The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-03

is very small. The same average for the
United States Is S.Se0. This Is as =
should be. A new state like Washington
can properly have as many schooihouses
as older states, but Il cannot nave ac-
cuInuIated as much of value about these
establishments, such as Eoraries and
equipment
Moreover. Washlngton's schools are al
most entirely public schools ard the en-
d0wTnents do not Play so important part
a. in the old and rich private schools n
The Eastern states. The lack OF equip
ment and lblapes VIII be made up with
age. and probably, very much more rap
idly than they were built UP IN the oder
states. Here they must be bought and
paid for, and th.s viii be done as rapidly
as she state can AFFORD IL.
The amount paid by each taxpayer in
1Nq2-l 10 the school revenues was 1857 n
Washington. This 5 muCh lower than the
average for the United States as a whole
(s900 or for any great seu.8su OF the
states, except in the South. This pro-
tfueed $685. available for each person IN
the state Of school age ard this u larger
than FOR the United States generally SD
and larger than for most sections u tRe
nation. Colorado mad SD avsliahle for
each person OF schoo. age, California SIC,
and oregon SIC.
TIE fact thar IN this state the average
amount contributed by each taxpayer Is
So small compared " IN that made avail
able for each pupil is = striking and en-
courag.ng one. In very few states IS <
as marked as n Washington, It IS due
chiefly 10 the fact that the population OF
sshool-1osng age + small compared T.la
fhe adult and tax-payins population. In
Wash ngfan in 1921 there were only = ch-i-
dren % school age 10 every hundred OF
the population. walle IN the United States
generally ehls number IS 30, and in the
Southern states q.
Putting Il in another way. there are IN
washington is adult males for every
hundred CT chEfiren - school are. Fer
me United States as N1o.e there are
onsv 81 and for the states ard territories
west OF the Rocky mountains l5l.
Its High schools.
So far 4 mas been question Of the
schools Il. general. and chiefly Of che coGn-
fry schools, for they far c1tnumbeF al
the others They were estaniishes1 ana
ara conducted on t11e same princple as
chose in me Eastern ana Central states,
and are or tae same efficiency. The popu-
latIoa OF Washington Is -catedy Drawn
from these s.a1Cs and u has brought rs
country schoo!h0use with Il.
+ mas also brought with x the city and
other schools The system o. graded
schools e. s.rnfsar 10 those Of Michigan,
wisconsin and Nf.reesota- Tho seres OF
and even In some villages, The grades
recognized are twelve in number. The last
four belonging 70 fhe h.ea schools. The
rss4rse '.hfra school" however, mas been
only recently recognized Hy law ana n
some 81 use gaErs is uof Tft used IN me
three large c!ties q Seattle, spo&ane ana
Tacoma che Upiete series of grades IS
er,nsrsr-ses. and eNis IS .so the case IN TIE
smaller csties o. New s. aatcofn ard kair-
haven. In smaller PLACES over I1e state
ems crates terminate W4ta fae eleventh
or eenth. cEv.nE tAree ar two years OF
h5eh scso9l w3rk.
Even eae villages usua1y push on the
grades - beyond E0ose ~ Re grammar
school For Instance, @atorv-4se, WIN
only a few hundred 'il1sb5eants. continues
SIS work in.o TIE Grsf r@o h-e1 s@nooI
vsars. ara ls amb.r sous 70 g farmer a.
i rEe earliest oppor--ay
fnss,ss. there ts 30 more marked char
a~ter-st5c u the state as wfoie iAsa -
a-,,e,srasz Is develop and U@Etecf Us seslfsol
+ s-.--+e-a ana ete ssapo.s were fne sast os
the objects u pub.le enterprise permitted
- ssstTe~ from she tcr es taF1 On tfie
rss.,rsa ~ tae hard trfes. TIE s.ssoTy q
80 a-ssa shows tnst & csn 19t b. sur
raussa GA 80 profound ard persistent ln-
-arsz, - tsse cyzuDlate education % rs
sorz and daoEaters-
Higher Education.
r,ezsss a nj nev8na t1se hgn schools .1l4
essen for Kner ard tsrns4acal esIuea-
sssa 5 AFFORDED ea plan as broad and lia-
e-as as taat 0f any state IA sne Unl0a.
Z eg,rsrs are taree normal ses.2ois placed N
80 -sr~ee dlsIeseag sections 0f ne STA =,
sa,a already opened ara re western 81
~.-.-ess - ro-s-rrfst aan- 'raare Sc $50 a
fs1gv slavesopes3 az. csl..i1z4I college VIA
sta experiment stations tH tae 1870 chtsf
d-vtsaozs - sAs seare. There q saso 8
s.ata uasveralty wlth a FIRE building and 4
sse-l neg s..4sne 81 ~ equipment = lnstris-
merits. rruss s-n ard library.
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