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Show ONE NEW SCHOOL BUILTEACH DAY That Is Average Growth of Higher Institutions in Past 28 Years WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 New high schools have been added to the Amerl can educational eystenl at the rate of at least one a day during the last 23 years. Statistics compiled by the federal bureau of education show that there are now more than 17,000 such schools an increase of 462 per cent over the number In 1890. Attendance figures from 14,000 of the schools give a total to-tal of 1,735,619 scholars, Indicating in effect that, one tenth of the population is getting high school education, the bureau states MAJORITY IS SMALL. Only 632 of the Bchools reporting to the bureau enroll 500 students each and 278 enroll over 1000. while one-half one-half of the 13.951 schools tabulated have en enrollment of between 27 and 100 students. City high schools constitute con-stitute less than 10 per cent ot the total. to-tal. They enroll 62 per cent of all students Almost 85 per cent of the high schools are rural with 40 per cent of the students. Aa 65 per cent of the schools offer ing a four-year course have terms of only 180 days during the year, a long er school term is ' unmistakably fore- shadowed." according to bureau offl-jclals. offl-jclals. The schools cost thousands of J dollars to erect and to utilize the prop-t prop-t erty for only 180 days a year is "bad, judgment," the statement said. GRADUATES INCREASE. The number of high school graduates gradu-ates has increased from 21.882 In 1890 to 224.367 in 1918. Considering the Incrcasp In population during this period, pe-riod, it is found that American youths re becoming over six times as well educated as they were. The state of Texas leads in percentage percent-age of high school graduates who continue con-tinue their studies In preparatory! school or college. North Carolina and Kentucky are second and third respectively The average high school principle,! 'the statistics show, receives $1,272 a , year, or about $iro a month for the; entirf year Principals of the District of Columbia, California, Arizona. Mas-, sachusetts and -New York receive the highest salaries in the order named, while Nebraska pays the lowest aver-1 ago salary In 1918 there were 81,034 high school teachers, as compared with 9120 In 1890. Since 1902 there has been a steady increase of women entering the profession and today only 34 ppr cent Ol all hlch school teachers are men The largest high school In'the United Unit-ed States Is the Polytechnic evning 1 high school, Los Angeles, Lai., with an enrollment of 8440 |