The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-16

school work upon a universal system,
to apply throughout the couT try, was
taken up, and today graded and high
schools and all other institutions of
learning have adopted uniform courses
Of study. with systems of credits which
are recognized by the schools each
from the other, thereby enabling the
transient pupil TO take his credit from
one school and be admitted without loss
into other schools. and thereby unity
ing the general system of education
throughout the United States. This has
enabled the governments, both state
and national, to consolidate the work
and 10 give Statistics and TO have in
hand the general advancement of
learning throughout the country.
And the consequence is that in these
early September days. in preparation
for the coming school year, all over the
United States just suCn meetings as we
are having tits morning arc being held,
and they are gathering together for the
coming campaign millions OF children
and hundreds OF thousands OF teachers
to take up the work and ADVANCE the
general cause.
Statistics of Education.
II give you some figures taken gen
orally from tine statistics OF the school
year 10000. The number OF pupils in
the public institutions, supported oy
taxation i'm the United States during
this period, was 1873. 443, and i'm other
institutions of learning 2.179,54S, maxi
ing the grand aggregate of 1S,55S,991.
The number of teachers emplC ycd was
approximately one million. The total
public expenditures for education in
the United States that school year was
$1,416.9 .946, and of this amount $751;
100000, approximately was expended
by states, counties. cities and towns.
These figures are almost beyond our
comprehension. For the coming year
the figures will be much i'm excess OF
those quoted The number of teachers
this year is approximately 1000, 600.
! I'm Salt Lake City we shall commit
to your care and guidance $1,000 chill
dren, and an expenditure TO maintain
the schools. raised by direct taxation
upon the district. OF between $j00,00C
| and 100000 and an investment in
school property of over 81 100000 The
amount paid annually in the United
| States for the maintenance of the
schools is far greater than that paiC
for any other one purpose. The amount
paid each year is approximately hall
as much as it costs to run the govern
ment of the United States, with it.
standing armies and it's great expend
Itures for all other purposes. Approx
| imately the -eachers during The coming
| school yea- in the United States vii
have under their charge 20000.000 o
| pupils.
81 quote these figures for the purpose
of showing the vast Importance of tn,
educational interests that are commit
ted to the hands of the teachers of thi!
| country. For one whole year 10000. 00
of pupils will be in their charge. In
few years from now those that survive
of these pupils will be distributed
throughout the country. entering int
the social, civic and business affairs o
the country. They will be in legisla
lures, at the head of the great indus
| tries, rearing families. and the learn
ing, the instincts. in fact the characte
of them all. will be more or less affect
ed by the instruction they receive.
| ut is plain to be seen that twenty
million pupils, steadily moving through
the schools into the business. civic anC
social life of the country. will soon b'
its dominating element. The duty laiC
upon the teachers is indeed OnerOus anC
burdensome. The teachers of the coun.
try constitute the most important anC
the largest and the poorest paid $50 fal