The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-24

types Of educational effort would be
provided for by state subsldies.
Comparing the educational hitu-
alton iu oklahoma with that iu other
states the report says that on the
basis OF ability 20 provide school
revenues, as represented by true
wealth per child OF 3 90 ~ years OF
age. oklahoma ranks twelfth in the
list of states.
However. The report says OKLA
hOma ranks forty-FoCond as 20 hcr
expenditure for each $1,000 OF estl-
mated wealth, thlrty-fOurth as to
the value of her school property per
child enrolled, thirty eighth as to
tho average number Of days attend
! ed by each child enrolled. thirty
| third with respect 90 the per cent Of
/ population OF age which is attending
/ school
/ She ranks forty-eighth. loweat, As
l 10 the per cent u curullmont which
/ is in average daily attendance, ac
[ cyrding 10 the report
oklahoma IL compared In tho re-
port with the six other states which
/ rank next below her ia true wealth
| per child in school Throughout
/ this comparison are as follows.
The effort made to provide for
/ schools, the amount OF money spcnt
/ per child enrolled, the per cent Of
/ population 8 to 1S years OF age at
/ tcudiug school and tho average
| number of days attended by each
/ pupil enrolled.
Inequality lu educational facilities
7 rs seen as the greatest defect OF the
present system, and the report Gays
/ that, whereas state funds should be
so used as 20 tend to iron out those
/ inequalities, the present method of
/ distribution perpctuates and acccn-
| tuatcs them.
The report emphasizes tho recon-
| moudatlon that means be found TO
| distribute school aid fairly, and also
| to make It Impossible to use school
| funds for other purposes. An in
| stance Is cited in which a school
| district voted bonds for a new school
| building but the money was used to
| build bridge. The location of the
! diatriot and bridge is rot given.
! oklahoma was found 20 spend an
! average of S64 per child enrolled,
/ while. to hold her position as
/ twelfth state in true wealth per child
| her average should be $50 per child,
| according TO the report
| Noutaxable Indian lands lose in
! school revenue for oklahoma total
| Of Sl.220.000 year. the report says
]
| federal government 20 meet the obli-
| cation implied IN the report In this
/ direction ia recommended. 1t is
! stated AS hardly conceivable that
| congress should fail 10 recognize
| the federal governments obliga-
/ ton"
After a discussion OF the higher
| educational situation in the state the
! report recommends that n number
OF state Institutions be abandoned.
! one of these schools TO be eliminated
! IL the Oklahoma school of mines and
I metuiiurEy ut Wiiburtun. Others are
| the university preparatory school at
| Tonkawa. oklahoma military aCad-
emy at Claremore. the district agri-
cultural schools, secondary grades at
! the teachers colleges, and the schools
! Of chemical engineering and COM
/ merco and marketing at the Okla
! homa Agricultural and Mechanical
! college.
The report recommends that ''ln
| view OF the conditions existing at
! the Agricultural and Mechanical coll
lege IA more complete survey should
be made of that institution" and that
the government Of the school be