INDEX TO REPORT FOR 1875. A. Academies and seminaries: 11; 19; 32; 53; 62; 68; 75; 28; 106; 119; 120; 132; 143; 154; 163, 164; 176; Alabama, State of: Statistical summary-enrolment and attendance, 5; teachers and their pay, 5; school districts and Sebool s. stem of the State-constitutional provisions, 6, 7; provisions of school law, 7, 8. Elementary instruction-school privileges enjoyed, 8, 9; summary of schools, 9; cost and time of (See Table II.) Training of teachers-normal schools, 10, 11; teachers' institutes, 11. (See Table III.) Secondary instruction-public high schools, 11; private secondary schools, 11; preparatory school of Superior instruction University of Alabama, 11; other colleges, 11, 12; colleges for women, 12; Scientific and professional instruction-science, 12, 13; law, 13; medicine, 13; theology, 13; statistics Special instruction-Alabama Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and Blind, 13. (See Tables XIX, List of school officials, 14. Alaska, Territory of: Area, 463; climate, 463, 464; number and classes of inhabitants, 464, 465; educational and legal status Albany, New York: Schools of, 293, 294. Alexandria, Virginia: Schools of, 427. Allegheny, Pennsylvania: Schools of, 359, 360. American Geographical Society: Meeting of, 529. American Institute of Instruction: Meeting of, 536-538. American Philological Society: Meeting of, 535, 536. American Social Science Association: Meeting of, 531-534. Anderson, Henry James: Obituary of, 315. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Schools of, 212. Argentine Confederation: Education in, cxxxvi. Arizona, Territory of: Statistical summary-school population and attendance, 467; teachers, 467; schools, 467; income and School system. 467, 468. Elementary instruction-condition in 1875, 468, 469; progress, 469. (See Table I.) List of school officials, 469. Arkansas, State of: Statistical summary-school population and attendance, 15; teachers and their pay, 15; school ses- School system of the State-constitutional provisions of, 15; provisions of the school law, 16. Training of teachers-normal department of university, 18; Pine Bluff Normal Institute, 18; teachers' Secondary instruction-public high schools, 18; private secondary schools, 19; preparatory schools Superior instruction-Arkansas Industrial University, 19; Arkansas College, 19; Cane Hill College, Special instruction-Arkansas Institute for Education of the Blind, 20; Arkansas Deaf-Mute Insti- Relation of, to education, cx, exi. Atlanta, Georgia: Schools of, 73. Attendance on public schools: In California, 24; in Connecticut, 47; in Iowa, 116; in Kentucky, 140; in Maryland, 173; in New Statistics of: (See Table I, pp. 548-555; summary, xxvi-xxix, and statistical summaries for each Compulsory, 453. Austria-Hungary: Education in, cxxvii, cxxviii. B. Baltimore, Maryland: Schools of, 174. Bavaria: Education in, exxviii; comparative statistics of, cxxvi, cxxvii. Belleville, Illinois: Schools of, 83. Benefactions, Educational: Summary of, by institutions, cxxi; by States, cxxii-cxxiv. (See also Table XXIV, pp. 960–981.) Blind: Instruction of the: In Alabama, 13; in Arkansas, 20; in California, 41; in Georgia, 78; in Illinois, 94; in Indiana. 109; Booth, Miss Almeda: Obituary of, 344. Boston, Massachusetts: Schools of, 189. Brazil: Education in, cxxxvii. Brewster, Miss Martha M.: Obituary of, 220. British Columbia: Education in, cxxxviii. Business Colleges, 32, 88, 120, 132, 144, 154, 177, 195, 215, 228, 236, 248, 259, 271, 281, 301, 323, 336, 363, 322, C. California, Missouri: Schools of, 244. California, State of: Statistical summary-school population and attendance, 21; teachers and their pay, 21; income and School system of the State-constitutional provisions, 22; provisions of the school law, 22. City school systems-San Francisco, 25-27; San José, 28; Oakland, 28; Sacramento, 28, 29; Los Training of teachers-State normal school. 30; how to obtain trained teachers, 31; proposed Secondary instruction-public high schools, 32; private secondary schools, 32; preparatory depart- Superior instruction--St. Ignatius College, 32, 33; Santa Clara College, 33; Pacific Methodist, 33; Professional and scientific instruction-medical department of the university, 36; college of pharm- Special instruction-School of Design, 37; San Francisco Art Association, 37; Mechanics' Deliber- List of school officials in California, 42, 43. Camden, New Jersey: Schools of, 279. Charleston, South Carolina: Schools of, 389. Chattanooga, Tennessee: Schools of, 398. Chicago, Illinois: Schools of, 83, 84. Chinese: Education of the, 38, 39, 351. Cincinnati, Ohio: Schools of, 331, 332. City school systems, 556-5-6; summary, xlvi-lv. Cloud, Dr. H. W.: Obituary of, 110. Collins, Charles, D. D.: Obituary of, 404, 405. Colorado, Territory of: Statistical summary-school population and attendance, 470; teachers and their pay, 470; schoo dis Constitutional provisions, 470, 471; provisions of the school law, 471–473. Elementary instruction-educational progress, 473; misappropriation of school funds, 473; obstacles City school system. 474. (See Table II) Secondary instruction-academies and high schools, 474. (See Table VI.) Superior instruction-colleges, 474; statistics of colleges, 475. (See Table IX.) Scientific and professional instruction-scientific, 473; theological, 475; statistics of scientific and Special instruction-of deaf-mutes, 475, 476. (See Table XIX.) List of school officials, 476. Columbus, Ohio: Schools of, 332, 333. Commercial colleges. (See Business Colleges.) Work and needs of the Office-its first establishment, vii, viii; work of the Commissioner, viii; duties Records of education, xi, xii. Records improved by the Centennial celebration, xii, xii. Learning the lesson of our own educational experience-contributions made by the early colonists First great national educational act, xxi. Effects of the war and of slavery on education, xxi, xxii. Summaries of information reported in 1875 of institutions, instructors, and students, from 1870 to State systems of public instruction-summary of table showing legal school ages in the several States Summary of educational condition in 1875-in the New England States, xxxvi, xxxvii; în the Middle Summary of school statistics of cities containing 7,500 inhabitants and over, xlvi-lv. Normal schools-comparative summary of instructors and pupils in, for the years 1870 to 1875, lvi; Commercial and business colleges-summary of, lxii. Kindergärten-summary of statistics of, for the years 1873-1875, lxiii. Secondary instruction-summary of institutions for, lxiii, Ixiv; of statistics of, lxvi-lxxii. Superior instruction of women-summary of institutions for, lxxv, lxxvi; degrees conferred by, lxxvii. Schools of science-statistics of, lxxix, xci-xciii. Schools of theology, xciii, xciv. Schools of law, xeiv, xev. Schools of medicine, xev-xcix; degrees conferred by, xcix-ciii. Libraries, public-special report on-outline of, civ; table of contents of, cvi-cviii; reports and sta Museums of natural history, evii. Relation of art to education, eviii-ex. Schools for the deaf and dumb-summary of statistics of, cix-cxii. Schools for the blind-summary of statistics of, exii, exiii. Orphan asylums and miscellaneous charities--statistical summary of, cxiv-cxviii. Reform schools-summary of, exviii-cxx. Schools for the feeble-minded-summary of, cxxi. Benefactions, educational-summary of by institutions, cxxi; summary of by States, cxxii-cxxiv. Patents for improvements in school furniture-summary of, cxxiv. Condition of education in other countries: Summary of-in Portugal, cxxv; in Russia, cxxv; in Sweden, cxxv; in Norway, exxy; in Den- Comparative statistics of-in Prussia, Saxony, Bavaria, Würtemberg, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Population attending school, percentage of, in twenty-one European countries, cxxvii. In Austria-Hungary, exxvii, cxxviii; in Bavaria, exxviii; in Belgium, cxxix; in Denmark, cxxix; Facts respecting education in North America and South America: In Argentine Confederation, cxxxvi; in Brazil, cxxxvii; in British Columbia, cxxxviii; in Ha- Facts respecting education in Australasia: In New South Wales, exli; in New Zealand, cxlii; in Queensland, cxlii; in South Australia, cxlii; Education at the International Exhibition, cxliv-cliii. The educational exhibit at Vienna in 1873, cliii, cliv. Health and education, cliv-clxiii. Cause and prevention of typhoid fever in schools. clxiii, clxiv. Unpublished information, clxiv. Medical jurisprudence, Table relating to, clxv-clxxi. Omissions, clxxii. Commissioner of Education, Report of the-Continued: Compulsory attendance, 29; 161; 292, 293; 483. Concord, Massachusetts: Schools of, 189, 190. Concord, New Hampshire: Schools of, 270. Connecticut, State of: Statistical summary-school population and attendance, 44; teachers and their pay. 44; school dis City school systems. 49-51. (See Table II.) Training of teachers-State normal school, 51, 52; teachers' institutes, 52. (See Table III.) Superior instruction-Yale College, 55; other colleges, 54, 55; statistics of colleges, 56, (See Table IX) Special instruction-orphan asylum, 57; industrial school for girls, 57, 58; State reform school, 5; Educational convention-State Teachers' Association, 58, 59. List of school officials, 59. Conventions and institutes, Educational: General-American Geographical Society, 529; New England School Superintendents, 529-31; Amer- Cosmopolitan schools, San Francisco, California, 27. Covington, Kentucky: Schools of, 140, 141. Creery, William R.: Obituary of, 182. Dakota, Territory of: D. Statistical suminary-school population and attendance, 477; schools, school districts and property, School systein, 477, 478. Elementary instruction-general view, 478; report by counties, 478, 479. List of school officials, 480. Dayton, Ohio: Schools of, 333. Deaf-mutes: Instruction of-in Alabama, 13; in Arkansas, 20; in California, 41; in Connecticut, 58; in Georgia, Delaware, State of: Statistical summary--school population and attendance, 60; income and expenditure, 60. schools, teachers, and teachers' pay, 60; School system of the State-constitutional provisions, 60; provisions of the school law, 60, 61. Secondary instruction-public high schools, 62; other secondary schools, 62. (See Table VI.) Scientific and professional instruction, 63. (See Table X.) Educational conventions, 63, 64. List of school officials, 64. Denmark: Education in, cxxix. Detroit, Michigan: Schools of, 212. District of Columbia : Statistical summary-school population and attendance, 481; teachers, 481; schools, 481; income and Elementary instruction-public schools, 482; progress, 482; hinderance to progress, 482; present con- Training of teachers-normal school, 489, 490. (See Table III.) Secondary instruction-in public schools, 490; in private schools, 490; in preparatory departments of Superior instruction-colleges and universities, 491; statistics of, 492, (See also Table IX.) Special instruction-charitable and reformatory institutions, 494. (See Tables XXI, XXII) E E E Dover, New Hampshire: Schools of, 269, 270. Drawing, 187, 188, 378, 484; industrial, 188; evening classes in, 202. E. East Saginaw, Michigan: Schools of, 212. Education: Records of, xi, xii; improved by the Centennial Exposition, xii, xiii. Revival of, in the Northern States, xxii-xxiv. Relations of art to, cviii, cix. Condition of, in the United States at the time of the Declaration of Independence, xix-xxi. Summary of condition of, in twelve foreign countries, cxxv, cxxvi. Facts respecting, in Europe, Asia, and Africa, cxxvii-cxliv. Educational act-first national, enacted, xxi. Educational condition in 1875-summary of, xxxvi-xlv. Educational experience-lessons to be learned from, xiii-xix. Education among the Indians: Of Arizona, 519; of California, 519; of Colorado, 519; of Dakota, 519, 520; of Idaho, 520; of Indian Educational funds: Peabody, 73, 235, 410, 427, 441. McDonogh, 153. Education, practical, 530, 531. Elementary instruction: In Alabama, 8, 9; in California, 24, 25; in Connecticut, 47, 48; in Florida, 67, 68; in Georgia, 72, 73; in. England: Education in, (see Great Britain,) comparative statistics of, cxxvi, cxxvii. Eufaula, Alabama: Schools of, 10. Eyes, the: Rules for the care of, 532. Farr, James W.: Obituary of, 315. Feeble-minded children: F. Institutions for-in Illinois, 94; in Kentucky, 147; in Pennsylvania, 369, (see Table XXIII, p. 959 ;) Finney, Charles G.: Obituary of, 343, 344. Fitchburg, Massachusetts: Schools of, 190. Florida, State of: Statistical summary-school population and attendance, 65; teachers and their pay, 65; income and School system of the State-constitutional provisions, 65; provisions of the school law, 66, 67. Secondary instruction-public high schools, 68; other secondary schools, 68. (See Table VI.) List of school officials, 68, 69. Fowler, Rev. Spencer J., A. M., 220. France: Education in, cxxix. Frankfort, Kentucky: Schools of, 141. G. Galveston, Texas: Schools of, 410. Georgia, State of: Statistical summary-school population and attendance, 70; teachers and their pay, 70; schools, 70; School system of the State-constitutional provisions, 71; provisions of the school law, 71, 72. Normal training-means to more efficient teaching,74; normal schools and classes,74,75. (See Table III.) colleges for women, 76; sta |