THE UNITED STATES
BUREAU OF EDUCATION.

[Created as a Department March 2, 1867. Made an Office of the

Interior Department July 1, 1869.]

COMMISSIONERS.

HENRY BARNARD,
March 14, 1867, to larch 15, 1870.

JOHN EATON,
March 16, 1870, to dugust 5, 1886.

NATHANIEL II. R. DAWSON,

August 6, 1836, to date.

CONTENTS.

Charter I.—THE COMMISSIONER'S STATEMENT.

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The work of thic Once.

The Museum ................................

Ibe Library .................................

Pablications of the Ofice.....

Plan and scope of the Annual Report.................

History of Ainerican education ...

The College of William and Mary...........

Report on the Study of History in American Colleges and Universities ..

Opinions of the recent work of the Bureau............

Alaska .........

Sketch of the history, geography, eto., of the Territory...............

Civil government........

Education ......................................................

Tour of inspection......

Metlakahtla ...............

Plan of education ........

Present condition of the schools .........

What provision is necessary for school-houses.........

Application of school fund for the present year....................................

Future policy of the Government....

Removal of the Office......

Delay in the publication of the Report .......

Conclasion......

CHAPTER II.-STATISTICS OF STATE COMMON-SCHOOL SYSTEMS.

Completeness of the returns .........

Bystem puraned ..........

Limitations of statistics ...........

Crban and rural school systems...........

Misuse of the tables-sources of error.........

School year, total population, and population 6-14 (Table 1)...........

School ages and school censas (Table 2)................

Enrolment Table 3).......................... ......................................

Average daily attendance (Table 4)...............

Total attendance-daration of schools (Table 5)..........

Number of school buildings—seating capacity (Table 6)..........

Sehool libraries-high schools (Table 7).......

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Private schools (Table 8)...................

Teachers (Table 9)..........

Salaries of teachers (Table 10)...........

School revenge (Tables 11, 12, and 12 A)........

School expenditures (Tables 13, 14, and 14 A)...........

Permanent school fand, total assessed valuation, and value of school property (Table 15).....

Percentage of increase or decreaso during the past year of various items (Table 16)...........

Ten years' growth of the public school system (Table 17) ......

Zincation in the South ......

Expenditure .......

Education in the North and West ..........

Cazef State school officers (Table 18).........

Chaptest III.-DIGESTS OF STATE SCHool Reports.

Delaware ----- ---------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------

District of Columbia ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------

Florida .............------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------

Kansas .......-------------------------------------------- -------------------------- ---------- --

Kentucky.-------- ----------- --------------------------------------------------- ----------------

Maine .........--------------------------------------- -------------------------------------

Maryland...........-------------------------------------------------------- -------------------

Massachusetts. ------------------------------------------

Michigan.--...------------------------------------------------------

Minnesota.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -

New Jersey.------ ----------

New Mexico.---- --------

New York. ------

Oregon ........------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------- ----

Pennsylvania ----------------------------------------

Rhode Island----

Virginia.------------------

Washington Territory ------

CHAPTER IV.-Discussions of EDUCATIONAL Questioxs by STATE SUPERINTENDENTS AND

OTHER8.

Administration.---- ------ -------------------- -----------------

Censuses, school.

Co-education .......---

Compulsory attendance.

Country schools.....----------

Education, nature and objects of

Graded schools......... -----------

High schools --...--.. ------------------------------

Libraries for schools..... ------------------------------------------------

Public schools------------------------------------------------ -------- -----

Religious and moral training

Revenue---...-- ----------------

School-houses .....

School systems --------...------...-------------------------------------------------------

Statistics of education.

Supervision.----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------

Teachers ..........

Temperance instruction ----------------

Text-books........... ------------------------- --------- ---------------- --------- --------------

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CHAPTER V.-CIT? SCHOOL SYSTEMS.

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Progress of pablic education in cities............

Salaries of primary teachers.....................................

Women as principals ....

Sehool savinrs banks...

Physical training ................

Corporal punishment ...

Half-day sessions ..........

Division of classes..

Recess or no recess.

Iruang .....................................................

Ponctuality...........................................................................

The effect of comfortable accommodations ......

The effect of school work upon the eyesight....

Sapplementary reading....

Music.........

Arithmetic ...........

Civica ..........--

ther studies.................................................................................

Examinations and promotions ........................................

Evening sehools ..........

Notes from city school reports, arranged alphabetically by States and cities...................

Comparative statistics of city school systems (Table 19) .....

Sammary by States, etc., of comparative statistics of city systems (Table 20).............

Sammary by classes of cities according to population of the comparative statistics of city

school systems (Table 21) .........

Statistics of city school systems (Table 22)......

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General recognition of the importance of normal training............

Normal schools.........

Courses of study in State normal schools.......

Cite training schools......................................................................

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Model schoolS

Physical and manual training at normal schools..............

Teachers' institutes .......

Teachers' reading circles.........

Sammer schools for teachers ........

Present condition of normal training (by States) ..............

Remarks upon the tables..........

General summary showing teaching force, where educated, teachers' certificates, etc. (Tablo

CHAPTER VII.-KINDERGARTENS.

General progress of kindergarten training...................

Kindergarten training schools .............

Summary of statistics of kindergartens (Table 27) .........

Summary of statistics of kindergarten training schools (Table 28)................

Statistics of kindergartens (Table 29)...........

Statistics of kindergarten training schools (Table 30)............

Total number of pupils receiving secondary instruction.........

Explanation of the tables........

Scolastic characteristics of secondary schools .............

Summary of statistics of secondary schools supported wholly by po blic funds (Table 31, Di.

Tixion A) ...........

Semtary of statistics of secondary schools supported partly by public fands (Table 31, Di.

Vision B)......................... ...................................................

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Summary of statistics of private secondary schools -or girls (Table 32, Division A)........... 500

Summary of statistics of private secondary schools for boys (Table 32, Division B) .... ou?

Summary of statistics of private secondary schools for both sexes (Table 32, Division C)..... 504

Comparative statistics of secondary schools............ --------------------------- 508

General considerations arising from the comparative view...... --------. 503

Supervisory agents—the Regents of the University of the State of New York............. ---- 508

State universities as supervisory agents 508

Private associations......... ---- 500

Commission of colleges on admission examinations.. 509

Duration of secondary courses ........... *------------------ ------ ---------------------------- 511

Comparative statistics of secondary schools supported wholly by public funds (Table 33, Divis’

ion A) ----------------------------------------------------- ------------------------ --------- 512

Comparative statistics of secondary schools supported partly by public funds (Table 33, Divis-

ion B) ------------------------------------------------------------------ ----- 513

Comparative statistics of private secondary schools for girls (Table 34, Division A) - 514

Comparative statistics of private secondary schools for boys (Table 34, Division B) 515

Comparative statistics of private secondary schools for both sexes (Table 34, Division C) ----. 516

Number and classification of all secondary students (Table 35).----.. --------------- --- 517

Remarks upon the detailed tables ... 517

Statistics of secondary schools supported wholly by public funds (Table 36, Division A) 519

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Statistics of secondary schools supported partly by public funds (Table 36, Division B).

Statistics of private secondary schools for girls (Table 37, Division A) ..... 500

Statistics of private secondary schools for boys (Table 37, Division B)..... ------- 568

Statistics of private secondary schools for both sexes (Table 37, Division C). 588

Addenda to the statistics of secondary instruction 629

Admission requirements—universities and colleges (Table 38). ---- 631

Admission requirements—agricultural and mechanical colleges (Table 39)---------------- ---- 639

Admission requirements—institutions for the superior instruction of women (Table 40).---- -- 640

- CHAPTER IX. —SUPERIOR INSTRUCTION.

i.-ixstitutions Fort the superion instituction or woxien.

General character .......... --------------- -------------- -------------------------------------- 642

Obstacles to classification.............................----- 642

Explanation of Table 42............ ------------------------------------------ -------- ------ 642

Admission of women to Columbia College ........---------- ------------------------------ ----- 643

Summary of statistics of institutious for the superior instruction of women (Table 41)..... ---- 644

Statistics of institutions for the superior instruction of women (Table 42).......--------------- 645

II.-Universities Axl, CoLLEGES.

The tabular scheme ----------------------------- -------------------------------------- - G58,

Universities ------------------------------------------------------------- -------- -------------- g56

Statistics of foundations comprising groups of related faculties, etc. (Table 43).--------------- 653

Statistics of State universities (Table 44)...... ...-------------------------------------------- 600

Colleges or collegiate departments......... ------------------------ ---------------------------- 662

Summary of statistics of colleges of liberal arts (Table 45) --------- ----------- ------ 664

Comparative statistics of the undergraduate work of colleges (Table 46) ...................... 666

Classification of undergraduate students............ ---------------------- -------- ego

Endowed professorships in Harvard University........................... -------------------- gto

Organization of the University of Pennsylvania ------------------------- --------------------- Gö8

Organization of the University of Virginia ------------------------------------------------ 668

University of Alabama...... * --------------- ---------------------------------------- Cö3

Organization of Cornell University—recent building operations................ ----- too

West Virginia University......... ------ -------------- ------------------- -------- --- G70

Notable events in the history of superior instruction..... ------ -- 670

Extracts from college catalogues, etc.......... -------------------- . 671

Statistics of colleges of liberal arts (Table 47).................... ---------------- ---- 0.75
In-schools or science.

Character of the U.S. land grant schools.............. -------------------------------- ------ -- 70,

Summary of statistics of land grant schools (Table 48)..... ------------ ------------------------ 708

Percentage of students engaged in field, shop, eto, (Table 49)...... ----...------- 709

View of practical work as reported from twenty-five colleges............ 710

Appropriations and benefactions to land grant colleges (Table 50).---- 710