The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-05-27

he females. 32; total of cOlOred. 30; gran
< total, white and colored, 2O3. OF tn
lie number A are unable to read.
Ie The scholastic census of Abilene fl
is last year was 46O, showing an increase fc
d the year of 1873. Last year Kaufma
d footed up 175, this year, 203; increase fC
e the year, rs.
5. The following additional rules hav
a been prescribed by the department, to b
e observed in examinations for summe
t normal certificates: First day-reading
2 one hour; grammar, two hours; history
= two hours. Second day-arithmetic, tw
t hours and half; physics, two hours an
= half. Third day-algebra, three hours
= geography, two hours. Fourth day-ge
ometry, three hours; theory and practic
2 of teaching, two hours.
Superintendent Crow, of the Galveston
| city schools, is making thorough prepare
tions to make the summer normal at Sal
, Marcos, to which he has been assigned,
practical success. He has issued a circu
lar outlining the work.
The following summary, made up from
the files of the department of education
showing the number of pupils and age!
of those who were not able 10 read il
cities and towns both at the beginning
and at the end of the scholastic veal
closing August, 1885. is one of tine most
interesting and instructive of the tables
furnished by that department. 1t not
only shows the ratio of illiteracy, but also
shows the progress made in diminishing
that ratio:
Number of white pupils years of age
not able to read, 1913; number of colored
of same age, Sl4; total, 1857. Number
whites 8 years old not able to read, 491;
number colored same age, 343; total, 1874.
Number whites 10 years old not able to
read, 1913; number colored, 1866; total, 319.
Number whites IL years old not able to
read, 73; number colored, so; total, 1913.
Number whites II years old not able to
read, 50; number colored. "a; total 116.
Number whites IL years old not able to
read, 2l: number colored, 80; total, SO.
Number whites IA years old not able to
read, II; number colored, 10; total, %.
Number of whites Is years old not able to
read, 4; number coiOred, IL; total, Is.
Grand total of both races, 1859. The
foregoing summary applies to the begin
ming of the term. Following is the sum-
mary at the close of the term:
Number whites years old not able to
read, 1872; number colored 1OS, total, 24O.
Number whites years old
not able to read, 81; number col
ored, 40; total, II. Number whites, 10
years Old, not able to read, IS; number
colored. 3; total ~. Number whites II
years O,d, not able to read. 5: number
cOlored, =; total, Z. Number whites II
years old, not able TO read, 8; number col
Ored, 4; total, IL. Number whites 13 years
old, not able to read, 3; number colored.
2; total, 8. Number whites IA years old,
not able to read, 3; number colored, 0;
total, B. Number whites Is years old not
able to read, 2; number colored, o. total,
2. Grand total of both races, 1858.
From the summary it is seen that at
the beginning of the year the total num-
Der of children in the state who could not
read, was 1869, while at its end the num-
Der was decreased to 1858, or, to put the
matter pointedly, 9,501 children in the
state learned to read during the term. !
The exhibit is indeed an encouraging one.
The returns from the districts remote |
from towns are not so flattering, but there |
Is perceivable everywhere the evidences
Of an added culture, and the social and |
moral refinement that flow from it. The |
education of the colored race has long |
since passed beyond the domain of ex-
pertinent. The negro can and must be
up to the duties of citizenship.
Every voter, white or black, is a unit in
our political autonomy, and it is an un-
wise craftsmanship that would give over
brewer the ballot TO ignorance We must
ducate.
Superintendent Baker has issued a cir
ular calling attention to the conditions
nd qualifications of admission to the
'am Houston Normal institute, the more
important of which are the following:
l. No one under eighteen years of age {
7ill be admitted as a student.
2. The applicant must be resident of
he senatorial or representative district t
rom which he or she asks to be ap- 1
ointed. I
3. A pledge must be signed to teach as |
lany sessions in the public free schools
t this state as the party may attend SEES
ions of the institute.
4. Senators and representatives NAV '
lake their appointments on competitive 6
examinations, or not, as they NAV deem {
roper; but all applicants will be exam {
led by the faculty on their arrival at the {
and those will be rejected who S
o not pass satisfactory examination in s
ne following branches: photography, l
sading, writing, arithmetic, geography,
nglish grammar, English composition,
istory of the United States and theory
nd practice of teaching.
.. All students are required to paw an {
lcidental fee of 81 at the beginning of
ach term of ten weeks, and board fee !!
$3.50 on entering, and the same sum
the beginning of the third quarter of 5
lie session.
Each Senator will appoint one student;
'ch representative will appoint one stu
emit; the board of education will appoint
Tree students from the state at large.
Students will receive tuition, books and
Dard free. Such as have shown decided
oility for teaching, and pledge them
lives to make teaching their profession. :
nd have not graduated, may, upon the
of the principal, be APP 9
ointed for another year.
Apprentices failing to report within
fteen days after the opening of the SEES
on will forfeit their appointments.
As many pay students as can be accom-
Iodated will be received. They must also d
ass an examination by the faculty, and T
gn the pledge to teach. They will be re- i
uired to pay the incidental fee but not
he board fee. They will receive books il