The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-01-29

In FUNDS
Is SHOWN

okiahoma city. JAN ss-state
supt Wllsoa TODAY gave out the fol
lowing
Following our statement Of Janu-
ary p. which showed the general
sEoNfh of the SCHOOLS OF the state for
the past Two years. We nave been re-
quested 70 give statement for the
amount and distribution Of the public
school funds Ia order 10 make a CON.
pFehensiye statement. We begin with
she year 1906
According 70 the reports in this
7 department. al that time there were
--5.94s children enumerated in old
Oklahoma terriiory who received
sl.12 per capita. or an apportionment
oi ssfs.9si IN 1907 there were 2lS.-
Sl5 children enumerated who receiv-
/ ed $40 per capita. or an apDortion-
ment of s8os.943S0 ID 1908. the first
4 year after statehood. there were 472.-
6s3 children who received Csc per cap.
ita. OF an apportionment OF s3l0s
ss3as IN 1909 there were 500. o.2si
children enumerated who received
$50 per capita. or an aportioament
OF S750226 In 1870 there were 5l5..
AS children enumerated who received
Sl50 per capita. Oh an apportionment
OF S17o.0l0.5O. n 1911 there were
53gOss children enumerated. who re-
ceiyed 81 so per capita. or an appor-
tionment OF s970.304sO. In 1912 there
We're 556.s1s children enumerated
who received sl.s5 per capita. or an
apportionment Of sl,0S5. 1870. In 1912.
there were 54l.S2S children enumerat-
ed who received Sl95 per capita. Or
an apportionment Of sl,05G.564.60. In
1914 we have 55LO0i children enumer-
ated who received for their first semi
annual apportionment S1.35 per capita,
or S55S.396.5l. The next semi-annual
apportionment will be made july Is
of this year. which will be approx
mately the same as the first semi-ah-
nual apportonment
"Frcm the above it will be seen that
while the scholastic population Of Ok
lahoma has increased rapidly year By
year until it is two and one-half times
as large as it was seven years age. the
amount OF the state apportionment has
grown even more rapidly than the
scholastic population and the per cap
iti is greater today than ever before
in this connection it might be well 70
make three explanations
First ID 1908 it viii be noted that
there was great falling off in the
per capita apportionment This de
crease was due TO the fact that the
/ apportionment was given TO the entire
I state and that the scholastic popula
tion had been more than doubled in
one year by the admission of the In
dian Territory
Second in 1909 the state received
its first revenue from the five million
dollars appropriated by congress
which helped materially to increase
the per capita apportionment
Third. in 1913 it win be noted that
there was a great falling OFF in the
scholastic enumeration This is ac-
counted for because in that year We
prepared forms for taking the enum
Grafton which required the signature
OF an parents and guardians, thus pre-
venting the enumeration Of any except
bona fide residents
while by Tar less than half of the
public school land has been sold. the
/ interest on the unpaid notes alcle will
bring more than twice as much money /
TO the school fund next year as was I
received from all sources in 19cS
"The school land department will is
sue in few days an annual statement /
giving information to the public
school lands which every teacher in
the state should secure and read care
fully"