The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-05-15
BRAIN.BUILDING.
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In the matter of public schools Swift.
zerland stands at the head of the nations
of Europe. Il has fifteen pupils out of
each 100 inhabitants, and OBJ schools,
attended by 420, 100 pupils. The yearly
expense for this is 81 IA ,635, or a little
over $50 for each pupil, or $3.50 for each
school. Then in the next rank comes
Germany, where all the children between
the ages of six and fourteen are obliged
to attend school. The proportion of
pupils is Il to 100 inhabitants. There are
60. 600 schools, attended by 5000, coo
pupils. The expense is $29. 900, 900, or
nearly IS a pupil, or 1857 q school
France and Denmark occupy the third
rank in the proportion of pupils, which
is Ii in each 100 inhabitants In France
there are II ,547 primary schools and
500, 600 pupils. To thee should be
added $4,000 evening schools, attended
by $50, 600 persons. The estimated ex-
pense for 1879 is over SO. 600, OOO, or
about 1915 a pupil of the primary
school, or $167 a school. Denmark has
2,917 schools and $500 900, or a little
over pupil, or $3.50 a school.
Belgium and Sweden have each II
pupils to 100 inhabitants. In Belgium
there are 8. 300 schools and $4,000
pupils. The expense is about So 000,-
| geo, or nearly Sc a pupil, or 5000 q
school. Sweden has 8,770 schools and
615. 1876 pupils. Her expenditure for
public education is over g, 000,0
which makes nearly 81 a pupil, and 1858
a school. In Holland and Norway the
proportion of pupils is the same, II for
each 100 of the population. Holland
has 1884 schools and 444.7 07 pupils.
She spends So, 063, 617, or about 81 for
J each pupil and 1920 for each school. In
! Norway the expense is nearly 81, 900 600
but the number of the schools and
pupils is not given. Spain has 8 pupils
for each 100 inhabitants, 29,038 schools
and 638, 288 pupils. She spends over
So, 000, 600 for this, making over 50 8
pupil and $165 q school. Next comes
Austria. Hungary with 8 pupils for each
100 inhabitants, %, 272 schools and
$3.50 900 pupils. The expense of these
reaches $4,000, 600, or an average o.
nearly SIS q pupil, or S470 a school
Italy has an average of pupils for eaet
100 inhabitants, AZ All schools, anC
about 10000 pupils. She spends fol
these nearly $5,00O,000, or over g 1
pupil, or $113 a school. Greece has
| DupllS
schools and 90 900 pupils. she spend
, about $500 coo for them, or over ST
, pupil or 1892 a school.
England-the rich, powerful and ciVi
: Iized EDgland-i5 about on q par witt
; Greece. She has only an average of si1
/ pupils to every 100 inhabitants. 1t
, true that the organization of her publ
y instruction dates only from 1870, an
that to-day the organization in her cite
: is excellent and almost complete but i
3 the country In England, then, Their
t are SO, e7J schools and 5000 0C0 pupils
G the expense reaches 5000, 900, count
ing in this the gifts from private partie
and the income from foundations, maxim
an average of little over four dollars
, pupil, or 1927 g school. POTtuga
1 | though liberal, has made no gleat sd
I vance in public instruction, though grea
: efforts have been made by her in thi
direction during the past five years. He
proportion of pupils is only five to eac
Z 100 inhabitants; her schools numbe
I 4 525, and the pupils 100000. The e.
;, pense is not stated.
In Russia there is only one pupil t
4 each 100 inhabitants. The government
: | which has squandered millions for th
! delivery of 3" brother SclaYes," has es
, | taDt1shed only "a. OUU SCHOOLS, ana gabI
! cred 600, 600 pupils. It expends owe
: So 600 goo, or over five dollars 8 pup
: and S153 8 school. Of Turkey no &C
q counts appear.
: Thus Europe has, for total populs
i ton of 1913 coo, 600, $40, 600 schools an
: q, 400, 600 pupils, or an average of eigh
y for each 100 inhabitants, and spenC
! S97, 200 900 for public Instruction, or a
l average of something over three dollars
pupil. Compare this with the cost {
, the barracks, her standing armies, he
: military taxation, or even the expense
: OF her criminals, her prisons or he
Z courts of Justice. The statistical dat
I for all of these has not yet been gathered
J but the cost of the army and navy fC
! the six leading nations of Europe wi
; give an idea of what these charges ar
: These figures are:
! Austria-Huu- iItsly............S A. 81, L
81, 1856 O9a Russia 1874 6,8l
Germany . % 1925 Total ..68 716, 81
England......... 121 ,606,0I5i
: In comparing the figures of these list
|. it must be remembered that money hs