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THE MORNING ' OREGON! AN, MONDAY, - JANUARY 2, 1922
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(PORTLAND LEADS WHOLE UNITED STATES IN PERCENTAGE OF HIGH SCHOOL
1 ENROLLMENT IN PROPORTION TO POPULATION AND SYSTEM'S GROWTH IS LARGE
i Polytechnic Branches Provide Opportunity for Boys and Girls to Learn Various Trades Simon Benson's $100,000 Gift, Applied by Board of Education, Yields
I Large Returns in Manhood Open-Air Building Houses Unique Classes New Construction Work Will Relieve Congestion.
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A GOOD school yystem Is a great
asset to a city. One of the first
questions parents ask when con
sidering tpovlng to another commu
nity Is, "Are the schools good?" Tort
land, in this respect, is well equipped
to satisfy prospective residents, for
although the schools are becoming
crowded, the quality of instruction
and the general school system com
pares favorably with those in much
larger cities.
Portland leads all cities of the
United States, for Instance, in the
percentage of high school enrollment
In proportion to the. total population
of the city.- Next In the list are Oak
land, Cal., and Seattle, Wash., thus
giving the Pacific coast high schools
a good rating In comparison with
other districts.
The high school attendance through
out the state has grown rapidly in
the last few years. There are today
about 175 high schools in Oregon,
giving four-year standard courses.
Each year, a large number o'f chil
dren who enter the grammar grades,
complete not only the eight ele
mentary grades, but finish high
school, as well. Statistics show thaf
77 per cent of all children who enter
the first grade In Portland schools
remain to finish the eighth grade.
More than 90 per cent of those who
are grammar grade graduates, finish
the high school work. It has been
estimated that about 60 per cent of
these students go on to college. This
is an exceptionally high percentage
for students taking up college and
university work.
The growth in Portland schools
during the last few years has been
immense. The normal growth is 5
per cent each year, but last year this
jumped to 8 per cent. There are at
the present time 9387 students In the
high schools of the city and 33,657 In
the grammar grades.
Specialization, which has been em
phasized so generally recently, has
been applied to the schools here with
favorable results. The Benson poly
technic school for boys and the trade
school for girls care for those who
desire this type of instruction, and the
high school of commerce equips boys
and girls for positions in the business
world.
The Benson polytechnic school has
won for Portland recognition through
out the country for the high type of
technical education which it gives to
boys. This school Is the outgrowth
of the Portland school of trades,
which started in 1908. with the pur
pose of aiding in equipping boys to
enter trades.
A great Impetus toward the at
tainment of the ideal technical hijrh
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school was given In 1915 when Simon
Benson of this city gave to the school
board 1100,040 for constructing a
building. An equal amount was ap
propriated by the school board and
now the building, with its many units
and excellently equipped shops, cared
for 1415 students, not counting those
who come for instruction at night.
This school is a model one of its
kind. A four-Year technical course
Is given, providing general training In
the fundamental trades. Courses in
English, mathematics and science- in
sure the boys' receiving a well
rounded education. The shops, which
contain thousands of dollars of valu
able machinery, include the foundry,
woodworking, blacksmlthlng, ma
chine, electric, gas engine, plumbing
and sheet metal and printing. The
school has a library, where much re
search work is accomplished, and
which contains a technical collection,
the gift of Mr. Benson.
The girls' polytechnic high school Is
handicapped by not having such ade
quate quarters as the boys' school,
but the attendance has increased rap
Idly. The school is of great service
to the housewives of the city and Its
courses In sewing, millinery and
cooking are always well attended.
. The enrollment at the Benson school
last year was nearly 1000 greater
than in 1916 and at the girls' trade
school, there were 500 more students
than five years before. That these
schools are fulfilling their mission is
indicated in the demand for graduates
and the ease with which the students
find positions after they have com
pleted the courses.
One of Portland's special schools is
a complete and adequate open air
school. It is the only one In the city
and serves to educate many types of
physically subnormal children. Ad
mittance examinations often reveal
the presence of physical defects,
which when removed make the child
but a temporary member. The school
accommodates 50 pupils, but a larger
number Is enrolled each year brought
up to normal and returned to their
former schools.
Seventy-seven schools house Port
land school children. Because no new
buildings were constructed from 1914
to 1921, a large number of portables
were put up to care for the Increase
in school population. Two hundred
of these portable buildings are now
being used.
The 3-mill levy voted In 1920 gave
to the school board about 950,000 to
be used for building purposes and
several new buildings are now In
process of construction. . The new
Buckman school, now being erected at
a cost of $325,000, will be completed
early In February. It will contain
26 classrooms, when completed, but 10
of these will not be finished, this year.
The Alameda school, which will be
completed In February, will be of the
one-story cottage type. It will cost
about J65.O0O Twelve rooms will be
constructed and later, 10 more added.
The Marysvllle school will be of this
same type, will cost $55,000 and will
be finished in about two months. Ten
rooms will be completed for the first
unit and the ultimate capacity will
be twice that size.
A third unit is being added to the
Hose City Park school at a cost of
$70,000. This Is fire-proof concrete
and brick construction work. The
unit will contain eight rooms.
The new James John high school,
which will bo a replica of the Frank
lin high school should be ready for
occupancy next September in time for
the fall term. It will cost $270,000
and will contain 18 classrooms and an
assembly hall.
All the high schools of the city, ex
cept the Lincoln, which is in a dis
trict in which the population is sta
tionary, are crowded to capacity. The
Jetferson high school has the largest
enrollment in the city, with 2063
pupils.
In harmony with the National Edu
cation association's programme, the
Portland schools are carrying out a
health education plan this year. Rob
ert A. Krohn, in charge of physical
training in the schools, has delivered
talks at assembly hour at all the
schools, urging the children to give
special attention to exercise, good
food and fresh air.
Many of the schools are equipped
with scales and the children are
weighed to see If they conform to the
weight schedules. The boys and girls
have been quick to respond to this
method of becoming physically fit
and proudly wear the tags, which
designate that they have gained a
certain numoer of pounds in a speci
fied length of time. The milk sta
tions at the schools have been a great
aid in helping the children to put on
weight.
A total of 13S1 teachers, principals
and supervisors have charge of edu
cating the youth of the city. Of this
number, 75 are principals, 18 of whom
teach part time.
The schools are putting forth every
ffort to educate the foreigners of the
city. Americanization classes are held
six months each year in terms of
three months each. Some of the for
eigners are hard to reach and .It is
estimated that there are about 10.000
in Portland, who cannot read or write
English. , Seven hundred are enrolled
In the ten night schools. The school
board will send a teacher to any com
munity house or building, where 15
foreigners are gathered, who desire
to learn English.
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Thus Portland Is Rapidly Settling the
Smoke Nuisance
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