The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-04-24

| EDUCATION IN ROME.-We find the follow.
ing educational statistics in the Roman letter
of the Dublin Frceman's Journal After refer
ring to the increase of population, he says:
The educational and charitable statistics are
still more interesting There are twenty-five
ecclesiastical colleges and seminaries, in which
the number of resident students is S41; in
some of these as in the Propaganda, and one
or two Others, or perhaps more, for on this par
ticular point the red book does not furnish in
formation, and am not myself perfectly GER
tain abont the matter, everything is supplied
gratuitously to the students. The number of
| students in the Irish College last year was
81; in the Scotch. 12; in the English, (there
from its founder, Pho fnglese, 81; in the North
American, 50; in the South American, 81; in
the Propaganda, 122. Besides these, there are
several lay colleges and boarding schools
in former letter that education IN the way of
lectures, etc, at the University, the Propa-
ganda and the Roman College was entirely
gratuitous. The number attending at these
valuable and learned lectures (given by some
OF the ablest professors in the WORLDLY in theol-
ogy, science classics, etc, was last year 1929
of whom 1900 attended at the Sapenza, and
1925 at the Roman College. There are consid-
erably over one hundred schools under the
care of Christian Brothers and other religious
confraternities for the imparting of elementary
education to male children, and in them graz
tnitons education is given to GAL pupils. Be-
sides these, there are private elementary male
schools, where a small charge is made, and in
these there are 1867 children. Now, for female
education. There between two and three
hundred schools for females, under the charge
for the most part of religions ssterhoods; in
these schools gratnitous education is given to
9444 girls, whilst 2724 pay for their instruction
and maintenance in the converts private
boarding schools in which they may be resid-
ing. 1t will thus be seen that the total num-
Der receiving gratuitous education in Rome in
1869 was 1854, paying for their education Gin
most cases with their support) 1921 making a
grand total of the pupils at school in college
1896. From what have already said, you
WILL of course, understand that q considerable
number of the gratuitously educated also
maintained. Your readers among
the Catholic clergy may take some interest in
u return furnished in one of the columns-it is
OF the number of those out of the entire popu-
lation sufficiently prepared and and instructed
to receive the Holy Communion. 1t fixes the
total number at 137 ,932, more than one in
every two of the gross population. The almost
numberless institutes of charity arc not sepa-
rately specified, but an incidental statistic re-
turns S75 men and 1915 women being entirely
provided for in o couple of special establish
ments. i may add that the population of
Rome has been steadily increasing every year
from 1860, when it was $780, 59, to 1869, when
it reached, as already mentioned, to 22O,5s2.
The returns are most satisfactorily drawn up,
the number of inhabitants in each parish, its
schools, and the charge under which they are
placed being all most clearly given.