Exciting School Election

The annual school electiou of School Distriot No. 1, Anu Arbor, ou Monday, was the hardest fonght contest that has been seeu here in years. At ouly oue other election, that of 1884, were there ever move votes polled. On Monday the total vote vras 1,278 and in 18S4, the vota was 1,580. Besides the regular ticket- Messrs. Jacobs and Eberbach and Airs. Finney - nomiuated by the cancns of Friday night, there were two others in the field. One had the narue of N. J. Kyer in place of Mrs. Finney, the other had Dr. Smith's name in place of Mr. Jaoobs'. From the time the polls cpened at 9 a. m. hacks and oarriages were constantly on the move bringing voters to the polls aud even after the polls bad closed several carriage loads droe up but tne occopants were too late to vote. Any number of votes were challenged during the day and there were niany who found themselves Bharply confrouted with the property and maternity provisions of the sohool law as regards voting at electious. Fully one-third of the vote was cast by women, but as Mrs. Finney received the lowest number of votes it is easy to see that all the women did not vote for her. Very little attention was paid to the regular caucus ticket and very few of them were voted. As a resulfc of the caucus the ladies obtained what tbey sougbt, representation on the regular ticket, but the result of the election showed their laok of political tactics. The large vote when connted stood asfollows;: Ottmai Eberbaob, whnse name -was on all tbree tickets, received 1,260 votes; Dr. W. B. Smith, 679; J. T. Jacobs, 641; N. J. Kyer, 618; Mrs. Ida Finney, 583; eleoting Eberbacb, Smith and Jacobs, and leaving tbe personnel of tbe school board jnst as it was before, with the exception tbat Mr. Eberbach takes the place of Leonhard Gruner. ' At the meeting in the conrt raom after the votes had been counted about 100 persons were present. The minutes of the last annual meeting were read and approved. On inotion of Densmore Cramer the sum of $30,000 was ordered spread upon the tax rolls for the use of the schools during the coming year. The motion of Charles E. Hiscock, that the school board be ordered to publish its minutes officially in one or more newspapers of the city, was oarried. The reports of the board and the superintendent were ordered spread upou the minutes of the meeting. The matter of building a house for the janiror of the fonrth ward school was brought up and after considerable discussioa J. D. Ryan moved that one be built at a cost not to exceed 800 which was carried. The report of the board of school trustees showed that the total receipts for 189.5-0 had been $59,333.02, which inolurled ,an overdraft at the bank of f6,843. 7& there were a!so warrants ontstanding to the amonut of $659.56. The overdraft is more than accounted for by the $3,275 paid on the third ward school building, and $2,581 on the high school heating plant, Coal bilis for the coming year amouuting to .$939 have also been paid. The superintendent's report showed the total enrollment last year to have been: High school 641; grammar department, 579; primary department, 1,117; total, 2,337; of this number 1,278 were boys, and 1,059 girls. The average uumber belonging was 2,006 - 87; average daily attendance 1,946; per cent of attendance on uumber belonging, 96.96; number of non-resident I pupils, 333; number of days schools were in session, 190; average days' attendance of each pupil, 158. The total nnmber of teachers is 58; men, 8; women, 46 ; special, 2. Tbe average number of pipila to each teacher is 37. Tbe cost of instruction per capita on eDrollment is $14.51 ; cost on the number belonging $16.90; cost of inoidentals per capita on number belonging, 3.45. The number of pupils maintaining a perfect attendance dnring the year was larger than usnal.