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ent makes no report of any kind in written form to the board of admin- 

 istration. There is nowhere any place where a citizen can quickly get 

 a statement of the financial and other affairs of the school. 



Students 



There was in 1914-15 a total enrollment of 191 124 boys and 

 67 girls with an average daily attendance of 118. 59% of the boys 

 and 52% of the girls in 1915-16 came from the city of Milwaukee. 

 A large additional percentage came from other cities or towns. 74% 

 of the Jboys and 70% of the girls are of ordinary high school age. 18 

 boys and 9 girls are over 20 years of age. A majority of the pupils 

 have only an eighth grade education or less on entrance to the school. 

 A large number have part of a high school course, but only a few have 

 completed or gone beyond this. 



41, or 34%, of the boys had either no farm experience or three 

 months or less. 36, or 30%, had one year or more. 



The children come from the families of the working man and of the 

 middle class man. This is shown by the list of fathers' occupations. 

 There are probably no pupils who come from wealthy families. 



Enrollment and attendance 



The enrollment has been decreasing steadily since the first year of 

 the school 1912-13. This year's figures are not yet available and 

 it cannot be definitely stated whether or not there will be a further de- 

 crease. 



Courses of study 



The courses of study consist of a three year and a four year course 

 in agriculture, a three year and four year course in domestic economy, 

 and special courses cooking and sewing classes, special eighth grade 

 classes, and classes from the Home for Dependent Children. The 

 four year course admits to the University. The three year course con- 

 tains all that is in the four year course with the exception of the aca- 

 demic work. The addition of academic work allows the school to 

 give the equivalent of a high school course in connection with the agri- 

 cultural course. 



Teaching 



Teaching was found to contain examples of good work and of poor 

 work. No teacher or class was judged as a whole. The method 

 used was to report what occurred in the classes visited and to point out 



