This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ...per cent. of the population. Furthermore, this discrepancy was not confined to any particular class, as in some states, the number of native whites of native parentage who were illiterate being.8 per cent. of the population in Kansas as against.6 per cent. in Nebraska. with other classes in proportion. Thus ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ...per cent. of the population. Furthermore, this discrepancy was not confined to any particular class, as in some states, the number of native whites of native parentage who were illiterate being.8 per cent. of the population in Kansas as against.6 per cent. in Nebraska. with other classes in proportion. Thus Nebraska makes a far better showing than her southern neighbor. And there are 15 other states in the country having a lower percentage of illiteracy than Kansas according to the official report. The proportion of illiteracy among native inhabitants is of peculiar significance since in some of the other states the high percentage of illiteracy is dependent upon the influx of foreigners who are too old and too ignorant to acquire an education. The explanation of the condition in Kansas is indicated by the relative number of children between the ages of six and twenty who attend school. The state capital, Topeka, may fairly be compared with the state capital of Nebraska, Lincoln, since these cities are almost the same in size, and the number of children of corresponding age practically the same--that is, 11,198 and 11,049, respectively. Of these, 6,829, or 61 per cent., attended school in Topeka, while in Lincoln there were 7,675, or 69.5 per cent., attending school. In other words, there were nearly a thousand less children attending school in Topeka than in Lincoln at a corresponding period--certainly a significant discrepancy between cities having a population of less than 45,000 inhabitants. These figures do not seem to substantiate the campaign orator's reiterations that Kansas had "closed the saloons and opened the school-house doors," at least as regards the educational portals. Moreover, there is evidence in the same government...
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