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| HOWARD UNIVERSITY.
Gr,at progress has been made during the Yea
In the Ternanency and usefulness OF the How
ard niVCr rsitv. 4 president has been secured
| IN the lcTson OF the Commissioner of thi
Eurt au, and able m,n have accepted vaToa
| ri"l' s>"s.lip>. one OF cur talented lawyer
| Hon. \. g. Riddle. ana the chief Inspector an
| ihe educational department. of this Bnrcau. q.
VI laligsion. esq. have been elected professors
| Al the law department. which already has a
class oi tv enty-cRe PROMISING yodmg men. Tn
| medical department. also. Is in Possession Of
worthy professors. with a small claS> of Students
| vine, Judging from the address of one of their
number at commenc, ment. will be an honor 20
| thc institution. The normal an preparatory
dtr'1rtmelt has moved into the new University
| buising, carrying all its students. to whom
I lialfN more Lave Since been added In spta pf
,yil prophecies. that splendied e,liiice aud the
aulacvnt doTlnit"rA building have stood firmly:
| he walls, with the Institution they shelter
| evidently growing stronger every ,tay.
This Institution. n report OF which ior the last
IA months l. fonnd under the head OF District
L of Columbia" closed it, first school wear with
| l'2 students. of tins total enrolment I39 were
i ln INC normal and preparatory department.; i'm
the classical course; in medicine and 81 i'm law.
An agricultural department il also attached
Trough not vet thoroughly organized, where the
| students are taught practical husbandry, with
daily work on the farm by which they earn a
| partial support. The normal department. as it,
name signifies, is devoted to the thorough pre-
/ raration OF teachers. model school is con-
| hected with this department, af0rding opportu-
mites for professional instruction and testing
the capabilities of students i'm the art OF teach
| ing. teachers certificate will be given to all
who finish the course and pass a satisfactory ex-
/ animation. The requisites for admission to the
i collegiate department. are the same as those
L usually prescribed by first-class colleges and
/ the course includes a period of four years of
/ three terms each. The charges are moderate
1 he law department embraces a course of two
Years, and Is intended to fit Young men to enter
at once upon professional life. The fees of this
department. are fixed at 40 per year. The med
ical department offers unusual advantages i'm its
| located upon the grounds Of the university,
where the theories of the recitation and lecture
i rooms are impressed by demonstrations in the
| hospital wards. Accommodations have been
| made for two hundred and forty students. The
| FACULTY OF this department is low complete and
prepared 10 give students thorough course.
Howard University already possesses most of the
requisites OF a first-class institution An en-
| owment OF all its departments has COM
| menced under encouraging auspices, and
the future OF the institution seems
| by the divine blessing full of promise.
Ii is designed to stand at the head of the entire
system cf freedmen : schools system arranged
in its nearly 500 secular schools, to rise by sue
/ cessiNe steps, through elementary studies and
l advancing grades, until We reach the forty nor
| mai and high schools, at the head OF which
l stands Howard University. Here the academic
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i graduates then lie carried forward into the
various professional studies, TO lit them for EN-
larged Influence as the trusted and safe leaders
| OF this great people. Some others Of our adj
vancod institutions are called colleges or univer-
| sities, and at some future time, we hope, NAV
merit the designation; but it Is apparent that AT
this capital of the nation, under the special care
| oI Cong,eas and the people, there should be inn
me'.iatelv this central wcll-furnished universi-
| ty. This purpose is indorsed by the more liberal
ana IntelliSent patrons OF the freedmen's educa-
l ton; With This view its appointments have been
l deter mined by the Commissioner-and its en-
do" "melits are rapidly becoming complete.
THE NATIONAL THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE AND
UNIVERSITY.
This institution has been doing a good work in
Washington. under the leadership OF Rev. q. NJ.
Il. King. A. NJ. The whole number of students
at this school during the year has been ninety;
the The illogical class consisting of thirty. The
schcol has three departments: theological, col
ltSlate. and normal. Its aim Is TO so educate
Young mt that, as preachers and teachers. they
may be thoroughly furnished for every good
work. The theological classes have had daily
exercises in eNegesis, course of lectures the
planting of the early church, and the evidences
OF Christianity. Plans of sermons have been
presented weekly and examined before the class,
with DISCUSSIONS on various subjects connected
with the Christian church. Glasses have also
been instructed i'm nearly all the branches taught
III our best academies, including the weekly en-
ereises in composition and defamation. A
number of teachers from this institution have
already gone forth into the field, and are labor
ing with the most gratifying success The friends
Oh TINS school have most generously sustained
Students Home, m connection with it, i'm which
twenty.three young men have provided for gra-
tuitOusy.
MARYLAND, DELAWARE AND WEST VIRGINIA.
Maryland is well advanced i'm the work. The
cities and large towns have excellent schools,
and constantly improving; public sentiment as
time advances and results are seen, turning in
their favor. i most heartily recommend that
IT be our great work to aid the societies TO open
as many schools as possible i'm MARY land and
Delaware during the coming year. In Delaware
and part OF Maryland the society and Bureau
agents together have acted a. pioneers i'm getting
up the schoOl-houses and starting the schools.
On what is called the western shore of Maryland
the Bureau has acted alone. From West Eir-
ginia 1t is supposed Bureau aid can soon be
wholly withdrawn. The people i'm the towns as
well as in the farming districts, are compare
tiyely thrifty, and the State has an impartial
school law, in general well administered at least
exceptions to such administration are rapidlv
passing away. Harper's Ferry and Martinsburg
cites have sent teachers. Money from the "Pea-
body fund.- has been given i'm aid of the public
schools of this State, ,colored schools being among
the number.
At the commencement of the school year i'm
Virginia, on account Of a disorganized condition
OF society, political agitations, and diminished
resources of benevolent associations North it
was feared that the cause of education would
founded, and the close of the year shows a steady
increase i'm the number of schools, teachers and
pupils, the development also of greater interest
in education among the masses This State has
LOW the nucleus Of a system of free public
schools which, under the liberal provisions Of
the constitution recently adopted. will become,
we hope, the bulwark Of this alci lent common
wealth, her safety and her pride; failure can
only result from being untrue to herself. The
reports show that our success in this work has
been largely attributable 90 increased help from
the General Government; but another important
feature has been the Development of spirit of
self-relianee among the freedmen, who i'm many
instances, have voluntarily undertaken the
support of schools. An increase during the wear
of fifty school buildings owned by freedmen alone
speaks volumes I'm testimony of their zeal.
NORTH CAROLINA
The work in this State has made gratifying
progress during the last term. in February the
superintendent reports a large increase as the
result OF unremitting energy and zeal. At that
time there was gain of IS schools, 16 teachers
and 3,a9 pupils, making total Of 10, ,635 pupils.
There was also an increase Of 25 Sabbath schools
1o4 teachers, and 3, ,32s pupils so that the whole
number under instruction in the State was
% ,33i.
SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA.