. Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the Year Ending July 3, 1911 . t county,and the close of six years in the superintendency, it aifords me pleas-ure to say that the school work of the county has moved forward dur-ing these years, and that the progressive spirit that has be^n notice-able throughout the county in all matters pertaining to school workpresents a situation at this time most gratifying for the future. Great credit is due to the progressive and enthusiastic spirit ofthe teachers, who have during those years made great strides
. Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the Year Ending July 3, 1911 . t county,and the close of six years in the superintendency, it aifords me pleas-ure to say that the school work of the county has moved forward dur-ing these years, and that the progressive spirit that has be^n notice-able throughout the county in all matters pertaining to school workpresents a situation at this time most gratifying for the future. Great credit is due to the progressive and enthusiastic spirit ofthe teachers, who have during those years made great strides in theireducational equipment. Summer schools have been well attended,and most of the teachers are earnest, faithful, and very successful inthe school room. Dinsmores Teaching a Country School, and Barretts PracticalPedagogy were studied by about seventy-five per cent, of the teachers,and a good number are in addition thereto students of educationalmagazines. Three very successful local institutes were held during the yearwith an excellent attendance and spirited, timely, discussions on edu-cational requirements. P n. No. 5. FRANKLIN COUNTY. 71 Ninety-four schools wxive in operation during the year. Fifty-threeof these were ungraded schools. Of the teaching forco only twelvelacked former experience, while sixty-three held certificates of ahigher grade than provisional. A conspicuous evidence of growth and progress has been noted inmany schools in (he effort and improvement made in writing, draw-ing, and vocal music. Improvements in buildings and grounds have kept pace with prog-ress along the mental side. Belter and more sanitary buildings aresteadily taking the place of the old, cold, and inconvenient furniture and modern heating apparatus have almost entirelydisplaced the crude etiuipment of former days. During the six years just past, there has been a steady increase inattendance, until the present when practically all children of schoolage have submitted to the
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