classics attract as large a proportion of students as ever. The discussion must be regarded as merely tentative, and final conclusions be waived until similar investigations can be extended to all classes of secondary schools and to a sufficient number of each class to insure that the results shall be truly representative of past tendencies and present conditions. The following is a comparative summary of the number of institutions for secondary instruction (exclusive of high schools, preparatory schools, and departments of normal schools, and of institutions for superior instruction), making returns from 1876 to 1886, inclusive (1883 omitted): No. of institutions. 1, 229 1, 226 No. of instructors.. 1, 227 1, 236 5,999 1, 264 5, 963 1, 336 1, 482 5, 747 1, 588 5, 961 1,617 No. of students.... 106, 647 98, 371 100, 374 108, 734 110, 277 122, 617 138, 384 152, 354 160, 137 151, 050 6,009 1, 440 6, 489 7,449 7, 923 7,566 TABLE 24.—General statistical summary of pupils receiving secondary instruction. Alabama Total 4,013 3, 353 6, 568 1, 261 4. 865 475 578 14, 639 13, 851 7,625 9,955 2, 956 8, 691 3, 738 5,752 3, 884 18,567 6, 647 3, 857 4,467 11, 281 2,061 237 3, 281 7, 232 33, 315 11, 377 14, 077 3,024 17, 639 2,083 5, 236 10, 460 6,525 3, 428 6, 143 732 5, 768 876 1, 263 46 998 3 1,087 1, 637 1, 142 a In 471 cities. 6 Strictly normal students are not included. TABLE 25.-Statistical summary of students in preparatory courses. Alabama lanıpsli 380 058 1, 240 342 438 40 138 2,586 2, 756 1, 658 2, 355 1, 155 1,214 1, 399 518 500 2, 215 814 612 809 3, 221 419 51 593 977 5,862 1,615 2, 310 920 2, 607 221 865 2.425 922 234 955 107 1, 337 428 289 100 27 3 296 313 258 Total.. 15, 164 7, 229 24, 593 2, 586 49, 572 Table 26.---Summary of statistics of schools for secondary instruction. Alabama Total 26 51 51 2, 119 597 245 71 38 745 $197, 200 91, 200 126 3,072 1, 579 401 29 172 17, 221 467, 800 4 17 15 827 209 500 41 55,000 02 124 2, 055 692 183 23 170 10, 852 257, 500 4 9 13 475 205 2, 400 72, 000 424 216 51 141 0 2.550 120 106 90,000 235 11, 797 6, 531 1, 352 95 124 29, 587 49.1, 650 43 123 170 6, 183 2, 292 379 399 229 50, 135 1,054,400 11 38 58 3, 581 797 212 1, 205 224 9, 734 224,000 39 97 82 5, 998 843 412 X54 743 11, 220 331, 000 3.1 18 1, 216 142 253 181 132 6,336 234, 000 58 109 274 6,057 2,096 422 330 150 20, 134 622, 700 19 50 97 2, 148 1, 173 359 17 86 5, 202 139, 050 27 45 3, 002 1, 108 252 199 16, 011 322, 025 32 88 76 2,195 882 103 10 64 17, 967 620, 600 58 303 239 3,921 1, 380 494 22 178 33, 974 1, 755, 233 11 32 51 2, 251 190 256 6+ 10, 625 258, 400 44 1,493 492 146 37 104 5, 967 180,000 31 55 3, 297 1,379 124 65 11, 987 174, 250 69 18! 203 6, 634 2,714 992 5:22 337 30, 835 E65, 400 11 46 45 917 205 158 51 48 8, 668 937, 300 70 0 200 25,000 49 1, 839 1, 007 205 32 103 10, 114 227,000 45 122 108 3, 485 1,472 337 31 158 27, 395 461,000 174 478 5.90 18,851 9, 537 1, 998 537 9:2 104, 687 4, 104, 896 102 198 195 10, 558 4. 732 1, 037 653 541 23, 292 572, 200 113 160 3, 895 1,585 103 285 39 38, 836 514, 800 17 29 76 2, 145 268 81 69 4,615 321, 300 81 219 296 7, 089 129 53, 073 1,686, 100 2 2 135 400 680 23 59 3, 489 1, 541 164 96 5 5, 879 173, 400 108 116 7, 126 3,047 778 406 73 8, 803 318, 150 36 92 121 5, 165 2, 292 356 245 58 11, 140 357, 090 21 52 65 2, 779 553 199 22 100 6, 770 321, 400 35 76 90 3, 408 325, 500 4, 200 50,000 20 80 81 2, 561 1, 396 223 16 109 29, 039 374,500 6 11 21 501 134 141 38 64 1, 175 113,000 15 32 91 1,0:1 687 108 6,525 160, 600 10 16 29 998 517 100 24 3, 650 317,000 8 33 $55 389 296 98 47 6, 116 96,000 13 18 35 1, 637 121 313 20 56 1,850 129, 810 12 19 32 819 232 37 17 72 2, 968 87,000 1, 440 3, 180 4,386 a151,050 61, 391 15, 164 8,356 5,810 683, 036 20, 161, 734 a Large number not classified. PREPARATORY SCHOOLS. Detailed statistics of preparatory schools will be found in 'Table 29. The following is a comparative statement of the statistics of these schools as reported to the Bureau from 1876 to 1886, inclusive (1883 omitted): 1876. 1877. 1878. 1879. 1880. 1881. 1882. 1894. 1885. 1880. Number of institutions.. 105 114 114 123 125 130 137 169 179 736 796 818 818 860 871 1, 041 1, 173 1, 21 1.4.34 12, 369 12, 510 12,538 13, 561 13, 239 13,275 15,691 18,319 17,605 41,031 TABLE 27.-Summary of statistics of preparatory schools. 600 $12, 000 700 8,000 3,550 184,000 1, 612 40, 300 11,740 680,000 600 119, OCO 3, 225 50,000 87,000 4,000 65,000 100 8,800 4, 735 207, 000 4, 250 52,000 29, 689 1,999,000 700 100,000 145, 000 12, 200 312, 700 6,150 1,307,000 20, 567 | 1, 459, 570 1,200 1, 610 163, 500 7, 525 584,000 3, 600 202, 000 400 10,000 740 52, 000 400 50,000 1,600 40,000 5,000 25, 000 3,300 165, 600 2, 200 40,000 28,000 500 20,000 2,918 131, 293 8, 217, 670 a Includes students preparing for classical or scientific course, the number includod not being specifiod. |