Duchesne Record | 1910-07-15 | Page 7 | Grandest of Grand Armies

GRANDEST OF GRAND ARMIES Estimated Census of 1910 Will Show School Population of Country as Using the census of 1900 as a basis of or calculation it is estimated that the census of or 1910 will show that the school population of the United States numbers numbers numbers num num- bers persons person The school army ten years ago was Of or that number persons were between the ages of five and nine and ranged from nine to fOUl fourteen teen years old About twelve per cent ol ot the whole number were from 15 to 17 years ears of age and five per cent were 18 is or upward Of all the children between the ages of ot five and nine reported in the census of 1900 only about one half attended attended attended at at- tended school of those ranging from nine to fourteen four fifths our fifths attended and of tho those e from Crom fifteen to seventeen en ena a little more than two fifths Upward of 90 per cent of the entire number were white A school army ot of for tor 1910 will be a national l asset worth having comments tho New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Mall It will constitute a more convincing demonstration of the country's country's coun try's resources and strength than an army of adults with rifles and cannon There is reason reason reason rea rea- son to believe that in addition to this growth in numerical strength the next next- census will show that this army has 1 improved ed in to quality I