New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-12-27
U. s. HAS LARGEST
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
BUREAU OF EDUCATION SAYS
PERCENTAGE is AHEAD OF
OTHER NATIONS
MANY MORE WOMEN THAN MEN
TEACHERS RULE OVER THE
STUDENTS

That greater percentage of persons
attend school in the United States than
in any other country, is the claim made
by the United States Bureau of Edu-
cation. According to the bureau there
were in 1916 about 23,50O,OOO persons
attending school OF some kind in this
country, which is approximately "a per
cent of the inhabitants of the United
States: OF school attendance this is
compared with 10 per cent in Great
Britain, II per cent in France, 20 per
cent in Germany and little over per
cent in Russia. 1t is claimed however,
that in point of attendance most Of the
other nations have it over this Country,
as it is less regular here. Besides thew
have longer school year.
kindergarten attendance Crows.
The number Of pupils in public kinder
garten and elementary schools rose
from 16,900,000 in 1910 to 1885. 1000
in 1914, an increase Of more than mil
lion in four years. In the same period
the number OF public high school stu
dents increased from $4,000 to 1,219,-
900; and for 1915 the corresponding
figure was 1929, 900. As the result
of this increase of 10000 in public
high school students the total number
Of students in the $4,000 high schools
Of all kinds increased to a million and
half. Of the 1854 public high
schools reported, S,440 had full four
year courses. Approximately 90 per
cent of all public high school students
are in .four-year high schools:
The report analyses the number Of
teachers in the United States, showing
that of the 100000 teachers, 1876, 900
were men and 537 900 women. The
number of men teachers has increased
very slightly since 1900; the number
of women teachers has almost doubled.
In public elementary schools the number
of men teachers has decreased 20 per
cent since 1900, while the number of
women teachers has increased 8 per
cent. In 1900 teaching positions in
public high schools were evenly divided
between men and women: At, the
present time women out-number the
men by 5000 The average annual
salary Of all teachers is $525. The
figure is highest in the East and North
Atlantic States, with 1896, respectively,
and lowest in the South Atlantic States
$685. It varies from 1924 in Missis-
sippi to $S71 in California, and ss42
in New York.
Cost OF Education.
Expenditures for education in 1914,
partly estimated, totaled close to $780,
100000 An estimate, making due. AL
lowances for the intervening two years
and for items necessarily omitted, would
easily bring the nations current edu-
cational expenditure to billion dollars
Public elementary schools cost in 1915
approximately $500, 100000; public
high schools, s7o,ooo,0o0; private ele-
mentary schools, $4,000, 600; private
secondary schools, $4,000, 900; univer-
stiles, colleges. and professional schools,
S1o0 y000, 900; normal schools, $15.Co0.-
600.
OF the $555.077, JAG actually reported
for public schools in 1914, $685., 511 ,104
was by the North Atlantic and North
Central States. New York expended
$66. O00: 900; Pennsylvania. $52.O0O, 600;
Illinois. $se.007.s14; Ohio. 5.172,950;
California, s26,579: 1904; Massachusetts,
SIS, 492, 292: and New Jersey, $2s. 1884,
0s6- Six States, New Hampshire, Yer
mont. Delaware, Wyoming, New Mexico
and Nevada, expended less than So, OO0,-
00O- On per capita basis Utah ranked
highest, with an expenditure for educa-
ton Of $;O.07; Idaho expended $9.t6
per capita OF population; North Dakota
1852; Montana, $3.50; Arizona, 1898;
and Washington, $685.. while Mississippi
spent $1.4e, South Carolina $1.89, Ala
hama $1.97, and Georgia $19S.
Gifts and requests to education a
mounted to $31 1857 1895 in 1914, of which
SIG, 670,017 was for universities and
colleges, $1.55S,2e1 for theological
schools, and $1,495,772 for law schools.
Since 1896 sums aggregating $4O7 ,OO0,-
600 have been given to educational
institutions by private donors.
Educational Movements
In discussing educational movements
the report points out that most of the
recent contributions are in the domain
of practice rather than in theory The
report declares: There seems to be
clearer vision as to the essential aims
Of educations. Educational SURVEYS
have multiplied to remarkable exteo+.