The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1897-09-09
cosT OF P9sLlc. SCHOOLS,
Differences In Expenditures For Educa-
tional Purposes III Various Cities.

Differences In Expenditures For Educa-
tionai Purposes IN Various Cities.
There are about 5000 school
teachers in the city of New York,
and the rate of pay varies from :,
900 a year salary paid to thaSIa er
number of principals of the} 5nale
grammar schools down Sto s5pa a
year, the amount paid to Teachers
of the lowest grade in the primary
schools. Roughly speaking, the
average rate of pay of school
teacher in New York is about s675
year. M
BY a recent inquiry into the cost
of tuition in publicschools in Amer
lean cities it has been found that
only st, Louis and Philadelphia paid
more than New YNhk the maxi
mum cost per capita - s64. 90 in
Philadelphia and TN minimum
$50. 20 in Rochester. Th9 ferences
are largely in the ma of sal
aries. In Philadelph ncipals
receive from SO, 900 ~ W IdIear
professors in the. boys Mi "a !
500, teachers in the boz scbn ~,
from $500 to 1880 and ,lcbars 4,
the girls school from SS, Il 81 gglos
In st. Louis the maxii] ra fa,.s -, I 4.
cipals is SO, 900, for asS kanf |,,f; na;.
pals 50, 200 and for sssis n I, IS hi stso
to $4,000, according tai grade Az
the other extreme ara< Indianapolis
and Minneapolis, where hiqh school
teachers receive 81, 200 ais the 1ax;.
mum, and Pittsburg, where the sal
aries range from 5000 t6 81. ZOO.
Philadelphia expends So, soc, 900 /
year on her schools. Chicaex5s
schools cost IS, OOO,o 900, the schools
of Boston So, 800, 900, the schools 81
Brooklyn So, 500, 900, the schools 81
Baltimore 81, 200, 900, the schools d
San Francisco 81, $50, 900, the school
of Washington $1,000 tn
schools of Buffalo $3.50, 0OO, sss&hs
schools of Milwaukee 500, 900 aAl
the schools of Louisville $575, 008
Among American cities which s1jend
comparatively little in prop6rti0n
to their size for school purposes
New Orleans is perhaps the MOST
conspicuous, and one probable OK
PLANTATION of the small expendit5Irs
of public money there is to be fotint
in the fact that considerable por
ton of the population is colored
and the item of expense for the
rudimentary instruction of coloret
children is, it is well known, very
small $3.50
There are in the United States 40s
colleges or universities having 1000
male and 1900 female instructors
There are $50 theological schools
with 1000 instructors and 5000 stu
dents. There are 100 law schools
with 5000 students, of whom 10(
are girls. There are 200 medica
colleges, with 5000 students, Of
whom 1900 are female. OF these
medical schools, more than hale are
allopathic and only 25 are homeo
pathic. There are in the United
States 5000 high schools, with 7,O0(
male and 5000 female teachers, .ant
$500 private schools, with 4,OO(
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 col
leges and law schools in this state
than in any other, but Pennsylvania
has a larger number of 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 number of so call
ed colleges and universities Virgins
stands irst-New York Sun.