Smyrna times., 1872-02-28
Educational Progress of the Country.

From the report or the u. >. Commissioner
of Education, MIR. Eaton, the following facts
are given.
There are signs of progress toward univer-
salty of elementary education. Numerous
expedients have been tried to accomplish this
object. During the year, Michigan, Texas and
New Hampshire, seeking to reach this result,
have enacted laws enforcing the education, in
some manner, of every child of sound mind and
body. The same proposition has been
earnestly discussed in other States.
There are 368 Colleges in the country, of
which % are under the supervision of States,
of city, and l Of the masonic fraternity
supervisory power over II is undetermined.
The remaining 26l are divided among the
several religious denominations, of which the
Roman Catholics have 81, the Baptists 50, the
Methodist Episcopal So, the Presbyterian %,
the Congregational 10, Protestant Episcopal
| l6, and the Lutheran l6. There are 1876 in
stitutiOns for the superior instruction of females
exclusively. The table of medical schools indi-
Gates 81 known as regular, 4 as eclectic, 2 as
botanic, as homeopathic, as dental, and
l6 as pharmaceutical, total, 94 The table
showing theological instruction in the country
gives the total number of institutions as H.
There are 40 law schools in the United States
The benefactiOns to educational objects by
private citizens are believed to be without a
parallel in any other country in the wOrd-a
total Of S. 435, 900. OF these individual dona-
tiOnS two were Of $l,000,000 or over; twenty
three were of 100000 and over; fifteen of
$4,000 and over; eleven OF $25, 900 and over
twenty of $4,000 and over and thirty-three
of S 900 and over.
In the following States no individual bene
factions amounting to 81, 900 were reported
Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida
Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Nebraska
Nevada, North Carolina, Texas and Wes
Virginia.
There are 81 normal schools, supported b!
% different States.
EDUCATION AND CRIME.
A table of ratios shows that there was, il
1870, one homicide to every 50, 900 people i
} the Northern States, one to every 1000 in tn
Pacific States and Territories, and one to ever
10000 in the the Southern States.
ln 1866 there were 1900 persons reporte
in the prisons of the United States; but tn
statistics on this subject are very imperfect
kept; prisons and retormatOries, in some part
G of the country, keeping no record OF th
intelligence OF the persons committed. L
: New England these statistics have, in som
cases, received considerable attention, and tn
able writer who furnishes the accompanyin
, paper, has drawn the following conclusions
: L. At least 50 per cent of the crime
New England is committed by those who hay
| UO cuuCdllOui VI uOuG SuluClcuI W oCINC CHC
j a valuable purpose in life In 1868, % pC
= cent. of all prisoners in the country we
. unable to read or write. From to per cen
j of the population of the United States comm
= 30 per cent. of all our crime, and less than Oh
fifth of one per cent. is committed by tho
70 who are educated.
20 20 ii. AS in New England, so throughout
of the country, from 80 to 90 per cent. ha
~ never learned any trade or mastered a
Of Of skilled labor; which leads to the conclusi
10 that education in labor bears the same raj
a to freedom from crime, as education
40 schools"
io Ill Not far from IS per cent of N
=. England crime is committed by persons
- foreign extraction. Therefore % per cent
~ ~ the population furnished IS per cent. of
bo criminals 1t is noticeable, however, ii
ho ''the immigrant coming hither with educate
hv m either in schools or labor, does not beta
~ ~ himself to crime"
Im w. From 80 to 90 per cent, of our Grill
vo nails connect their career of crime with
tar temperance.
ID sd V. In all the Juvenile reformatories 95
II cent Of the offenders come from idle, ignOra
ID vicious homes. Almost all children are tru
from school at the time of their commit
of and almost all are children of ignorant pareI
of These children furnish the future inmates
20 our prisons; for criminals are not made
some maIign hour; they grow. In the
or of these facts, what can be said but IL
,rs Ignorance breeds crime, education is
Of remedy for the crime that imperls us.