New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-05-27
EDUCATION IN OHIO.
ADMIRABLE tND INSTRUCTIVE EXHIBIT-How LADY
TEACHERS GAINED TIE ASCENDENCY

ADMIRABLE RND INsTEC GIVE ENHIBIT-How LADY
TEACHERS GAINED TIE AsCENDENCY.
frRoN THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT or THE TRIBUNE /
PHILADELPHIA, May 2G.-Of the States max
Ing exhibit oi tncr progress In education and Of nc
practical workings Of their system Of public Instruction
none has her articles In shape easily Ia be under
stood and readily 10 DO asccrtaiucd "a Ohio. by a
peculiar method 81 shadn. and by two three zgzlg
lines across plain chart amount Of information Is
conveyed that would require he pcrlisa OF small
volume to ascertain Here. for Instance. i, q map show
Ing per cent oi the enrolment OF youth IN Hcn at
school the highest being from ~ 10 49, and
the lowest from AZ 81. OF the ~ counties In the
state, only attain the highest per cent. namely.
LOrain, Richland, Trumbul Licking Fulton, and Ham
ilion. A ar majority range from 90 10 %. while n
very fair number show por cent running al scale
from 90 81. Another map gives us the Information
that We might be almost sure would follow from the
above showingthat the value OF ali school property per
capita il least In those counties where there j. tho lowest
per cent attendance ana that TO average expenditure
Ter capita tuition and all other educational purposes
Is leas; IN those counties whore the per cent Of attend
ance below the average, where 1t ranges from ~
to 60.
Tracing with the eyo single line another chart.
We learn the total expenditure each year for the past 3
years. for tuition and for all educational purposes
and further that up &c., tho teachers and all others
who were paid from the school funds OF ibis state were
paid In gold in paper that commanded 5 lace
I'm gold on presentation the counter II il Interesting
10 trace the changing teachers wages for the past
II years F.Om $50 1876 the wages Of both gentle
men and lady teachers has been gradual Increase
but the wages Of gentlemen teachers has increased morr
raj Idly than the Of the lady teachers In lSJi
the average monthly pay ~ men So ana Of women
Sl5: but in SIS men commanded $50 and women $50
Der month But though the women teachers were pald
less for their services they have gradually taken the
places OF the men, that today the scales com
pletcly turned Up the breaking out Of the war the
gentlemen teachers employed IN the public schools out
numbered the women by thousands; but the war drew
heavily upon the teachers ranks Thousands OF her best
and worthiest teachers not only III the schools,
but in her higher schools and colleges. resigned their
posts ana enrolled themselves among the citizen sol
dery. Their places In the school-roon and the rec-
ton classes were large filled by LADY teach
ers and 80 well they done their work. which before
1t was believed could Gny be done by men, that II mas
been impossible to crowd them out Of the situations tej
were called f by the cxigcnces OF the war No To-
day the lady teachers of Ohio exceed the gentlemen by
moro than two thousand.
To note tho decrease In the number OF the
youth Of this state Of legal school and To sho" r
greatest per cent Of daily attendance, the highest per
cent OF tho enrolment Of the youth VINO are In day al
tendance upon tho public schools another chart Is pre-
pared which informs that IN 1877 tlcre were III INC
Stat more children between the ages o. and II tha AT
any OF her peri between 1874 and 1876; ana thhl th
lllcst per Of attendance ever reached III the oa'
Was in IS27 tho greatest per cent Of tbs tlTOhcut III
actual attendance was IN lSJO whon IL feacnou OI ~
nnd almost gradual decline from 1880 10 tho close OF the
last school year.