New-York tribune., 1901-01-06
EDUCATION IN THE STATE.
EVERY COUNTY is REPRESENTED ON
THE UNIVERSITY ROLL THIS YEAR

Albany, Jan (SpeciaD.-The annual state
ment of the High School Department Of the
University OF the State which is In charge of
the Board of Regents, was made public to-day.
II states that the number OF institutions Of Sec
ondary education I'm the University on December
10 1900, was 705, Of which 104 are incorporated
academies and 565 are high schools and
academic departments During the year ended
July 81, 1900, twenty-four academic depart
ments were admitted and six academies were
chartered. The twenty-four new academic de-
partments organized during the year open new
opportunities for free academic instruction to
the young people OF twenty-four communities
not previously so favored The State is now so
thoroughly covered by secondary schools that
out Of 421 Incorporated villages reported In the
Legislative manual for 1900. there are only
nine having population Of over one thousand
and only twelve having population between
1--WE hundred and one thousand. that do not have
academic departments under the Regents. For
the first time in the history of the State every
county in the State is this year represented OH
the University roll. Hamilton County. for many
years the only one not so represented, having
an academic department at Long Lake.
The number Of secondary schools in the Uni
versty has increased 110 per cent in. the last
ten years. There We're employed during the last
women. There were 34,105 boys and As, ,260
girls instructed in secondary institutions. total
Of 1866 students. which was an increase OF
$3.50, or 1871 per cent over the preceding year.
The total net property of secondary schools is
S2s 412 1S4 3S. and the total expenditures by the
schools during the year was S6.036374 Al. Every
institution In the University inspected at
least once in the year by officer of the
University. the whole number of such visits of
inspection being 1871. The total amount appoF-
toned by the State Ia secondary schools was
S212,667 2S, and 672 schools took examinations
There were $1,000 examination papers written.
and of these papers 374392 were claimed by the
schools, 345.117 being accepted. and 29.275 being
rejected. or all the papers 6S per cent Of those
written were accepted and "a per cent of all
the accepted papers were honor papers 600 per
cent, or more)
The annual report OF the public libraries divi-
sion OF the University for 1900 contains returns
from OBS libraries. OF these AGO, free for lend
ing to the public. and containing 2,ls7.125 vol
umes. circulated last year S452. 44o volumes.
The free libraries lent to the people an aver
age of %. 157 books daily 1.163 for each 1000 of
the population. and 3s1 for each 100 books in
the library.
Grants OF money amounting to S26s91 As were
made TO l73 Libraries and branches, on condition
OF equal amounts being locally raised and all
spent for approved books.
The statistics of the travelling libraries and
pictures of the State Library do not vary ma
lSIlditN from HlpNtu 10 liipnlns lhe demand
remains about the same. In December 50 libra
ries were sent TO AZ different borrowers and II
wall pictures, l,254 slides lanterns and 57S
photographs were lent TO 26 schools and clubs
The following study Clubs registered In De-
cember make the total 4S2: Burnt Hills
Clio Club, Canandaigua Young Peoples Read
ing Circle, Canisteo History Club. Delhi Monday
Night Club, Fort Plain Monday Night Music
Club Houstelton University Extension Club
Little Falls Progress Club, New-York Home
Travellers Club, NewYork ST. Georges Sunday
School Club. Palmyra Strollers' Club Patchogue
General Information Club, Poughkeepsie Orien-
tai Research Club formerly Bible Study Ciass)
Rochester Cardinal Newman Reading Circle
Rome Zion Church Club. Rushford Cynthian
Club Troy Unity Club and Watervliet Shakes
peare Club.