Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-04-21
GREATEST NUMBER
IN U. S. SCHOOLS
Larger Proportion of Population
Students Than in Other
Leading Countries.
EMPLOY 100000 TEACHERS
Expenditures for Education Reach ST.
ooo,oooo3o Annually, Half of
Which Goes for Public Ele-
mentary Instruction.

There were %, 100000 persons attend
ling schools of some kind in the United
States in 1916 according to estimates
of Uncle Sam. "This MEANS" declares
the annual report of the commissioner
Of education, that 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 II
daily attendance, rather than enroll
ment, is taken as the basis for COMPARE
son, since some of the other nations
have better attendance and longer
school term than the United States.
The number of pupils in public kin
lergarten and elementary schools rose
from 16,900000 in 1910 to 17,935,000 in
1914, an increase of more than a mil
lion in four years. In the same period
the number of public high school stu
dents increased from $4,000 to 1919
300; and for 1915 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,
B,440 had full four-year courses. APP
proximately SO per cent of all 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,-
300 were men and 537 900 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 per
cent. In 1900 teaching positions in
public high schools were evenly d.
vided between men and women. AT
the present time women outnumber the
men by 5000 The average annual sal
airy of all teachers Is $525. The figure
Is highest In the East and North Allan
tic states, with 5000 and 5000, respect
lively, and lowest in the South Atlantic
states, 1929. 1t varies from 1924 in
mississippi to 1871 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 $1,000,000,-
900. Public elementary schools cost in
l915 approximately $500 100000; pub
lie high schools, S70,000O00; private
elementary schools, $50, 900, 900 private
secondary schools. $15,OOO,OOO; univer-
stiles, colleges and professional schools,
100000; normal schools, $15,000,-
900.
OF the s555077, 146 actually reported
for public schools in 1914, S39S, 511 ,104
was by the North Atlantic and North
Central states. New York expended
s66, 100000 Pennsylvania, $50 100000;
| Illinois. $50 07,3 SD: Ohio. $35, 172, $50;
California, $26,579,S04 Massachusetts,
s25, 492, 292, and New Jersey, 500, 2S4,-
096. Six states, New Hamphire, Yer
mont Delaware, Wyoming, New Mexi-
co and Nevada, expended less than ST.
100000. On per capita basis Utah
ranked highest, with an expenditure
for education of S1007, Idaho expended
$3.50 per capita of population, North
Dakota, s962; Montana, $3.50; Ari-
IONA, $500, and Washington, $3.50;
| while Mississippi spent $1.48, South
Carolina, $1.S3; Alabama, S1.97 and
Georgia, s1.9S.
Millions in Gifts.
| Gifts and requests to education
amounted to $31. 1857, 1903 In 1914 of
which s26,67o,o17 was for universities
and colleges, s1,55S2 PSI for theological
schools and 81, 495.773 for law schools.
Since 1896 sums aggregating s407, 000,-
900 have been given to educational in
| situations 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 a remarkable ex-
tent; almost no field has now been
left untouched, and the latest findings
in scientific measurements are being
utilized In survey work. The health
movement in education has experienced
notable stimulus from the prepared
ness situation and the demand for
military training. Rural education has
more and more enlisted the interest of
the general public outside of profess
sional circles and has clearly become
problem of administration and financ-