Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-17

velopes were opened ana it was discovered
that model No. 81 which had been Sc
lected, had been suhmitteA by U. S. j. Dun
bar of this city. wei -knpWn sculptor, who
,Governor Shepherd from iffesE and IN 1885
had posed him and photographed him in
various positions and from several points of
view. with the expectation of making a
full-length model Of his figure. m 1t is for
tunate that Mr. Dunbar enjoyed this adj
vantage, which appears, in the striking re-.
semblance of the statue to the originator
SO accurateha likeness is very seldom Sc
cured In clay. The figure is a little more
than life size. The pedestal, which will be:
plain and simple granite, has been ordered
from the Van Amringe Granite Company of
Boston.
The statue will be placed on the triangle
In front of the new municipal building
in course of erection on Pennsylvania ave-
nue., and there could be no more appropri-
ate plact. The bronze costing of the figure
will be completed by fall, but no date has
been set for placing it in position.
The Russian School System.
H. c. West of New York city asks infor-
nation as to the school system of Russia.
The latest statistics show 1900 schools In
the Russian empire. with 154.652 teachers
and 3,136. 1853 boys and 1857, 431 girls in at
tendance. OF these 1913 are private schools
for the nobility, taught by 400 teachers,
with 1927 boys and 4192 girls attending.
The remainder are more or less under gov
eminent control and are divided among the
different ministries. More than one-half-
U,O2S, with 67,907 teachers and L, 1853, 400
pupils-are strictly Sunday schools, taught
by orthodox Greek priests under the direc-
tlon OF the holy synod, and the studies are
limited TO the Scriptures, the catechism, the
prayer book and the lives of the saints
Th1s leaves IS, 47S public secular schools
taught by S6,2S1 teachers, with 2,717, 1856
pupils, of whom 703,154 are girls and 2.014,-
U32 are boys
These figures are for the year 1902 Since
that time Mr.. Sanger the liberal minister
or education, has been removed from office
because of the jealousy of the holy synod
Snu me tear of the grand dukes that the
eoucauon OF the peasants would undermine
the throne. AS told you in a recent let
ter, Nicholas II and the czarina were deep
~ interested IN popular education, and for
several years were enthusiastic in their de-
termination to extend the school system to
every hamlet of Russia. But suddenly their
ardor cooled, Sanger, who was carrying out
thelr plans, was dismissed from the minis
Try, ana man named Luklanoff, tool of
the procurator of the holy synod, was APP
pointed to his place in February 1904. Since
then the school system has been very much
demorallzed. Many, perhaps the majority,
OF Inc pupnc schools supported by the inn
perlal treasury have been closed, and the
crusade in favor Of free education is be-
lieved to have been abandoned
Education in Japan.
In Japan education is compulsory, and
parents are punished with fines and other
penalties If their children do not appear
regularly at school, Japan has the largest
average attendance in proportion to school
population of any country in the world.
Russia has the smallest of all the countries
that make returns. AS YOU have seen, only
I'll, ls6 children out of "a population of
iii,oVOoO were In attendaBce at the height
of the educational crusade
The 3S.47S schools are made I'D of all
grades; oio are under the care OF the min
listers or war and navy N7T the education
OF ofcers. soldiers and seamen; $50 are
technlcai schools under the care of the min
lister of the interior; eleven are agricultural
SCHOOLS under the minister of agriculture;
hve are law schoolss under the minister of
Justice: eleven are technical schools under
the mister of Railroads; sixteen are COM
mercial schools under sthe minister Of
nnance: sighty-six ars normal schools un-
der the Minister of education for training
tee cheers. and ffty-eight are theological
seminaries under the holy synod.
On the lst OF January. 1903, there were
IL. 495 students In the universities of Rus
STA, a, 1892 In the technical schools, 6427 in
the normal schools. 7S8 in the theological
schools, 1920 in the medical schools and
LAG in the veterinary schools.
China Collecting Information.
The Chinese minister under instructions
from his government, is collecting informa-
ton about insurance In the United States
and translating, laws and regulations of the
different states regarding that subject Mr..
Garfield, commissioner of corporations. Is
giving Sir Cheng-tung all the assistance he
needs and Is advising him as to the Inn
portance and effectiveness of various laws
and rules. Several foreign companies are
doing fire. marine and life insurance IN
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