Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 208, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 December 1925 — Page 3

THURSDAY,'DEC. 31, 1925

TOTAL SCHOOL ENROLLMENT IN STATE 668,733 i Includes Both Public and Parochial, According to Annual Report. Combining the public and parochial school enrollment of Indiana for the 1924-1925 school year, a total of 668,733 children were in'hc'hool in the State, acording to the annual report today of Dr. Henry Noble Sherwood, State superintendent of pubilc instruction. There were 630,696 pupils in the public schools during the school year, according to Dr. Sherwood. Os this number 316,193 were boys and 309,540 girls. N There were 118,896 students enrolled in high schools, 57,520 boys and 61,376 girls. The freshman class led the high school enrollment wi'.h 42,141 students, 20,904 boys and 21.237 girls. The majority of students who drop out of high school do so at the end of the first year, the report indicates, as there were only 31.238 students in the sophomore class, 15,064 boys and 16,174 girls. One-Half Drop Out

The enrollment for the third year of high school was 25,084. Os this number $12,035 were boys and 13,049 were girls. In the senior year there were 9,716 boys and 10,916 girls, a total of 20,433 students. Os those starting the high school course, approximately one-half discontinue before the senior year. Os the total high school enrollment 68,128 pupils were attending city schools, 41,691 township schools and 9,077 town schools. Elementary schools reported an enrollment of 608,837, with 258,673 boys and 248,164 girls. The first grade led the elementary field with 79,549 students. The enrollment dropped in the second grade to 64,282, but rose to 65,166 in the third grade and 66,270 in the fourth grade. A steady decline in the enrollment figures began in the fifth grade with 64,733, continued in the sixth grade with 61,668 and in the seventh grade with and reached its ebb-tide in the eighth grade with only 49,733 enrolled. Parochial schools show 38,037 pupils enrolled. Os this number, 35,225 were listed under elementary enrollment and the remainder under junior and senior high schools. In the parochial sohools there were 18,830 boys and 12,207 girls. Total enumeration on April 1 was 826,654. This included all persons between the ages of 6 and 21 years. The public schools are held accountable only for twelve years of this period, or approximately four-fifths of the total number enumerated. On this basis, the school attendance of the State was near 100 per cent. In addition to the elementary and high school enrollment figures, the report shows 11,800 pupils in the kindergarten and 4.963 pupils classified as “ungraded.” Total of graded pupils enrolled in 1924-1926 exceeded the number enrolled during the year 1923-1924 by 13,078. In providing education for the 630,696 public school pupils, a total of. $70,397,000 was expended by the State.

STORMS LASH LONDON Floods, Lightning and Fir© Do Heavy Damage on Tales. Bu United Prcng LONDON, Dec. 31.—Floods, lightning and fire wrought serious dam-, age and dislocation throughout the British Isles today. Many factories and dwellings were hurried when struck by lightning, and some towns were dark through crippling of their lighting plants by the storms. In the slums of London’s east end, a huge chimney of a poorhouse fell, burying forty aged men inma,tes, who were still abed. One man was killed and eight injured. BANDIT SUSPECT HELD Richmond Grocer Identities Man at Muneie. Bu United Preg.i MUNCIE, Ind., Dec. 31.—Frank Mears, 22, who, local police say, has a long prison record, is being held in' the jail here today pending furtheir identification as one of the baildits who robbed a grocery store in Richmond. Chester Long of Richmond identi'■fied Mears rs one of the men who robbed the store of which he is manager, and other Richmond clerks are coming here today In an effort to identify the man.

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BANK HEAD RE-ELECTED Officers and Directors of South Side Institution Also Chosen. Directors of South Side State Bank, 1125 S. Meridian St., recently purchased by the Fletcher Savings knd Trust Company, have elected John Lauck president for another year. Other officers are William Hart, vice president; L. A. Wiles, cashier and J. F. Davis, assistant. Philip P. Efroymson, William H. Doenges, Louis C. Engelking, George Fritz, John C. Vollrath, Lueppe D. Buenting, Herman Lohss, William Hart, and., John Lauck were reelected directors. Christmas club saving plan will be offered to patrons, Lauck announced. CARDINAL IS VERY WEAK Year-Old Prelate Sleeps Several Hours During Night. Bn United Press BRUSSELS, Dec. 31.—Cardinal Mercier, who was operated upon for a stomach ulcer this week, passed a good night, but was very weak today. The 74-year-old churchman slept several hours during the night. His physicians have prescribed a liquid diet. The Pope, it is learned, sent the Cardinal his benediction previous to the operation and also announced that he was holding a special mass for him. PIPE COSTS HER LIFE Woman Ignites Blanket Around Shoulder?; Burns to Death. Bu United Press LAFAYETTE, Ind., Dec. 31.—The habit of smoking a pipe cost the life of Mrs. Lucinda Bowman, 86, an inmate of the State Soldiers’ Home here. A blanket she had thrown about her shoulders caught fire from her pipe and she was fatally burned before two nurses could beat out the flames.

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G.O.P. MEETING WILL BE LARGE Due to an Increase of more than 350 in the number of delegates apportioned by the-State election board to the Republican party in Indiana, difficulty will be experienced In seating the next Republican State convention In Tomlinson Hall, it was predicted today. Based on the 1924 election vote.

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the apportionment gives the Republicans 1,705 delegates. In the Demo cratlc State convention there will he 1,318 delegates, twenty-six more than last year. , Exact date for the 1926 Republican State convention will be fixed at a meeting of the State committee In January. The Democratic State convention will be early in June. Marion County Republicans will have 235 delegates at the 1926 convention as against 119 In 1924. In 1924 the Democrats of Marlon County were represented by 111 delegates, while In 1926 the number will be 159.

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