The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-11-28

EDUcA41oNAD E3HAus1os.-The follow.
ins ,sisfistics are from tho ;iio6m;no
report 10 the General Assembly y6f J. K.
Jillsons State Superintendent Of Educa-
aon, embracing the year ending June
3 Ehe ssehod .,atlsaSs o, Charleston
snow, dsst, an area OF six square miles: E
vs!uetton Of taxable property of sal.
06o, 487. There was no ossessment of
local or CITY school tax The soholastio
population is 12,727. OF which humber
$3.50 are solored. Number OF public
schools in Charleston, 4, School attend
ance. 5.068. Oolored, 1,746. School
session nine months In the year. No
sohool-houses have been erected In
Charleston during the year; there were
fonr previously erected at valuation of
100000. Number OF teachers employed
IN public schools, 68; meles, A; females.
o4 al OF whom are native whites, and to
which average monthly wages of. to
males $125. females $4G.14, are paid.
Inc total amount paid for school pur-
poses for Charleston IL $50, ,S25. 25.
Inc report shows the whole scholastic
population of the State to be 2O6. 61O. an
Increase since 1869 Of 9,43l scholars,
The scholastic attendance during the
year was 66, ,O56; the increase ii, this at
tendance since 1870 is 81, COS. In 1870.
the attendance was bnt 8O,448. The in :
crease during tho year, therefore, is more
than the whole attendance in 1870.
Ihere are 1888 free common schools.
and an increase in these of $40 since last
year. There are 46O school districts in
tne state. The report shows that !, 1874
OF the scholars are in the higher
branches OF study. Lust year, there
were but 513 of this class. In English
grammar, there are 7.014. against 1929
Tor last year; there is corresponding
increase in the other studies, and in some
OF the branches three times the number.
This does not include the city of Charles
con, from whence no returns have been
received as to scholars studying in the
different branches.
1,e9o teachers are employed, of which
NUMBER 1, 1856 are males. and 713 fe-
males, and of which number. 447 are
oo!ored. The average monthly wages
paid these teachers is about $35. 1O4
have been erected during
the year. at the reported cost OF $18, ,254.
Ihe whole number Of sohool-houaes In
the state previously erected is 1874, the
x".ootAIn u LILO bACQ0 O6lnR, 6S given,
$189. 900.
There are two teachers Institutes re-
ported. One is in Orangeburg and one
in Spartanburg County. The State Su-
perintendent has issued fourteen oertifi.
Gates OF qualification to teachers.
The University has sixty-eight stu
dents, at an average cost of tuition to
the State OF $456 per anaum.
The public examination of the institu-
ton for denf, dumb and blind, at Cedar
Springs, Spartanburg County, was made
October 25th ult. This institution is
supported at an annual cost of SO, 138. 80.
There are now twenty-nine students
therein, whose tuition is set at $3.50 Der
annum.
The State Orphan Asylum, located in
has in charge Ia orphans,
OF which number, 70 are boys, 65 are
girls. All the primary branches are
taught at this institution. The cost for
the year was $13, ,46O.14.
The estimate for school purposes for
the next year is $425, ,415.2 20. This esti-
mate is made with the omission OF seven
Counties that have neglected to forwsrd
the necessary data 10 the State Superin-
tendent, and in ronnd numbers the esti-
mate is placed at $500, 900, if the school
officers Of these Counties had complied
with the law. rti-ll.l--'t