South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-10-03
SAY GOODS WILL
SOON 0UTNUMBER
MEN IN COLLEGES
Statistics Show Big Increase;
Percentage of Students
Graduating Shown.

WASHINGTON. oct. 1.-The CO.
ed as "A factor in American college
life is yet in it's infancy.
The time is approaching. the Blu
reau of Education believes. when
there viii be as many women as men
enrolled in universities and other
higher institutions Of learning
Not only is this prediction sup
ported by the fact that more girls
than boys graduate annually FROM
high schools, but figures compiled
by the bureau during the past %
years show that the number Of 3l-
lege women have increased 156 per
cent in that period, while the num-
Der of men have advanced only 143.
percent.
In the year 1890 Of al, the collegc
students in the United States 6S.3
percent were men and only 31.7 per-
cent women. but in 1916 only &C.
percent were men and 36.S percent
were women. Abrupt increases in
the number of women were also re
ported in 1918, but this was due. 1t
was stated. 20 war conditions.
These figures are contained in a
comprehensive survey of universe
ties, colleges ard professional.
schools for the school year Of 1917
IS. just completed under the direc-
ton of II. r. Bonner chief Of the
statistical division Of the bureau OF
/ Education. The Report is 10 become
a part Of the biennial survey of edu-
cation in the United States. 1916-1S.
Bonner points out that the pro-
portion of high school graduates
who enter college may be expected
to decrease as high schools become
more vocatiOnalized.
Men Teachers Predominant.
ct is evident" he says. that coll
! leges and universities have not sue
ceeded in more recent years in
drawing as large a proportion of
high school graduates as they for
merly did.
/ The multiplication OF high
schools. in the attempH TO give ev-
/ cry boy and girl the advantage Of a
| high-school education, has not re-
suited in a large proportion Of sub
sequent enrolment in collegiate and
graduate courses. one who has com
I
pIeted a commercial course in high
! school is not so likely 10 enter col
| lege after graduation as a student
who has taken the purely academic
or college preparatory course.
The information upon which Bon
rer bases his findings was collected
from go universities. colleges and
professional schools Most OF the
number are small colleges. although
a few very large institutions are in
cluded
The teaching staffs in the higher
educational institutions. according 70
the report. consists largely OF men,
there being about four men 20 one
woman. Almost SO percent Of the
instructors in preparatory depart
ments. 20 percent. and in profes-
sionaI schools. 81 percent.
One Graduate 10 81 Adults.
These percentages are signif1-
can't" the report states. IN view Of
the fact that in public high schools
only IS percent Of the teachers are
men. and in the elementary schools
only 1873 percent. There is ten
dency. therefore, for women 10 mon
opolize the elementary and second
ary school work and for men TO con-
troll the work in the higher insti-
tutions. The percentage Of men in
structors in colleges and universe
ties has been steadily increasing
since 1892. while the proportion Of
women teachers has decreased cor
respondingly. About one-haif as
many women as men receive grad
uate degrees from our colleges and
universities. but only about one
| fourth as many teach in these high
er institutions on the other hand
about eight times as many men as
women receive the Ph n. degree
conferred on examination. vet only
four times as many become teachers
in universities"
The report estimated that In 1871
there was only one college graduate
living for every lis persons IN the
total population Of the UQite
States. II only the population :
years Of age and over had been con
| sidered. il was stated. the ratio
would become one college graduate
20 every 81 adults.
6s 10 1000 Win Degrees.
More than one-half Of the grad
yates OF four-year high schools en-.
ter college ar some time. according
to the report the percentage being
liz. Ii is estimated children enter