The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-16
PUBLIC SCHOOLS REPORT.
Annual Review Of the Commits
siOneT Of Education.


. OF Seventeen Million Scholars Seven
cIEhtIIS Attend Institutions Con
/ Quoted at the General Expense-In-
struction in Island Possessions.
3 The Secretary of the Inferior today
made public the annual report of the
/ Commissioner of Education. showing the
+ work accomplished by that branch Of the
+ Government service for the fiscal year
+ ended june o. 1901 Th. report is as fol-
+ lows.
The grand total i'm all schools. elemen-
. t1TN. secondary. and higher public and
private. FOR the year ended July I. 1902
. was ll"-0.lp pupils. the same being an
increase Of 1N2.-N pupils over the proEl-
Gus year Of this number the enroll
Meut in public institutions supported hy
general and local taxes was la.il3. f12
Counting iu special Institutions. such as
. evening schools. Indian schools, schools
. connected with aSElumS. reform schools,
and other institutions more or less odu-
CatiouaI in their character Increases the
. total number 10y half a million pupils
. "A bout 81 Der cent of the population of
/ the United States attend some public
? school supported by the taxes of the state
4 or municipality. Besides this attendance
/ ON public schools there is still further an
R attendance on private schools OF - per
/ cent of the entire population The point
/ ,f great interest Is thr increase of public
/ high schools. In 1890 there were 2,526 pub
R lie high schools i'm the country. and these
/ increased 20 CO.'S ten years later. 1t is in
Z t'T,StIug TO note that this increase Of
. public high schools has gone on in all
/ sections Of the country. The North At
I Iautic States i'm 1879 reported l~6, but in
/ 1909 they reported las While the South
. Atlantic States had only 1I5 high schools
{ in 1885. in 1910 they had ti9. The South
] Central Division OF states showed q Still
/ greater ratio Of increase. their public
! high schools being l56 IN number in $3.50
! and GO in 1850 The Western Division Of
/ States had 81 high schools In 1880 and 30
] i'm 1900 The North Central Division OF
/ States has long Ted in the number Of pub
/ he secondary schools. Both In 1880 and
! 800 those States reported more than half
/ increase was from 1876 to $,l63 public high
! schools.
/ The increase of high school pupils has
/ been so great that the average quota to
] each school Is larger than il was ten
! years ago. The nation enrolled. IN round
/ numbers. 10000 I'm 1890 and $4,000 In 1902
/ Notwithstanding this great increase in
! the pupils at public high schools, private
/ schools of the same rank as these high
/ schools increased their embodiment from
4 sa.SSl TO llN.itl. Besides these regular
/ secondary pupils in high schools and
I academies, there are many more found
] in the preparatory schools in normal
/ schools and colleges. and In manual train
{ ing schools These students 10 special
I secondary schools numbered IN 1880 as
. many as Vs. l'f students anu III Aaft lLst4
; increased 20 Ns.lsa Reducing the popula-
Z tion of the United States TO groups OF
/ l'lt.rp each. of the % groups In 1880
/ each had 5.s1Z secondary pupils. and in
/ 1900 each Of the g groups had S.4i9 secon-
/ These facts show a uniform consensus
/ or public opinion Throughout the nation
/ in favor Of providing secondary education
/ at public cost. II We add the totals II
I higher education 10 those Of secondary
schools. IN order TO see what the country
l as a whole is doing in -chDOlS beyond
I the elementary. we find that I'm 1890 there
were sos tn each million OF population
who We're pursuing studies advanced be-
yDuG the grade Of the 81 Ueutary schools.
and that these S.e53 had increased i'm the
decade 20 lZ.5ss
/ ~Of sim more interest is the record Of
studies pursued 10y secondary pupils. Ten
years ag0 this Office began 10 ask for sta
I tistlcs regarding the studies pursued by
course Of study. Latin. Greek. and mathe-
maIics aye the chief items required in
tparatiou for colleges and universities.
/ De modern language. French. and Ger
man. as being necessary to original iu-
VDSJIEatiOD on the part OF students. are
more and more required in the conditions
for admission To- higher institutions. eS-
pecieIly TO institutions which furnish
technical education in engineering com
. rrrce. and the Industries. Physics j. an
important requirement iuasmUch aS 10
furnishes the student with a knowledge
Of the forces which pcrvade nature and
the machinery with which those forces
are controlled for the use Cf man. Gen
gral history also Is necessary for any
Just survey Of civilization. In the public
nigh schools ten years ago theIh We're
.'-4l students IN Latin. The number had
Increased 20 40 IN the past year The
number OF pupils IN Greek had increased
during the same period from 6.2l2 to A.
STA large apSpiule increase but really
. a Sitshl nrcftaSe j.. the ratio Tor all sec
oi4aiN students
H,-.l' lila IN FE'hch ana '1'TInan snow
q considerable increase. something over
81" P' t-ll' 'a'h- NJ NUMBER SlNdylHs
-l-''-N .---- 1''iH' Lfs mas AWAY 3 H,'-
..'- nos T,--7i.,-l increased nAIl.s
~ i..-- t'-- AIS '7tifliI' 10 HgI', inc
-.'L ''l it IAl sll9 ms Increased some
~ -...'' l.- JUS [i'l' 40 me thlrt number