New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-28
PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATION.
REPORT OF COMMISSIONER EATON.

PROGRESS OF EDUCATION IN THE STATES AND fER-
RIToREs-INcREAslSG TEACHERS Salaries.
lBT TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNg.l
WAsHINGTON, July 27.-The report of the
Commissioner Of Eiucaton Just % be distributed
is for the year 1sso33 tits volume of 1855 closely
printed pages. conanng bssds. the report proper Of
the Commissioner, an appendix, In which Is given abb
stract the reports OF the several States AMI Terrfo
ries and large OF statistical mforma; relative
TO every phase OF public and private instruction.
furnished by the heads OF academies colleges professional
schools While portion 81 the work Is main
" intended for reference merely 10 would seem that IL
perhaps needlessly minute the attention gives 70
small details As illustration of this. tabs
2 mag be cited This table gives the statistics of
city schools In seven separate divisions embracing
III columns. BY the summaries contained in the Com
missoners report itself It il shown that the number of
PERSONS in the Union Of legal school gc in 1892 was
16,2t3s22. The school varies widely In the several
states reaching twenty-ous years in a majority
Of them but ceasng at fifteen or sixteen In soma
OF those which rank arst in an educational point
Of view. The total enrolment In the puhc schools
tOOi3.s2G. Of whom 6.11s.33l attended daily,
but 10 should be- overlooked connection that
the duration Of school terms is widely different In
the states. being. for only G22 days In
North Carolina 65 IN Georgia i7G In New-York. lD2 In
NevIorsey and 100 IN Maryland. n the estimated
romeut IN private schools be added to the pupc school
enrolment given pb0ye. it appears that there Ia
l,4O
per cent of the legal school population and II pr cent ~
the population given IN the last n s In
ter--tng TO note that, Notwithstanding the unparalleled
enaion or elementary education In Grcnf britain
1870 lug gland aud wtesout " popul,ou ot about 29
900 900 enrolled IN public day schools only ilsnGl2 tho
average dtlY attendance there however Wa Joi0,lbL
ASUrwAnp rrSprNCy ~ rEACurH' sAIAHfrs.
The total numb ~ public school teachers rep reed n
the United states - 2U32 but he number
unqresiionnby includes many duplicates II
| much higher than tho number ~ ain rent
teachers employed. Their salaries ranged from
| s2l 81 month for whta teaol of both setes
Ia Alabama dho coored Teachers strange ~ say. res
ccivlns R2l s-D 10 s7B ~ for women ln Nevada and
| slO2 30 ior men In MaVichlsetts Whiiothe pay ~
TEACHER. uuqur,lnaby tno low 10 induce those por-
make teaohng profession who would most bene
| NJ tho schools ~ IL gratifying 10 observe that
there ID general upward tendency In teachers saarea
eighteen statcs reporting Increase Tor both setes
four increase FOR and scrrns Tor yumcn,
l6e sros, income for public schools ~. 20 Xxx M iss
Ing In the state OF NewYork alone. The estimated real
value Of school property WIS s2l0o62lV7 an Increase
G,%S ss@o nS 2sn Of GS' Gs %SO''SSP law. rsspcctns
compulsory education that have been passei In twenty
sta es nnd Territories, but only IN Two states Connoc-
ucut aud Ma-'achnsetts have effective means Tor ther
A tsSie giving tho comparative statistic. of educa-
u9n at the south shows that on Of or "a negro
number Of sO2,9s2 were enrolled and mat, while
| iu many states the percentage o. colorrd schoo!
|
whites in Florida, Texas aud the District OF 'olhblaW
greater Higher education for the coOrrd race pro.
yded for IN eighteen colleges and thiry pruess0nA
| schools.
| NORMAL SCHOOLS AND STUDY At HOME.
Under the head of Normal schools copous extracts are
given from an report by Dr. Mcclellan Inspector Of
High Schools IN Ontario. Canada, Normal school
instruction in the United states which he depued 10
study and report upon. The general opinion De derived
from hi, study will appear from the following: % Ihs
| Americans are progressive people thef lhVeuuVe
genius become prOyerb but they have never Ueen
| able TO discover royal road 10 learning, nor
| TO invent or annlhldung tlno
as necessary condition In producing culture:
They stat. believe, devised mems OF
givi Ii the teachers OF the schools "a meas
OF pr fes 10 al raining thar many teachers to
be found with little schO Oarshlp little XIII n trdchiu2
But the whom they do educate an ram pro-
fesslona In general do credit 10 Ell ua.nu- an ara
worthy heir ealing And this Is due 10 the Tact abpve
referred they consider that long course O literary
and professional training is Indispensable 90 the turning
ont OF really efficient teachers
| valuable contribution 70 the dlseu'Sou OF mo
/ question Of study az home Is made no "a trans
| la'lOn OF the decrecs or several German states
| re pecting OverwoIk in the secondary schools
| The report contains brief but resdape .Aetch
Of the progress OF medic education which 0Nr- on he
| need or improved standard study ur1es that
the -tttes Of the Uni0a shall pass laws more h-caly
regulating the ~ med cal dcgrre.. 'eL-ldcrt-
bic space In the report il 10 the discussion ot
various phases Of the question Of Industrial ric9ton,
the l3bOrs o. Mr. Charles Leland. In Plltdrpnla re-
ccIyng especial notice. TIE Commissioner l7o rrprO-
IL -,ion-rs on technical instruction, portions O' winch
will be fOund quite usetu aud interesting to pouucaI
economists and manufacturers a. 70 teachers ana super
mten4cnts.