The log cabin Democrat., 1921-07-29
'C|TY'S GAIN SMALL
 ON SCHOOL REPORT
NEGRO TOTAL DECREASES
Annual Report Shows 5.5 Gain Over Previous Year-Funds Now Be-
 ing Apportioned.

White children of school age in the
 Conway special district increased 103
 in number during the school year end- l ing June 30, while the negro popula- tion of the same age decreased by six, i leaving the district a net gain of 97 children, or 5.5 per cent. The figures are taken from the report on school enumeration by E. A. Brennan, emu
 merator, and Supt, R. E. Womack, fill ed today with Supt. A. A. Parsons, Jr. On June 30, the district had total school population of 1, ,845 as compared with HAS on the same date last year. As was the case in 1920 the colored population lost while the total num- Der of white children gained, although not in the same ratio.
 Supt Womack called attention to peculiar condition in the negro schools, which also obtained last year. Despite the decrease in negro school population, the percentage of average daily attendance increased. This con- dition obtained last year, when enroll men also increased in the fact of de- creased school population. The en- rollment of white students made a gain, the report shows, climbing from 972, the 1920 total, to 939. This con- pares with the 1920 gain of 150 en- rollment over the figure for the prev ious year.
 AS a result in the loss of negro en- rollment, the district as a whole shows a decrease on this point, from 1,192 last year to 1,176. The separate fig ures for the negro school are 222 Tn 1920 and 1S7 this year.
 Other parts of the enumerator's re- port have to do with branches taught and student classification as to studies, the finances of the district and the number of hours taught. Classified as to subjects studied, the enrolment divides into the following: Ortho- graphy 1,l76, reading 1,166, mental arithmetic $40, written arithmetic 940, English grammar 940, geography 473 penmanship 473, history 526, physio- logy and hygiene ST, Arkansas his- tory S5, algebra 125, civil government 93, domestic science 50 higher branch es 200.
 Funds collected from the county school tax, the rate of which is de- termined by each district, are being apportioned this week by County Clerk J. A. Hutto at the direction of the board of education. The basis of apportionment is the real estate and personal property assessment totals subdivided as to districts, and com pletlon of the table involves consider able work. Irregularities in the grouping of assessments by districts are being corrected by Dr. Hutto be- fore the actual apportionment is made. State school funds apportioned the county will be assigned by the county board of education under authority delegated by the act under which it was created. In the case of this fund. the apportionment will be based upon the number of persons of school age. from six to 21 years, enumerated at the close of the school year.
 Supt. Parsons stated that reporrs ot enumeration from all districts in the county have been received at lis office and will be tabulated as quick ly as possible. Under state law, the report for the county as a whole must be filed with the state department of education on or before August 10. For comparison, school enumeration and enrolment for the Conway special district during the past four years are given in the following table, taken from the enumerators report and Log Cabin Democrat files for three wears: Enumeration