The Washington herald., 1906-12-10
SCHOOLS NEED MONEY
Commissioner Says They Are
Growing Too Fast.
MEDICAL STUDENTS FEWER
Great Advance In Manual Training
InsfitutiOns-Study of Greek Shows
Falling On-Fewer women Attend
ing Schools of Technology, While
the Number of Men increases.

Elmer Z. Brown. Commissioner Of
Education, in his annual report. made
public yesterday, announces that the edu-
cational interests of the country are
growing past the rate Of our national
growth" He says that the responsibility
devolving upon educational institutions
/ is increasing beyond ali precedent
Large resources must be made available
for education he declares, and says that
without thect the new economic aims
of our people cannot be realized. nor can
the new aims IN public hygiene and santa
ton, in the prevention OF crime, in the
social Improvement Of rural communities,
and in the other large movements for
the betterment Cf human life.
The actual enrolment Of pupils in the
common schools has steadily increased
/ They aggregated Is, iG9 057 the last year.
The enrolment in both public and private
/ schools has reached a little over one
/ fourth of the entire population. It cost
/ $2SS, $50 279 10 maintain the public schools
the past year-a per capita cost Of S3.49.
/ The total value Of property owned by
universities. colleges, and chronological
/ schools is reported at $5l4S40 4l2, an in
/ crease Of nearly 100000 during the
year.
Reindeer VIII Help Alaska.
/ The commissioner declares that the in
/ PRODUCTION of reindeer in Alaska will
stand as one Of the NEST notable educa-
tionaI services rendered by the educa-
tlonal department. He says that twelve
stations for the care Of over 1900 rein
deer have opened the chain Of communi-
cation reaching the region within the
4 Arctic Circle. hitherto practically mac
( cessible He recommends a compulsory
educational law and an industrial school
for the natives.
Compared with former reports, the fig
ures show "a moderate increase in the
number of schools Of theology, law, phar-
macy. and veterinary science, and of the
number of students in those schools.
There is q slight decrease in the num-
Der Of schools of medicine, and OF the
students attending those schools. The
number of schools OF dentistry remains
the same. with a slight decrease in the
number Of students enrolled.
The amount expended FOR buildings for
normal and pufllic schools shows an in
crease from $sl5, fl3 in 1904 TO I,CSL7Sg in
lJ.s.
Manual Training on Increase.
A great advance is noted in the num-
Der of cities reporting manual training.
from S5l in the year 1904 70 420 in the
year Is5. together with an increase of
over $500 in the number Of pupils report
ed in schools of this class. In 1904 there
were . reform schools in the United
States enrolling 55.lZl pupils. In 1gg5 the
number Of such schools had increased 10
80 and the enrolment TO $3.50. II is sig
uiflcant that while only 25.S,9 were re-
ported as learning useful trades IN re-
form schools in the year 1904. the num-
Der of these had increased in 1868 10 30.y7S
The steady advance OF former years is
shown in city and village school systems.
The number of students studying Latin
IN public high schools Increased in the
year from -. .02s 10 3E.2iN The percent
age OF students studying Latin to the
whole number enrolled shows a fraction
al decrease. but is stiH over one-half Of
that total. being 512L
Fewer Students of Greek.
The number Of students studying Greek
in public high schools declined from L.
lJS in 1904, TO loC12 in 1903. The value OF
! the school property OF the high schools
Of the United States showed an increase
IN the same year of nearly Sls,000 900.
reaching the sum of Sl74OJ000o. That OF
private schools Of the same grade ad-
vanccd from about S70.000.oa0 to about
Zoo 099 %
The usual increase in the number of
both men and women in universities and
other institutions of higher education was
maintained. but the number of women in
schools Of technology fell off slightly. the
number of men in the same institutions
increasing by a large number