The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-05-29
OUR EDUCATIONAL
EXPANSION SHOWN
Carolina in 1870 and
Carolina Today.
WONDERFULCONTRAS
President Hobgood in His Address to
the Graduating Glass OF Oxford Fe-
male Seminary Presents Figures
and Other Information OF
Great Value.

Great Value.
oxford, n. G., May 23.-This year
President Hobgood made a departure
in the character Of the address to the
graduating class Of the oxford fe-
male Seminary. He showed the prog
ress thu state has madc in education
since 1870. lie addressed letters to
the principals of the academies of
the State, the presidents of the col
Icgcs, male and female. to the State
superintendent Of public Instruction,
and from their replies he has collected
the following educational statistics. It
will aStOnish the State to see that
progress has been made. 1t Will
show people outside of the state
efforts our people nave made and
are making to relieve the illiteracy
of the state.
Young ladies' he said, sit is hardly
necessary for me to say that we are
parting from you with regret. Your
record is remarkable and | take
pleasure in making it Known. Not
one of you has received a demcrlt,
though you have been with us for
periods varying from five years to two.
Your influence has been of a positive
kind. and while we are ~SOrrOWing on
our own account, it is a source of
deep qualification to us that VIC are
sending out into active life those fitted
in heart and mind to bless and
brighten the world. 1t means a great
deaf for a community to have even
one educated women Of good practical
sense and proper views of life. 1t
is in the power of one such women
to give tone to the life of a com
munitY. ] am not afraid that any
one of YOU will ever do or say any
fbinr that viii no.. ,raHprt tho hiChcSf
honor upon your alma mater, and
consequently. | feel sure that your
life Will lead others to aspire to some
thing higher than the ordinary.
you are joining the ranks of those
who are taking. leave, like you. of
their schoOl days, who with eager and
courageous hearts are entering upon
the stern duties of life. However
pleasant your school lays may have
been. and | trust you will always think
of them with pleasure. you would
not have them prolonged. You have
spent several years in preparing your
Selves now you want to do something
III the world, and the time for doing it
is altogether too short.
at is exhilcrating, for teachers. es-
peCially. to know how large a mum
Der of BOYS and girls with trained
minds are joining the active workers.
There has never been d year in the
history of the state when SO many
boys and girls were receiving educa-
tiOnal advantages. We have never
had 50 many schools and so many
students as this year. | have been
at some pains to compare eduCation-
al facilities of this good year of 1906
with the year 1870. These figures
We're furnished by the authorities Of
the schools in reply to my inquiries.
1t will be interesting to you and to
others to know these statistics. Bear
IT, .;- 4l,a+ 49, ,a-;a1 ~ 90 >x-o -
tlirty-SiX years only:
Male Colleges.
1870 Teachers, "a: students. 537;
value of buildings, grounds and equip
ments. $357. 900
Qualifications. zoe: Students.
2.420; value of buildings. grounds and
equipments, $1,714.63O.
This does not include endowment
of 81, 600, 600. There has been no less,
but on the contrary a greater ad-
vance i'll the education of girls.
Colleges for Girls.
tS70-Teachers, so: students, $50:
buildings, grounds aud equipments.
$500. 900.
19o6-Teachers. 252; Students.
2.962: buildings. grounds and equip
ments, $~1,433,437.
Academies and High Schools.
10" tdtlltTS. 81. SlultllJS. 9Ob.
buildings, grounds and equipments.
$50, 900.
1906-Teachers, 1870; students,
t,956; buildings, grounds and equip
ments. $3.50. 600.
Graded Schools.
1S70-Number. non pupils. none
19ob-Number. SIS; pupils. $4,000.
buildings and grounds. ~$1.O23.291;
amount expended annually. $275.64S.
This does not include the 5000
negro pupils in school and the value
of the buildings and grounds for those
negroes. $12S.2S5, nor the amount ex-
pended for these annually, $~31,546.21.
Public Schools.
1S10-AVailable fund about $429.-
149; enrolment, whites, $4,000; of ne
groes, IA 600.
19O6-Available fund. s~1.563. 963.
enrolment, 323.599; Of negroes, 49,
$50.
Orphan Asylums,
1S7o-Number. none.
l9ob-Ieachers IS: children. 500:
buildings. grounds and equipment.
$2S8. ooo: endowment. $4,000.
Deaf. Dumb and Blind institutions.
1870-Teachers, Is; students. 81
buildings, grounds and equipment.
500. 600.
19o6-Teachers. IS; students. 607:
buildings, u and eouipments
$500. 600.
These figures. interesting and as
toniahing as they are. do not tell all
the story. We have made advances
along all lines of education. | wish
To note particularly two or three
changes that have taken place. First.
the fact most encouraging is that we
have passed beyond thinking that ed
ucation is for the favored few. We
no longer talk about an aristocracy Of
le3rning: on the contrary. we love to
speak of the democracy of learning.
Ihe state says that every child within
It's borders has a right to an educa-
ton that will give it a chance in life:
and the State, religious denominations
and private enterprises are endoWing
and equipping colleges for the edu-