Report on temperance physiology and hygiene in the schools of Connecticut.. Report of the New York State central committee as to the results of the study of physiology and hygiene, being a reply to the State science teachers' association.. Information on education in Great Britain in previous Reports. Summary of current educational statistics of Great Britain and Ireland. Regulations for secondary schools issued by the board of education for 1905.. Action of local authorities in respect to higher education.. The lessons of the exposition, by Howard J. Rogers, chief of the department of education.. The educational exhibit at St. Louis, by Anna Tolman Smith, member of the jury of awards.. Tennessee, by B. A. Enloe, director. Texas, by W. L. Lemmon, secretary of the education commission. Land-grant colleges and agricultural experiment stations, by A. C. True, Director of Office of Experiment Stations, United States Department of Agriculture.. CHAPTER XVI.-THE FINAL ESTABLISHMENT OF THE AMERICAN COMMON SCHOOL SYSTEM IN NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA, AND GEORGIA, 1863-1900. BY A. D. MAYO, LL. D. A Definition of Civilization (an address by W. T. Harris before the graduates at the commence- ment exercises of the Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa., March 2, 1899) .... Art Education the True Industrial Education (a paper read by W. T. Harris before the depart- ment of art education, National Educational Association, Nashville, Tenn., July, 1889)..... REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF EDUCATION, Washington, D. C., October 2, 1905. SIR: I have the honor to submit herewith the Annual Report of this Office for the year ending June 30, 1904. The enrollment in schools and colleges, public and private, during the year 1903-4 was 17,896,890, the same being an increase of 357,422 pupils over the previous year. Of this number there were enrolled in public institutions supported by taxation and funds belonging to States and municipalities 16,379,443 pupils, as against 16,127,739, the number reported for the previous year. The quota from private institutions corresponding in character to these was 1,517,447. Besides the enrollment in schools and colleges, public and private, there were pupils enrolled in special institutions more or less scholastic in their character and more or less of a practical business character, as follows: Schools in Alaska supported by incorporated municipalities (estimated) Private kindergartens (estimated). Miscellaneous (including schools of music, oratory, elocution, cookery and various special arts) (estimated). Total for United States... 382, 601 310, 500 693, 101 Adding the enrolled of these special schools (693,101) to the total of schools, public and private (17,896,890), giving general education, we have a grand total of 18,589,991. VII TABLE I.-Common school statistics of the United States. Total population. Persons 5 to 18 years of age. Pupils enrolled (duplicates excluded) Per cent of total population enrolled. Per cent of persons 5 to 18 years of age enrolled. Average daily attendance. Relation of same to enrollment (per cent). Average length of school term (days) Total number of days attended by all pupils.. Average number of days attended by each son 5 to 18...... Average number attended by each pupil en Male teachers. Female teachers. Per cent of male teachers. Average monthly wages of male teachers d Average monthly wages of female teachers d Number of schoolhouses e Value of all school property Receipts: Per cent of total derived from Income of permanent funds and rents. |