Show I SEVENTEEN MILLIONS 1 IN SCHOOLS OF THE UNION I WASHINGTON Oct 20 The Thc The annual report of oC the Commissioner of Education Education Education of oC tion just submitted to the Secretary the Interior shows that the grand total of 01 pupils elementary secondary and ancS higher both public and private in the United Sta States tes for for forthe the y yarl ar ended June 30 30 1901 was an an Increase of ot pupils over o the previous year Of or this number the tho enrollment of or pulls pu- pu IN In Institutions supported b by general gen gen- en eral anal arid and local taxes furnished by States and und municipalities w is as os the thc number repeated for the previous year ear Beside the these e ethere there were certain special Institutions like city ell evening schools business schools schools for Indians reform schools I schools conn connected with asylums lums schools for tor conkin cooking and Lud other special trades and vocations vocation enrolled nearly nearl halt half a million pupils Adding the enrollment in these special schools to that for general education the aggregate Is something over seventeen seventeen seven seven- teen and three-quarter three millions of or our population that received education lot for fora lota a a. longer lonser or 01 shorter period during the year car ending June The value of property used for public school purposes has rl risen en to from Crom in liO 1670 and the expenditures expenditures for or the common schools Including including In ing elementary and secondary schools but lut excluding all Institutions for 01 hl higher high high- h- h cr er education amounted to having risen to this sum from In 1870 In 1870 tho ho expenditures for tor or schools per capita of or the thc population was vas 16 the past year ear It was wa as 23 3 per capita of the population helm I hest that it ha has han ever evel been It Ita It a as aN an nn increase of 10 cents to each cach man woman and child o over or r the previous The average crage attendance ance of oC each pupil pupil pu pu- pu- pu pil for tor the tho entire number enrolled 9 OD 99 days dus for COl the year un an increase of 21 t 4 days dars over the previous year I |