Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-10-11
EDUCATION.
Report of the Commissioner for 1850
Varied Institutions of Learning.
Large Increase in Attendance Since
Last Report.

of Education for 1889, just issued, in addi-
tion to the account of educational affairs
for the year, furnishes valuable figures for
comparison with the first year of the preced-
ing decade. The work of the office has in
creased considerably, as shown by the fact
that, while in 1871 there were but 2,ool edu-
cational institutions and systems in CORES
pondence with it, in 1889 there were s,@3l
such From the statistics reported IL ap-
pears that in 1871 twenty-nine States re-
ported a school population of 9,6&,Wa, white
in 1880 the thirty eight States and eight Ter
ritories reported a total of ID, 53S, 9Sl The
number enrolled in the public schools
twenty eight States only reporting for ISL,
was Il, 80 { ~, while for $50 il was q, Isl ; ],
all the States and Territories reporting this
item. Twenty-Five States reported the NUN
her IN Iii,y attendance in 1871 as J, ,tti, ,'S3,
while in 1850 thirty-four States and eight
Territories reported il rs 5,S5,32. In
tweuty-six States the total number of teach
ers was given as 1868 in 1871, and IN all the
J States and Territories as IS, q m 1889, dt-
yided i'm the former case into 66, ,aI9 men aud
lG3, 1L3 women and in the latter into ll6, IL
men and 1867 women; only twenty -four
| Stats reporting the teachers separately in
the first year, and thirty five States and
! eight Territories in the latter.
! ISL by thirty States was s6i ,5,B9l9, while
! i'm lSSI-all the States and Territories report
! iu2 it was sS3 "a ,2239, with an expenditure
| in 1871 by twenty-four States OF S6l ,lIN,23o
| and in 1880 by all the States and Territories
| of $50 0}2 S;,S or an expenditure for each
| child of school age varying from vi cents in
! Alabama to Sll9l in Massachusetts, and for
each one in average attendance from So "a
in North Carolina to s-7.35 in California The
! permanent school fund reported IN 1871 by
q a. Il bat ..f
1850 was sl22, ,S1s, $50 TIL s fund is composed
principally of the proceeds of grants and
| reservations of land to the States and Terri.
tories respectively, made by the United
States, and which are stated by Mr.. Thomas
| Donaldson in his valuable work, The Pub
| lie Domain, a." to be as follows.
From l7S5 to June 80, 1880:
Acres.
For public and common schools, esti-
mated sof,cJo,'is
For semnaries or universities, esti-
mated .......-.... $3.50
For agricultural and mechanical col ,.....
leyeS, 'sV'',''
To,a, .............. 77,Gso, ,i3g
The number OF pupils reported in private
schools in 1871 was SS1O in fourteen
States, and in 1850, in tweuty-one States and
four Territories, il was JiS, l30.
OF normal schools, or schools for prepar
ing teachers there has been a steady in
crease during the decade there being sixty
FIVE reported in ls1, with 4f5 instructors
! and 1892 students and DO in 1881, witt
,iG6 instructors and i3,0i7 students, ol
whom 9E3 and -, 1ss5 respectively were In lW
. public normals and 5f3 and 1881 respect
iyely were i'm IA private schools. The mum
; Der OF graduates in those supported by thu
public funds was :, ,9i3; in the private one
~ :.
, considerable advance Is shown in the insti
tutions for the higher instruction OF women
, Il ere being 1856 OF these reported in 1871
with I ,l63 teachers and IL, Ill pupils, and -
: in 1880 with =, ,34J teachers, - 1SJ students
25l 80 volumes in the libraries; grounds
baildings and apparatus valued at 9T
and an income of 31oo,S}l. The Commis
: sioner saws that progress is marked and sat
, is actory; that in 1870 the Michigan Univer
sity and the IIiino industrial Universit
. were opened to women, in 1877 Cornell AM
- tu.s U.tyarsty of Vermont, in 1853 BostO
- University: that Smith and Wellesley Col
lcres were organized in 1873 and that in lsa
@ the Harvard Annex for Women went int
:, operation
& Agricultural colleges or schools of scienc
have Increased from forty -ono in 1871, Wit
o ae} inst tiuctors aud 3,a3 students, :
J. eighty three, including the United safe
y Military and Naval Academies, in 1880, wit
|, a53 instructors and II ,5S4 students
! Ninety-four schools OF theology were r.
e ported in 1871, with 800 teachers and 81
/ students They increased during the decad
IL to l42. with 6i3 instructors and }, 242 student
l. trained in the tenets of twenty demon
nations, three of the schools being unset
~ tartan !.
" thirty in 1871, With 10 instructors and -;
:; students; in $50 the number was forty -eigh
A with 2..g instructors and 3, i3I students.
re Schools of medic ne have increased durir
y the decada from -, with ~ instructors ai
" 7Oi5 students To -. with | 90 instructo
and a. oOG students The number of @Jcg1
W lar" schools in 1871 was 81; in 1880 1t was
nc of ec'ectc. IN 1871, 4. in 1889, g.: home
W pash,c, in 1871, &; in 1880, IL; of dentaf,
y; ISL, y; in 1885, ii; oi pharnaeeutiea',
~ 1871 III; in 1880 IL
rs schools for the blind number 30, and ha
5S2 instructors and other emp oye, wi
g 2G;2 pupils There have been 9,31 inmlt
" of thee institutions since open ng.
a summary of institutions for the delf al
-, dumb shows that there were % reporte
le with AIS instruc. ois go beng SENT NUT
hg and q {; z under instruction the whole nul
~ n Der who have received instruction be ng 2
ne 5ll
y, or schools for feeble minded youth the
-, were IS in 1882 reporting iSj instructors
ny or n employees, and !, ,2.s inmates with
w tai of G5 dismissed improved since IN
'o' open ng
The amount of benefactions for educatiC
aI purposes during the wear 1850 reached
important figure of s5,5l3.yOl. This :,
was distributed among the different insti
lst tions rs follows:
Univ, rsitics and colleges 500
NO Schools Of Science. ce.................... ISL
100 Schools OF theology ol''
Schools OF law .....-.t,.......s...,,.,, -.
his Schools of medicine. 49,, ,...,..:....;... H.
Institutions for the superior instruction 80
ot women ..... 49,. :. '.',.'.,' ~ ~
He Preparatory schools .:,.......;;. ~ ~
ne Institutions fos secondary instruction: S6s
mt Institutions for the deaf and dumb and -
me bllnd = -. -. ,, a.