Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1851-08-28
Board of Education.

We have received from the Secretary, Hon.
E. NJ. Thurston, the fifth annual report of this
Board, for 1851. 1t is a document of 1862 pag-
es, and contains the Reports of the Board and
Secretary, and an appendix containing statis-
tics of the number of school districts, wages of
teachers, number of school-houses, and aver
age length of terms in every town in the State,
together with a large number of drawings of
improved school-houses, seats and desks.
The Secretary's report is a valuable docu-
ment, and contains fund Of information and
suggestion worthy of attention. The follow
ing condensed view we copy from the Halo
well Gazette - .--'Ht.sI r. r.7s- a.ufl .
"Of the 377 incorporated towns in the State,
359 have made returns for the school year end
ing April 1851. In these towns, S264 1851 II
were raised for schools the past year. In the
State are 4,500 school-dstricts and parts of
districts, and the number of teachers employed
in the public schools the vast year was 6,627
Of these 2,706 were males, and 1921 ie-
males. The whole number of children in the
State between four and twenty-one years of
age, is about t,co hundred and forty thousand /,
The number of inhabitants in the State dest-
tute of any means of public instruction, the
hardy pioneers Of the forests, is estimated at
10000. The Secretary thinks those benevo-
lent individuals who are giving their money to
send teachers 10 the valley of the Mississippi,
had better change the field of their operations,
and concentrate their efforts upon the destitute
portions Of our own State. A very proper
suggestion. ...,......, ..... i.... ,..l.
The report contains large amount of infor-
nation in relation TO the incorporated schools
OF the State, which we have never before seen
in print. Ninety-seven acts of incorporation
have been granted for schools in Maine, EN-
bracing two colleges, two theological semina-
ries, one medical establishment and ninety-two
academies. Twenty interpretations re-
main dead or imperative. The amount given
by the State TO academies is $40, 500 in money
and SIC ,955 acres of land. The proceeds of
land granted TO academies by the State, is
nearly twice as large as that having arisen
from land set apart for public schools. In the
former case The money is applied TO the edu
cation of 3,61s scholars; In the latter, TO the
education Of 100000. ......... ~. t......
Wateryllle College was chartered in 1920
The institution has received from the State
-.OtO dCttS ol dIu Slf,OuO III uOuey
The whole amount of property under the con-
troll of the trustees is S6S 900. OF this sum,
500 500 have been received from the State,
and S2S, 800 from individual contributions
Six per cent. interest on the property of the
college amounts TO "a 0S0.
Bowdoin College at Brunswick, was incor-
porated in 1894. The medical department
connected with the College was legalized in
1921. The College has received from the
State eight townships of land and S33 900 in
money. The medical school has received from
the same source Sl5,5IO 95 in money. Total
amount of property under the control of the
trustees, Sl5S,500 Six per cent. interest
amounts 10 SS,3l0.
The Theological School at Bangor is the
only divinity school in the State. 1t was in
corporated by the legislature of Massachusetts
in 1914, and its real estate and personal prop
erty amount to Sal ,245-the contributions Of
individual mun6cence. The tuition is free