The Palatka news and advertiser., 1915-06-04
SOME VALUABLE
STATISTICAL MATTER
Has Been Gathered by Prof.
P. G.. O'Haver for Uni
versity Use.

the Safety Harbor high school, who
is spending a portion of his vacation
with his parents in this city, has just
completed some valuable statistical
matter for use of the Teachers Col
Ilege, University of Florida. Through
the kindness of Prof. O'Haver, The
News has been permitted an insight
into the work, which gives compari-
sons of the high schools in the State,
depicted by charts and maps, with au-
thentic figures given by State Super
intendent Sheats and High School In
spector John A. Thackston, together
with personal information obtained
by Mr.. O'Haver through interviews
and correspondence with no less than
1876 high school principals. From
this compilation we learn that:
The white population of Florida is
533, ,060; white school population 1866
$50; public school enrolment 133,3S4 !;
average attendance 82,556; number Of
children not in school 34,828. There
are five kinds of high schools Sc
nior; 2 four-year irregular (without
sufficient teachers); 3 three year high
school; 4 two year high schools, and
S schools teaching high school sub
jects not recognized by the university.
For 1894 Supt. Sheats reports
I7O14 pupils in high schools, which
was 80 per cent more than DR.. Thack-
ston recognizes. DIR. Thackston re-
ports 4,871 for 1913-14. Prof. OLA
yer reports for 1915, 6,592, or 6 per
cent less than Supt. Sheats' report
for the previous year; he also finds
1914 pupils doing recognized high
school work, or 16 per cent gain over
the previous year.
Eighty three per cent of the popula,,
tion who have access to any KIND oil
high school are patrons of senior
igh schools, which is 73 per cent OF
the total population.
For 1915 senior high school pupils
increased 81 per cent, and the non
recognized decreased 16 per cent. The
school population is % per cent OF
the state population, while only IL
per cent of the state population are
studying high school subjects, accord
ing to Supt. Sheats, while 9 are rec
ognized by DR.. Thackston.
The senior high schools gained II
1915 over the previous year 1217 pu
pills, or 81 per cent. of which II pei
cent were boys and IA per cent girls
In 1913-14 there were 306 high schoo
/ teachers, of whom AZ per cent were
men and 81 per cent women. In tbs
common schools of the state 72 pei
cent are women and % per cent men
For 1915 senior high schools have %;
teachers, or ga per cent of the tota
high school teachers. Twenty-six
per cent of total number of hig!
school teachers are not recognized a:
. teachers of true high schools.
In the senior high schools of thu
! state there was in 1894 an aver
age of IA girls and Al boys, and five
. teachers. In these schools for l9l;
the average is az boys and 81 girls.
In senior high schools the average
teacher hears and -8-4 recitations
day. The average salary for the Sc
nior high school principal in 1915 il
81 1868; for the 4-year irregular prin
cipals S1,045; for the junior schools
s941: for the non-recognized princi
pals S721.
In addition to these facts and fig
ures, of which we give but smatter
ing, there are in Prof. O'Haver's com
pilation 40 pictorial maps of the state
showing the exact location of eacl
= high school by counties, in colors &C
cording to its standing. One remark
able fact is shown, i. e., that in l9lt
there is but one county (Citrus) II
central and southern Florida that doe!
, not have recognized high school
while in central and middle Floridi
there are seven such counties.
Prof. O'Haver has made specia
study of the statistics of high schools
of the State, and as an authority hC
has been recognized by DR.. Thackstor
of the University in his biennial re
port. Prof. O'Haver was graduated
in the class of 1911 DePauw Univer
sity, Greencastle, Ind; also in tht
class of 1913, University of Florida
He was awarded his A. B. degree a
DePauw, and his Master of Arts dc
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