much effort. The number of tuition pupils in Burt and in other Kossuth County schools for more than twenty years are included for the information of the reader. The number of high school graduates by years is shown by a graph and a picture of the class of 1933 is included. A new feature in this year's report is a page report of the various activities engaged in by members of the class of 1933« The location and occupation of the graduates of the past several years yields interesting information relative to the number who go directly into vocational occupations after high school graduation» - 10 -