Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-10-08
cosT 81 PusLlo SCHOOLS.


Din ,rsacss In ExpsnAltsrss Tor ESs '
taenaI Parposss. "a s53s VI: II. RI fsi
Exclusive 81 q, $50, 900 which It pays
N 10 the state, the city OF New York y
expanding this year $1,000, 900 for pur-
poses OF education, and about A,oVV.-
900 of this sum goes for salaries 4 q
teachers and school employees. There
are about 5000 school teachers IN the
city Of New York and the rate o. pay
varies from $4,000 a year salary paio
to the larger number OF principals q
the male grammar schools down 20
1904 year, the amount paid to teach
ers OF the lowest grade IN the pr
mary schools. Roughly speaking, tne
average rate Of pay Of a school teach ! !
err in New York is about $675 year,
and 1t is estimated that the cost per
capita Of the education OF children IN
New York is about $25. BY recent
inquiry into the cost OF tuition IN pub
lie schools in American cities IT nag
been found that only st. Louis and
Philadelphia paid more than New
York, the maximum cost per capita 20
ing $64.99 in Philadelphia and the
minimum $s2.70 in Rochester. the
differences are largely in the matter
of salaries. In Philadelphia princl-
pals receive from $4,000 to- $4,000 q
year, professors in the boys school
$500, teachers in the boys school
from $500 to $1,000 and teachers in the
girls school from $500 to $1,000. In
St. Louis the maximum for principals
is $1,000, for assistant principals 81
200, ard for assistants $500 to $2,Ooo'
according to the grade. At the otner
extreme are indianapolis and Mime
apolis, where high school teachers re-
ceive $1,000 as the maximum, anu
Pittsburg, where the salaries range
from 5000 to $1,7O0 Philadelphia ex,
ponds $4,000, 900 a year on her schools.
Chicago's schools cost S5,0O0,000, the
schools of Boston 43,ao,OO0, the
schools of Brooklyn s3,50O,OOO, the
schools OF Baltimore s1,200,0OO, the
schools of San Francisco 81 1901 900. the
schools of Washington 100000, the
schools OF Buffalo $3.50, 900. the schools
Of Milwaukee 100000, and the schools
of Louisville $575,000. Among Amer
lean cities which spend comparatively
little In proportion to their size for
school purposes, New Orleans Is per-
haps the most conspicuous, and one
probable explanation of the small ex-
penditure of public money there is to
be found in the fact that a consider
able portion of the population is COL
ored and the item of expense for the
rubin eAtary instruction of colored
children is, it is we'll known, very
small.
There are in the United States 1872
colleges or universities having 1000
male and $500 female instructors.
There are $50 theological schools with
1,00C instructors and 5000 students.
There are 100 law schools with 5000
students, OF whom 100 are girls. There
are 200 medical colleges with $4,000
students, of whom 1,SO0 are female.
OF these medical schools more than
half are allopathic and only Is are
homeopathic. There are in the Unit
ed States 5000 high schools. with T.
600 male and 5000 female teachers,
and $500 private schools with 1000
male and 5000 female teachers. About
10 per cent Of the number Of private
schools in the United States are to be
found in the city of New York. There
are more medical colleges and law
schools in this state than In any 9TH
er, bit Pennsylvania has a larger num-
Der III theological colleges than New
York. In respect Of the number OF
high schools Ohio stands first among
the states OF the union and in the num-
Der of so-called colleges and UNIVERSE
ties Virginia stands first.-New York
Sun.