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Rev. George Jacobs, of Philadelphia,
368.

Statistics of Philadelphia, 368.
Statistics of Boston, 368.

Rev. S. Deutsch, of Baltimore, 369.
Statistics of Baltimore, 369.

Rev. Dr. Sonnerschein, of St. Louis,
369.

Statistics of St. Louis, 369.

Rules of St. Louis Sabbath-school,
369.

Rev. B. Felsenthal, of Chicago, 370.
Statistics of Chicago, 370.

Rev. Isaac M. Wise, of Cincinnati, 370.
Statistics of Cincinnati, 370.
J. J. Noah, 370.

Idaho, 321, 322.

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Evening schools, 119.
Special funds, 119.

Statistics by counties, 120.

Names of county superintendents, 120.
State superintendent, 120.

Table of statistical details, 120-122.
Illiteracy in the United States, 467-502.
Earliest official data of, 467

General results of national census, 467.
Illiteracy not confined to foreigners or
negroes, 467.

Illiteracy a wide-spread national ca-
lamity, 468.

Census of 1840, and effect on public
mind, 468.

Interest and action in Virginia, 468.
Census of 1850 and 1860, 469.
Causes and remedies, 501.
Tables compiled from national census:
I. Illiterate whites in 1840, 470.
II. Illiteracy in 1850 and 1860, 472.
Whites, free colored, native, foreign.
Male and female excess of ratio.
III. Per cent. of illiterate in 1850 and
1860, 474.

Whites, native and foreign; colored,
free and slave; idiotic, insane, blind,
and deaf.

IV. Illiterate, 20 to 21 years old, with
per cent., 480.

V. Per cent. of illiterate whites in
1840, 481.

VI. Statistics of 1840, with per cent.,
495.

Birds-eye views of maps of illiteracy:

1. Illiterate whites in 1840, 483.
2. Illiterate whites in 1850, 484.

3. Illiterate whites in 1860, 485.

4. Illiterate whites, male and female,
1860, 488.

5. Illiterate whites, male and female,
1860, 489.

6. Ratio of male and female illiter.
ates, 1860, 490.

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INDEX.

Birds-eye views of maps of illiteracy:
7. Ratio of male and female illit-
eracy, 1860, 491.

8. Illiteracy of the freedmen, 493, 494.
9. Aggregate illiteracy of the United
States in 1860, 497.

10. Per cent. of aggregate illiteracy,
1840-50, 498.

11. Per cent. of aggregate illiteracy,
1850-'60, 499.

12. Per cent. of aggregate illiteracy,
1840-'60, 500.
Indiana, 123-127.

Summary of statistics of, 123.

State fund, 123.

Colored citizens taxed but not educa-
ted, 123.

State University, 123, 124.
Indiana Asbury University, 124.
Wabash College, 124.

Northwestern Christian University,
124.

Earlham College, 124.

Union Christian College, 124.
Brookville College, 124, 125.

Institution for the Deaf and Dumb,
125.

Indiana State Institute for Education
of Blind, 125.

Reform School at Plainfield, 125.
Education in State prisons, 125.
Indianapolis:

Statistical summary of, 126.
Attendance, 126.
Evening schools, 126.
Instruction in German, 126.
Colored children, 127.
Private schools, 127.
Training schools, 126, 127.

Statistical tables by counties, 127,
130.

Names of superintendents, 127–130.
State superintendent, 127.

Indian Education, 339–348.

Duty of General Government, 339.
Indians of Pacific coast, 340.

Schools of, and educational condition
in, 340.

Indians of Arizona, 340.

New Mexico, 340.

Peaceful and warlike tribes, 340.

Lack of schools and other advan-
tages, 340.

Moquis Indians, 340.

Mohaves, desire of, for schools, 440.
Pueblos ask for schools, 340.

Testimony of secretary of peace com-
mission, 340, 341.

Report of Lieutenant Ford, 341.
Recommendations of Agent Dennison,

341.

Indians of mountain Territories, 341.
Desire for schools among, 341.

Nez Percés, advanced condition of, 341.
Idaho Indians, desire of, for schools,
341.

General Sully's testimony, 341.
Recommendation to establish agricul-
tural school, 342.

Dakota Indians, no schools, 342.

Indian education-Continued.

Desire of the Sioux for education, 342.
Indians in Kansas and Nebraska, 342.
Progress of schools in Sioux Mission,
342, 343.

Sacs and Foxes, 343.

Ottoes and Missouri Indians, 343.
Pawnee manual labor school, 343.
Kickapoos, 343.

Pottawatomies' Catholic mission, 343.
Sacs and Foxes of the Mississippi, 343.
Munsees, 343.

Kaws want a mission school, 343.
Plain Indians, 343.

Shawnees, 343.

Indian Territory, Indians in, 343, 344.
Cherokee schools, statistics of, 343,

344.

Choctaws and Chickasaws, 343, 344.
General school organization, 343, 344.
Progress in Seminole schools, 344.
Chippewas in Minnesota, Wisconsin,
and Michigan, 344.

Manual labor school for the Pillagers,
344.

Lake Superior Chippewas, 345.
Wisconsin Stockbridges, 345.
Oneidas in Wisconsin, 345.
New York Indians, 345.
Alaska Indians, 345.

Report of Vincent Colyer, 345.
Indians in British North America, 346.
Statistical summary of Indian schools,
347.

Table of trust funds, 347.

Religions societies, expenditures of, for
education of Indians, 347.

Table of statistical details of Indian
education, 348-352.

Statement of liabilities of the United
States for educational purposes, as
per treaty stipulations, 353, 354.
Indian Territory, area of, 339.
Iowa, 131-139.

Summary of statistics, 131.
Abstract of school law, 131.
School fund, 131.

Need for normal school, 132.
Musical training, 132.
Evening schools, 132.

Institutions of learning not public,

132.

Statistical table by counties, 133, 139.
Names of county superintendents, 136,

139.

Kansas, 140-146.

State superintendent, 136.

Graded schools, 140.

Improvement of school-houses, 140.
Need for dictionaries, 140.

Uniformity in text-books, 140.
District treasurers, 140.

Teachers' institutes, 140.

School fund, investment of, 140.

School lands, mismanagement of, 141.
School lands, misappropriation of, 141.
Statistical summary, 141.

State Normal School, 141, 142.
State University, 142.

State Agricultural College, 142.

Kansas-Continued.

Asylum for the Blind, 143.
Denominational institutions, 143.
Teaching a profession, 143.

Names of county superintendents, 144.
State superintendent, 144.
Statistics by counties, 144-146.
Kentucky, 147-149.

Struggle for reform in school law, 147.
Opposition by the legislature, 147.
Inefficiency of old law, 147.

Provision for colored schools, 147.
Misappropriation of taxes paid by col-
ored people, 147.

List of school officers, 148, 149.
Superintendent, 148.
Kindergarten culture, 354-359.

Importance of correct methods in
teaching, 354, 355.
System in Germany, 355.

Superficial imitations of Kindergar-
tens in America, 355.

Fundamental point of difference be-
tween Fræbel's method and that of
other educators, 355.

How he utilizes the principle of evil
in children, 356.

Where he found his model, 356.
Necessity to the children of play, 356.
Fræbel's method, 356, 357.

Work done by a class of children in
Dresden, 358.

Quickening and harmonizing effects of
music, 358.

Necessity for competent teachers, 358.
Kindergarten school in Berlin, 358.
Importance of adhering to the princi-
ples of Fræbel, 359.
Kindergarten normal school in Bos-
ton, 359.

Kindergarten school for education of
colored nurses, 359.
Louisiana, 150-152.

Organization under new school law,
150.

Portions of law impracticable, 150.
Insufficient funds, 150.

Compulsory mixed schools, 150.
Mismanagement of school lands, 150.
Portion of fund lost, 150.

Parish treasurers fail to report, 150.
Normal schools needed, 150.
Normal school at New Orleans, 150.
Aid rendered by Freedmen's Bureau,
150.

Refusal of New Orleans city board to
comply with law, 150.
Louisiana State Seminary, 150.
Peabody fund, 150.

Statistical details by parishes, 151,

152.

State superintendent, 151.

Maine, 153-155.

General statistics, 153.
Normal schools, 153.

County teachers' institutes, 153.
State school fund, 153.
Compulsory attendance, 153.
Portland, general statistics of, 154.
City school committee, 154.

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Imperfection of schools prior to its
adoption, 156.

Improvement first year under new
system, 156.

Increase of children attending school
during 1866, 156.

Establishment of State normal school,
157.

Colored schools, 157.
Statistical summary,

157.

Existing school system, 157.

Insufficient salaries of teachers, 157,
Irregular attendance, 158.
Compulsory law, 158.

State Normal School, 158.
Taxes of colored people, 158.
Education of colored children in Bal
timore, 158.

St. John's College, statistics of, 158.
Maryland Agricultural College, 158.
Baltimore Female College, 158.
Statistical summary, 159.
Finances, 159.

Maryland Institute for the Instruction
of the Blind, 159, 160.

Baltimore, general view of the system
in, 160, 161.

Baltimore City College, 161.
Female high schools, 161.

Eastern Female High School, 161.
Western Female High School, 161.
Peabody prizes, 161.
Primary schools, 162.
Lower studies, 162.
Grammar schools, 162.
Evening schools, 162.
Colored schools, 162.
Punishments, 162.
School-houses, 162.
Salaries, 162.

Supervision, 162.

Statistics of schools in Baltimore,

163.

Statistics by counties, 164.

Massachusetts, 165–184.
Area of, 165.
Population, 165.

Obligation to sustain schools, 165.
Educated brain, 165.

Origin of public school system, 165.
Establishment of Harvard College, 165.
Law of the colony in 1642, 165.
Proportion of children in public schools
in 1832, 165.

Permanent fund established, 165, 166.
Normal schools: Framingham, West-
field, Bridgewater, Salem, 166.
Institution for Deaf Mutes, 166.
General statistics, 166.

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Truants, 170.

Half-time schools, 170.

Lowell, general summary of statistics

of, 170, 171.

Free evening schools, 171.
Decrease of truancy, 171.

Report of Truant Commissioner
Huse, 171.

Charlestown, general statistics of, 171.

Worcester, general statistics of, 171.
School committee, 171.
Want of normal school, 171.
Indifference of parents to punctual
attendance, 171.

Truant school, its influence, 171.
Training school, 171, 172.
Dennis, general statistics of, 172.
Lack of apparatus, 172.
Smallness of wages, 172.

Springfield, general statistics of, 172.
Training school for teachers, 172.
Free evening schools, 172.
Truant school, 172.

Reform school for children, 172.
Half-time school, 172.

Northampton, general statistics of
schools of, 173.

Increasing interest among teachers,
173.

Salem, general statistics of, 173.
School committee, 173.
Truancy, 173.

Special school for factory children, 174.
Epigrammatic sentences, 174, 182.
Superintendents of cities and towns,
182.

Statistical details by counties, 183, 184.
Medical education in the United States,

384-396.

Condition of, at present, 385, 386.
Preliminary training, 385.
Professional instruction, 385, 386.
Graduation, 386.

Medical education-Continued.
Degrees, 386.

Post-graduate course, 386.
Contrasted with that in Europe, 387,

392.

Austria, 390, 391.
France, 390.

Great Britain, 391, 392.
Italy, 390.

Instrumentalities for-
Private instruction, 385.
Medical colleges, 385–390.
Of women, 392, 393.

Profession, the, 384, 385, 393, 396.
Duty of, toward medical education,
393-396.

Number of, 384.

Organization of, 384, 385.

Relation of, to the Government,
384.

Reputation of, 384.

Students, the, 385, 386, 395, 396.
Impatience of, under instruction,

395, 396.

Percentage of, college-bred, 385.
Perplexities of, 385, 386.

Preliminary acquirements of, 385.
Suggestions as to, 393, 396.
Preliminary training, 393, 394.
Lecture courses, 394.

Methods of teaching, 394, 395.
Clinical instruction, 395.
Drawing, 393.

Moot-courts, 395.

Suits for malpractice, 393, 395.
Thoroughness of, demanded by public,

396.

Michigan, 185-193.

Summary of school statistics, 185.
Abolition of the rate bill, 185.

Advantages of free school system, 185.
Graded schools, 185.

Teachers' institutes, 185.

University of Michigan, 185, 186.

Women admitted, 186.

State Normal School, 186.

State Agricultural College, 186, 187.
Kalamazoo College, 187.

Albion College, 187.

Olivet College, 187.

State Reform School, 187.

Exclusion from of lads under ten years,
187.

Detroit, general school statistics of,

187, 188.

Demand for school accommodations,

188.

Seats forfeited by absence, 188.
Colored children in schools, 188.
Grand Rapids, summary of statistics

of, 188.

Results for ten years, 188.
Interest in education, 188.

Names of county superintendents, 189.
State superintendent, 189.

Table of school statistics by counties,
190-193.

Minnesota, 194–199.

Statistical summary of, 194.
School fund, 194.

Minnesota-Continued.

Decrease of non-attendance, 194.
Educational agencies, 194.
Teachers' institutes, 194.

Missouri-Continued.

State convention of county superin-
tendents, 194.

State teachers' institute.

First State normal school, 195.
Increase in number of male pupils,
195.

Occupations of parents of pupils, 195.
Second State normal school, 195, 196.
Third State normal school, 196.

Disparity in number of sexes of pupils,
196.

University of Minnesota, statistics of,
196.

Institution open to all, 196.

State Institution for Deaf and Dumb
and Blind, 196.

State Reform School, 196.

Other educational institutions, 196,
197.

St. Paul, statistical summary of, 197.
No truancy nor absenteeism, 197.
Graded schools, 197.

Names of school officers, State and
county superintendents, 198.
School statistics by counties, 198, 199.
Mississippi, 200, 201.

Provisions of constitution for educa-
tion, 200.

School system, 200.
School districts, 200.
State superintendent, 200.
County superintendents, 200.
School directors, 200, 201.
University of Mississippi, 201.
Normal school, 201.
State superintendent, 201.
Missouri, 201-211.

Statistical summary of, 201, 202.
Schools for colored children, 202.
Prejudice against disappearing, 202.
Normal school for colored teachers, 202.
Development of the school system,202.
Character of the teachers, 202.
District directors, 202.

Pay of county superintendents, 202.
Teachers' institutes, 202, 203.
Aid received from the Press, 203.
Mismanagement of school fund, 203.
Schools and railways, 203.
State University, 203, 204.
Lincoln Institute, 204.
Endowment of, by colored soldiers,204.
Missouri Institute for the Blind, 204.
North Missouri Normal School, 205.
Missouri Asylum for Deaf and Dumb,
205.

Other institutions not fostered by
State, 204, 205.

St. Louis, origin of public school sys-
tem of, 205.

Summary of statistics of, 205, 206.
Management of the schools, 206.
School revenues, sources derived
from, 206.

Attendance, improvement of, 206.
Graded schools, economy of, 206.

Evening schools, 206.

Instruction in German, 206.
School for colored children, 206.
Normal school, 207.

High school, 207.

Public school library, 207.

Educational power of the Press, 207.
Necessity of education to State and
county, 207, 208.

Divinity of teacher's work, 208.
Names of school officers, State and

county superintendents, 208-210.
Statistical details by counties, 210, 211.
Negroes, exclusion of, 212.
Non-attendance, causes of, 95.
Montana, 323–325.

Organization of Territory, monster
proportions of, 323.

Inadequacy of school system, 323.
Necessity felt for a permanent school
fund, 323.

Partisan legislation in school matters,
324.

Addresses of State and County su
perintendents, 325.

Statistical details by counties, 325.
Nebraska, 212.

Failure by the Bureau to procure in-
formation, 212.

No reply received to communications,

212.

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Average school term, and teachers'
wages, 212.

School fund, 212.

Board of public instruction, 212.
Exclusion of races, 212.

Need for colored schools, 212.

Summary of statistics, 212, 213.

Names of State and county superinten-
dents, 213.

Statistical details by counties, 214.
New Hampshire, 215-220.

Summary of statistics for 1869 and
1870, 215.

Remedy for non-attendance, 215.
Teachers' institutes, 215.

Lectures, 215, 216.

Decrease of number of children, 216.

Decrease in "different" teachers, 216.
Investment in brains, 216.

Advantages of institute instruction,
216.

Decrease in money expended for
schools, 216.

Increase in value of school-houses and
lots, 216.

Higher institutions of learning, 216.
Dartmouth College, 216, 217.

Chandler scientific department of,

217.

College of Agriculture and Mechanic
Arts, 217.

Manchester, general school statistics
of, 217.

Training school, 217.

Improvement of teachers, 217.

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