Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-07-12
Iowa City Stands Lowest of
1875 With Population of
10000 or More.
NEWTON, MASS, LEADS
Average Attendance There Per 100 Of
Population Is 21-Sitting Total
3,772,556, While 1908 Build
ings Are Reported.

Washington, July 9.-The city of
Newton, Mass, had the highest aver
age school attendance. per 100 in
habitants, in 1912 of any Of the 1875
cities in the United States for which
figures are given in the recent report
on financial statistics Of cities having
a population of over 10000 each,
which has been issued by William j..
Harris, director of the census, depart
ment of commerce. The average for
Newton, Mass, was 81 per 100 inhan;-
tants; for Newark, N. j., 20.5; Chelsea,
Mass, 1879; Hartford, Conn.,, 17.9; Ev-
erett, Mass, IT'S; and Brockton, Mass,
17.6.
The city having the lowest average
attendance per 100 inhabitants was
Dubuque, Iowa, with an average Of
IA, followed by Charleston, S. c., rs;
Augusta, Ca, rs; Covington, K, S.3;
and Amsterdam, N. Y, ST.. The av-
erage school attendance, per 100 in
habitants, for some of the larger cit
les in this report was as follows;
. Boston, 14.5; Washington, al; Cleve-
land, IA; New York, 13.5; Los Angeles,
1885, Buffalo, 1871; Minneapolis, 1872;
Pittsburgh, 116; Chicago, lis; St.
Louis, lib; Philadelphia, 1911; New
Orleans, 1914; Baltimore, 1913; Mil
waukee, 10; Detroit, SO; Cincinnati,
OF; and San Francisco, 9.3.
The total school sittings reported
from these 1875 cities numbered 3,772,-
556; of this number, 1896, 563, or 80
per cent, were reported for element
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cent, for secondary day schools. The
sittings in elementary day schools ex-
ceeded the average attendance in these
schools b 372,5S6, or 1913 per cent Of
the average number in attendance. In
| like manner, the sittings in secondary
day schools exceeded the average
daily attendance in those schools by
45,152, or 10 per cent of the average
attendance in those schools.
The total number of school build
ings reported was 1908, of which 6,765
or 92,6 per cent, were for elementary
schools, and AS, or 81 per cent, for
secondary schools, the number of Sit
tings per building being SOP and 772,
respectively.
| The average payment for the ex-
penses for the three kinds of schools
| elementary day schools, secondary
day schools, and night schools) per
100 inhabitants for the 1875 cities for
which figures are presented was $491.
The city reporting the highest aver
age was Pasadena, Cal, with $500,
followed by Newton, Mass, with 1854;
Mount Vernon, N. Y, $S14; Colorado
Springs, Colo, $7S6; New Rochelle,
N. Y, $744; and Berkeley, CAL, $725.
The cities with the lowest average
per LOO inhabitants were Jackson
Vile, Fla, $3.50; Tampa, Fla, $17S;
Portsmouth, Va, $181; Charleston, S.
c., $191.
Reports as to the number Of super
visors and teachers employed were
received from 1872 cities. There was
total of 1862 supervisors and
teachers reported for these cities, of
whom $3.50, or 77.3 per cent, were
employed in elementary schools; H.
CAB. or ia per cent, in secondary
schools; 593, or 05 per cent. IL nor
NAL schools; $780, or 2.S per cent, IN
other day schools; and $3.50, or ~
per cent, in night schools.
or the 1876 cities considered in
this report, SO made payments for
teachers pensions and gratuities, and
5 others had funds for that purpose.
OF these So cities, SO had permanent
pension trust funds and 20 had made
lno such provision. The total pen
sions and gratuities paid in 1912 by
the fifty-three cities amounted to
s1,7O2,S11, of which 1892, 426, or 95.3
per cent, was paid by the cities main
tanning teachers retirement funds
with Investments, and $80,3S5, or Al
per cent, was paid by the other 20
cities. Pensions and gratuities are
maid to the teachers by two methods:
! az From or through the agency OF
public trust funds established for
that purpose, and (2) directly from
the school district or city corpora
ton treasury.
Pension Funds.
The cities paying teachers pen
sions but maintaining no permanent
retirement funds or Investments
were: Pittsburgh, Pa; Newark, Pat
erson, Trenton, Camden, Elizabeth,
Hoboken, Bayonne and East Orange,
IN. j.; Denver, Colo; Atlanta, Ca;
Lynn. Maiden and Pittsfeld, Mass. !;
Charleston, S. c.; Mobile. Ala; New
Britain, Conn; Topeka, Kans.; Mag
ara Falls, N. Y, and La Crosse, Wis
The thirty-eight cities having per-
manent funds with investments for
the payment of teachers retirement
pensions reported assets in those
funds at the. close of 1912 amounting
!, to s4,134,488. These invested funds
paid out $1.622,426 in pensionsi $13.-
O72 for expenses Of fund manage
ment, and $1,39S.717 for investments
purchased. They received during the
year an aggregate of $1.96s,977. OF
(which amount $1,0So,295 was reve-
, nue. or fund income. OF this latter
.. amount $sl ,252. orr $40 per cents was
iderived from teachers contributions
to pension finds.
The, payment of pensions, as. well
as the establishment of teachers re-
tirement funds, has been adopted az
.ls policy by the larger cities to q