wealth. Its safety is conditioned upon general intelligence; its prosperity upon general confidence; its peaceful government upon both these, controlled by general virtue Beyond this is another object of high consideration—the social well-being of any given community-and this is dependent upon the same condition as the commonwealth. Beyond even this is the individual—the child--for whom is all this array of power and expenditure of means. You are so related to him that you are affected by his act. His claim to knowledge is one consequence, at least, of his relation to you. His is a sovereignty of demand, abstractly considered, even higher than that of the community or that of the commonwealth. Should his life be vicious and criminal, the statistics of the State treasury will show how it affects you. It becomes your interest to help him to join one of the two grand armies of labor—that of muscle or that of mind; and from the multiplication of his personal influence confirm you in the enjoyment of your money, your pride, or your church. I believe in the divinity of the teacher's work, as I do in the indestructible effects he produces. It is one of special consecration. It is better valued as we see more and more clearly the measureless possibilities of our nature in childhood. It is an office of high responsibility; for, next to the duty of saving, it is the office of leading out the soul. “One of the surest signs," says Mr. Channing, “ of the regeneration of society, will be the elevation of teaching to the highest rank in the community.” Table of statistical details of schools in Missouri, from the report of 1869. Hon. T. A. PARKER, superintendent public schools, Jefferson City. COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS. County. Name. Post office. T. T. Dennis. Adair ... Kirksville. E. L. Clark Harrisonville. S. P. Howell Felix Bandisin. . List of school officers in Missouri, &c.—Continued. County. Name. Post office. Harrison . T. J. Freeman. Bethany. Clinton. Hermitage. Oregon. Fayette. West Plains. Ironton. Independence. Carthage. Hillsboro. Warrensburg. Edina. Lebanon. Lexington. Mount Vernon. Monticello. Troy. Linneus. Chillicothe. Pineville. Macon City. Fredericktown. Vienna. Palmyra. Princeton. Tuscumbia. Charleston. California. Paris. Danville. Versailles. New Madrid. Neosho. Marysville. Alton. Linn. Gainsville. Gayoso. Perryville. Sedalia. Rolla. Bowling Greene. Platte City. Bolivar. Unionville. Waynesville. New London. Huntsville. Richmond. Centerville. Doniphan. St. Charles. Farmington. Osceola. St. Genevieve. St. Louis. Marshal. Lancaster. Memphis. Commerce. Eminence. Shelbyville. Bloomfield. A. G. Abernathy A. J. Sampson. C.P. Walker. S. F. Murray T. A. Himeod J. A. Race ... H.L. Phillips J.J. Tyret. G. H. Laughlin. G. F. Rothwell. J. A. Seabo. Sev. A. Tharp W.C. Webb .... Charles Beckington. James Kendall.... Emmerson Babber C.C. Kerlagon. A. W. Murphy V. Bierbower F.T. Hughes J. K. Stockton J. B. Holden. James Morris E. P. Burlingame B. B. Allan. List of school officers in Missouri, &c.—Continued. 2, 618 1, 910 Andrew. 2, 587| 2, 246 47 31 4,911 1,930 1, 588 30 23 2, 236 1,971 16 324, 255 1, 570 1, 317 47 49 1,574 1, 506 8 7 3,095 1, 043 1, 011 35 40 1, 661 1,580 153 174 3,568 894 901 63 54 1, 569 64 76 431 441 3,9881, 3771 1,647 536 666 6 1, 826 197 154 30 30 3, 635) 363 350 531 52 47 430 382 301 2, 450 685 668 177 147 5, 328 225 224 2, 777 331 10 249) 211 93 62 54 2, 806 2, 460 51 55 5, 392 1, 716 1,578 3 7 247 238 1, 398 1,115 11 4 2,578 401 376 15 20 828 726 1 1, 555 . 207 157 27 18 581 478 3 2 1,064 32 15 49 31 4, 264 3, 905 290 295 8,734 2,179 1,701 450 364 1,987 1,838 10 14 3,849 865 663 186 131 2, 393 2, 268 8 12 4, 699 1,903 1,711 15 101 3, 485 3, 344 333 277 7, 439 1,598 1,359 301 289 2, 443 2, 292 41 36 4,812 1, 263 1, 130 47 48 2, 610 2,50€ 25, 122 2,000 1,711 12 8 11 62, 132 519 456 27 19 588 523 5,774 1,339 982 202 8281 7361 31 27 1, 622 3831 337 61 44 6, 112 5, 100 352 433 12,057 2, 984 1, 810 294 205 2,397 25 26! 4, 897 1,723 1, 826 11 70 23 $44 66 $34 00 46 30 36 53 25 77 37 21 23 61 26 78 321 31 38 77 33 85 20 12 56 23 41 25 30 67 23 18 45 00 33 75 57 842 00 31 00 28 81 33 77 33 43 65 30 41 00 31 00 68 45 53 29 35 13 3 23 33 21 60 16 71 32 00 24 50 41 13 43 0028 27 14 27 00 23 68 37 24) 45 33 33 00 59 30 40 64 29 88 14 11 20 48 20 00 105 23 48 00 40 00 37 10 33 10 22 90 62 21/ 54 33 33 55 26 8 32 50 25 00 48 281 37 76 25 21 35 11 47 25 44 33 52 27| 46 63 30 00 48. 15 43 00 40 00 33 50 53 36 50 6 34 29 26 66 28 11 40 00 29 00 17 12 30 00 25 00 63 19 36 25 25 50 55 32 40 00 29 50 22 15 28 00 19 70 10 27 00 3 401 40 00 34 00 70 14 43 25 37 63 36 7 44 20 35 75 57 13 39 481 27 44 16| 38 00 27 50 59 191 36 12 26 00 74 21 31 471 21 20 52 33 39 20 30 50 6 34 0.23 00 35 23 43 73 32 45 46 19 46 91 34 55 6 7 24 66 20 66 15 648 00 32 40 3, 768 54 1, 106 2,030 2, 476 1, 009 1, 735 2, 192 150 901 77 53 9243 00 65 38 42 731 31 62 2, 449 53 32 47 50 40 48 2,079 53 2, 997 2,569 143 121 5,831 644 545 40 361 4, 356 3,991 297) 302 8, 946 2,933 2,563 132 123 4, 865 240 203 1, 720 31 36 3, 552 40 222 24 28 2, 726 2, 489 247 266 5,728 1, 586 1,388 106 125 2, 742 2, 476 121 108 5, 447 1,979 1, 676 91 96) 2, 902 2, 754 225 218 6,099 1,774 1, 616 12 25 1, 180) 954 5 13 2, 152 90 89 81 801 4,033 3, 928 215 218 8, 394 3, 461 3,018 1601 103 1, 236 1, 110 19 9 2,374 17 11 2 2 3, 851 403 439 7, 882 1, 171 884 776 655 23 26 1,938 2, 843 364 357 6, 870 2, 218 1, 961 82 71 391 319 4, 526 1, 442 1, 264 65 65 1, 504 92 864 4141 314 653 102 76 41 24 2, 634 394 284 6, 132 1, 831 1,687 90 95 2, 079 1, 811 32 41 3, 963 501 434 302 151 3, 367 3, 221 615 675 8,057 1,885 1,819 427 509 954 1, 999 234 162 131 100 1 4,230 349 316 5 245 5, 399 1,575 2,181 90 79 323 714 2, 590 2, 032 367 3 1, 697 332 288 104 115 3 2 1, 852 56 55 1,079 2, 420 Jefferson Scott. Shelby 53 63 62 36 14 26 73 8 41 12 41 6 61 24 54 601 60 11 13$48 00 $37 00 3 36 33 25 00 41 41 501 38 00 11 35 00 27 42 15| 35 00 20 00 35 44 89 33 29 16 32 75 22 90 12 31 36 28 50 2 12 39 41 30 75 42 43 65 35 80 28 42 59 34 72 12 34 521 33 64 6 38 88 32 50 13 39 20 27 50 46 36 77 27 47 7 30 00 11 34 46 30 55 25 33 12 36 00 26 00 245 00 20 00 31 51 18 38 00 22 33 11 27 50 30 47 13 43 00 10 54 981 38 75 30 32 871 27 39 2 27 47 17 50 17 29 96 21 18 24 42 91 30 87 16 49 00 34 00 24 44 49 34 63 7 26 34 19 00 3 23 71 22. 50 27 50 60 41 57 7 35 00 30 00 8 43 00 27 50 10) 47 34 29 05 399 25 50 11 42 90 22 34 33 26 00 31 35 85 29 5 61 43 501 30 00 2, 820 16 33 535 45 50 68 17 10 45 21 3, 654 32 47 3, 082 16 106 69 33 44 24 5 44 251 1, 660 1, 721 1,770 1,857 100 93 3, 550 752 546) 82 42 1,596 1, 396 43 613 475 56 53 3, 344 3,083 602 632 7,721 1,653 1,385 174 246 11 3, 440 1, 229 1, 164 28 4, 325 1,898 1, 673 267 283 41 187 117 65 62 2 40 160 156 131 3, 899 1, 154 1,041 166 2021 1, 666 12 8 3,407 497 496 20 20 430 374 2 806 6 1 3, 819 613 519) 7 1, 145 155 1, 430 1, 153 11 12 2, 606 180 116 321 284 1, 568! 1, 423 29 17 3,037] 1,038 998 25 22 1, 907 1,681 152 142 3, 882 1,086 887 119 83 1, 701 100 113 3, 640 710 701 220 237 20 21] 2, 554 559 431 60 66 1, 853 1,818 47 36 3,754 1, 206 1,072 24 28 1, 028 969 1, 997 671 579 46 37 1,100 1,227 10 40 39 25 30 17 25 00 4 27 56 26 25 33 31 29 24 25 2 25 00 26 4 7 30 00 17 50 16 41 00 32 00 81 41 00 31 00 19. 41 68 33 60 9 30 63 25 00 11 34 31 31 50 21 33 04 24 38 4 26 66 20 00 15 2, 352 697 813 Total... 584, 026133, 243 116, 484 4, 6152, 531 38 60 29 81 * Four townships not reported. One township not reported. ** Eight townships not reported. # Seven townships not reported. Three townships not rep'ted ll One township not reported. T Four townships not reported ff Nine townships not reported. | Eloven townships not rep'ted NEBRASKA. Hon. S. D. BEALS, superintendent of public instruction, Lincoln. This Bureau having failed in many and repeated efforts to procure an educational report, no statement of the condition of schools in Nebraska can be presented. As in the case of Arizona Territory, no reply has been received to any of the communications which have been addressed to persons supposed to be interested in educational matters. NEVADA. Fourth annual report, for the year 1868; the Hon. A. N. Fisher, superintendent. Notwithstanding the peculiar disadvantages incident to the settlement of a mineral country, public schools, mainly free, are established in every populous. district, and during the past two years have been taught for a greater average number of months, with one or two possible exceptions, at a greater expense per census child, by teachers employed at a larger average salary, than elsewhere in the United States. The average length of time during which public schools were maintained in the State during the past year, was 7.28 months. The average monthly wages of teachers is: males, $157 41; females, $107 28. The amount of the State school fund in 1868 was $23,000. The constitution of the State provides that “all proceeds of lands granted by the United States to the State of Nevada are hereby solemnly pledged for educational purposes, and shall not be transferred to any other fund for any other uses.” This fund is also increased by all fines collected under the penal laws of the State, 2 per cent. of the gross proceeds of toll roads and bridges, all estates that may escheat to the State, and 5 per cent. of proceeds of lands sold within the State by the General Government. This fund can be used for no other purpose than the payment of teachers' wages. BOARD OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. The general control of schools is vested in a State superintendent of public instruction, who, with the governor and State surveyor, form a board of public instruction. The governor is president and the superintendent is secretary of this body. The superintendent holds office for four years, and receives a salary of $2,000 yearly, and his traveling expenses. It is his duty to apportion State moneys, furnish instruction to school officers, and visit each county once a year. County affairs are managed by the county superintendent, who is elected for two years. The school law provides that“negroes, Mongolians, and Indians shall not be admitted into the public schools; but the board of trustees of any district may establish a separate school for their education, and use the public-school funds for support of the same. .” This interdict mainly affects the negro race, since neither Mongolian por Indian children, except a few living in white families, manifest any desire to attend the public schools, and, there being but few colored people in any single locality, the permissive provision is practically inoperative. “But one colored school has been attempted in the State during the year, and it was soon discontinued, on account of extraordinary expense. As few of the colored race are able to afford private tuition, we have growing up among us juvenile pariahs, condemned by our State to ignorance and its attendant vices. We believe this inhibition unwise, unjust, and unconstitutional." Amount paid forTeachers' salaries $48, 324 55 Sites, buildings, &c.. 16,774 42 School apparatus. 87 47 Contingent expenses. 7,243 67 Total.... 72, 430 11 Amount received from Balance on hand..... $7,785 85 14, 440 61 40,546 14 16, 1418 54 2, 293 74 3, 604 53 Total.ro 84, 824 41 |
