Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-14
/ the state we're SIS. .475, ,s7i.sS, an Increase
/ over the previous year OF Sl,7s6O15,17
Money Value of Education.

the state were $2s.475,s7isS, an Increase
over the previous year OF St,7s6,015,17.
Money value of Education.
The money value Of education to a peo-
pie is strikingy shown in the case Of Massa-
chusets where the sums spent for schools
and Libraries are large and the return Is
commensurate with the outlay. The average
earning capacity or income Of every man,
woman and child in that state Is, accord
ing to the census, 73 cents a day, while
the average for the country is only 40 cents
a day. This results in a total annual in
come to the state Of $3.50, 900 900 above what
It would be If the average earning power
were the same as in the rest of the coun-
try.
The number of public and private school
| buildings In Massachusetts, has not increased
much during the last twenty years, but
the value OF the buildings has grown largely
In 1875 the public school buildings owned
in Massachusetts, were valued at S1S,972,-
OS6, while in 1895 the value of the same
buildings was $37,44741t, an increase Of
nearly 100 per cent. But in the same time
the number OF buildings increased from
33l1 to only 1895, showing that the state
was pretty well supplied with school build
lngs in 1875 and that the expenditure since
| has been directed toward erecting build
ings Of higher class and better equipped.
Public schools are only one of the mean,
offered for education and training in Massa-
chusets. That state mas private schools,
kindergartens, colleges and universities,
academies, theological schools, Industrial
and manual training schools, ccnservatories
of music and art and other schools not
public to the number of 7I6, owning build
ings valued at $17941, S25. Seventy of the
nonpubic schools aud colleges report en-
dowmcnts aggregating S23 60S7j9 and in
comes of S5.Il6,l10 The fourteen colleges
and universities of the state alone reported
endowments amounting to $l5,471,S22 and
total income of s2,437l31 How much is
| spent on education in private schools is not
stated but the sum must be IS, 600, 900 or
| $9,OOO,OOO year. And as the annual ex-
penditure on the public schools is over
$ll,OOOOO0 there must be at least $40, 600 900
year spent in Massachusetts, Oh schools,
public and private
Massachusetts does not stop its education
with the schools 1t continues the process
with its admirable system of libraries In
| 1895 there were 2O2S libraries in the state
| OF which 6S7 were secular and ,34l were
religious Libraries. The secular libraries had
| 6,5l1, 700 volumes while the religious librar-
| les had ,O64 volumes Private libraries
| are not included in this statement In the
| secular Libraries the books were valued at
| S9,363,66S and had a circulation for home
use Of S,46l,216 during the year 1t is a
curious fact that the number of secular
| libraries was sixteen less in 1895 than in
| 1885, but the number of books increased
| In the same time about 1,5OO, 900 and their
value grew from s5,312,7 IA to 80 1868 Sos
The annual income of these secular librar-
les in 1895 was 1876, S53. Another method
Massachusetts has of educating its citizens
| is through reading rooms. There are $50
of these in the state 3l4 of which reported
1913 newspapers and periodicals on file
and $50 reported 1S7,563 volumes of refer
ence. The average daily number of read
ers IN 1873 of these reading rooms was
| 1924.