The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-01-11
GREATEST Nu'fBER
IN U. S. SCHOOLS
Larger Proportion Of Population
Students Than in Other
Leading Countries.
EMPLOY 100000 TEACHERS
Expenditures for Education Reach ST.
ooo,ooooo Annually, Half OF
Which Goes for Public Ele-
mentary instruction.

There were 23,5OO,OOO persons attend
ing schools of some kind in the United
States in 1916, according to estimates
of Uncle Sam. "This MEANS" declares
the annual report of the commissioners
of education, shat approximately "A
per cent of the inhabitants of the
United States are attending school, as
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" 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 cOmparl-
sou, since some of the other nations
have better attendance and longer
school term than the United States.
The number of pupils in public kin
dergarten and elementary schools rose
from 16900,000 in 1910 to 17,935,OOO 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 915,O00 to 1,21N,-
600; and for 1916 the corresponding
figure was 100000. 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 100000. Of the
11,674 public high schools reported,
S,440 had full fOur-year courses. APP
prOximately 90 per cent of ala public
high school students are in four-year
high schools.
Teachers Number 100000.
The report analyses the number of
teachers in the United States, show
ing that of the 100000 teachers, 169,-
600 were men and $4,000 women. The
number of man teachers has increased
very slightly since 1900; the number OF
woman teachers has almost doubled. In
public elementary schools the number
of man teachers has decreased 20 per
cent since 1900, while the number of
woman teachers has increased s per
cent. In 1900 teaching positions in
public high schools were evenly di-
vided between men and women. AT
the present time women outnumber the
men by 5000. The average annual sal
ary of all teachers Is $525. The figure
is highest in the East and North Attain
tic states, with 5000 and 1885, respect
lively, and lowest in the South Atlantic
states, $500. 1t varies from 1924 in
Mississippi to $871 in California, and
S941 in New York.
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
educational expenditure to $1,000,0Q0.-
900. Public elementary schools cost in
1915 approximately $500,00O,000 pub
lie high schools, $7O,OO0,O0O; private
elementary schools, $50, 100000 private
secondary schools, $15,0000O0; univer-
stiles, colleges and professional schools,
S100000000; normal schools, $4,000.
900.
OF the $555, OF, ,14G actually reported
for public schools in 1914, $685. ,104
was by the North Atlantic and North
Central states. New York expended
SGG,00OO00; Pennsylvania, $52,000,O0O
Illinois, $4,000 ,314; Ohio, $35, re, ,H5O
California, $26,579,S0 Massachusetts
So, ,492, ,292, and New Jersey, $23,2S4.,
096. Six states, New Hamphire, Yer.
: mont, Delaware, Wyoming, New Mexi.
60 and Nevada, expended less than 50.
100000. On a per capita basis Utah
, ranked highest, with an expenditure
for education of $10.07, Idaho expended
$9.66 per capita of population, North
Dakota $9.62; Montana, $9.5O, Ari
zona, $500, and Washington, $3.50
while Mississippi spent $1.4S, Soutl
: Carolina, $1.S3; Alabama, $1.97, and
Georgia, $1.9S.
5 Millions in Gifts.
! Gifts and bequests to education
!, amounted to $31 ,357, 1893 in 1914, OF
{ which $26,G70017 was for universities
{ and colleges, $1,55S,291 for theological
r schools and $1,495,773 for law schools
: Since 1896 sums aggregating $407 1000,
8 900 have been given to educational in
{ stitutions by private donors.
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 education. Educational surveys
[ have multiplied to remarkable ex
: tent; almost no field has now beer
left untouched, and the latest findings
in scientific measurements are beine
utilized in survey work. The health
7 movement In education has experienced
} n notable stimulus from the prepared
l ness situation and the demand fol
l military training. Rural education ha.
r more and more enlisted the interest O.
, the general public outside of profes
, Sional circles and has clearly become
! problem of administration and fnanc
t ing, rather than promotion. VOcationa
education is advancing slowly, bu
steadily, in way that seems to afforC
the best possible guaranty of perma
nence."