The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 9, 1921, Page 6

INULS. SCHOOLS: National Survey Ney Makes charge | That Politicians Hamper Ef- ficiency of Education. FINANCES RE ARE ANALYZED = Teachers’ Salaries Aggregate 64 Per: Cent of Total Current Expenses of Schools—377 Cities Covered ' by Survey. New York.—Two prime causes of an alleged “deplorable” condition of American public schools are red tape} and the handicapping of boards of ed-| ucation by politicians, according to a} survey of public school boards and| Dickey . their receipts aud expenditures, by the eye national committec , for chamber of! Foster conrmerce co- -operation with the public} Griggs | Kidder schools and the Amerigan city bureau. | The survey, which covered 377 citie: said that in 47 per cent of cases where | boards of education were “independ- ent” or free from political manipula-| ib City Officials Hamper Schools. “The best Interésts of the .public/ schools,” says the report, “cannot be! served in a city where the budget of] 9 4 kobe Fi as the board of education may be reduced | g a Fy = & and remodeled by city officials.” eres S Fy = Ss The survey shows that the school re- | 2 3 ceipts.in the 377 cities for the last fis- Adams cal year were $353,260,000 and that the) pilings | expenditures.of these same cities dur.) f ing that period were about $2,000,000 The funds are from five sources and are supplied-Ju; the following propor-| thons: Fsomythe jstates, 11.6 per cen' the federal ere 1.3 per ce the county, laneous sources, including income | ®envil Stark from sale of bonds or short-time loans, 17 per cent. ‘The survey shows that of! all cities reporting 70 per cent do not{ receive a dollar fromthe, federal gov-| ernment. Teachers’ salaries aggregat- | ed $180,000,000, or 64 per cent of the} total of the current expenses of the: school. i 85 Per Cent for Buildings. i of capital outlay, aggre-| 54, to the total expen-| ‘The relati gating $51 ditures showed that nearly 85 per cent} of thro games last night from the was utilized on sites and, new bulld:) Yankees, losing the last game by one ings. A total of $1,341,000 was ex-| pin. pended for medical inspection and dental and nurse service in the 377] h cities named. The part of the total] Bauer rolled high game and: set. for expenditure spent for the altération| the Yankée team, 190 for the single and 516 for the set. and equipment. of old buildings was only 1.8 per cent. Commenting on this, “The smallness of this amount 1s of particular interest in connection with! report on school housing. conditions in American cities, Tliis report. shows that a large percentage of the. children | in the public schools are continually |: menaced by the unsanitary” “conditions | and fite hazards in many old school, buildings now in use. In Eastern cities’; the conditions are particularly bad.” The basis for the committee’s survey was an inquiry sent to the superintend- ents of schools in cities with popula. tions tn excess of 8,000, A LINE 0’ CHEER By Jolin Kendrick Bangs. THE WAY. HEN everything ts sald and done ‘The: Principles of Weshing- ton Are Beacon Lights to lead usion | To where true Freedom waits anon, In any clime, in any age, \ |] On any kina of mortal stage, Through Honor, Faith, ‘and self- : lessness, And courage in the face of Stress, ‘The road to Freedom Iles, and they Who travel it will find the way. (Copfright.) HE first breech-loading rifle, or rather, gun, belonged to Henry VHI of England, who had a matchlock of that type. Henry IV of France invented one for his army, but it. was not successful. The breech- louding type languished till the Civil war, which began with muzzle-loaders and ended with breech-loaders, proy- ing again that necessity is the mother of invention. i | i (Copyright.) Mother's Epistle. The following bit of rhyme? corre- spondence whieh a contributor sent us ig timely and we are glad to print it: “Dear John: We got here Monday night. (How cool thé sea breeze feels!) The yachts here are a pretty sight. (Where do you get your meals?) The hotel fare I can’t commend. | (We've joined the bathing throng.) | Be good till I get-back. (Please send | your salary right along.)” —Bosten | Dranscript. we Not Fair. “People who dé the least work at- | tract the most attention. ” “True, The man who rocks the boat Is‘always the one who is too lazy to help row it.”— Minneapolis Tribune. ~ When the frost is on: the ‘pumpkin and the fcdder’s in the shock, tie corn is in the jug. Logan . ih ‘ Sheridan tion the most efficient administrative! Sorisman | and educational results are obtained. | Wells e ; Divide less than income. ‘Dunn Melons McLean | Mercer per cent; local taxes, | Morton 65.4 per eae honrevenue or miscel- | Mountrail ' With The Bowlers | Ireland .. oe ‘ M, the committee said; a ssn ‘ Christy . L. Schneider . the findings of this committee in thelr| Joe Schneider .. | Totals Ayano 2 La soIsax : E 2 3 s - Ee 5 Fa & 5 5 5 m eb 5 8 5 5 2 3 g a 3 8 A 5 3 3 g 3 aMou 97,093 rib: DISTRICT winan Kden Valley .. ver 3910 28,528 40,957 28,867 | 38.578 20480 9,771 41,422 30,088 Kee US OO ..184 182 162) Walbert ... The M. B. 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