The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-11-28

The twelfth annual report Of the
United States Commissioner Ot EdEca-
ton, Gen. John Eaton, Is vast reposi-
toFv of information, covering $40 pages
The reader will be surprised a. many
facts brought out. Notwithstanding
the comparatively recent introduction
Of the kindergarten, there were zIs Of
these valuable institutions in the United
States in 1851, having 676 instructors
and Il. .1O7 pupils. The increase IN one
year Is 5.236. Missouri leads all the
States, having no less than sixty kinder
gartens: New York comes next with 81,
Pennsyiyania 25, Massachusetts, 20, Hi
nois 19. California II, Alabama has one
at Marion; Delaware two At Whining
ton; Louisiana one at New Orleans, with
sixty-three pupils; Maryland, three at
Baltimore; North Carolina one at Char
lotte, one at WILMINGTON and two at
Raleigh; Virginia one each at Lynch
burg. Norfolk, Portsmouth and Rich
moEd.
Turning to the institutions for the
superior education of women, we tind q
better exhibit for the Southern States.
Out of total Of 231 institutions, bear
ing the designation Of university, col
lege, seminary, academy, institute,
athenaum, hall, temple, or school, and
containing about q 900 students, Ala
bama has nine, Delaware one, Georgia
fifteen. Kentucky eighteen, Louisiana
four, Clinton, Keachi, Mansfield, Min
donl, Maryland FIVE, Mississippi eight,
Missouri fifteen, North Carolina seyens
South Carolina i've, Tennessee sixteen,
Texas nine, Virginia twelve, and West
Virginia three--a total Of 12T institu-
tions, or more than half Of the whole
number. Moreover, 10,176 women are
attending colleges and universities
which permit co-education Of both sexes.
The disbursements from the Peabody
fund amounted to so, ,ST5, of which $l4,-
o25 was expended in teachers Institutes
and sle,O50 in Nashville scholarships.
The Peabody normal schools of Louis
lana received 81, 500 and the normal coli
lege at Nashville $4,000.
Two hundred and fifty-one cities, hay-
| ing in 1880 a population of 10,T51 SO,
expended in 1881 $26, ,760, TAI on schools,
employing 80, ,l55 teachers. The pupils
enrolled numbered ], ,73S, ,10S.
Three hundred and sixty-two unlver-
sities and colleges tthese however include
| five colleges for women, in New
| York State, which We counted in the
list for women above), have 4,S6l in.
structors and 62,435 students. Collegt
| Libraries contain 2,522, ,223 volumes, anc
society libraries 419,056.
Public libraries having more than SV'
volumes each number S,9SS, and haY'
1883, ,59S volumes.
Among the schools reporting are ~
normal, 85 of science, IA of theology
/ Al of law, I26 of medicine, dentistry an'
pharmacy, IL for training nurses, 51 70
| the deaf and dumb, 80 for the blind, /
for the feeble-minded, n reform schools
S54 homes and asylums for orphans an
dependent children. These figures shol
what vast mass of information regard
ing education the reader will have If h
| viii coax his congressman to give him
copy of Gen. Eaton's report.
| During that one year the amount G
!, donations and legacies in aid OF educi
ton reported to the bureau was 81 ,44O
224, Is not that a magnificent testimon
to the public spirit and good sense G
our wealthy classes? IN. o. Picayun