Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-12-03

mented and more than the usual amount raised
by taxation.
Illinois shows a schoo population larger by
81 1875 than in 1872, a smaller enrolment in
schools, but an average attendance about the
same. Her school revenue, S9259, AL, has
been 81, 759 319 beyond that Of the preceding
year. .
Wisconsin, for a comparatively new State
vii bout the aid of large and wealthy cities,
has raised for school purposes 81, 62S, OPT. and
expended for repairs OF school7houses S3O7,-
93z
Minnesota, out of 196, 975 children scattered
ovef her great surface, shows the fair proper
ton Of 125 $50 enrolled in her free schools,
with about 1858 more in pay schools. Dur
ing the past year 22S new school-houses have
been erected, at cost Of S203,Sl1. nj
Iowa reports "a, SIG, 6S8 raised to instruct
hool population numbering 491, 644, of
whom 347. 572 are enrolled in public schools,
aud 1915 in private ones. The sum of
81, 169, 954 has been expended in this State
in the erection of new school-houses and sup
ply of libraries and apparatus.
In Missouri the enrolment in public schools
is 3S9, 900 out of 673, i93 children OF school
age, and the amount raised for the support of
school is 81, 1908 14.
Kansas has 121 $50 in her schools out CT
school population reaching only 1874, $751; and
has devoted to the education OF this number
81, S63, 098, with S515, OIL for school buildings
and repairs, the increase of school-houses
for 1873 being 696, and that of enrolment
1907.
Nebraska, with school population OF 6s.-
l08, has on her school rolls 1892, and has
raised for school purposes S798, $50.
California justifies the general sense Of her
Importance by reporting school population
of al. 610 and q school enrolment OF 107, SOB,
her school revenue reaching S2,551, 799, or
about $3.50 for each enrolled child. Clear
evidence OF popular favor toward her public
schools comes in the fact that within eight
years Is, 294 children havo been transferred
from private schools to them.
Hopeful progress is manifest in the growth
or special schools for the training of teachers
for our public schools. Statistics are given of
113 normal schools and normal departments,
having S77 instructors and 16. 620 students.
Eleven of these were established or organized
in 1873, the most notable being the Massa-
chusetts State Normal Art School.
The Commissioner estimates the population
between the ages of 6 and 16 in the thirty
seven States and eleven Territories at about
10, 22S, 900.
E Allowing forty pupils to each teacher, the
number required to teach the youths between
6 and Is years Of age is estimated at $50, 600.
1t is estimated that the public school teachers
in Massachusetts, teach on an average three
be q high average for the whole country.
Hence, combining the estimate to the school
population between 6 and 16 years of age, the
number of new teachers which should be pre-
pared each year to take up the work would be
sc, 666.
The report presents summary of the sta
tistics of 1,039 schools for secondary instruc-
tion commonly denominated academies, SEM
inaries, Institutes etc., including college pre-
Tba IF insfr urfo
in these schools was 5748; number of stu
dents, 131, 057 total number of volumes in
library, 559, 1873.
The number of institutions for the superior
instruction OF women reporting in 1873, not
including the five colleges for women in the
State of New York, was 205, with ,l20 in
structors and "a 613 students 107 Of the num-
Der are designed as colleges, 6, 32l Of the stu
dents were in the preparatory departments,
1857 were reported to be in regular or ad-
| vanced courses of study, and ,025 in special
and postgraduate courses. The number OF
volumes reported in the libraries WAS 213,675.
The number of schools of science Gncluding
special scientific departments of universities)
embraced in the Commissioners tables Is s..
reporting $50 professors and instructors, G, S96
students in regular courses, 533 in special
courses, IS in postgraduate courses, 1, 426 in
preparatory sourses 163, 900 volumes in libra
ries about A, 600 volumes having been added
| 70 them during the year.
The number of schools Of theology in the
country, in 1878. was ITO, having 573 pro-
fessors and 1888 students; volumes in libra
ries, $50, 4S4 increase in libraries during the
year. Sc 800 volumes. The aggregate corpor-
ate property Of the schools, as far as reported,
was 81, 766, 1888; endowments, IS, 400, 097.
OF the ITO theological schools and theo-
States, 20 are Presbyterians, 16 Roman Cath
ole. 16 Baptists, IS Lutheran and Reformed,
10 Protestant Episcopal, 10 Methodist, 8 Con-
gregational, 2 unsectarian, and / each Uni
tartan. Morayian, New Jerusalem and Union
Evangelical.
There are in the United States 40 institu-
tons for the instruction Of deaf mutes. The
number Of instructors employed in them is
289. The number Of inmates under instruc-
ton in 1873 was 1884.
| The number Of asylums for the blind is
%, having 545 teachers. The number of in
mates under instruction during the year was
1915.
There are probably more than 400 institu.
| tons for orphans and homeless youths in this
country, sheltering not less than As, 600 peor
and unfortunate children. Information con-
| corning 178 Of these asylums is givenin the re-
port They were under the supervision and
care of /, 4S4 persons and contained over %,
900 inmates, most Of whom were probably un.
der instruction.
Inc number of institutions distinctively
known as reform schools which furnished in
formation for the bureau was 81. The mum.
Der Of commitments during the year was G,
85S. The number who received instruction ir
reading in the year was 1,675; number taught
to write, 1905 Number of volumes reported
in the libraries of these schools was 7,747.
The number Of instructors in all classes OF
educational institutions in 1870 according tC
the census was 22l ,042 number of pupils T..
209, 938. According to the Commissioners re
port there were in 1873, in all classes of in
i stitutions about which information was OBJ
tanned, Si6 932 teachers and S,723,94 pupils
L Indians.
The Hon. E. P. Smith, Commissioner of In
dian Affairs, has made his report to tn,
Secretary of the Interior. He discerns un
! mistakable evidences of advancing civiliza
ton among almost all of the aborigines. A
twenty-one agencies, Indians who. tire,
years ago, made no effort and showed no IN
4 cIination toward labor or education seem nov
! to have settled into an earnest purpose t.
learn to provide for themselves, and adopt |
civilized mode of life.
The Commissioner Classics the Indians
under three heads, for easier reference: ~.
/. Wild; tractable only to the extent of be
ing willing to take rations and blankets from
the government. -sssr ni.a ~es g f.
2. Indians actually undertaking labor, and
accepting more or less the assistance and di-
| rertion Of goyernment apents In thiA end