Minot High School - Searchlight Yearbook (Minot, ND)

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WIIIIIIIIHH HPllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllHNlNNNHNNNlllllllllllllllllillllllllillllllllllllllllll S 3 A R C H L I G H '.l.' HllllllllllllHHlllllHillllHillllilllllllillllllllllllllHllllllllllllllllHHNNHHHHNHllllllllllllllllllllllNHHHII' The American Accent in Education - . America is the most cosmopolitan of all nat.,o tinguish the ancestry of one another by the pronu Further than this we can distinguish the par others come by their dialect and their accent. In the last year or two there seems to have acterizes all too many Americans as they attemp 1 I-Ieretofore, the educators, especially, have bee explaining that it means the leading out of a them. The recent pronunciation, affected by the new the heavy accent on the ducat. And it appears tk out of the ducats from the pockets of the poor hel True it is that these ducats are necessary true it is that each year America is spending mor preceding year. But there are several questions that may ri old Latin derivative word be too definitely Angli For the sake of brevity, the questions pertaini answered in tabular form. FIRST QUESTION: DO AMERICAN S It is true that in 1920 the American public dollars as against one hundred forty million dol whether this be too much or too little is best consid ns and most of us are able to dis- nc-lation of our common words. t of the United States from which tpeen developing an accent that char- to say the single word educating , speaking the word as ed-u-cat-ing , iihild's native powers, and developing accent, is this: e-ducat-ing -with a 1 G4 ' t the woxd now means the leading pless tax payer . to operate the public schools. And e money for education than in any Zvhtly be considered before this good ized. ng to this American accent must be CHOOLS COST TOO MUCH? schools spent one thousand million lars of thirty years before. But ered as a matter of comparison. In 1920 some national expenditures were these: a. Movies ....................... b. Autos --- c. Tobacco .... d. Education .... e. Candy ...... f. Soft drinks ................... And who can sa that movies are worth seve Y tobacco twice as much, with candy and cosmetics SECOND QUESTION: HOW DID AMER The difference between the S1,045,000,000 in J explained by these three factors: fab Increased attendance accounted for- tbl Depreciation of dollar power ...... I ich The remainder allows but 2:51 per day Only 294C a day to make schools better than th no one can call America extravagant in its expendi --- ..... s7,700,700,000 3,500,000,000 2,200,000,000 1,045,000,000 1,000,000,000 1,100,000,000 n times as much as education, and of like value? ICA SPEND THIS BILLION? .920 and the S140,000,000 in 1890 is ------------------s195,304,333 ------------------ 638,040,991 per pupil for school betterment. ey were thirty years ago! Assuredly tures for schools. HlllIHHIHH!lIIIIIIIIIIIHWHHHHlHlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIIUHHHV!NNNHHHIIIIEIIIIHHlllllllllllllilllililil 1 9 2 3 ll1lil!!llllllllllllllllilllllllllillllHWlllllllHWllllllliillllllllllWHNHilllHHHMHIIIIIIIIIIIEWHlHHHHHHHHIHIIIHIH

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illliillllill HillilllillillIlllllliilliilliliilllHMlllillllllllllllilllllliHHNHHNHllllllllliillllllliliillHNHHMWHI S E A It 0 I! L I G H 'I' IiiliililllllllllllllHIlliHlllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllllllllllllllllllll' U: THIRD QUESTION: ARE SCHOOLS MAKING TOO HEAVY DEMANDS ON THE NATIONAL INCOME? In 1910 the schools were receiving 51.35 out of each 5100.00 of the national income. In 1920 they received 51.49. In the years between figures facillate, but at no time did the share amount to more than 51.68. 119151 Assuredly the schools have not been making unduly heavy demands during the last few years then. F ther during the year before the war when the schools .were receiving 51.67, ur , all taxes amount to 56.40 out of the hundred dollars of national income. At the close 35 h t b d of the war, when the schools share had gone down from 51.67 to 51. , t e ax ur en had shifted from the former 56.40 to 517.00. In other words, the causes of heavy tax burdens must not be laid at the door of the public school! FOURTH QUESTION: WHAT ABOUT SCHOOLS AND LUXURIES IN NORTH DAKOTA ? The Tax Commissioner's Report for 1921 shows these highly interesting figures: Cal Per capita costs for schools ................... 5 19.72 tbl Per capita costs for luxuries and non-essentials 29.74 ici Per capita investment in automobiles .......... 152.42 FIFTH QUESTION: IS NORTH DAKOTA EXTRAVAGANT IN ITS SCHOOL EXPENDITURES ? The increase of school expenditures of 1920 over those of 1910 for several states is as follows: Minnesota ........................... tab tbl North Dakota -- ici Iowa .......... Cdl California ..... fel South Dakota .... ffl Utah ............ ig? Montana ............................ 179 yr 183 'W' 192711 201 'W 203W 26970 363 70 Attention need but be called to Montana, whose crop conditions, whose age as a state, whose very life and citizenry is almost identical with our own, to make us realize that our increase has been very conservative indeed. SIXTH QUESTION: CAN NORTH DAKOTA AFFORD T0 MAINTAIN ITS SCHOOLS 7 Increase in wealth from 1904 to 1912 and estimated to 1920: tai Increase in national wealth .......................... 42.5fZ, tbl Increase in wealth of North Central Division of States 42.491 fcj Increase in wealth of North Dakota .................. 65.4170 Amount of wealth back of every teacher, in 1920: Lai In the United States .................. .... 5 359,278.00 tbl In North Central Division of States ................ 354,538.00 ici In North Dakota ................................ 391,347.00 Of course North Dakota can afford to maintain its excellent schools. llHillllllllllllIlllIlIIIlIIIIIIllIIIlllllilllllllllllllillllHlllHlllIIIIllllIllIlllIl1IllIIiIII1lllllllllllllllllllllllliNHllllllillllllllll 1 9 2 3 lll111IIIlll1IlHIIIIIIIiIIII!IIIIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!IIIIIIIIIIIllIIl1lllllillIHIIIIIIIIIIillIillllllllllllllllllillllIIIIIIIIIIIIIII