are in attendance who were born in Indiana than from any other State in the Union. Wisconsin stands next to Indiana; then follow in order, New York, Penusylvania, Massachusetts, Vermont, Ohio, and Maine. Other States are represented, as well as several foreign nations. The average age of the pupils is about nineteen and one-half years. Of the attendance, 28 per cent. has been males; 72 per cent. females. The number of volumes received for the library, from publishers, individuals, and other sources is 3,005. The new building was to be thoroughly prepared for occupancy in time for the commencement of the fall term, September 1870. THIRD STATE NORMAL SCHOOL. Located at St. Cloud by act of legislature, February 1866. Organized and opened for students September 15, 1869, occupying temporary accommodations. Professor Ira Moore, principal. Appropriation for permanent building made by legislature of 1869. The number in attendance the first term is 52, of whom 10 are males and 42 are females. In the model classes the attendance has been 73; making a total in all the departments of 125. "The disparity in the number of the sexes in the normal school," the principal remarks, "corresponds somewhat nearly to the wants of our public schools. The schools of the State are coming, year by year, more into the hands of lady teachers, as it is, perhaps, most fit they should do, the superior aptitude of women for teaching being universally acknowledged.” In conclusion, the board of normal schools reports that, "in the three schools, all of which are in their infancy, the total number of counties in the State represented is 37, and the total number of pupils under instruction has been 817; of which number, 373 were in the normal departments. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA. Located at St. Anthony. William W. Folwell, president. The preparatory department was opened in 1867, with an aggregate attendance for the year of 72 pupils. The aggregate attendance during the school year ending June 25, 1869, was 125. During these two years a class was fitted for the first year of a college course. Number of professors and instructors, 9. The institution embraces classical, scientific, aud agricultural departments. The agricultural college lands granted to the State by the General Government were, by an act of the legislature of 1868, given to the university. A preparatory or elementary department is to be maintained as long as there is room for it. Instruction given wholly by members of the faculty. Many useful volumes have been presented to the library, and the faculty have prepared a list of books to be purchased with the funds-$2,500-already appropriated for that purpose. Tuition is free to all, and, as yet, no charges are made for incidentals. The institution is open to ladies upon the same terms, and with equal privileges as gentlemen enjoy. STATE INSTITUTION FOR THE DEAF, DUMB, AND BLIND. Located at Faribault. Professor J. L. Noyes, principal. He has not been content to follow in the beaten track, or simply teach after the long-established methods of instructing this class of persons, but has labored, and successfully, in new paths. His views upon the subject of articulation, presented to the legislature in a former report, have attracted the attention of educators of this class of pupils in Europe as well as in America. Statistical information for the school during the year not given. STATE REFORM SCHOOL. Located at St. Paul, and is under the management of Rev. Mr. Riheldaffer. It has in it about 50 boys, at an average age of about fourteen years. They have been sent from different parts of the State, and have been adjudged guilty of some violation of the law, or found in need of discipline they would not receive at home. OTHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. Efforts were made by the superintendent to obtain full statistical reports from all educational institutions in the State, but they were not successful. The name, location, and aggregate attendance of some of the more permanently established schools are given, as follows: Northfield College, Northfield, aggregate attendance St. Paul Female Seminary, St. Paul, aggregate attendance.. 80 107 GO St. Croix Academy, Afton, aggregate attendance Total The following are select mixed schools: Caledonia College Institute, Caledonia, aggregate attendance.. Total The following are primary denominational schools: Parish school, Episcopal, Red Wing, aggregate attendance. Total 34 44 43 23 149 150 35 92 102 58 50 487 ST. PAUL. The superintendent of schools of this city, Hon. John Mattocks, who is also secretary of the board of education, reports to that body for the year ending April 1, 1870, the following, among other items of interest: The number of persons in the city between the ages of five and twenty-one. Number enrolled in public schools 5,078 2, 689 1,544 10 34 $43,935 36 The superintendent has reason to believe that, through the public schools and the private schools, all the children of the city are in attendance upon a course of education. With the concurrence of the chief of police and his assistants, truancy is scarcely known in the city. In no part of it-neither in the town, nor the streets, nor the suburbs, nor at the depots-will children be found during school hours. He has invoked the assistance of the police on the assumption that a vagrant child is as much under their supervision as a vagrant man. The average cost of instruction upon the number enrolled has been $10 55. Upon the average attendance it has been $16 70. The schools are graded, from the alphabetical to the high, in six different grades, as follows: Alphabetical, lower primary, upper primary, intermediate, grammar, and high. The course of instruction in the alphabetical schools is, the alphabet; reading from the blackboard and the primer, with exercises in spelling, both by letter and sounds; counting from 1 to 100, forward and backward; drawing; use of the slate; writing Arabic and Roman numerals to LX; primer completed and reviewed. There are four of these alphabetical schools, five lower primary, six upper primary, four intermediate, four grammar schools, and there is one high school. The government of the schools is lodged with the secretary (who is ex officio superintendent) and the committee on schools. $11, 898 00 1,573 50 26, 360 60 12, 250 09 14,705 00 47, 664 00 5, 630 00 35,851 00 2, 160 00 16,735 00 75, 697 73 22,992 00 100, 810 00 178,238 70 29, 025 00 1, 302 00 1,000 00 260 00 200 00 .11 120 00 95 05 96 1,374 1,307 62 3,511 24 8,520 59 607 70 1,484 90 21, 124 50 11 6 44 14.04 98 50 57 851 53 1, 190 13 67 1,161 13 2,808 35 528 22 1. 011 86 7,850 00 283 45 829 88 1,588 78 404 60 921 65 2,256 50 61 34 886 25 1, 040 00 197 87 6, 150 00 197 56 628 22 913 41 1,747 00 12 152 235 14 836 72 11 70 620 81 1,360 00 126 1,388 1, 302 82 11, 643 21 9,290 55 5,757 31 1,194 26 36, 420 00 53 1,039 920 .67 3,086 23 5, 533 00 550 84 1,613 14 3,230 2,766 .83 11, 655 90 23, 435 39 2,422 06 3,317 39 9 .09 2 14 201 .62 96 1,667 1,300 48 3, 103 63 18,888 70 500 00 452 50 147 2,499 2,300 .77 8,973 67 17, 515 62 5 62 51 .51 402 27 834 46 60 96 69 1,970 1,746 .88 1,655 63 1,080 60 258 52 133 94 1,031 65 21 256 231 86 2,270 11 1,227 45 46 .55 1,000 10 4,361 07 215 78 81 1,564 1,607 .66 4,823 30 4,006 19 6, 013 81 1,891 34 85 1, 159 1,083 .81 4,732 39 8, 311 63 1,112 16 1, 149 09 221 13 582 97 9,837 00 119, 805 00 800 00 2,327 68 79,875 00 500 00 76, 109 00 1,750 00 20, 231 00 5,791 11 12, 825 00 33, 305 00 26,651 00 8 94 82 .39 493 62 140 82 2,773 00 84 1,038 1, 015 .83 2,212 81 66 1,278 1, 177 .91 7,535 17 12 157 129 50 159 .77 7,415 18 87 1,217 1, 058 66 399 16 1,496 15 195 48 2, 666 64 830 94 69, 266 13 58, 400 00 800 00 103, 415 50 15,905 00 1, 339, 697 50 Value of all the schoolhouses in the county. MISSISSIPPI. The constitution of Mississippi, adopted in 1868, recognizing the necessity of providing for the education of the people as the foundation for a republican government, makes it the duty of the legislature to establish “a uniform system of free public schools, by taxation or otherwise, for all children between the ages of five and twentyone years," and as soon as practicable to "establish schools of higher grade." The constitution also requires the election of a superintendent of public education at the same time and in the same manner as the governor, having the qualification of secretary of state, and holding his office for four years; also, that "there shall be a board of education, consisting of the secretary of state, the attorney general, and the superintendent of public education;" also, that there shall be a school superintendent for each county; that in each school district one or more schools shall be maintained for four months at least in each year; the penalty for neglect being a forfeiture of all funds or income. A common school fund is also to be provided for from the proceeds of lands belonging to the State, granted by the United States; and the lands known as "swamp lands," with certain specified exceptions; and also, "of all lands now or hereafter vested in the State by escheat, or purchase, or forfeiture for taxes," as well as the proceeds from licenses, fines, and some other sources named. To aid this fund a poll-tax, not exceeding $2 a head, is to be levied. An agricultural college is also to be provided for from the lands-210,000 acres-donated by Congress for said purpose July 2, 1865. No religious sect is ever to control any part of the school or university funds of the State. All school funds are to be divided pro rata among the children of school age. SCHOOL SYSTEM. In accordance with the constitutional requirements, the legislature, at its session in June 1870, passed an act "To regulate the supervision, organization, and maintenance of a uniform system of public education." SCHOOL DISTRICTS. Each county constitutes one school district; but any incorporated city of more than 5,000 inhabitants constitutes a separate district. The board of education have a general care and supervision of all property coming into possession of the State for school purposes, the income of which they are to pay to the school authorities of the cities or districts for the support of the schools. They are to make a report annually, upon all matters intrusted to their charge, to the superintendent of public education, to be by him incorporated in his annual report to the legislature. They have power to remove county superintendents for good cause, and may fill vacancies occurring in the office of county superintendents, reporting their action to the senate at the next session of the legislature. Each member of the board is to give bond in the sum of $20,000, conditioned as the bonds of other State officers. STATE SUPERINTENDENT. This officer has the general supervision of all the schools, is to visit each county annually, as well as provide for holding a teachers' institute in each congressional district. He is to report to the legislature annually on all matters relating to his office and the educational interests of the State. He shall appoint a clerk, who shall have a salary of $1.100. The superintendent receives 5 cents per mile for distance actually traveled in his official duties, and all necessary contingent expenses. He is prohibited from acting as the agent of any author, publisher, or bookseller, directly or indirectly, on penalty of removal and forfeiture of all moneys due him from the State. COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS Are to have the supervision of the schools of their respective counties, visiting them once in each term, to examine and grant certificates to teachers, and perform other duties, as required by the State superintendent or board of education. They receive a salary of $5 a day. They report to the State superintendent, and, like him, are prohibited from using any influence in favor of any author, publisher, or bookseller, upon similar penalties. SCHOOL DIRECTORS. The board of county supervisors and the city council of any incorporated city of more than 5,000 inhabitants appoint six school directors in each district, for three |
