Uruguay. Dirección general de estadística. Anuario estadístico . . . con varios datos de 1911. (Años 1909–10.) Libro 22 del "Anuario" y 36 de las. Tomo 1. Montevideo, Dornaleche, 1912. xxxix, 471 p. (Apéndice, i-cxx p.) 4°. (Libro 22 del "Anuario" y 36 de las publicaciones de la dirección general de estadística.) In the appendix is a census (p. 13–15) of education for 1908, giving number of pupils, students, teachers, and professors for primary, secondary, higher, and special education; also registration in different faculties, and results of examinations for all orders of education, including entrance examinations. Dirección general de instrucción primaria. Anales de instrucción primaria. Ano 11-12. Tomo 13, nos. 1-12. Montevideo, Imp. "El sigl. illustrado," de G. V. Mariño, 1914. 979 p. 8°. This work comprises articles on and the results of the original investigations of many modern phases of primary education, by specialists of the country. Montevideo. Universidad. Proyecto de plan de estudios para la sección de enseñanza secundaria y preparatoria. Anales . . . 1912. Tomo 21, no. 88. Montevideo, Tip de la Escuela nacional de artes y oficios, 1912. p. 1-194. 8°. This volume comprises the plan of secondary studies and of studies preparatory to the university faculties, submitted by the section of the university council charged with that interest, according to article 18, law of December 31, 1908; also the discussions and final action of the university council respecting the proposed plan and the decree of the President of the Republic authorizing the adoption of the plan of studies. p. 1-194. The remainder of the volume is occupied by articles and official papers pertaining to university matters. Venezuela. Ministerio de fomento. Anuario estadístico . . . 1910. 8°. Dirección general de estadística de Venezuela. Caracas, Imprenta nacional, 1913. xxi, 504 p. Contains documents pertaining to 1911 and 1912. On pages 57-72 of this yearbook are given statistical tables of primary education, including number of schools, teachers, and pupils of public and private schools; classes of schools and divisions by ages; also statistics and colored graphs (p. 400-403) illustrating them from 1908 to 1910. Ministerio de instrucción pública. Memoria. Exposición. Dirección primaria y secundaria. Documentos. Tomo 1. Caracas, Imprenta nacional, 1914. cxiv, 495 p. 4°. Dirección de instrucción superior y de bellas artes. Documentos. Tomo 2. Caracas, Imprenta nacional, 1914. 538 p. 4°. Dirección de estadística y contabilidad. Documentos. Tomo 3. Caracas, Imprenta nacional, 1914. 335 p. 4°. In the first volume (495 pages), after an extensive introduction (100 pages), Minister F. Guevara Rojas calls especial attention to certain points, including the following: Primary education. Creation of new graded schools; work of first school census; foundation of anti-Catholic education in the country; organization of manual labor in the schools. Normal school instruction. Establishment of the internat in both normal schools. Secondary instruction. Rules for written examination in colleges; official edition of previous programs of study; installation of chemical laboratory in the college for boys at Caracas; scholarships for young men delegated to study branches of technical education in foreign countries. Institutions for university extension. Designation of a delegate to represent Venezuela in the Sixth Pan-American Congress of Lima; organization of a circulating library; establishment of four meteorological stations. Special education. Reorganization of the academy of plastic arts, conservatory of music and declamation; creation of a professorship of composition in the academy; scholarships for young men to study the fine arts in foreign countries. School of arts and trades for men. Formation of classes in tailoring and photography, in physics and mechanics of automobiles; competition for scholarship in school of arts and trades of Santiago de Chile. School of arts and trades for women. Creation of new professorships of materials and costumes, making of hats, artistic flowers, etc.; organization of a school for nurses. The remainder of volume 1 contains official papers comprising letters from the minister to the President of the Republic, and from State superintendents to the minister; also lists of the students graduating, and numerous tables of details. The second volume (538 pages) bound with the third, consists of official papers on the direction of superior instruction and fine arts. The third volume (339 pages) deals especially with statistics and accounts. |