New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 5, 1926, Page 12

ks - STATISTICS ON SCHOOLS OF STATE How Educational Systems Stand From Several Angles GEOF, B. MANNING of the N. B. Herald.) Aug. BY (Washington Bure: Washington, D. C., Connecticut's school system jumped | ifn two years from twentieth place to fourteenth place, according to a classification of the school systems of the 48 states and the District of Columbia made by D Phillips, chief of the Statistical Di- vision of the United States Bureau of Education. Dr. Phillips explained that findings were based on a sur made by use of the “index number method.” Items taken into consideration in reaching the conclusions, he were the percental lation from 5 to 1 e, in dally atten o ays attended by each to 17 s of age, inclusive; average Tumber of days on which schools were in session; percentage of the total enrollment in high schools; ratio of boys and girls in high schools; average expenditure per child attending the schools; average ependiture per teacher, employed; expenditure per pupil for purpos other than teach ; an expenditures per te ries. Connecticut was one of only four states in which the number of boys sxceeded. the numper. of girls in thp ~igh- 5Ch00l8, 8 2 necticut in this request was highest of .the/states, there 107.91 boys for every 100 the Cennecticut high schools. . The Nutmeg state also ranked very high in the average number of days in the sessions, being excelled only in Maryland, New Je Rhode Island, and New York equalled by Illinot According to ranking t hool necticut advanced from 24th to 23rd place between 1922 and 1924, the last year for which statistics are available. Connecticut’s rank in the diff jtems in this classification i in the average number of schools were in session: the average number of days his rage the boing girls in nother method of systems, Con- attend- ed by each child enrolled, and h\: the average annual salary of teach- ers. principals, and supervisors; twentieth in the total cost, exclud- . ing salaries, per pupil in average daily attendance; 21st in the ratio of the umber of children in average ,daily attendance; 22nd in the total amount expended per child “of school age; 27th In the percentase the high school enroliment is of the total enrollment rd in the percentage of illiteracy of persons over 10 years old in 1920, and 1n the percentage of high school gradu- ates their education the next yez duation; and 45th in the ratio of the number of stu dents taking cours es to the tc enmployed. According to the first method of classification. Connecticut’s index numbers in the different items were as follows, 100 being the ideal fig- ure in each case: Percentage of to- tal school population of years 5-17 fnciusive in daily attendance, 66.43; average days attended by each child 5-17 y old inclusive, 60.87 erage number of school days in s sion, 9 enrollment 41.43; ratio of boys and girls high schools, 107.91; average penditure per child atfending, 60.7 average expenditure per child of school age, 40.33; aver expendi- ture per teacher employed, 64.58; expenditures per pupil for purposes other than teachers' salaries, 53.20; expenditures per teacher for salarie 72.57. The gener: necticut's method of ¢ continuin after g her-training al number of tpichers total enrollment, in is of index number of Con- hool system, under this sification, 18 65.95, which is 6.44 higher than the index | number for the United St Groom-to-Be Drowns When Canoe Overturns | (P —TFred Forbes, t Lake Ro- oon at 0 oe with Jac- Athol, Aug. 4 about 40, was drowned hunta yesterday aft He was out in a ca queline Dinsmore of South Boston, whom he was to marry Saturday. They had been out but a few min- utes when they attempted to change seats and tl oc tipped over. Miss Dinsmore save Forbes sank instantly and t was recovered about § o'clock night by members of the Athol fire department, Forbes could not swim, Miss Dinsmore could swim a littlc The body Wi by Medical Examiner Dr. Rowker Forbes' first wife died years ago. He leaves thir the oldest seven ye He Starrett compa views smployed at toolmaker for five or Miss D six ¥ from Pelletier com- more cam two friends, Dorothy Flaherty, the party 1 the wedding Saturd out in a boz accid with 1 John tte er con me o Dover, Eng., - Barrett, struc [sl} wimming ting in stre rabelle wiming channel, good c tion, 1t does Yee) aht decide for several another at- has ha s in not d whe this 3 A tempt eral telegrams assistance, but nitely to any offer. TO END HER FAST Detroit, Aug (P —Mrs. Russell Scott. who is fasl publicly in a Detroit theater to the defense of her husband sentence to hang in Chicago, end the exhibition Monday, it announced today. Financial returns have been meager. Monday will mark the 30th day of the fast. She has lost 22 pounds in 24 days. rajse under win was Frank M. | \dthe_ratio for Con- | av- | percentage high school | ex- | but | body | last | financial | has not replied defi- | inds for | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1926. ADVISES ALL BEG | Wizard of Links Explains‘ T That He Learned Secret While Trying Up With” Hutchison. . ... of Succe: to “Keep Press herewith ther of a series of a ting national figures It is with Walter Hagen, lead- | ing profdssional golfer of the world written by Alan J. Gould, sports | (The presents a ticles illumir and their chi Associat sports an interview ight- d by | | | New York, Aug. 5 P—The dufers |in golt who are struggling to “break 1160 can make a long stride toward their goal if they will follow the Ivice of no less an han Walter Hagén, a X | The American professional cham- pion declares, “relaxaiion” is the one thing that every golfer should learn, | yet how many of them, know well the advantage of loose, supple | |muscles, tighten up and become as {stiff as a poker when they out [to hit the ball? This ruins more shots than any other one thing I can | | mention.” | In thus passing on, through the | Associated Press, what he regards as the most helpful of all hints he | ican give to, the inexperienced, Ha- n also strikes a keynote in the remarkable success of his own career. No_champion in game | takes it any easler than Hagen, who | {learned this lesson some years ago | in a disastrous attempt to ep | pace with the irrepressible veteran, |Jock Hutchison. | Met In Finals | “Jock and I met in the finals the first P. G. A. tournament ev held. Jock set off like a race-horse and I tried to gallap along with him |We covered the course in the as- nishing time of something like an hour and a half, but where Jock was used to that sort of thing I got into all kinds of trouble, hurried my hots, and, of course, lost the match. |That taught me to take it easier and | udy out the shots and many prob- sms that- present themselves | througlt -the-fairways and on the | greens. Another Good Lesson “Another lesson 1 learned | early,” Hagen went on, “was®t Gar- den City in the P. G. A. war reliet tournament, in which 1 was beaten by Jerry Travers, one of the best | amateurs that ever held a golf club. | I was 2 up on him at the ninth and Jerry seemed to be playing ragged golf. His teo shots were uncertain and he was struggling to keep up. I figured I had the match won, but Jerry suddenly camg to life and beat me out. “It is a bad idea to figure a match | won until it is over; the last puy | may be the deciding factor. I de- served defeat at t nds of bothk Hutchinson and Travers in the two instances T Tave told of, but T was able to profit by them both.” It has been these qualities of good ESTABLISHED 1859 WALTER HAGEN, NOTED GOLF STAR @ . .: ance. | matches e | ana | ting the club do the work d Friends—not just EXTRA SPECIAL LOW PRICES Cleans and whitens! w1 Crisco Iis pure, while suds raptdly release the dirt! Kirkman’'s Soap 5§ important to remember little ball will wait pa- on the tee until we bhit it. The Average Golfer ie average golfer swings as if cre afraid the ball is going to way. It is a remarkable thing baseball players accus- hitting a swiftly thrown h the intent to de- one much more nervous when facing an innocent little golf ball that has no other motive but to sit| still and await its master's pleas- ure.” “taking it easy” and ‘“taking ing for granted.” plus keen mination and a rare ability tome to his greatest heights in emergen- | cies, that have lifte® Hagen to the | pre-eminent position he holds the world’s foremost professionals. Aided by th ctors ove span of a dozer rs in major tournament competition, Hagen established himself as the greatest | “pinch hitter” in the game, ons of mest colorful and spectacular golf has ever known. He has won more “open” titles shattered more records and staged |i4 more flourishing finishes for victo- |tween match and medal play al- ries in that period tt v other | ways has amused me. There's only competitor. “Hagen s e kind of golf and that i¢ hitting links has become as famous to the |the hall from tee to green and hol- sports worid of today as was Garri- |ing in the cup. I play medal son's in horse racing ays, that is, in the sense of Neither the wildest rushes of the going out after pars in- leries nor the most excitin ad of trying to match shots with iations apparently ever t pponent. There s only one even tempo of Hagen's shot-maki play when cne or detract his attention from the notice of his opponent main purpose in hand—playing the is on the green where it game. He has a record of never ary to know whether one having been beaten in a play-off for o for the cup or play safe, an important title and many of his | ¢ n admission of weakness greatest triumphs have found him |for a golfer to insist that he cannot calm and concentrating. oblivious to Trateh golt it he' 1 au axvart td the nerve-wracking elements in | er because he always has situations which have caused many the privilege of playing medal play another star to “blow up.” olf in matche On thousands who have followed | «p Hagen's sensatio 1 feft an indelible impression o nity, evident not only in deliberate -~ character of h but also in his persons Always hatless and flects the on the links, from natty socks, car fully creased ‘“plus-four brightly hued sweater to his glis- tening, perfectly parted black hair. Classes It a Pleasure At the same time the man who |thi annually makes more than a presi- |t} dent's salary for taking in @ margin of 1p and 11 to go champlonships and axhibition hole match in Florida. In golf more as a and, Hagen triumphed over his business, a fact foremost British professional rival, Abe Mitchell, in another 72-hole battle ,but his latest victory, in the championship, was at sfroke competition and included a record-breaking card of 132 for the first 36 holes of the test. Altogether, since winning his fisrt American open crown in 1914, Ha- 1 to 1, hurled w ceive, are Hagen was reminded chitics have declared nlm match than medal player. 'hat’s one thing T'd Ilke to set olfers right on,” he declared. “The that there is any difference be- at many a better ers th years ago. | play a Iways T can look back on my medal championships most of my ce compe entire fleld rsonally lore pleasure \nds in open tch play because has been in str one has the ser to 1ebon fas plate Hagen of 3 view Hagen record sup- that, his main tri- mphs e been in stroke competi- tion although it also is true that some of his brilliant victories been at match play. rlier or instance, he trounced of golf, Bobby Jones, year e recent k rds pleasure than a \hich his freinds 1y responsibl: ed success. Hagen ness arrangements to his manager or his associates in varjous enter- prises, while he directs his own In- terest to the game, getting the ful benefit of the sport and in it as well as the competitive thrill, gen ‘has played in 64 open tourna- “What other advice would you ments of major importance here and give duffers besides urging relaga: |abroad, winning 24 of them. Thus tion?" Hagen was asked. e has emerged triumphant on an “There are a lot of things to be . of better than once in every considered besides hitting the: baikvs tournament efforts. He has he replied, “but unless we unbend |taken a golf title from every coun- Yelax they are mot worth |TY except Canada. 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