Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-12-19
Commissioner of Education P,
P, CIaxton Gives Astounding
Figures in Annual Report
ON American Education,
WOMEN M0N0P0LIZE
WORK OF TEACHING
Clearer Vision Is Shown and
More Practice Than Theory
Is Disclosed in Educational
System of Country

fspscIAL eoRRsspoHoEHeE TO MORNING JOURNAL
Washington, Dec. 1S.-There were
23,5O0,O0O persons attending schools
of some kind in the United States in
1916, according to estimates of the
United States bureau of education.
This means" declares the annual re-
port of the commissioner of education,
that approximately "a per cent of
the inhabitants of the United States
are attending school, as compared
with 19 per cent in Great Britain. II
per cent in France, 20 per cent In
Germany, and a little over Ter cent
in Russia" The bureau points out
however, that the result is much less
favorable to the United States If
daily attendance, rather than enroll
ment, is taken as the basis for com
parson, since some of the other ma
tions have better attendance and d
longer school term than the United
States.
Increased Attendance.
The number Of pupils in public kim
dergarten and elementary schools rose
from 100000 in 1910 to 1850
in 1914, an increase Of more than
million in four years. In the same
period the number of public high
school students increased from 915,-
600 to / 1000; and for 1915 the cor
responding figure was 100000, As
the result Of this increase of 10000
in public hi"h ec'.aoI atJGants the 81
tai number of students in the $4,000
high schools Of all kinds increased to
a million and n half. OF the 1874
public high schools reported S,440
had full four-year courses, Approx
mately 90 per cent of all public high
school students are in four-year high
schools.
The report analyzes the number Of
teachers in the United States show
ing that of the zoe. 900 teachers, 169,-
00O were men and $4,000 women.
The number OF men teachers has in
creased vGTy slightly since 1905; 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 per cent In 1900
teaching positions in public high
schools were evenly divided between
men and women AT the present
time women outnumber the men by
5000. The average annual salary of
al teachers is S525. The figure II
highest in the east and north Atlantic
states, with $500 and $685., respec-
lively, and lowest in the south Allan
tic states ($929) It varies from 1894
in Mississippi TO 1871 in California,
and $941 in New York.
Cost of Education.
Expenditures for education in 1914,
partly estimated totaled close to
$500, 100000 An estimate, making
due allowances for the intervening
two years and for items necessarily
omitted, would easily bring the ma
TONS current educational expenditure
to a billion dollars Public elemen-
tary schools cost in 1915 approximate /
" $500.O0O.000; public high schools.
$40 900 000 private elementary
schools, $52 100000; private second
arv schools, $15.O000O universities /
colleges and professional schools, !
Sl0000O,0OO normal schools, sl5,- |
GOO 900.
OF the $555.O7a146 actually report
ed for public schools in 1914, $685. I
ll,1O4 was by the north Atlantic and |
north central states. New York ex- /
nended s66,OOO00O PENNSYLVANIA, |
S52 900; Illinois. $39,007.314; F..
Ohio. $35172,95O; California. S26 !
5i9,S04; Massachusetts, $25,492, ,292 |
and New Jersey S23,2S0,o96. Six /
states, New Hampshire Vermont (
Delaware. Wyoming New Mexico ana .
Nevada, expended less than $1,000
600. On a per capita basis Utah rank Z
ed highest, with an expenditure for /
education of St0.07; Idaho expended ,
1855 per capita of population; North .
Dakota. S9.62: Montana, $3.50; Ari-
Zona, $500. and Washington. $3.50;
while Mississippi spent $1.4S, South .
Carolina $1S3, Alabama $1.97 and (
Georgia $t9S.
Gifts and teQuests to education
amounted IN S31,35739S in 1914, Of
which S26.67O,017 was for universi- /
ties and COLLEGES, $1,55S,2S for the
illogical schools and s1,495,773 for
law schools Since 1896 sums aggre-
eating S407. 100000 have been given
to educational institutions by private
donors.
Movements of the Year.
In discussing educational move
ments the report points out that most I
Of the recent contributions are in the .
domain of practice rather than in
theory The report declares: There
seems 10 he a clearer vision as to the
cssantial aims Of education. Educa- +
uonal surveys have multiplied to a Il
romarkahle extent; almost no field /
has now been left untouched and the I
'atfet findings n scientific measure
ments are heinz utilized in survey
"ork The health movement in edu-
cat.on has experienced notable slim
u'us trom tie preparedness situation
anc the aealand ter military IfaiS!b.s.