School year, population, and school population (Table 1)......................

Enrolment, attendance, duration of schools and sittings (Table 2)

5

6

State school funds, value of taxable property, and value of school 'property

(Table 7).....

Comparative statistics of State systems (Table 8).......

Summary of the comparative statistics of State systems (Table 9)

20

Remarks upon the tables.....

Statement of present educational condition, by States....

Extracts from State reports relating to―

School attendance

Supervision............

Uniform school term

Free text-books......

Table of facts relating to chief State school officers (Table 10) ...

Summary of constitutional and legal provisions relating to education in tho

several States......

13

24

40

43

44

45

46

47

APPENDIX II.-CITY-SCHOOL SYSTEMS.

Magnitude of the interests involved......

217

Summary of statistics relating to city-school finances (Table 11)

217

Comparative school statistics of a number of representative cities (Table 12).....

219

263005

Pago.

Summaries of city reports....

221

Summary by States of school statistics of cities and towns containing 5,000 in-

habitants and over (Table 13) ...

239

Table of school statistics of cities and towns containing 5,000 inhabitants and

over (Table 14) ...

240

APPENDIX III.-TRAINING OF TEACHERS.

Remarks upon the table of normal schools.....

Number of teachers who have received normal training.

State appropriations to normal schools.....

Statistics of teachers' institutes (Table 15).

Courses of instruction and training...

Scheme of study for the Massachusetts State Normal Schools

Course of instruction, Connecticut Normal and Training School..

Course of instruction, State Normal School, Albany, N. Y............

Course of instruction for the Indiana State Normal School

Two classes of normal schools

German normal schools and teachers' seminaries

French normal schools ....

Subsequent careers of normal-school graduates..

Summary of statistics of public normal schools (Table 16)

Summary of statistics of private normal schools (Table 17)

Statistics of public normal schools (Table 18)

Statistics of private normal schools (Table 19)

APPENDIX IV.-KINDERGARTENS.

307

307

308

309

310

310

311

311

311

313

315

317

319

320

321

322

328

Summary of statistics of kindergarten training schools (Table 21)

General statistical summary of pupils receiving secondary instruction (Table

24)

362

Statistical summary of students in preparatory courses (Table 25)..

Summary of statistics of schools for secondary instruction (Table 26).

Summary of statistics of preparatory schools (Table 27)......

363

364

365

Statistics of private schools for elementary and secondary instruction (Table 28)

Statistics of preparatory schools and departments (Table 29)....

Summary of students in institutions for superior instruction (Table 30).

INSTITUTIONS FOR THE SUPERIOR INSTRUCTION OF WOMEN.............

430

440

Summary of statistics of institutions for the superior instruction of women

(Table 31).......

442

Page.

Statistics of institutions for the superior instruction of women (Table 32)........

UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES-general views.....

444

459

The situation and tendencies as disclosed by the analyses..

Classification of collegiate students......

459

460

Statistics of selected corporations offering university instruction (Tables 33-35)

General view of the relative number of classical and scientific students (Table

36)..........

462

465

Ratio of college students to population..............

467

Comparative statistics of attendance on classical and scientific courses (Table

37)......

468

Extracts from reports of college presidents:

Admission requirements....

Incentives to study....

Conduct of studies..

Significance of the B. A. degree....

System of fellowships at Johns Hopkins...

Scholarship system at Johns Hopkins...

Notes from university and college catalogues..

Summary of statistics of colleges and universities (Table 38)..

Statistics of colleges and universities (Table 39)

SCHOOLS OF SCIENCE

Number of agricultural students in the colleges of agriculture (Table 40)..............

Summary of schools of science endowed with the national land grant (Table 41)

Summary of schools of science, not endowed with the national land grant (Ta-

ble 42)......

471

472

473

474

474

475

475

490

494

520

521

522

524

Statistics of schools of science endowed with the national land grant (Table 43)

Statistics of schools of science not endowed with the national land grant

(Table 44)....

525

530

PROFESSIONAL INSTRUction.

Summary of statistics of professional schools by geographical sections (Table 45)

SCHOOLS OF THEOLOGY....

534

535

Summary of statistics of schools of theology (Table 46).......

535

Statistical summary of schools of theology according to denominations (Table

47).......

SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE, DENTISTRY, AND PHARMACY..............

548

Summary of statistics of schools of medicine, dentistry, and pharmacy (Table
51)....

548

Statistics of schools of medicine, dentistry, and pharmacy (Table 52)

Summary of State laws regulating the practice of medicine....

551

561

DEGREES.

Statistical summary of all degrees conferred (Table 53)

570

Degrees conferred by universities, colleges, and scientific schools (Table 54)...

Degrees conferred by institutions for the superior instruction of women (Table
55)...

576

588

Degrees conferred by professional schools not connected with universities and

colleges (Table 56)

590