The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-25

nrtor iu American college, ne If yet
IN its infancy.
Tho time is approaching. the bu-
,.su OF education believes. when
,hprr will be as many women as men
cnr.IIcd IN universities and other
higher institutions of learning
Not only is this prediction sup
,ort.d hy the fact that more girls
han boys graduate annually from
bigb schools but figures compiled
IN the bureau during the past %
wears show that the number of col
iegc women have increased 1856 per
cent iu that period, while the NUM-
her OF men have advanced only l4J
per cent
sudpufs lu the United States GB3
nor cent were men and only 3iT per
rept women, but In 1916 only G32
Der cent were men and 36.S per cent
verc women Abrupt Increases in
the number of women We're also re-
pprfrd .n 1913. hut this was due. 10
vas stated TO war conditions
These figures are contained in u
comprehensive survey OF uniNcrsi.
tiee colleges and professional
huula tor tho school year OF 1g1 T.
: igls just completed under the di-
rectior of n. Il. Bonner, chief of the
statistical division Of the bureau OF
education. The report g 80 become
A pat OF the biennial survey or ed
u,auou in the United States, t916-1S.
Bonner points out that the pro-
portion of hiEh-schuol graduates
Who enter college may be expected
to decrease as high schools become
more yUyationaliZed.
Men Teachers prCdOmiuatC
"It .s evident he says, that col
lCgrs and universities have not sue
rrrdrd lu more recent years in draw
ing as large proportion OF high
school graduates as they formerly
did
"Thc multiplication Of hiE h
schools in the attempt to give every
boy and girl the advantages OF "a
high school education, has not re-
suited In a large proportion OF sub
scqueut enrolment in collegiate and
graduate courses one who has
completed commercial course in
,hish school is not SO likely 90 enter
college after graduation as a student
who has taken the purely academic
i or college preparatory course"
The Information upon which Bon
nCr bases his findings was collected
flom GI2 universities, colleges and
professional schools Most Of the
number are small colleges. although
few very large institutions are in
cludcd.
The teaching staffs in the higher
educational institutions, according
TO the report, consists largely o.
men, there being about four men to
one woman. Almost 50 per cent Of
the instructors in preparatory de-
Inn n In 4.
partmcuts ~ per cent and in pro-
lesSional schools, 81 per cent.
One Graduate to G1 Adults.
These percentages are signifi-
can't the report states I'm view Of
the fact that in public high schools
only 50 per cent of the teachers are
men, and in the elementary schools
only 1873 per cent There is ten
dency therefore Tor women to mo-
nOpUlize the elementary and second
any school work and for men TO CON
troll the work in the higher iustitu-
tons. The percentage Of men in
structors in colleges and uuiversi-
ties has been steadily increasing
since 1892, while the proportion of
women teachers has decreased cor
respondingly About one-half as
many women as mon receive grad
uaie degrees from our colleges and
universities, but only about one
Tourih as many teach In these high
ei institutions. on the other hand,
about eight times as many men as
women receive the Pm. ID. degree
conferred on examination, yet only
iour times as many become teach
trs i0 universities"
The report estimated that I'm 1918
there was only one college graduate
INlng for evWy ll6 persons i'm the
lo'al population Of the United states.
II only the population % years Of
age ana over had been considered.
~ was stated the ratio, would be-
" come one college graduate TO every
I'll adults
6S to 1000 Win Degrees.
More than One-halt Of the grad
yates of iyear high schools enter
college at some time. according to
me report, that percentage being
oil, 1t Is estimated that Of 1000
children entering the first grade
VIII graduate from 4-year nigh
school and only 2.3 per cent or the
Lrlslnal number will complete col
itge course. On the same basis, out
OF each thousand entering high
AhooI, 400 viii graduate, 210 Will
enter college and only 6S will COM
Is found that FOR each thousand en-
WFlns college, 4l6 will become Sc
hlois and 322 viii graduate. AL
most 80 per cent OF the students
enrolled in the first year of college
40 not enter the second.
=, me report points on that while
he amount of federal aid 10 uni
,eisihes and colleges has Increased
general the proportion Of revenue
u,Il.ed from this source has almost
Nr5dlly decreased in comparison
WIN ihe amount derived from 9TH
sources. In general the higher
mau'uuons are coming more and
more TO depend upon the state or
,,ly Tor support aria less on income
fVl productive funds, private bene-
Iaruons and federal support. The
report states that:
. Productive Funds small
Ehe public institutions as gem
e,dl rule derive a very small pro-
goIlon OF their revenue from pro-
HN,uNt FUNDS, Almost a negligible
tItthlage is secured from private
"cIdctons. The great bulk of
ulg Income OF these institutions
soi5e from public sources and from
''uuehl fees and other sources.
Alabama. Idaho and North pa-