Kansas-Continued.

Maine-Continued.
Asylum for the Blind, 143.

Policy in reference to teachers, 154.
Denominational institutions, 143.

Bangor, general statistics of, 154.
Teaching a profession, 143.

Roll of honor, 154.
Names of county superintendents, 144. Discontinuance of public school ex-
State superintendent, 144.

aminations, 154.
Statistics by counties, 144-146.

Statistical details by counties, 155.
Kentucky, 147-149.

State superintendent, 155.
Struggle for reform in school law, 147. County supervisors, names of, 155.
Opposition by the legislature, 147. Maryland, 156–164.
Inefficiency of old law, 147.

School law of 1865.
Provision for colored schools, 147. · Imperfection of schools prior to its
Misappropriation of taxes paid by col- adoption, 156.
ored people, 147.

Improvement first year under new
List of school officers, 148, 149.

system, 156.
Superintendent, 148.

Increase of children attending school
Kindergarten culture, 354-359.

during 1866, 156.
Importance of correct methods in Establishment of State normal schooi,
teaching, 354, 355.

157.
System in Germany, 355.

Colored schools, 157.
Superficial imitations of Kindergar- Statistical summary, 157.

.
tens in America, 355.

Existing school system, 157.
Fundamental point of difference be- Insufficient salaries of teachers, 157,

tween Fræbel's method and that of Irregular attendance, 158.
other educators, 355.

Compulsory law, 158.
How he utilizes the principle of evil State Normal School, 158.
in children, 356.

Taxes of colored people, 158.
Where he found his model, 356.

Education of colored children in Bal
Necessity to the children of play, 356. timore, 158.
Frobel's method, 356, 357.

St. John's College, statistics of, 158.
Work done by a class of children in Maryland Agricultural College, 158.
Dresden, 358.

Baltimore Female College, 158.
Quickening and harmonizing effects of Statistical summary, 159.
music, 358.

Finances, 159.
Necessity for competent teachers, 358. Maryland Institute for the Instruction
Kindergarten school in Berlin, 358.

of the Blind, 159, 160.
Importance of adhering to the princi- Baltimore, general view of the system
ples of Fræbel, 359.

in, 160, 161.
Kindergarten normal school in Bos-

Baltimore City College, 161.
ton, 359.

Female high schools, 161.
Kindergarten school for education of Eastern Female High School, 161.
colored nurses, 359.

Western Female High School, 161.
Louisiana, 150–152.

Peabody prizes, 161.
Organization under new school law, Primary schools, 162.
150.

Lower studies, 162.
Portions of law impracticable, 150.

Grammar schools, 162.
Insufficient funds, 150.

Evening schools, 162.
Compulsory mixed schools, 150.

Colored schools, 162.
Mismanagement of school lands, 150. Punishments, 162.
Portion of fund lost, 150.

School-houses, 162.
Parish treasurers fail to report, 150.

Salaries, 162.
Normal schools needed, 150.

Supervision, 162.
Normal school at New Orleans, 150.

Statistics of schools in Baltimore,
Aid rendered by Freedmen’s Bureau,

163.
150.

Statistics by counties, 164.
Refusal of New Orleans city board to Massachusetts, 165-184.
comply with law, 150.

Area of. 165.
Louisiana State Seminary, 150.

Population, 165.
Peabody fund, 150.

Obligation to sustain schools, 165.
Statistical details by parishes, 151, Educated brain, 165.
152.

Origin of public school system, 165.
State superintendent, 151.

Establishment of Harvard College, 165.
Maine, 153–155.

Law of the colony in 1642, 165.
General statistics, 153.

Proportion of children in public schools
Normal schools, 153.

in 1832, 165.
County teachers' institutes, 153,

Permanent fund established, 165, 166.
State school fund, 153.

Normal schools : Framingham, West-
Compulsory attendance, 153.

field, Bridgewater, Salem, 166.
Portland, general statistics of, 154.

Institution for Deaf Mutes, 166.
City school committee, 154.

General statistics, 166.

Minnesota-Continued.

Missouri --Continued.
Decrease of non-attendance, 194.

Evening schools, 206.
Educational agencies, 194.

Instruction in German, 206.
Teachers' institutes, 194.

School for colored children, 206.
State convention of county superin-

Normal school, 207.
tendents, 194.

High school, 207.
State teachers' institute.

Public school library, 207.
First State normal school, 195.

Educational power of the Press, 297.
Increase in number of male pupils, Necessity of education to State and
195.

county, 207, 208.
Occupations of parents of pupils, 195. Divinity of teacher's work, 208.
Second State normal school, 195, 196. Names of school officers, State and
Third State normal school, 196.

county superintendents, 208-210.
Disparity in number of sexes of pupils, Statistical details by counties, 210, 211.
196.

Negroes, exclusion of, 212.
University of Minnesota, statistics of, Non-attendance, causes of, 95.
196.

Montana, 323–325.
Institution open to all, 196.

Organization of Territory, monster
State Institution for Deaf and Dumb

proportions of, 323.
and Blind, 196.

Inadequacy of school system, 323.
State Reform School, 196.

Necessity felt for a permanent school
Other educational institutions, 196, fund, 323.
197.

Partisan legislation in school matters,
St. Paul, statistical summary of, 197.

324.
No truancy nor absenteeism, 197.

Addresses of State and County su
Graded schools, 197.

perintendents, 325.
Names of school officers, State and Statistical details by counties, 325.
county superintendents, 198.

Nebraska, 212.
School statistics by counties, 198, 199. Failure by the Bureau to procure in-
Mississippi, 200, 201.

formation, 212.
Provisions of constitution for educa- No reply received to communications,
tion, 200.

212.
School system, 200.

Superintendent of public instruction,
School districts, 200.

212.
State superintendent, 200.

Nevada, 212-214.
County superintendents, 200.

Average school term, and teachers'
School directors, 200, 201.

wages, 212.
University of Mississippi, 201.

School fúnd, 212.
Normal school, 201.

Board of public instruction, 212.
State superintendent, 201.

Exclusion of races, 212.
Missouri, 201-211.

Need for colored schools, 212.
Statistical summary of, 201, 202.

Summary of statistics, 212, 213.
Schools for colored children, 202.

Names of State and county superinten-
Prejudice against disappearing, 202.

dents, 213.
Normalschool for colored teachers, 202. Statistical details by counties, 214.
Development of the school system,202. New Hampshire, 215–220.
Character of the teachers, 202.

Summary of statistics for 1869 and
District directors, 202.

1870, 215.
Pay of county superintendents, 202. Remedy for non-attendance, 215.
Teachers' institutes, 202, 203.

Teachers' institutes, 215.
Aid received from the Press, 203.

Lectures, 215, 216.
Mismanagement of school fund, 203. Decrease of number of children, 216.
Schools and railways, 203.

Decrease in “different” teachers, 216.
State University, 203, 204.

Investment in brains, 216.
Lincoln Institute, 204.

Advantages of institute instruction,
Endowment of, by colored soldiers, 204.

216.
Missouri Institute for the Blind, 204. Decrease in money expended for
North Missouri Normal School, 205.

schools, 216.
Missouri Asylum for Deaf and Dumb, Increase in value of school-houses and
205.

lots, 216.
Other institutions not fostered by Higher institutions of learning, 216.
State, 204, 205.

Dartmouth College, 216, 217.
St. Louis, origin of public school sys-

Chandler scientific department of,
tem of, 205.

217.
Summary of statistics of, 205, 206.

College of Agriculture and Mechanic
Management of the schools, 206.

Arts, 217.
School revenues, sources derived Manchester, general school statistics
from, 206.

of, 217.
Attendance, improvement of, 206.

Training school, 217.
Graded schools, economy of, 206.

Improvement of teachers, 217.

Normal schools—Continued.

Ohio-Continued.
Standard suggested for admission to School accommodations, 257.
elementary normal school, 404.

Names of State and county superin-
Proposed course of study for, 404, 405. tendents, 258, 259.
North Carolina, 248–252.

School statistics by counties, 260–263.
Progress of education in the State, 248. School financial statistics by counties,
Number of children, white and colored, 264-267.
in State, 248.

Oregon, 268.
Charitable and religious associations, Educational sentiment in, 268.
248.

No State board of education, 268.
Education among the colored popula- Pennsylvania, 268–281.
tion, 248, 249.

Statistical summary of, 268.
Friends' school for freedmen, 249.

School system, 268.
American Missionary Association, 248, Supervision, 268.
249.

Salaries of county superintendents,
American Union Freedman's Commis-

269.
sion, 248, 249.

State superintendent, 269.
Episcopal parish schools, 249.

Directors, 269.
Presbyterian parochial schools, 249. City and borough superintendents,269.
Private schools, 250.

Teachers' graded certificates, 269.
Summary of schools organized by char- Professional certificates, 269.

itable and religious associations, 250. Studies, 270.
Colleges and collegiate institutes, male Text books, 270.
and female, 250.

Attendance, 270.
Education of deaf, dumb, and blind, Number of children in no school, 270.
251.

Irregular attendance, truancy, non-
Insane Asylum, 251.

attendance, 270.
Public school fund, 251.

School revenues, 270, 271.
School-houses, 251.

Higher education, 271.
Penal institutions, 251.

Teachers' institutes, 271.
Poor-houses, 251.

Normal schools, 271.
Penitentiary, 252.

Colleges, 271.
Peabody fund, 252.

Awakening of interest in education,
Wilmington free schools, 252.

271, 272.
Boston munificence, 252.

Philadelphia, summary of school sta-
Lady county examiner, 252.

tistics of, 272.
Ohio, 252-267.

Compensation of teachers, 272.
Śtatistical summary, 252, 253.

Public entertainments by grammar
Schools in rural districts, 253.

schools, 272.
Districts in which teachers “board Evening schools, 272, 273.
around," 253.

Compulsory education, 273.
Township system, 253.

City superintendent needed, 273.
Teachers' institutes, 253.

Pittsburg, summary of school statis-
Supervision, 253.

tics of, 273, 274.
Higher institutes of learning, 254.

Names of State and county superin-
Normal schools and academies, 254.

tendents, 274, 275.
Colleges and universities, 254.

School statistics by counties, 276-279.
Young ladies' seminaries, 254.

Statistical table of academies and sem-
Bible in schools, 254, 255.

inaries, 280, 281.
Cincinnati, summary of school statis- Rhode Island, 282–284.
tics of, 256.

Early history of, 282.
Cincinnati normal school, 255.

Summary of school statistics of, 282.
Special training for teachers, 255, Legal school term, 282.
256.

Teachers' institutes, 282.
Phonic method of reading, 256.

Providence, grammar schools of, 282.
Drawing, 256.

High school, proportion of pupils
Schools of design, 256.

who enter, 282.
Evening schools, 256.

Crowding of primary schools in, 282.
Normal schools, 256.

Ill-health among the children in, 282.
Columbus, summary of statistics of, Providence evening schools, 283.
256, 257.

Ages of pupils, and earnestness in
Schools for colored children, 257.

learning, 283.
Proportion of children in school at Example of perseverance by a young
various ages, 257.

girl, 283.
Estimated number receiving no in-

Evening school for ladies, the "Irre-
struction, 257.

pressibles,” 283.
Cleveland, statistical summary of Names of State superintendents, 283.
schools of, 257.

Names of city and town superintend
Proportion of children of various

ents, 283.
ages out of school, 257.

Statistical details by counties, 284.