South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-27
LEW SCHOOL LAW
AFFECTS 100000
INDIANA PUPILS


INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. May 81
Fourteen per cent OF the total num-
Der of Indiana's school children are
more than IA years old and not more
than 16 years old-the ages between
which each child in Indiana must be
in school or employed in a gainful oc-
cupation. The total number OF chill
dren In the state between these ages
was 1O6.S3O, according TO the annual
enumeration Of school children. Just
complete IN the office Of Charles A.
Greenhouse, state superintendent OF
public instruction. by Ernest L. We'll
born a deputy TO Mr.. Greathouse.
The significance Of this fact is that
there are now in Indiana more than
100000 children, who could not be
compelled to attend school under the
former law, but who now either
must be employed in gainful occupa-
tons and under satisfactory condi-
lions. else they come beneath the
surveillance Of the child labor law
This was the first year that the
state superintendent office saw tit TO
call for the totals from each county
for this class OF children within
school age. The total number Of per-
shown by the annual totals. made
public today, was 766,352, while in
1878 enumeration the total was but
| 1921. This left a gain for 1914
over the previous year of 3,425,
which, the state superintendent as
sistant said, is a normal gain.
The figures show that the losses
and gains this year shows that town
ships of the state, which were school
d 90
5,752 persons of school age. while in
corporated towns gained $40 in the
totals over last year and cities gained
1857. These figures show more con-
clusively, the state department be-
/ lieVes that there is a well-defined
movement existing in Indiana by
which population is being transferred
from the rural communities to the
city in greater proportion with each
u months. The same condition has
existed for several years.
Net Gains i'm Five Years.
The net gain in the enumeration
! figures for five years follows: 1910
enumeration. 754,972, with net gain
Of 1861; 1911 enumeration. 1915.
with net gain Of 3.211; 1912 enumer-
alton, 761,494, with net gain of
! 5000; 1913 enumeration 1927,
with net gain of 1.433 (due in great
part to floods making work of gather
! ing statistics almost impossible in
some cOmmunities); 1914 enumera-
| ton. 1866 with net gain of 3,425.
| The total number of male white
, children enumerated this year was
! 3S7.663 and the total number of
white females enumerated was 362,-
! ia. The colored males totalled
| S,340 and the total number OF female
| cOlored children OF school age was
S,175. The total gains made in school
| corporations where gains were re-
corded over last year amounted to
| 1S.641 and the total losses in the cor
| poraions from which students depart
ed reached 1926.
The enumeration Of school children
occurs annually between the tenth
and thirtieth of April and it is taken
| by township trustees and school
I boards of towns and cities or persons
employed by them. All unmarried
persons between the ages OF six and
| q years are enumerated and the
enumeration In addition TO its i'm
portance in determining who are en-
titled to school privileges, Is import
| tant because IL is used as a basis for
the distribution OF the entire school
revenues Of the state The reports
| from each school corporation. by
| statute, reaches the state superintend-
ent on or before May Is.
South Bend Gains 246.
Among the cities that showed gains
in the enumeration just completed
are: Anderson, 25; Charlottesville,
1913; East Chicago, 514 Evansville.
! 435: TT. Wayne. SEQ: Gary. 1905;
Hammond 513; KokOmO, sos; Lo-
! ganspOrt. 446: Marion. 1928; Muncie.
| 243; Newcastle. 429; Richmond, 1876
Shelbyville. 81; South Bend, 246;
Terre Haute. 400; Vincennes. :.
Among the cities that. showed
losses are: Brazil. IA: Columbus.
! 81; Elkhart. "a; Hartford City, 141;
! Jeffersonville, 265: Lafayette. rs:
Laporte, 365; Peru. $50.
The number of children over IA
years old and not over Is years old
in townships. was 55.714: I'm towns,
/ 1908; and in cities, 43.SOS.
This enumeration will be used by
state authorities as the basis on
(which the semi-annual distribution
of school revenues 10 all counties Of
| the state are made
The total for St Joseph county
was 1929. There are 1908 children
between IA and 16 years old in the
| county.
ATLANTA. Ga.-while a manicur-