The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1905-01-21
BlRTHRATE OF CELEBRATES,
More Than Twice as Great in Maine
as in Ohio,

A steady fall in the birthrate Of men
OF talent is met with in going from
New England westward While in
New England out Of every Zoe 900
births, fiftyfour are those OF mon of
talent; in New York that number falls
to thirty-four; in Ohio to nineteen,
in Indiana to eleven, in Illinois to ten,
in Missouri to six, in Kansas to two,
in Colorado to one.
In the case of such Western States
as Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, Min
nesota and the Dakotas, the extreme
paucity of men of talent is in part
explained by two facts; lack of suit
able means Of education for the pres
ent generation and an abnormal pro
portion OF young people among the
native-born.
But if we remain within the zone
which was filed by settlers in the
eighteenth or in the beginning of the
nineteenth century, and which in
cludeS such States as Ohio, Ken
lucky, Tennessee, Indiana and Illinois,
mains the fact of disproportion OF
from about three to one between the
East and the West in the present
birthrate of I,en of talent.
In several cases the Western States
enjoy greater material prosperity
have more and larger cities, and have
offered to the present generation bet
ter educational opportunities than
many of its Eastern neighbors. The
State of Ohio is comparable in area
population Of Ohio was larger than
that OF Maine. In 1926 there were
in Ohio five universities and colleges
tOhio University, Miami University.
Franklin College, Kenyon College and
Western Reserve University. against
two in Maine (BowGoin College and
Colby University Twenty years
later there were in Ohio eight times
the number Of colleges and uniYers;-
ties than found in Maine, yet The
present birthrate Of celebrities IS
more than twice rs great II Maine
as in Ohio.
Nor has the State of indiana e
manned behind ir educational matters.
In 1910 the generator. which IS nov
eighty years old soaTd in Indiana siy
and colleges, against Two
in Maine, one in New hampshire and
two in Vermont. IN snite OF such ad.
thai generation and the fol.
lowing show but onc-ifth Of the birth
rate Of men of talent obs2rrcf il
northern New England.
\ similar fact may Dc observed i!
the South. The State Of tennessee
early enjoyed bette. e'ucaticna' ad-
yantages than its Eastern no;ghbcrs. +
In 1894 there was not single college .
or university in North Carolina. 1outl1 .
had but one such institution,
the College of Charleston. A. iha+
time Tennessee had three universities
and colleges; the University of Ter
nessee, the University of Nashville
and Greenville and Tusculum College.
It's superiority over its Eastern neigh
bors in the equipment, as well as in
he number Of it's colleges, Tennessee
has continually kept from the eigh'
.eenth Jury dow, to he present
line. Nashville is today the great
educational 3euter of he South; yet
he birthrale O. celebrities n Ten.
lessee is but one third of that ,.
South Carolina.
It IS evident that he cause 0f sucl
differences, IS well IS that II the IN.
posing intellectual superiority of the
poor mountainous 'aGions of .teN
England over ,he Enoie East, lies il.
he men themselves, anu not in their
New Eorll, Ohio, lndt
ma, Illinois and .Iissour, are brit The
successive stages of The great west.
ward migration, which, Turing tha
eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. ,
,eorleu The West st '-lc expense of .
he East; and The steady decrease il
he Dirthrate OF talent net with when
,assing from ono of ,hose States 20 its
Western neighbor shows, IS IS The
.asc in every partial migration. tha i.
hat particular Dle vas highly sclec. :
i've in is proccss.-fron Gustave ,
iichaud's "The Drain IF The Nation" !,
q the CCatury. !