The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-10-08
;10,00O,000 A YEAR
THIS IS THE AGGREGATE Ex-
PENsE OF CONDUCTING THE
SCHOOLS OF THE STATE.
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
From the Capital City, the Various
state Institutions and from
Many Different Parts Of
the Sunshine State.

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Western Newspaper rnion News servfca
Pierre.-Ten million dollars q year
IL the approximate cost OF mainte-
nance of the schools and counties Of
South Dakota, as shown by the figures
Of reports prepared for the fiscal year
ended June 30 last, SO far as counties
are concerned, and for the previous
year as to schools, the later figures Of
such expenditures not being availa-
BILE. but with the general increase for
the past ten years the total will go
fully ten million, with the showing OF
figures available at $9,429. O96. This
is a jump from $3,397.s26 for the same
comparative items in 1905, or ten
years ago. The school maintenance
Is $~5,413,O84, and the general county
maintenance is $4,OO6432. Two of the
items which show a heavy advance is
that Of teachers wages. and highway
expenditures. Teachers wages have
advanced from $955.4048 in 1905, to 81
795,851 in 1914, as one of the heavy
increases in educational expense.
Highway expenditures went from
$274,482 in 1905. to $1,217. 500 in 1915.
The country figures OF 1861, O07 in
1905 and $4,000, 432 in 1915, are sim
ply general maintenance figures, and
do not include bond or interest pay
ments nor the figures OF school loans
which go as expenditures in a general
statement. The school figures of ST.
63s, s1s for 1905 and $5,413.0 64 for 1915
both contain the item Of interest on
bonds.
In the same period, the expenses Of
maintenance OF the state for the same
period shows that the expenditures for
1905 were $1,215,952, and the same
comparative figures for 1916 show 49,
b7O,9 4
Probably no subject has been given
greater publicity in the state the past
few years than the increase in public
expenditures, and In the discussion as
it has been carried on, this has been
charged largely to state expenditures,
but the cold figures are shown by Of
fetal reports indicate that there has
been a material change in local ex-
penditures az well as in state expend-
itures, in fact, the ratio of increase
appears to have been larger for local
purposes than for state purposes.
Increased Registration.
vermillion.-The summer indica-
tons OF a greatly increased attend
ance at the University of South Dako-
Ia at the opening of the school year
have been more than fulfilled by the
returns OF the registration. With the
enrolment about complete there are
over a hundred students more at the
university than last year at the same
time. With a large increase at the
BEGINNING Of the second semester as
is usual and the fifty to sixty graduate
students doing work In absentia, the
total registration for the year will to-
tai a so per cent increase over the en-
rollment Of last year.
The increased attendance has al
ready made itself felt in crowded con-
ditions In many OF the departments
where expansion is necessary and TAX
ing place as rapidly as possible. The
College OF Music has felt the crush
with its enrolment OF over a hundred
students. Four pianos are to be add.
ed for practice Al quickly as possible.
In the meantime practice hours are be-
ing arranged in homes about the cam
pus and in the Armory. Adjustments
have been necessary likewise in the
department Of education, where almost
800 students are registered in one
course or another. Some OF the class
es have been divided into two SEQ.
tons OF so each and the need for room
Ter quarters IL being felt keenly. 1t
was thought that the new chemistry
building, with its admirable facilities.
would provide ample room for the
work OF Miss Robinson and her assist
ant, Miss Wight, in the department OF
Home Economics. But although two
divisions have been created in the
freshman courses in cooking, the en-
rollment continues and the number
permitted to take the work was linn
tied. In the work OF the other courses
of the department as well there has
been a marked increase In the num-
Der OF students. What has been true
II the College OF Music and the de-
partments of education and home eco
nomics has been generally true OF all
The departments OF the university. The
new work in Fine Arts has attracted
large numbers, large classes are TAX
!ng new work In advanced accounting
lnder Mr.. Peisch and economics under
DR.. Thoms. The question of providing
ABILITIES for the growing needs OF q
anger attendance was never more i'm
,ortant and pressing than this year.
over 30 Per Cent Fall.