[Whole Vumber 239

REPORT

OF THE

COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION

FOR

THE YEAR 1896-97.

VOLUME 2.

CONTAINING PARTS II AND III.

WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

Page.

CHAPTER XXIII.-FEDERAL AND STATE AID TO HIGHER EDUCATION.

Provision of the Massachusetts constitution of 1780.

Federal aid.....

Synopsis of Federal laws regarding educational institutions.

State aid to higher education..

Summary of Federal and State aid given to establish higher education.

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CHAPTER XXIV.-THE FIRST COMMON SCHOOLS OF NEW ENGLAND

Character of the early colonists..

Schools in the Massachusetts colony

Education in Plymouth colony.

Education in Connecticut....

Early legislation with referenco to schools.

The early schoolmasters.

Schoolbooks ...

The New England academy, by President S. C. Bartlett, LL.D., of Dartmouth College. ----

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CHAPTER XXV.-THE LEARNED PROFESSIONS AND SOCIAL CONTROL.

The professions in the earlier ages

The preparation for the study of the learned professions..

Answers to inquiries as to citizenship, education, and professional attainments roquired

by the several States ..

The preparation of the professor.

Salary of the professor.

Appointment of junior professors.

The housing of the instruction.

Institutes for the study of bacteria.

The interest of the State....

CHAPTER XXVI.—ESKIMO VOCABULARIES.

Introductory note

Anglo-Eskimo vocabulary.

Eskimo-English vocabulary.

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...

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

From Denver school report, Aaron Gove, superintendent.

Connecticut-from report of State board of education, Charles D. Hire, secretary.

District of Columbia-from report of the board of trustees..

Florida--from report of W. N. Sheats, superintendent

Georgia-from report of G. R. Glenn, State school commissioner.

Illinois-from Chicago school report...

Indiana-from report of David M. Geeting, State superintendent.

Kansas—from report of Edmund Stanley, State superintendent of pablic instruction.

Kentucky-from Louisville school report......

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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