The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1921-10-13
State FIGURES
ON EDUCATION
AMAZE TEACHERS

Professor Butler yesterday in a
speech at the forum Of the cham
ber Of commerce announced statis-
tics on the Oregon school system
which surprised many hearers, par
ticularly when he brought the issue
to the local klamath county
schools. The facts that he took
from the pamphlet, issued at the
instance of j. A. Churchill. super
intendent of public instruction,
compiled by the efforts Of Pro-
fessor Fred l.. stetson and Profess
sor John G. Almack Of the Exten-
sion Division Of the University Of
Oregon. were so startling that many
discussions took place among
teachers attending the institute as
to how the county could better its
standing In this state
Professor Butler stated that the
compilers OF the statistics had rank
ed the different counties in Oregon
in the order Of efficiency Of their
school system. using the same
measurements that were used by
the department Of education Of the
Russell Sage foundation when II
ranked the different states In the
union according to their efficiency.
The statistical data was gathered
from the reports OF the county su-
perintendents and covered u period
Of six years. "a
Ten items Of school efficiency
were quoted by Professor Butler
and the standing Of klamath coun-
ty given according its rank in the
state OF Oregon. Klamath county
ranked goth in the state on the
percentage Of school population that
attended school daily. with Nor
row. Grant and Union counties
heading the lists.
In average days attended by each
child of school age. klamath stood
'21st with Multnomah. Grant and
Union counties leading. Average
number OF days the schools were
open for instruction. klamath, 10,
Clatsop. Multnomah and Hood
river first. Per cent OF high school
attendance as compared with the
total attendance. klamath 16, Ben
ton. Jackson. and Crook. Percent
of boys compared to OF girls In
high schools. klamath. 34th. NAL
heur. Yamhill and Union counties
leading. Average annual expenditure
per child attending school
Average annual expenditure
per child Of school age. Kla-
math. goth, Sherman. Lake, Nor
row first. Average annual expendi-
ture per child OF school age, Kla-
math 10th. Sherman, Lake and
Morrow first. Average annual ex-
penditure' per teacher employed,
klamath goth. Multn nah, Des-
ohutes. Clatsop first. Expenditure
per pupil for purposes other than
teachers salaries, klamath. 30th.
Sherman. Harney and Deschutes
first. Expenditure per teacher for
salaries. klamath 10th, Multncmah.
Clatsop and Sherman first.
. In educational features. all sta
tistics combined. Klamath stood
in the yearly rank with the rest
Of the Oregon counties as follows:
1915. 18th; 1915. 9th: 1917,
1sth; 1918. 2Sth; 1919, 33th;
1920. 25th. 1921, 2. The average
standing for the six years was "a
in rank.
Oregon people however have
much satisfaction in the compari-
son OF this state with the rest of
the union when its youth, as a
state is compared to the older
states. The Russell Sage Founda-
ton in its Investigations places Ore
gon in rank on educational features
in the state list at 20 but the
greatest of all honors is that It Is
in second place on educational
points, The report was made on
the above mentioned subject in
1918. Professor Butler announced.