The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1867-07-18
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Michigan Educational Institutions..-.Ann
Arbor High SchOol..-Facts and Figures
ANN ARBoR, MIcHIGAN,)
IL as July 1st, 1857.


SSs IS July 1st, 1867.
EDITORS Palladium:
Michigan is more advanced in matters
Of education, than any other State in the
Union considering its age and popula-
tion.' Besides the University. with the
argcst number of students in this coun-5
try, situated at this place, the Normal
Institute at Ypsilanti, and the Agricult-
ural College at Lansing, the Methodist
Episcopal Church has college at Albion,
the Preshyterians have one at Olivet, the
Baptists a Female College at Kalamazoo,
the Free will Baptists a college at Hills
dale, and the Wesleyan Methodistsz one
at Adrian. ne ax.f ss.gtsa s.a -ses{+ fez 4vs
The Common School system is very
thorough, and there are fourishing High
Schools in Detroit, Flint, Niles. Jackson.
Saginaw and Ann Arbor. s1
II copy the following statements from
the catalogue Of the University of Mich
lgan; IT, sb1aod asR agomgacak odT
"The constitution of the State re-
quires of the Legislature TO provide for
and establish system of Primary
Schools, Whereby school shall be kept
without charge for tuition, at least three
months in1each year, in every school
district in the State Primary Schools,
therefore, are found in all the townships.
In the larger Villages, or wherever the
people are sufficiently enterprising it is
customary to unite two or more School
Districts into one, and establish, Union
Schools, in which number of teachers
may be employ ed, and by combination
OF material and asdivision of labor, all
the advantages Of a Classical and Scien
,tific. Academy. or Preparatory School
for the University, may be enjoyed,
s.s The citizens of this town have, it APP
pears, been ..sssuficiently3 enterprising' y
to put, in operation a most admirable
common school systemsf-> 49,. So
The children in the five Ward Schools
are divided into three grades, and have
an appropriate course of study, occupy
ing two years fol. each grade. The num-
Der of pupils in these grades was, re-
spectively,, $50, $50, and $780, of which
number but 2 were non-residents. The
number between the ages Of five and ten
years, were 500; between ten and fifteen,
$50 bHoTo ota5 slt 15ia as@s s7aa / +
Having completed the course Of study
in these Primary Schools, the pupils are
advanced to the Grammar School, which
is also divided into titles grades, each
continuing through one year. Here the
course is much similar to that pursued
in schools of this grade in Richmond.
I - The report of the Board, shows that
the number of pupils was, in the Male
Department, ITO; between the ages of
/ ten and fifteen, 95. non residents, 1. In
the Female Department., 40; between
ten and fifteen, $50.
The course in the High School COM
prises two Departments the English
and the Classical, extending over a peri
od Of three years in the former and four
years in the latter" The course for the
first year in the English Department,
embraces Algebra, English Analysis,
U. s.. History, Writing, Physiology,
2 Arithmetic, Physical Geography, Read
ing and Spelling; second year, Arith-
m etc, History, Geometry, Natural Ply
losophy, Algebra third year, Algebra,
Rhetoric, Chemistry, English Literature,
intellectual Philosophy, Moral Science,
and Botany, and Trigonom etry and Sur
Z veying, Optional for ladies. Book keep
ing any year during tho scourse.5aaav 8
F'sa The Classical Course, first year, First
Latin Book. Algebra, Geography; second
year, Latin Reader and Latin Grammar,
First Lessons in Greek, Higher Arith-
metic, English Grammar third year,
i Caesar and Latin Grammar. Greek, Eng
I lash Grammar, Cicero and Latin Prose
+ Composition, High School and Ancient
| Geography; fourth year, Virgil, Keno
| sphon, etc., English Analysis, Algebra.
French and German elective for any two
years. i'o 9si 10 Oh ~ ~ taat sdHiaJ f.
I have given this synopsis. because
the course ia this school is pronounced
the best in the State.od The Classical
| Course is more extended than is requir-
! eel in Common Schools, rs this school is
used as z" fitting senc OIL for the Uni
/ versity. By shortening the classics, es,
/ pecially Greek, and substituting Geolo-
/ gy, Astronomy, Political Science. and
| other branches, a most excellent train
ing would be furnished yea, 81 VI
/ The past year there Wee 239 in the
Male Department of whom ITO were
non residents. In the Female Depart
ment were 16O, of whom 81 were non
residents. The whole number Of pupils
in the Public School, last year, was 1922
/ Many Of the friends of Education il
Indiana have objected to expanding the
public, money in teaching the higher
branches, This objection is obviated
here, by charging tuition fee, as fol
4 loxrc 2 rosidont studants In En- oil j