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Show TAELE No. 2.-Statistics showing pupils, instrt~dors, cost, etc., of reform sclwob and indush-ial imt- for the Jiseal year 1899-1900, col2ated fmm i.elums to the Bureau of EawcQbima: Number of schools reported ............................. 80 Number of instructors ............................ 538 Number of pupils ....................................... 23,901 Vdue of buildings and grounds.. ........................ $17,504,444 Percapibcost ......................................... $732 Expenditures for buildings and repairs ................... $576,344 Per capita cost ......................................... $24 Salaries and other expenses, beingcost of running schools . $3,254,690 Per capita cost ......................................... 5136 Total expenditures for buildings, repairs, salaries, subsis+ e n , e tc ............................................. $3,831,034 Per capita cost ......................................... $160 For the purpose of comparison, the following table gives similar data relative to Indian schools for 1901-2: TABLEN O. 3.-Cmtper capita, number ofpupils, employees, etc., nt I n d k n achoolafor the fiPeal year ended June 90,19O?Z. Number ofschools ..................................... 249 Number of employees ................................. 2,289 Number of pupils ...................................... 24,757 Value of buildings (grounds excluded), about.. .......... $5,000, ODD Per capits. coat ........................ -1.. ............. $201 Expenditures for buildings and repairs, about ............ $600,000 Per capita cost ......................................... $24 Total expenditures for buildings, repairs, salaries, sobsist-ence, ete $3,437,785 Per eapits. cost .......... .'. ............................. $135 It will thus be seen, from the above tables, that the cost per capita at reform schools, etc., was $160 per annum, while at the Indian schools it was $138 for the same time. If the per capita at Indian schools is based upon average attendance instead of enrollment, which basis is under all conditions unfair and inaccurate, the cost at Indian schools will be $165, only $5 per capita more than at white institutions, where conditions are so totally different. These figures clearly dispose of the argument that Indian schools are expensive luxuries to the people for the benefit of the large number of Indian pupils educated therein. While it is true that many who are thus favored by the Government do not appreciate the advantages, yet the same argument applies with equal force to the white institutions referred to and even to our public schools, colleges, and universities. Education per se does not make a auccessful man or woman, or else there would not be the great host of failures in the world, but all things being equal it enhances the value of natural talents and develops latent capabilities, which would remain dormant were it not for the systematic training received. |
