The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-09-23
RlYMOND ". PULLMAN.

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1rtr.es WasAJn0ton Bnreas. No. 70A
ueeropoJltom Boak Budding.
WASHINGTON. d. c.. Sept. 3d.
nfors than $4,000. 900 boys ana girls,
<, young men and
Educationai women have en-
/: aEnrollmsnt. rolled in the
IS schools and col
6x&o Of the United States this fall,
Z ccording 70 preliminary estimates
orn pIeted yesterday by the federal.
S Tr1|ISu 81 education. with the steady
e f.fo.year increase OF pupils In edu-
ffnnai Institutions of all kinds,
@4<o e ( similar increase In the
- E&hor OF teachers. At the present
Hchools and colleges employ, II
n cfiunatsd more than 100000
he'd men and women to teach the
1|v of young people who are seek
"a education.
kcording to the new estimates. the
Ne elementary schools contain by
the larger number OF pupils, the
1lment this year running up 10
o than 7,26S, 900. The public sec,
nxy schools, Il Is estimated, VIII
>~o Is protide for 100000 pupils
noofo making an aggregate OF
1orly 40 OK, 900 pupils who are re-
nj 1lI me benef1ts Of public educa'
M r. ne United States. The pri.
&1S elementary school will have an
Stod enrolment OF more than
81 fI0. co. dufing the coming year, and
Z<k6 r11vate secondary schools VIII
s Sxo appe6ximately 16b,600, or to
" enrolment for private elementary
~ secondary schools Of nearly l.
~ me colleges and universities Of
United States II Is estimated that
f6 WI be an enrolment OF nearly
= 100 young men and women dur
~ The coming year, exclusive OF
~ 60 who will attend the va
urofessional schools. That the
~ of teachers engaged in training
vouth Of the country Will be kept
115 enough for the country's edu-
ooal needs Is assured by the fact
1 there will be more than $1,000
r11ls II the various normal schools
~ United States during the com.
|<kx wear. Business and special
HeRoois. including city evening
~SbDols. United States government
Sfhnols. music and art schools, will
Lave an enrolment. based on esti-
znafes. OF $4,000. or the 698,000
'{anchers In the public and private
6chools and colleges Of the United
/. Dfates, approximately $4,000 are en-
eaeod In work In the public schools,
Whlle the remainder are employed in
ne private schools and colleges.
The estimated cost Of education
/. during the coming session OF 1s14-15
. n t737 900 900, or daily national ex-
< peSse OF nearly 100000 for educa-
( Hon. based on schools terms OF less
!. fhan 200 days, which IL high aver
& aeo for the United States taken as q
vhole. The average cost per pupil In
& fhnt elementary schools throughout
the United States il. now $24,S1, and
( A. the secondary schools the cost Il
~. 20. The expenditures In the pub
. flc elementary schools are more thar
: o<14 900 900 q year, and In the public
oocondary schools more than sos,
100000 year.
The average salary OF the teachers
( A the schools and colleges Of The
/ United States IL now estimated a.
1900 4 year. This seems small, bu
{ 6xDerts In the bureau OF education
boint out that the fact must be taker
Info consideration that many OF thu
3 nnInriesF IN rurnl districts are yer,
s ANAL. particularly In the sectioni
whore the school terms are limited Il
~ lew months work each year.
According TO reports which are
Hor<lnx into Commissioner of Educa
<1Io< p. p. Claxton, the work OF Inn
DfoVfng school property Ia going OF
1koadily and better class OF build
<1nx u going up each year In all parts
N the country. The tendency Is ir
|1noet o. the large cities today to con
<11fnct fre-proof buildings only. and
~ = believed that the better type ol
cnntruction will also extend In @
NJ years 70 most rural districts. The
1Imated value of all property used
- United States today for school
$500 h more than $500, 10000
~ 10 raf- b slogan which Il