THE POLYTECHNIC SCHOOL OF LISBON. The course of study of the polytechnic school embraces the higher mathematics, natural history, and political economy. The following is an outline of the subjects of instruction according to the programme of 1872: First chair, spherical trigonometry, higher algebra, analytical geometry; second chair, calculus, variations, probabilities; third chair, rational mechanics and machinery; fourth chair, astronomy and surveying; (besides these subjects, there is another course in descriptive geometry divided into two parts ;) fifth chair, physical and experimental mathematics; sixth chair, inorganic chemistry, chemical analysis, and organic chemistry; seventh chair, mineralogy and geology; eighth chair, comparative anatomy, and physiology, zoology; ninth chair, botany; tenth chair, political economy, administrative and commercial law. The staff of teach The course in drawing extends through four years. ers consists of 12 regular professors, S assistant professors, and 1 professor of drawing. The regular professors receive a salary of $700, the assistant professors $400, and the professor of drawing $300 per annum. The present polytechnic school is a substitute for the former college for the education of the nobility, founded by the Marquis of Pombal. The original endowments of the college yield a yearly income of $6,800 to the government. The following table shows the number of students attending the polytechnic school from 1856 to 1872 : The army school is the only institution in the kingdom where students receive practical training in military science and in civil engineering. The corps of teachers consists of 1 general commandant, who receives a salary of $1,080 a year, besides his regular pay as army officer; 1 second commandant, at a salary of $1,200; 2 directors of study, at a salary of $1,260 each; 6 military professors, at a salary of $450 each, besides their pay as army officers; 1 second class teacher, at a salary of $720; 4 tutors, 5 instructors, and 1 English teacher, receiving a salary of $360 each, and a drawing teacher. At present the course of military engineering is of three years' duration. The other courses last two years. The following table shows the attendance, &c., on the several courses of the school from 1870 to 1875, inclusive: The Academy of the Naval Guard, established in 1796, was reorganized in May, 1845, and is at present known as the Naval School. The corps of teachers consists of 1 commandant, 4 regular professors, 1 pro fessor of hydrography, 2 assistant professors, 1 teacher of fencing and swimming, 1 lecturer on practical shipbuilding, and 1 teacher of artillery and infantry tactics. THE POLYTECHNIC SCHOOL OF OPORTO. In this school mathematics, natural history, and political economy are taught by 13 professors, but the courses are less extended than in the Polytechnic School of Lisbon. The programme of studies is as follows: First chair, arithmetic, algebra, geometry, &c.; second chair, algebra as applied to geometry; third chair, descriptive geometry; fourth chair, drawing; fifth chair, spherical trigonometry, the principles of astronomy and geodesy; seventh chair, natural history applied to art and to professions; eighth chair, physical and mechanical industries; ninth chair, chemistry and the working of mines; tenth chair, botany, agriculture, rural economy, and veterinary surgery; eleventh chair, commercial and industrial economy; twelfth chair, political economy, commercial and administrative law; thirteenth chair, mechanics. The regular professors receive a salary of $700 each and the assistant professors receive $400 each. The following table shows the number of students, &c., from 1870 to 1873, inclusive: THE MEDICO-SURGICAL SCHOOLS OF LISBON AND OPORTO. Each of these schools has 12 regular professors, at a salary of $700 each; 4 assistant professors, at a salary of $400 each; 1 lecturer in surgery, 1 professor and keeper of the museum of anatomy, and 1 professor of pharmacy, each receiving a salary of $300 a year. The following is a statement of the number of students, &c., from 1870 to 1873: The following branches are taught in each of these schools: Anatomy physiology, hygiene, natural history of medicines, external pathology, surgical appliances, operations, midwifery, internal pathology, clinical treatment, clinical medicine, medical jurisprudence, public health, and pathological anatomy. THE MEDICO-SURGICAL SCHOOL OF FUNCHAL. This school has 2 professors, receiving a salary of $400 each, one a professor of anatomy and physiology, the other a professor of pathology and materia medica, besides a professor of pharmacy, who receives a compensation of $60 a year. The following table shows the attendance from 1870 to 1873: This course has five professorships, in which the following branches are taught: First chair, general history of the kingdom; second chair, Latin and Greek literature; third chair, modern European literature, especially Portuguese; fourth chair, philosophy; fifth chair, philosophical history. There are 5 professors, receiving a salary of $600 each. King Dom Pedro V founded this course and endowed it with a capital of $30,000. Statistics of the course of advanced literature from 1870 to 1873. For public secondary instruction there are 18 lyceums, viz: 17 at the capitals of the administrative districts and 1 in Lamego. There is besides a lyceum in each of the district capitals of the adjacent islands. 1871-'72. 1873-74. The lyceums above named are divided into two classes, viz: first and The following table shows the attendance in secondary schools in Approved. Rejected. Approved. Rejected. |