The Public Schools

Aun Arbor's pride is in her public schools which are ahly eonducted and economically manage!. One of the intöresting tables in the 1893 report of the superintendent of public instruction showing the financial statistics of the city schools of the state, puts the per capita cost of education in the Ann Arbor schools at $20.17. This compares favorably with other cities in the state where the cost is as follows : Adrián, $19.91; Alpena, $22.84; Bay City, $ád.46; Coldwater, $19.55; Detroit, $25; Flint, $22.64; Grand Rapids, $21.12; Iron Mountain, $25.38; Kalamazoo, $1857; Lansing, $21.03; Manistee, $22.90; Monroe, $29.03; Mt. Clemens, $23; Muskegon, $25.45; Pontiac, $18.71; Ypsilanti, $20.20. This is an especial good showing when we consider the large number of foreign pupils in our schools. The high school with its 763 pupils is only exceeded in number by Detroit with its 1350 and Grand Rapids with 1215. We have more than Bay City aud Saginaw combined, and 30% more than Kalamazoo and Lansing combined. The graded school property of our city is estimated at $210,000, and of the $31,161.85 paid to the teachers, $11,337 representa the wages of the men and $19,824.85 the women's wages. In Washtenaw county there is paid to teachers $88,933.15, while the total expenses of the county schools is $119,384.61. Of the 178 school houses in Wushtenaw, 7 are stone, 65 are brick and 106 frame buildings.