Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-17
SAYS INTEREST GROWS
IN EDUCATIONAL WORK
United States Bureau Finds That
Movement for Preparedness Has
Touched Teaching Fields.

That there seems to be a clearer
vision as to the essential aims of edu :
cation is asserted in statement by
the United States bureau of education
on education in 1916. The report points
out that the movement for prepared
ness has touched educational fields.
The bulletin says in part:
Educational surveys have multiplied
to a remarkable extent: almost no field
has now been left untouched, and the
latest findings in scientific measure
ments are being utilized in survey
work. The health movement in educa-
ton has experienced a notable st1mu-
lus from the preparedness situation,
and the demand for military training.
Rural education has more and more
enlisted the interest of the general
public outside of professional circles.
and has clearly become a problem OF
administration and financing. rather
than promotion Vocational education
is advancing slowly. but steadily, in a
way that seems to afford the best pos
sible guaranty of permanence.
The report shows that in 1916 2o,oOo,-
900 persons in the United States were
attending schools of some kind; An
increase in the number of pupils Is
shown. and the percentage of increase
of woman teachers over man teachers
is shown TO be very large. The proper
ton of the population attending school
in this country is shown to be approx
mately ~ per cent as compared with
19 per cent in Great Britain. Il per cent
in France, 20 per cent in Germany and
a little more than per cent IN Rus
STA
Increase in Lower Grades.
The number of pupils in public kim
dergarten and elementary schools rose
from 16,s00,o00 in 1910 to 17.s35.00o In
1914, an increase of more than mil
lion in four years. In the same period
the number of public high school
students increased from $4,000 to L.
219,G00: and for 1915 the correspond
ing figure was 1,329.000. 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
a half. OF the 11.S74 public high
schools reported, S.440 had full four
year courses. Approximately SO 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. 10000
number of man teachers has increased
very slightly since 1900: the number of
woman teachers has almost doubled.
In public elementary schools the num-
Der of man teachers hes decreased 20
per cent since 1900, while the number
of woina n teachers has increased per
cent. In 1900 teaching positions in
public high schools were evenly divided
between men and women. At the pres
ent time women outnumber the men by
5000. The average annual salary of
all teachers is s525. The figure is
highest in the east and north Atlantic
states. with sSs9 and 1886. respective
1y, and lowest in the south Atlantic
states (s329). 1t varies from 1924 in
Mississippi to 1871 in California, and
$94i in New York.
Expenditures for education in 1914,
partly estimated, totaled close to $780,
100000 An estimate, making due al
1owances for the intervening two
years and for items necessarily omit
ted. would easily bring the nations
current educational expenditure to
billion dollars. Public elementary
schools cost in 1915 approximately
$500. 900: public high schools, $780,
100000: private elementary schools.
$4,000. 900, private secondary schools.
$15.008.000; universities, colleges and
professional schools, 100000 900; nor
NAL schools, $15,000,000: