Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-13
Trade Board Announcement
Lauds Educational FaciI.
tiles Here.
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
PROGRESS EMPHASIZED
Advantages offered in All Grades
and in Wide Variety of Sub
jects in Washington.

More than $4,000 persons attend
schools in Washington and Its metro
politan area, according to figures con-
tanned in the educational section of the
Board of Trades master community
survey, which Is being made by Rufus
Lusk.
The educational section of the sur
vey, which has just been completed,
was made by DR.. E. G. Kimball, former
supervising principal of the third d.
vision Of public schools, who was re-
tired year ago.
Including schools ranging from those
OF elementary grade through institu..
tions of college grade and special
schools, 142,146 boys and girls and men
and women were In attendance during
the past academic year under the di-
rection of 6,296 instructors. These to-
tails include. besides the National Cap
ital Itself, the nearby towns of Mont
gomery and Prince Georges Counties in
Maryland, all of Arlington County, and
the City of Alexandria in Virginia.
Lists Wide Variety.
The schools listed in DR.. Kimball's
survey include not only public schools
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tory and finishing schools, business,
secretarial and accountancy schools;
schools of drawing, painting and sculp-
ture; schools of languages, music, self
expression and physical education;
schools of commercial art, designing
and interior decorating. and the various
industrial. professional and trade
schools.
The survey shows marked progress in
school house construction IN public
schools, particularly as applied to those
Of the neighboring Maryland and Vir-
ginia counties.
In announcing the findings of DR.
Kimball, Mr.. Lusk paid tribute to the
Capital as an educational center.
Naturally, Washington is a center
for development of private schools" Mr.
Lusk declared. "A few of these have
been in successful operation for half q
century or longer. Others have come
into the field with the growth and de-
velopment of the city. The Capital now
has very considerable group of pri-
vate schools of outstanding worth, thor
oughly established, enjoying enviable
and far and doing effective educational
work.
Standards Lifted.
Recent years have witnessed lifting
Of standards In most local colleges and
professional schools. Their standing to-
day, by comparison with such institu-
tons throughout the country, Is very
good. Very unusual opportunities for
students are here found In the remark
able library advantages which the city
affords"
Listed according to character and To-
cation, the schools enrollments and
teacher stats follow:
Public schools of the District Of Co.
lumbia, 74,843 students and 1891 in
structors; District of Columbia paro-
chial schools, S,770 students and 266 in
structors; private schools of the District
and metropolitan area, 1850 students
and SAT instructors; colleges and uni
versities in the District Of Columbis
and metropolitan area, 20,l91 students
and 1,511 instructors; special schools IL,
the District of Columbia, 2,407 students
and l08 instructors; District of Colum.
bia commercial schools, $685. students
and PIT instructors. and metropolitan
area public schools. $3.50 students ano
756 instructors.