year, so as to eliminate extension pupils. These figures are all as ac- 

 curate as is possible with available data. 



1912-13 1913-14 1914-15 



Cost per pupil, operation $335.98 $332.42 $281.35 



Cost per pupil, capital charge . . 103 . 93 131 . 54 160 . 19 



Total per pupil $439 . 91 $463 . 96 $441 . 54 



Operating costs per pupil decreased slightly the second year and 

 substantially last year. On the other hand, capital has been added at 

 a rate which, when considered with the decrease in students, has forced 

 up the total cost till last year's exceeds the first year's. 



Dormitory costs 



The dormitory is self-supporting if no account is taken of the in- 

 vestment. That is, it could be run at a profit as a private business if 

 the building did not cost anything. 



For the year 1915 receipts and expenditures were 

 Eeceipts 



Cash (regular roomers and boarders) $4,106.80 



Cash (extra meals) 223.95 



Transfers from other departments 97.35 



Total $4,428.10 



Total expenditures 4,393.23 



Profit $34. 87 



The building has accommodations for forty pupils. The highest 

 number in residence at any one time this year was thirty-seven. The 

 present number is twenty. While the dormitory for the year is self 

 supporting, if investment is not considered, it would run at a substan- 

 tial profit if it were kept full. Residence at the dormitory, including 

 board, costs $4.75 per week. The question which comes up, and 

 which the superintendent is considering, is whether if the rate were re- 

 duced more pupils would not reside in the dormitory. At present it is 

 run on an unbusinesslike basis. 



Class costs 



By class costs is meant pupil cost per period for a single class. In 

 this will be included only salary cost. The method used in finding this 

 is as follows 

 Soils 



Nine pupils in class 



Teacher's salary is $1 13.33 per month 



