The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-08-17
The Peabody Esincatlo ION Fund.-.I,ro-
ceedlnan Of the sixth Aiinnnl Meet.

The Peabesiy Education Funti.-.I,ro-
ceedinGH of the sixth ANNUAL Meet.
ing OF Trustccs..:3sss III
Tho proceedings OF the sixth ANIMAL meet.
Ing of the trustees Of tile Peabody Eduea-
|tinn Fund, held at Boston, June 81, &c, and
q. have been published. The following Is u
sketch of tile report:
OF the board of sixteen ter.ons appointed
hy Mr.. Peabody in 1861 two hive since died,
Admiral Farngnt and William c. Riycs,
whose places have hecn filed by the election
| OF ). Watson, of Tennessee, and 4. III. TT.
Stuart, of Virginia and Mr.. f. A. Brad
ford resigned, and his. place has been filled
by the election Of General Richard Taylor, of
Louisiana. Twelve trustees were present
throughout the meeting, three Of the remain
ing four being now absent in Europe. 1t was
ordered that the annual meetings be held
| hereafter in New York, during the month of
July, the day to be fixed by the chairman,
Robert {. Winthrop, and the general agent,
DR.. Barnas Sears. after consultation with tie
menl',crs.
The long and interesting report of the
| general agent was read II is dated ut Stalln-
ton, Va, June 2ilh, 1872, and reviews the
educational work of the year in the States
where the Peabody education fund is appli-
cable. DR.. ScarS'S travels and correspond
eEcc give him an intimate knowledge OF the
legislation aud the practical efforts at organ
izin@ public instruction in the southern
States. He says that though The practical
application of the principle OF general edu-
cation by public authority and the adjust
ment of plans Of operation to the condition
and wants of the people. of each State are
susceptible of great Improvement and require
much consideration, the principle itself may
be considered rs pretty well settled. 1t is
only 4 question OF Time, then, until the South
shall have Il system of public instruction Of
which the whole country will be proud. AS
| DR.. Sears very carefully points out, there are
many difficulties yet 70 be overcome. The
legislation in many OF the states is crude;
the school fund in some has been plundered
by carpcl-haggcrS; in some places suitable
tuXcs cannot be levied owing to unrcpcllcd
statutes: in others the influential lawyers
! aud business men OF the county fight the tax
| levy Cor this purpose. Despite all these
| drawbacks Tie general agent of the Peabody
| education fuGd takes 4 hopeful view Of the
| matter.
The total amount appropriated in aid of
public instruction in the south since Feb
| rlmry, 1871, Is $l4l $50. DR.. Sears estimates
| the amount contributed 10y The people them.
selves at about 100000. 1t should BIZ re-
| marked in passing that by the terms of the
| bcqucst no moneys can bc and none have
been appropriated to amy college or academy
| or to any private, pay, OF Sectarlan school.
| Only those pnblic schools in opelatiOn.under
| the superintcndence of State and county
officials can claim any assistance from this
fund. The superintendent of public ill.,
structiOn in the various States act rs agents
| of PeabodS'S donation in their respective
bn fol il, tbn la nr6i no
| to which appropriations are made For we'll
regulated public schools continued about ten
months OF the year and having regular at
| tendance of not less than lu0 pupils ;verag
ing So per cent. the agent pays $500; $50
| pupils averaging 81 per cent, the agent pays
$50; 200 pupils averaging Sd per cent. the
| agent pays 5000; 30 pupils averaging 81 per
cent, tn" agent phys $500; 800 pupils lrcrag-
| ing 81 per cent, the agent pays 81 900.
virginia has Ill ,104 children between the
ages of five and tWcnty-one years of these
| $50. iG0 attend the public schools which have
| been organized With marvellous ripidity and
success since 1870. The cost Of the system
was, for the Year, 1851 ,iTo. Received from
The Peabody fund, $4,000.
NORTH C0rOiind.---Poor laws and poor
schools. Received Sl1 100 from this fund.
South CorOiind.-Number of children in
| the State between six and sixteen years OF
| age. 2CG ,Gl0. Of whom more than half are
| colorcd. Only &c, 05G attended public schools,
about one-llalf being cololed. The carpet
| baggcrs have stolen The school funds. Re-
ceivpd $500 from this fund.
Ge0rWd.--I.awS imperfect. Number of
children in public schools, Sn,GS0. Two
| thirds Of the State educational fund has been
diverted from its legitimate purpose. Re-
| ctived s. 600 from this fund.
Fioridu.-Appropriation Tor educational
| PURPOSES very small. Fourteen thousand
children arc now in the schools. The pros
poets are improving. Received $3.50 from
| this fund.
Alabama is tied hy lis constitution, which
gives Il kind of Polish veto Ia the Legislature
| over the action OF the Board Of Education.
| Received 5000 from his fund.-
| MtSsiSHppi.- -t hilircn Of The legal age to
attend school. 3Ol. 1872, Of whom H. 900 al
tend public schools. school laws faulty.
School fund, - ,000. 600, from which the
schools receive 40 bcEciit. Received from
this fund, $3.50
| Louisiana received $4,000 from this fund.
enormously stated ut 5000 in the report.
| Teras.-The new law relating TO pubic in
strlction very good. The school fund Of the
State l. larger than that OF any other southern
State. Ninety thousand children, or about
| onc-tlird Of the youth Of proper age, attend
schools. We find nothing appropriated from
| this fund last year, but ns the column does
not foot up properly. probably Texas IT,
ceiyed 4 donation.
ARKANSAS has been tc:lclliu" its teachers to
live on nothing and teach school besides.
The public school system does not thrive
under this training. Received $500 from
this fund.
| Tennessec-Waking up to its bad emil
hence in the ranks OF iIltciucy; received
S2G90O from this fund.
Hest litpinia.-Thc number of children
OF scholastic aye, lGG,, -, Of whom IG. j!GI
attend the public schools. The total eNpcn-
diturcS were S5TT,IlS, nearly half of which
WAS for School-hou>eS. Received from this
fund, 900.
/ y committee was appointed to see what
| measures were Necessary 10 recover the value
OF the Mississippi bonds in the hands CT the
trustees, which have never been rcpudiatcd
and yet never paid.
CHloEOFoRMISG SEA LIOaS.-Thcre is I'LL
Old salt hcrcahout> known Is Captain East
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