The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-05-08


are men and women less Than
years Oh p coun-
~ q large less than one-haH have
haa aaeqaate preparation for their
work IA some states less han.
.aWeRty-aye per cent have had the full
preparation given by normal schools
and in most Of the states less than
ten per cent Of the teachers in the
country schools have had such prep
aratI6R Few continue 10 teach long
enough to gain wisdom and skin
from experience. In several states
from twenty TO thirty per cent Of
the teachers every year are Begin
ners. In a few states the average
length Of service is lss than four
years Of six months each"
Continuing his review DIR. Claxtoa
shows that the value Of all public
school property Increased more than
seventy-hve per cent in the first ten
years OF this century. but that even
now 1t amounts to less than $40 for
each child of school age. Similarly,
although the income Of public schools
has Increased more than eighty-three
per cent in this period, still even now
it is very low in many common
wealths. Thus the expenditure for
public education is less than s. per
capita in twenty-five states and less
than $3.50 per capita in ten states.
DR.. Claxton also remarks that the
number Of public high schools in this
country for the period 19OO-191O IN.
creased more than seventy per cent,
and that the number of high school
pupils jumped more than seventy-slx
per cent. However, there is still
much room for Improvement. Says
DR.. Ciaxton: The United States Blu
reau of Education has no reliable
statistics on the subject but 1t is
quite probable that less than half
the children Of the country finish we'll
more than the first six grades, only
about one-fourth of the children ever
enter high school, less than eight in
every 100 do the full four years Of
high school work. Fewer than five
in a hundred receive any education
above the high school,"
AS for the colleges and institu-
tons of like grade, their productive
endowment increased s:xty-ive per
q Mt, their inc9mes. x.usive of ad-
dttions to endowments. increased 173
per cent, their faculties grew sixty
one per cent, and their student bod
les sixty-seven per cent. Here also,
DR.. Ciaxton says that much remains
to be done. "of the four or five mil
lions OF young men and women OF
college age in the country, only about
two hundred thousand are doing coll
lege work in standard institutions
Less than two per cent do the full
four years work and take a degree.
The best interests Of sscivie and in
dustrial life of the country demand
that a larger per cent OF its citizens
should have the preparation for
leadership and direction Of affairs
which the colleges are supposed 10
give"
In summarizing. DR.. Ciaxton says:
Everywhere the Importance and
necessity of education for civic, eco
Romie, social. and spiritual welfare
are recognized more than ever be-
fore. This progress in Interest
equipment, adaptation, and apprecia-
ton is very gratifying( but it serves
chiefy to call attention to the vast
amount yet to be done before we
shall have begun to. attain anything
like the ideal of education necessary
in u civic, industrial, and social
democracy. The individual and SOC
ial welfare alike demand the highest
and best possible education for every
Individual, and a constant reaujust-
ment of ideals and methods TO the
ever-chauging requirements Of our
developing institutions"