The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-12-04
PROGRESS OF EDUCATION.
ANIMAL Report Of the Com missioner
OF Education.

IT, rnitsN states Commissioner Of E,iuca-
ton bs- published his annual report for 1878.
from Which ~ extrac 1.-THE following. pertain
ing more e-reclaily To the Western and
Southern States NOtwiih.tand ng the di--
a-ter- which have fallen upon the Industries
Of the country be states that. on the whole.
the pat year Wa one OF substantial progress
n educational matters.
SOUTHERN STATES.
In Alabama. the Board Of Education has Ia
bored Under greater embarrassment, from
the dlihcuity Of securing from an impoyer-
i-net Fg1ple the needful fluids for the sup
port u free Schools
Arkan-A< ha- lAbored under similar en-
bkrrassneut With respect 10 funds. The
state certificates. with which fays- rud teach
er- have been too generally paid. having fall
en- . e.. thas half their face value. school
sessions have hsd 10 be cut down to three
mO1ths. and teachers unable 70 secure even
half their -alarie-. have very often abandoned
the profession OF left the state. Fifteen
towns have. however. organized town school,
systems, under a special act, snd in these the
schools are believed 70 be doing reasonably
well
Louisiana his struggled through the wear
under kindred rn-ncfal troubles with the two
neighhofing States just named. and A., BY an
unfortunate change in the school law Of
Texa-. the public -chool-system in that State
h.- been almost broken up. the outlook for
education In the Southwest l. not encourage
iDg- except IN Mississippi where opposition
20 the free -chOOl-sy stem seems TO have great
" diminished.
The rev state Superintendent Of Instrue-
ton 10 Florida reports an increase Of ifty-six
schools in f-13. making. with lI3 added In
ls7e- an addition Of Loo 70 the 33l previously
existent
Georgia. 2fter q cessation Of public-school
teaching for year Except in certain towns).
has sgAin Let her schools in operation. and an
earnest Superintendent l. doing obviously
hi- best % make the new effort a -ucre~s. In
the larger towns. school--ystems including all
zrsie- have been established. with. normal
Glasses every Saturday for the whole body OF
teachers In each town-f0e academies AID
hixh--eho0I-.
south Carolina shows an increase ofeS free
schools and Ia new -chooi-hou-es over lS12
with An additional -chool-attendsnce OF 7.42f.
and an additional expenditure OF s1l3.9sl. 3.
for public schools.
North Carolina has increased by about "A
Per cent her receipts for FIVE school, and
oy about I'D per cent the attendance Of
them
Kentucky has friends Of education who have
pressed forward. amending her school law
advancing the qualifications Of her teachers.
improving her -chOol-hou-es. and "a king steps
toward \ general education Of her colored
population.
In yfrxinia. though there has been a slight
ou IN I~Ctttt- anu expenditures Tor
school purposes. A. well as ia enrolment and
average Attendance. there are 5Ol new schools.
while graf number Of schOOl-hOuses built
during the year. and large increase in the
value u schuO-prOperty. combine with the
declarzti0ns Of both political parties in the
last canvass 70 show that the purpose Of the
people j. 20 build mp the public school system
sOllsiiy and permanently.
Tn returns from tennessee are imperfect.
Dut enough appears TO indirafe that the or
g1nizuion u the State system has gone
stsAilly forward under the direction Of the
Superintendent.
Missouri RIVER STATES.
ne system IN thee states J. essentially the
sane a. throughout the Northwest II Mis-
-our1- the OLDEST and greatest Of these States,
ne enrolment IN public schools l. 30 a5s out
% ssafa children q school age, and the
amount raised for the support OF schools 4
<l7sG3il
han.ss has i2l GO in her schools. out Of n
s-hcol population reaching only ISi.g57, and