Price of Progress

Last year the U.S. spent an average of $213 on the education of each public school student. Local school boards paid their teachers an average salary of $3,080. In Geneva, Switzerland, last week, Earl J. McGrath, U.S. Commissioner of Education, reported these figures to the 14th International Conference on Public Education, and added some other facts on U.S. education:

CJ The school system is suffering an alarming loss of teachers to higher-paying posts in business, industry and Government service.

P:Teachers' training classes are disappearing from high-school programs as fast as the study of Greek.

P:English history, industrial history and nature study are being absorbed by more general courses.

P:The percentage of students studying "traditional" subjects (algebra, geometry, physics and Latin) decreased last year, as it has since 1915.

P:Physical education, typewriting, general mathematics (including arithmetic) and U.S. history showed the greatest percentage of increased enrollment.

P:Fifty new colleges set up shop last year.

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