Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-09
GOVERNORS REPORT
 ON PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

In his annual report for 1906, Gov ernor Kibbey states that the public school system of the territory em braces primary, manual training and grammar schools, high schools for the | principal ceDters of population, two | normal schools and a university-a 1 very considerable and commendable educational outfit for SO young a ter. ritory, and significant of the strong Americanism which is inspiring the people of Arizona to build for the future.
 The university is at Tucson. It has an excellent faculty. which is under the supervision of the board of re- gents
 The normal schools are at Tempe and Flagstaff, and, says the governor, compare fayorably with the best nor nal schools of the staes The report gives the following sta tistics:
 Children of school age, 1906, 3O,230; gain over 1905, 94.
 Enrolled in district schools, 1906, 23,- 223; gain over 1905, 14S0.
 School districts, 1906, 290; gain ov- CT 1905, 8.
 Schoolhouses constructed. 1906, 12; gain over 1905, 12.
 High schiols, 1906, 6; gain over 1905, 1.
 Primary schools. 1906, S77; gain ov, CT 1905, 12.
 Grammar schools, 196. 165; gain over 1905. 3.
 Male teachers, 1906, I1O; gain over 1905, 13.
 Female teachers, 1906, 444; gain over 1905, s.
 Total number of teachers, 1906, 554; gain over 1905, 12.
 Teachers holding first grade certifi- cates, 1906, 379; gain over 1905, O. .
 Teachers holding second grade cer- tificates, 175; gain over 1905, 0.
 Average monthly salary, m al e teachers, 1906, sS9.41; gain over 1905, 70.
 Average monthly salary, female teachers. 1906. s71.10; gain over 1905, 10.
 Revenues of schools. 1906, S57O,3S5; gain over 1905, si7,S09:
 School expenditures. 1906, $5S1 1885; gain over 1905, $1O9,971.
 The increase in school revenues and in school expenditures show how
  attach to American public school edu- cation
 Arizona is frequently quoted as be ing too generous in the matter of sal aries. as compared with many of the states. Of it's school revenues SIS per cent is devoted to salaries. In that respect Arizona is only exceeded by Alabama, the percentage Of which state is 93.2. Georgia ranks with Arl- zona. This territory pays it's female school teachers higher salaries than does any other state or territory In the union. The nearest competitors are California with s646O, and Neya- da with s63.30. In the monthly sal aries for male teachers Arizona is only exceeded by Massachusetts, Con- necticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey and Nevada. California's male teach CTS salaries average SS0 monthly.
 About the only trouble in Arizona school matters is the indifference ot Mexican parents. It is extremely dlt- fcuIt to secure the attendance Of the Mexican children, and in his report the governor lays stress on that point.
 According to the 1905 report of United States Commissioner of Edu- cation Dr. Elmer Ellsworth Brown, Arizona has 49S schoolhouses and the estimated value of her school proper ty is S90O,201. The average daily at tendance in that year was 14,OO9, or GA. .29 per cent of the enrolment. The aggregate number of days schooling (ail pupils combined) in 1904-5 school wear was 1.S96,S19. Who can calcu- late the benefit, present and future, derived from nearly two million days of American teaching in a single year? School was kept for 1854 days in the year.
 Ninety per cent of Arizona's total school revenue is from local taxation. That speaks well as to the driect in terest of the people in their schools