The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-09-27
PUBLIC EDUCATION.

fsrfs ana flgnre~ Cn,ied Prom the ~
port ~ fhr Com i~~ion~r ~ fduc stin n
Submitted q. the Secretary az th~ In
tctior-- The Grow "a 80 the ruhlic sch ~
sy~iem ontstrirring the srow.h a.
Population.
WAsnivGro~. Sept. 1.-THE annual re-
port " ~ n. n. Dawsol, Commissioners
~ Elucstipn. ha~ been submitted T. the
Secretary ~ the interior. u shows that
during The year 1921 documents were
distributed. The library has hsen en-
largrd ~ the acquisition ~ 200 volumes
ant 10000 pamphlets. mAxing lie total
number ia Tho library >. 80 volumes aud
$1,000 pamphlets. Ihr nlasrnn connects
"a with the bureau ncinles - pp arti-
cirs
From an ANALYSIS of the statistics -
public schools for the decade 1901. TO
ioS5-ss, Il appears. says tbs report that
the growth ot the system ontsfrippHt
during that period The growth ~ pppala-
tipn. the excess ~ the increase o. enroll
mint over the Increase in popalatipn.
six 10 fourteen years % age. being sixteen
per cent. This gain Is attributed 70 the
progress ~ the public schools ia the two
Southern sections and more especially
ia tie south central division
Here the increasr ~ enrolment"
says the report. shows an excess over
The Increase Of population probably
never before paralieiei IN a counfry 80
long seitlei.r Since i~-6-. the Increase
81 curolm AT ia the pa1lie schools - the
South ha~ been sixty-tArcs per cent In
regard 10 the value ~ statistics exhibit
ins the condition ~ Safe school systems.
the report says their usefulness j. great
IL impaired bv want ~ uniformity IN the
work o; the different States.
.'The sentiment III favor - free schools
supported ny public funds" says the
Commissioner 'sis becoming each wear
more universally prevalent. The public
school systems ". the Southern States
have been undergoing an unprecedented
development under laws adapted ia each
case u local circumstances. anI are nov
practically an established "a ierma-
nrnt basis Cnlpred chillrcn are appor-
tioned an equal share ~ the >cneul funAs
except Ia The ca,e ~ Deiaxnrrl. aull
their schools arc keps open ~ long and
under Az weil-pail teaeAerS ~ those IL
TIE White children. The funds for the
support ut fne~e schools are furnished
mainly ~ the white inhabitants. ani
after making d1e allowances tor ail the
sums that Aare been furnished f0r the
education ~ the negroes through pri-
waite SOURCES of benevoicure am through
taxes Ai~el ainpns themselves. Il may
BE- still said That the chiliren ~ thi,ss
once held IA serritaIs ~ tie South are
heing educated by the sous ~ their for
mer mAsier~.n
The conditions M citing public eluca-
tien III fh-. South. lAt report says. makes
il necessary ~ mainttil tw, >eu1rAte
school systems. Their population s.
made up ~ TWO distinct races ani rYiors-
III this section the statistics show that
s.xty-four per cent " the white popnla-
lion ~ school AZ arr enrolled, while bur
t.ty-three per cent. " the co.orel pDpl-
lafion " school age are enrolled la the
District Of Columbia alone does the coll
ored enrolment. ~ compared with the
white population. sxrced that - the white
enrolment q. school -.
a considerable portion o. the report i
devoted to education III Alaska aud the
Commissioner recomne ads hat all the
schools now in operation be brought
more closely under Government: control