Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-04-14

vncbbn,, and our m~ouuiain region. we eo"'
,,er4 b,n, i, our friends IN ,hal quarter, as a sen
tienan o; coareou> and disnited Barring ~ -
well versed in tue grand sahjecto OF a eene'a' ~
fusion Of educaron, OF which be Is an eAPe-
iienced and jealous advocate.
While on his subject, We extract rom '"e =
Y. Evening Post an interesting syncPsiS Oh -
practically beneficial operation Of me system :
Common Schools in The Empire Stale. "
m.ral %picto.e, worthy Of limitation oy e''' -
tion OF the Union. an.
n New York. The School Fund was originally
! formed on, of The proceeds Of The sales OF me
public lands. Each county and scnooi ''si'''
| in order 10 avail itself OF lis benefits, mas 70 faise
by taxation. wilhic It's own limits, sun equai"
VIVA, i, receives from The general Sc-ooi trnd.
This i, The general principle OF inc new io'A
system. We deem i; useless 10 enieF INTO COZ
lateral details:
COMMON SCHOOLS IN THE STATE.
The Snoprin,enden. q. The Common Schools
Las made lis annual report, which contains a
orea, deal OF valuable intottnailOn, 5nt IS To-
loro 10 he transferred 10 our columns. We
abridee. however, .ome pats ol u. 10 ms hUy-
nine urcaniz,d counties IN lie State, there were
on The frs, day Of july, lsl3, nine hundred ana
eleven towns and wards, conia'nlhS l,Vio schOo'
districts. HE school houses OF whic. were SUI
s,ed w;thin ne ;own or gard; S,ii9 shoie dis
lric,s in The towns and wards, and o,5ll paris q
Joint districts COMPOSED Of appointing towns.
The whole number "of unincorpora,ed Select
and nriya,e schools returned in 1871 was 2,OU6
Whole number reported in 1915 IS i,9oi
Decrease il one year Of private schools %
The whoie aggregate Of The common ana
select and private schools in The STATE on me Isl
day Of July, 1915. as appears by abstract ., was
1899.
he 3Is, dav Of December, 1914, between The
noes or 5 And l6. was G90,9ll
Deduc, number reported ior The city and
county Of New io!k 'o,Voo
GaO,9l4
The whole number reported for he year
ending on The 3lsl day of December,
1913. exclusive If the Civ Of New
York, from which 20 returns had heen
received al Inc date 4! the report from
this department., was oil,oio
Increase in lie State in 1874, exclusiyeot
he CITY ofNew York 9oon
The whole numhe. al Children Of al age
,aoght during The year lsi4 in all he common
.ahon,s of n, Sta,e. including tie civ cf New
S wn0I. :. 136,vi5
RE rnn,bsr instructed Curing he year
= go 'nt;no $50 or ;or he civ OF
~ VI was 1921 $50
Ne" i~"' "" -
~ a,r;,o n. vear Istl 26Ss9
To nnnlsr ~ children instructed in the city
me NUM-" W"1k W. w,s 20 3l3 in lsll-hencc rear
y. no whole 81 Inc increase bcye stcled has
,st.a, ,.oa IN scbool> IN -dhsr par;s al The Stale.
taken place " SLnoo'. ~ ,.';, 80 cond',;nn ., ,he
schools since 1873 TO The p'ssen mn I!'"s j. !, gwen.
rom wa'eh y dppea, n.,, :" v,s,a0 loG and
. h'ni.I anmh.r W. AZ 015 STRIVING an in.
crease i" 'we"y-oi,r va..- q 595'9S H. AID .ha a.
80 ao,i,,.,n 49, tr,. ano untsr sixteen
- ~. !, IL 3:Sr;c.s ,enorr,d IN
wears ~ az, 80. ~ : I" :" s,nat. ,h,f E,
lSio' WAS ! - ~, a''l 'a' nn no,, =. 49,
d'eh reported ~ 'oif va o'o'oii' s3i g., ,nd
an average o ls,os5 ior each year. TTne whoe
portions OF ne year 1871 vas 30 80
IN me yeat 1911 M nuihoei lhs,,ue.t = 80
olo, shnWinSan increase "u''ns '",s ~. ps''o'
oi l5i 29b, ana an Average ioi ,nlee .ea'sN
brtWpen five and sixteen Yeas Tor iNe Same