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REPORT
[Whole Number 239
OF THE
COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION
FOR
THE YEAR 1896-97.
VOLUME 2.
CONTAINING PARTS II AND III.
WASHINGTON:
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.
379 X
1896/972.
CONTENTS OF VOLUME 2.
PART II.
CHAPTER XXIII.-FEDERAL AND STATE AID TO HIGHER EDUCATION.
Page.
Summary of Federal and State aid given to establish higher education.......
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CHAPTER XXIV.-THE FIRST COMMON SCHOOLS OF NEW ENGLAND
The New England academy, by President S. C. Bartlett, LL. D., of Dartmouth College.....
1183
CHAPTER XXV.-THE LEARNED PROFESSIONS AND SOCIAL CONTROL.
The professions in the earlier ages
The preparation for the study of the learned professions..
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1188
Answers to inquiries as to citizenship, education, and professional attainments required
by the several States
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CHAPTER XXVII.-EDUCATIONAL MATTERS OF INTEREST IN VARIOUS STATES.
Arizona-from report of T. E. Dalton, superintendent of public instruction..
Arkansas-from report of Superintendent Junius Jordan........
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California-Great public libraries in the United States, by Edward S. Holden
Extract from report of Samuel T. Black, superintendent of public instruction
Colorado-from report of Mrs. A. J. Peavey, superintendent of public instruction..
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From Denver school report, Aaron Gove, superintendent..
Connecticut-from report of State board of education, Charles D. Hine, secretary.
1284
District of Columbia-from report of the board of trustees..
Florida-from report of W. N. Sheats, superintendent
1286
Georgia-from report of G. R. Glenn, State school commissioner.
1288
Illinois-from Chicago school report..
1289
Indiana-from report of David M. Geeting, State superintendent..
Kansas-from report of Edmund Stanley, State superintendent of public instruction..
Kentucky-from Louisville school report........
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Maine-from report of W. W. Stetson, State superintendent of common schools.
Maryland-from report of E. B. Prettyman, secretary State board of education....
Massachusetts-from report of Frank A. Hill, secretary of State board of education.
From Boston school report, Edwin P. Seaver, superintendent....
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III
Michigan-University of Michigan-Quarter-centennial celebration of the presidency of
James Burrill Angell, LL. D., June 24, 1896
From Detroit school report, William E. Robinson, superintendent.
Minnesota-from report of W. W. Pendergast, State superintendent.
From St. Paul school report, C. B. Gilbert, superintendent..
From Minneapolis school report, Charles M. Jordan, superintendent..
Missouri-from report of John R. Kirk, superintendent of public schools.
From Kansas City school report, J. M. Greenwood, superintendent
From St. Louis school report, F. Louis Soldan, superintendent
Montana-from report of E. A. Steere, State superintendent
Nebraska-from report of II. R. Corbett, State superintendent.
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Nevada-from report of H. C. Cutting, superintendent of public instruction..
New Jersey-the sesquicentennial of Princeton ...
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Religion and the University, a sermon preached on the occasion by President Francis
L. Patton.....
1317
Princeton in the Nation's Service, oration by Prof. Woodrow Wilson..
President Cleveland's speech.
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New Jersey school report, A. B. Poland, State superintendent
Newark school report, William N. Barringer, city superintendent
New Mexico from report of Amado Chaves, Territorial superintendent
New York-from report of Charles R. Skinner, State superintendent..
From Brooklyn school report, William H. Maxwell, superintendent.
From Buffalo school report, Henry P. Emerson, superintendent.
From New York City school report, John Jasper, superintendent.
From Rochester school report, Milton Noyes, superintendent..
From Syracuse school report, A. B. Blodgett, superintendent
North Carolina-from report of John C. Scarborough, State superintendent.
North Dakota-from report of Emma F. Bates, State superintendent of public instruction
Ohio-History of Public Education in Ohio for Fifty Years, by Emerson E. White, LL.D.
From report of Oscar T. Corson, State commissioner
Pennsylvania-from report of Nathan C. Schaeffer, State superintendent..
From Allegheny school report, John Morrow, superintendent...
From Philadelphia school report, Simon Graty, president...
From Pittsburg school report, George G. Lucky, superintendent
Rhode Island.
South Carolina-from report of W. D. Mayfield, State superintendent.
Erskine College, quarter-centennial of Dr. Grier's presidency.
South Dakota-from report of Frank Crane, superintendent.......
Texas-from report of James M. Carlisle, State superintendent.
Utah-from report of John R. Park, superintendent of public instruction
Vermont from report of Mason S. Stone, State superintendent
Washington-from report of C. W. Bean, superintendent of public instruction.
West Virginia-from report of Virgil A. Lewis, State superintendent..
Wisconsin-from report of J. Q. Emery, State superintendent...
Wyoming-from report of Miss Estelle Reel, superintendent of public instruction.....
CHAPTER XXVIII-FOREIGN UNIVERSITIES.
Foreign universities arranged according to age.......
Arranged according to number of students.
Colleges, independent faculties, and schools for oriental languages.
Technological institutes......
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Agricultural, forestry, and mining academies; veterinary schools.
Foreign universities arranged alphabetically, with faculties and number of students...
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CHAPTER XXIX.-THE BEGINNINGS OF THE COMMON-SCHOOL SYSTEM IN THE
SOUTH; OR, CALVIN HENDERSON WILEY AND THE ORGANIZATION OF THE COMMON
SCHOOLS OF NORTH CAROLINA.
Introduction: Scope and character of the work.
The first efforts for popular education, 1695-1728.
The royal government and education, 1729-1776.
Private incorporated academies, 1760-1825..
CHAPTER XXX.-THE TEACHING OF GEOGRAPHY IN CERTAIN FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
Report to the council of the Royal Geographical Society, by J. Scott Keltie, the society's
inspector of geographical education...
Geography in the schools of France
Efforts to promote geographical study in Australia..
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CHAPTER XXXI.-CONSULAR REPORTS ON EDUCATIONAL TOPICS.
CHAPTER XXXIV.—THE GROWTH OF TORONTO CHILDREN.-BY FRANZ BOAS
Average annual increase in stature of short and of tall children between certain ages.....
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General statement of the expenditure of all appropriations made by the Government for