Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 148, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1910 — Gain of Schools In State of Indiana Is 5,668. [ARTICLE]

Gain of Schools In State of Indiana Is 5,668.

The total school enumeration of the state for the year 1910 is 754,972, a gain of 5,668, as compared with the 1909 enumeration, according to the figures Just compiled in the office of the state superintendent of public instruction. The tendency of the country districts, the towns and smaller cities is to exhibit losses, while the larger cities show the gains. The chief increases in counties are in Marion, St. Joseph, Lake, Vigo, Laporte, Grant, Delaware, Vanderburg and Madison. Sixty-four counties in the state show a loss, while twentyeight show a gain. While there has been a gain, as compared with last year, the figures of 1910 are 9,706 lower than the 1908 figures an<L20,953 lower than the 1907 enumeration. Race suicide, a more careful enumeration and migration to the cities are assigned as the reasons the totals do not show up well compared with former years. The statistics have been tabulated at The state Superintendent's office according to townships, town and cities. The townships show a total of 401,967 persons of school age, a loss of 5,663 ar compared to a year ago. The towns show 56,027, a loss of 546, while the cities report an enumeration of 296,978, a gain of 11,877, the increase in the cities more than overbalancing the losses in towns and townships. The white males total 382,905; white females, 356,541; colored males, 7,834, and colored females, 7,692. Counties showing gains were Decatur, 104; Delaware, 537; Fayette, 110; Floyd, 41; Gibson, 156; Grant, 625; Harrison, 27; Henry, 101; Howard, 218; Knox, 9; Lagrange, 91; Lake, 1,208; Laporte, 738; Lawrence, 257; Newton, 16; Noble, 19; Pike, 9; Putnam, 62; Ripley, 116; Starke, 24; Vanderburg, 456; Vermillion, 71; Vigo, 1,028, and Wayne, 171. The loss in Jasper county is 71.