Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-12-18

Total humber OF children. 1926
ANcrd.r daily Attendance. II ,JJl
Nutnb"r OF teachers employed
during the Year. o.. ......... 100
y NtIm or OF teachers emplOVeu
h"'dlnS first grade cerliii-
eat ieS. .................... -. e. 2JS
Numi'cr teachers employed
holding second grade certif-
Gates ..........- -..... 1J3
Average numUer of months
public school has been
Taught. .. -. ..........- 81
Number OF Schoolhousts built
during the year,. ..... l02
Number OF teachers institutes
held i'll the Territory during
the Nptr.......... ........... Is
Estimated value of school
houses ana grounds i'll the
Territory -. ................. Si70,32S 80
Ecstiniil.,i value of school fur
niiure. .................... =. 1918 G!
Estimated value of school ap-
paralu, ..... .............. 54S6 81
Average salary paid male
teachers per month. ...... SID 3S
Average sAlay paid female
teachers per month. S3I w
Number o: schoolhouses in the
Tc- rltorv.... 49,. ..... ...-. I23
Number Of houses having school
during tne year. ...... 'if
Number of uraded schools III
the Territory. "a
Number Of schools furnished
unabridged Dicti nary ...... 9G
In 1888 there were Is graded
schools i'll the Territory. Now, as
will be noted, there are "a, and !
believe that many of our graded
schools will compare favorably with
those of the larger cities on the At
lantc coast, The growth of schools
during the past two years has been
rapid and healthful, as appears by
the formation of 2G7 new school dis
tricts, the building of 1S9 school
houses, and the raising of $G44,-
G42 90 by voluntary tax upon the
people of the Territory, for school
purposes, during that short space of
time.
The present school law seems
adapted to our needs. A few minor
changes are suggested in the report
of the Superintendent of Public In
struction, which meet my approval.
Especially do / concur in his sug.es-
ton that the law be so amended as
TO require Normal Institute for
each judicial district, to be presided
over by the member of the Territor-
ial Board Of Education from the dis
trict.
PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING.
There are "a private institutions
of learning, consisting of colleges,
seminaries, academies and other in
stitutions of the higher order; at
which there are in attendance 1886
pupils, Under the instruction of 81
professors and teachers.
TERRITORIAL UNIVERSITY
This institution, located at Seattle,
is the only one of q higher grade
supported by annual appropriations
from the Territoria! treasury. It's
curriculum of studies, while not fully
up to the standard of the best East
ern colleges, is sufficiently compre-
hensive to embrace nearly all of the
branches of general knowledge.
The University buildings, embracing
the main building, and the buildings
for quarters of faculty and students,
are beautifully situated on a ten
acre tract in the center of thriving
city and afford accommodations for
a large number of students.
The University Library contains
over twenty five hundred volumes,
with maps, charts, etc, well selected
and adapted to the purpose of the
school. A large supply of scientific,
philosophical and chemical appara-
tus has been purchased to illustrate
the sciences. A cabinet, containing
over five thousand natural speci-
mems has been secured, and ccnsti-
tntes an important adjunct in teach
ing the natural sciences.
The government of the University
is vested in Board of Regents. APP
pointed biennially by the Governor,
with the advice and consent of the
Legislative Council. This board,
consisting of five members, has a
general supervisory control over all
affairs pertaining to the institute n,
and appoints the President of the
University and the different faculties.
There are three departments in
tho University, each of them under
the Immediate herge of its faculty.
The Department Of Art, Science and
Literature has faculty of ten regu-
lar professors and instructors. The
courses of instruction in this depart
ment are four. namely, the cl ssical,
scientific, normal and commercial.
A preparatory school is also main
tained to fit students for either of
the collegiate courses. A training
school for the benefit of students in
the normal courses has also been es
tablished in connection with the
University.
During the last year, two hundred
and nineteen students were III at
tendance in this department. Spe-
cial instruction is also provided in
music, painting and kindred arts.
The Department Of Lac is of re-
cent creation. 1t has eight profess
ors and one stated instructor in its
faculty. Tue members of this facul-
ty are ranked among tho most emi-
nent and able men of the legal pro-
fession in the Territory, most of
whom give their services gratui-
tously.
The Territory is an attractive field
for the legal profession and there is
no reason to doubt the success of
this school.
The Department Of Medicine:-The
same remarks apply to the School OF
Medicine, also recently established.
The learned gentlemen composing
the faculty have taken hold in earn
est and propose to make the course
of instruction as thorough as possi-
BILE. Nine hospitals in Seattle fur
nish good opportunities for clinical
instruction.
The laudable and intelligent pub.
lie spirit So prevalent in this Terri