INDEX. NOTE.-The reader is respectfully invited to consult the prefatory note on page 3, from which it will Abstracts, domestic. See the name of each State foreign. See the name of each country. Academies See Secondary instruction. Adkinson, W., inspector of schools of Western Australia, cccxii. Adler, Felix, cevi, ccvii. Adrian, Mich., public schools of, 142. average entrance, at Harvard College, clxxx. Agriculture, schools and colleges of. See the Akers, John W., State superintendent of public Akron, Ohio, public schools of, 215. Alabama, surimary of educational condition of, abstract, 12-16. Arkansas Industrial University, 15. Armstrong, H. Clay, State superintendent of edu. Armstrong, S. C., lxxvii, lxxxi. Asylums for the education of orphan, dependent, in cities, lxxxii-c. compulsory, liii-liv, ci-civ, ccxxxiv. in normal schools, cxxxvii. increase of the, of women at the University of in France, celxvi-cclxviii. in Great Britain and Ireland, cclxxvii- in London elementary schools, cclxxxii. Aurora, Ill., public schools of, 59. B. See Attendance. Baker, B. M., State superintendent of public in- Baker, R. C., minister of education, South Aus- Baltimore, Md., public schools of, 116-117. Baltimore Manual Training School, 122. Barton, R. L., superintendent of schools, Peru, Bates College, 111. Bath. Me., public schools of, 109. Bavaria, educational statistics of, eclxviii-cclxix. Beadle, W. II. II., Territorial superintendent of 830 Bickmore, A. G., cxl. Biddeford, Me., public schools of, 109. summary of statistics of institutions for the, provision for education of the, in Austria- table of statistics of institutions for the, 794- See, also, the heading Special Instruction in public schools of, 126-127. Boston Manual Training School, ccviii-ccix. Bradford, Pa., public schools of, 229, 230. Chaillé, Stanford E., clxi. Charities. See the heading Special Instruction, Chelsea, Mass., public schools of, 126, 123. Chicago Free Kindergarten Association, G1, 62. Cities, summary of school statistics of, and remarks average per capita expenses of, xcviii, xcix. school systems of. Circular of Information on, table of statistics of, 336-391. Clark University, industrial school of, lxxvII. Clinton, Mass., public schools of, 126. Cohoes, N. Y., public schools of, 191, 195. British Columbia, educational condition of, Coleman, W. E., State superintendent of public ccxcviii-ccxcix. Brockton, Mass., public schools of, 126, 127 Buffalo, N. Y., public schools of, 194, 195. pedagogical library of the, v-viii, cccxv- comments on the reports of the, xv-xvi. educational museum of the, cxii-cxiii, cccxv, cccxvi. Burlington, Iowa, public schools of, 80. Burlington, Vt., public schools of, 265-266. ccxcvii. schools of Missouri, 166. College of Montana, 305. College of New Jersey, clxxx, 188, 189, Colorado, summary of educational statistics of abstract, 26-32. Colored people, comparative statistics of the list and summary of institutions for the in- remarks on the condition of the education of, want of competent teachers for, lxxv-lxxvi. disbursement of the Peabody Fund for, lxxix- disbursement of the John F. Slater Fund for, Columbia, Pa., public schools of, 220, 230. electives chosen by students of, clxxix. average graduating age at, clxxx. Columbus, Ga., public schools of, 52, 53. Columbus, Ohio, public schools of, 215, 216. Commercial and business training, comparative summary of statistics of, cxlv-cxlvi. Commissioner of Education, report of, i-cccxvii. Compulsory attendance. See Attendance. Connecticut, summary of educational condition of, lv. abstract, 33-42. Cook, George F. T., superintendent of publie Cook, Miss Hannah, an experiment in discipline Cookery, instruction in, cexvi-cexvii, cclxxxi. See, also, the heading Special Instruction, in Cornell, Leonidas S., State superintendent of pub of Vermont, 268. Davenport, Iowa, public schools of, 80, 81. summary of statistics of institutions for, provision for, in Austria-Hungary, celvii- Iowa Institution for, has preparatory college tabulated statistics of schools for, 788-793. See, also, the heading Special Instruction, in See the heading Special Instruction, under table of statistics of, conferred in 1884-'85, by Delaware, summary of educational condition of, lvi. East Saginaw, Mich., public schools of, 142. Eau Claire, Wis., public schools of, 281. Government grant in aid of, in England, Webster on the Government grant of 1787 for, comparative statistics of, in the United States recommended that proceeds from sale of pub. Elective studies in colleges, clxxix-clxxI. Elgin, Ill., public schools of, 60. Eliot, President, of Harvard College, on the sig. Elmira, N. Y., public schools of, 194, 195. England and Wales, educational condition of, Governmental grant in aid of education, industrial training in, cclxxxi. Enrollment in schools of the United States, increase of, in colored schools, lxxiv. See, also, Attendance. Erie, Pa.. public schools of, 229, 230. Examinations, the per cent. system of grading, cv-cvi. Examiners, State boards of. See the heading State School System, in the abstracts of the Expenditure, educational, of State systems, xxxvi- per capita, of State and city systems, xxxviii- total, in the South, for education, lxvii. Eybesfeld, Conrad von, Austrian minister of pub. F. Fall River, Mass., public schools of, 126. Feeble-minded, provision for educating the, ccxliv- summary of statistics of institutions for the, table of statistics of institutions for the, 798- Sec, also, the heading Special Instruction, in Finger, Sidney M., State superintendent of pub- Florida, summary of educational condition of, Iviii. Florida University, 48, 49. Fond du Lac, Wis., public schools of, 281. Fort Wayne, Ind., public schools of, 71. France, superior instruction of women in, clxx. comparison of the expenditure for primary in. law of March 28, 1882, cclxvi-celviii. Freeport, Ill., public schools of, 60. Fremont, Ohio, public schools of, 215, 216. Funds, amount of permanent public school, xli, xliii. See, also, the heading State School System, in abstract, 51-56. Germany, educational condition of, cclxviii-cclxxi. Gilman, Daniel C., lxxx-lxxxi. Gloucester, Mass., public schools of, 126, 128. Government aid for education. See National aid Graham, Robert, State superintendent of public Grand Rapids, Mich., public schools of, 142. Great Britain and Ireland, educational condition science instruction in, cclxxxviii-cclxxxix. Gymnastics in the public schools, cx. in secondary schools, clv. Hamilton, Ohio, public schools of, 215, 216. Hannibal. Mo., public schools of, 160. Harper, Joseph W., cclxviii. Harrisburg, Pa., public schools of, 229, 230-231. Harvard College, generally designated as a uni- change in the rule as to preliminary examina- what the B. A. degree of, signifies, clxxix. average entrance age at, clxxx. instruction in, during 1884-'85, 133, 135-136. Hedges, Cornelius, Territorial superintendent of Hemenway, Mrs., ccxvi. Hertel, Dr., on overpressure in the Danish high Hessen, Grand Duchy, programme of studies of Higbee, E. E., State superintendent of public in- length of daily sessions of, in Sweden, xxvi, See, also, Secondary instruction. Illinois Wesleyan University, graduate courses Illiteracy in the South, lxxvi-lxxvii. Income of State educational systems, XXXVI- India, educational condition of, cexev-cexcvi. Indiana Asbury University. See DePauw Uni- Indianapolis, Ind., public schools of, 71. Indians, statistics of the educational progress of, 301. connection of, with public school instruction. legislative action in regard to, in New Jersey, work adapted for, in public schools, ccxii. school established by the Baltimore and Ohio New York Trade Schools, ccxvi. in institutions for the blind, ccxxxix-ecxl. in Finland, cclxi. a preventive of juvenile crime, celxxxiii. in New South Wales, cccix. See also the heading Special Instruction, an- Institutes, teachers'. See the heading Prepara- Iowa, summary of educational statistics of, lxi. Ireland, educational condition of, cclxxxviii. Ironton, Ohio, public schools of, 215, 216. J. Jackson, Mich., public schools of, 142. Janesville, Wis., public schools of, 281, 282. Jones, W. W. W., State superintendent of pabe instruction of Nebraska, 172. |