Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-05-09

cation Association, the Tnedian ek"
penditure for the unsegrsgatsd
schools Of the North and West 10
k2.Ig9 per classroom unit. In the
II southern states and the District
u Columbia, where dual school sys-
tems are maintained, the median
expenditure In t1,l66 for the white
schools and SAT- for the col0red
schools.
The following statistics prepared
by the United States Office Of Edu-
cation, showing the comparative
expenditures between white and
colored students In II states for the
year 1894, is enlightsning:
Alabama spent 5000 on each
white child but only s2b.6b on each
colorcd child; Arkansas, &6l.C3 per
white child and S26sl per colored
child; Florida, S96.06 per white
child and &47.44 per eolorsd child
Georgia, S73.79 per white child and
S23.63 per colored child; Louisiana,
Sl2l.S2 per white child and S40.25
per colorsd child; Maryland, Slib.52
per white child and S9O.s2 per col.
ored child.
Mississippi. S7I.SS per white
child and sII.sS per colored child
North Carolina, &7l.60 per white
child and sSO.O7 per eOlOrsd child
SOuth Carolina. ss2.43 per white
child and s26.sS per cOlorSd child
Texas, SS2.S9 per white child and
sS9.i2 per c0loFsd child.
Comparative salaries of whits
and cOlorSd teachers In the year
1894, as shown by the Office OF
Education. were: Alabama, Sl,l6S
for white teachers and 1851 fol
colored teachers; Arkansas, s92+
for white teachers and 1855 fol-
colored teachers; Florida, 81 $50
for white teachers and 1910 fol
solOrSd teachers; Georgia. $l.12!
for white teachers and SBlb foi
colorsd teachers; Louisiana, 81, 90;
for white teachers and 1928 70
colored teachers.
Maryland. 32.O25 for white teach
eFn and e2.Oe2 for eol0rsd teachers
Mississippi, Sl,IOT for white teach
era and S3l2 for eolOred teachers
North Carolina, 81, $50 for whit
teachers and sac for colors,
teachers. south Carolina. 81. 10
for white teachers and s6lS "a
eOloFed teachers; Texas, &I.39S 20
white teachers and S9l6 for col
cred teachers; Virginia. 81 ,SSa 20
white teachers and Sl.i2S for col
ored teachers.
II these states are to be give
federal monies to eQualiEe edHca
tional opportunities between tn
states and among white childrel
and colored children. respectively
whiting the states, why shout
they not DO required to cqualiE
educational opportunities bstwse
white and colored pupils betweer
and within the statsaf
| II passed In It's present form, IN
Taft bill will simply crystalline sx
sting disparitics II II does no
widen them. OF course, Il require
an equitable distribution Of feslerU
funds between white and coloTV
pupils In those states that maintAi
dual systems. hut under its pre-
visions an equitable distributio
can be based on q distribution
culOrpd schools based on daily ~
srA1s attendance. while tho Rllot
ment 10 the states would be base
on the census Of children betwee
the ages Of 8 and II years In enc
state.
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