ate tools; and a mechanical association formed among the students, for the purpose of obtaining regular and profitable exercise. The usual expenses of a liberal education are considerably diminished by the ample library of the Beneticent society, from which indigent students are gratuitously furnished with text-books; and other students at a small expense. The tuition is $20, and the average board (in private families) $1 25 a week, amounting to $50 per annum. The whole expense is about $86. Those students who desire it, have assistance in pursuing studies not required by the laws of college, such as the Hebrew and French languages. The course of study does not vary materially from that pursued at other colleges. University of Vermont at Burlington. This institution was incorporated and established at Burlington, in 1791, but did not go into operation till 1800. It is finely situated on the east side of the village, a mile distant from lake Champlain, on ground elevated 245 feet above the surface of the water, and commanding an extensive and delightful prospect, embracing a view of the lake with the high mountains beyond on the west, and the Green mountains on the east. A large college edifice of brick, which was completed in 1801, was consumed by fire in 1824; since which time three brick edifices have been erected, two of them containing rooms for students, the other a chapel and other public rooms. The university possesses considerable endowments, consisting principally of lands. Burlington is the most important commercial town in Vermont. It is 38 miles west of Montpelier, and 100 south of Montreal. Its population in 1830, was 5,525. The following are the faculty of the university: Rev. James Marsh, D. D., president. George W. Benedict, professor of natural history, chemistry, &c. George Huntington, professor of mathematics and natural philosophy. The course of instruction at this seminary is remarkably intelligent and thorough. Though the distinction of classes is preserved, yet the main part of the instruction is carried on by subjects-that is, all in the institution study the Latin language, for instance, together. Entire authors are used, rather than extracts, and compends. A rigorous examination, of several weeks continuation, is held in the summer. We quote the following extracts from a circular, lately issued by President Marsh. It is important, as showing the comparative state of education in the different counties of the State, and as a reason why the Vermont university has not received a larger patronage: They are ascertained by an examination of the recent catalogues of the several colleges named in the table, and probably present a fair average of the number in colleges for a period of four years. There may be some few students indeed in other colleges out of the State, whose catalogues were not at hand, but not enough it is presumed materially to affect the result. The annexed table exhibits at one view the number from the several counties in each of the college, and the whole number from each county. At the bottom is seen the number from the State in each of the several colleges, and the sum of the whole. In the two last columns are the population of the several counties, and the ratio of students to population in each. Dart- Wil- Bow- Am- Univ'y Middle- Tot. in No. in- No. inhabit's each co. habit's to 1 student. Grand Isle.. 1 3,696 3,696 Franklin Orleans 5 13.980 2,796 Essex... 1 0 5 302 '1. From this table it appears, that of 174 students, 63, or something over onethird, go out of the State for their education. 2. That from the six southern counties with a population of 170,052, there are at college 136 students, and from the seven northern counties with a population of 116,656 only 38 students, while the same ratio with the southern would give them 93. '3. That Addison and Rutland counties with a population of 56,235 educate 66, while a population of the same amount nearest to this university, including Chittenden, Grand Isle, Franklin, and a part of Washington, educate but 17 students, and that those two counties alone educate nearly twice as many as all the northern counties, which according to the same ratio would educate 136. The last column shows in a striking degree also, the disparity in the ratio of inhabitants to students in these districts. '4. Of the 66 students from Addison and Rutland counties, 60 are at the college within their own limits. Did the corresponding district in the vicinity of this institution furnish students in the same ratio, and regard their local interests with the same zeal, the institution would now have from its own neighborhood 53 in addition to the 7 which it now has, aside from the effect of this in drawing students from abroad. 5. The friends and patrons of this institution may find in these facts a sufficient reason for the smallness of the number of students, and at the same time encouragement with regard to its future usefulness, if, with the increasing wealth and improvement in other respects of the northern counties of the State, such means are used, as surely ought to be used, to promote here the higher interests of education. These counties, though more recently settled, are certainly not inferior to any other part of the State in general enterprise, and the spirit of improvement, and it may be hoped will not be long behind in directing their attention and efforts to the advancement of education among them in all its departments.' Medical school connected with the University of Vermont. Instruction is given by Drs. Lincoln, Sweetser, and Benedict. Vermont academy of medicine at Castleton. Connected with Waterville college, Maine, and with Middlebury college. The professors are,— Joseph A. Gallup, M. D., physiology, pathology, &c. David Palmer, M. D., obstetrics, materia medica. The annual course of lectures commences on the first Tuesday of March, and continues 13 weeks. From four to six lectures are given daily. Fees for all the lectures, $40; graduation fee, $12; diploma,$3. Examinations for degrees are held at the close of the term by the faculty, assisted by a board of visitors appointed by the corporation of Middlebury college, and delegates from the Vermont medical society. MASSACHUSETTS. ELEMENTARY EDUCATION.-The following is the abstract of the school returns made to the general court, in January, 1833, from ninety-nine towns in the Commonwealth. Amount paid for public instruction during the year 1832, $98,086 43. Number of public school districts. 791. Aggregate time of keeping schools in the year, estimated in months; male teachers, 2,586; female teachers, 3,725. Whole number of pupils attending the schools kept by the towns in the course of the year, 49,582. Number of academies and private schools, 395. Number of pupils in academies and private schools not attending public schools, 8,284. Estimated amount of compensation of instructors of academies and private schools, $81,294 39. Number of persons over fourteen years, and under twentyone, not able to read and write, 10. The towns from which the returns are made are distributed in about equal proportions in the various counties of the State. The population of the whole State in 1830, was 610,014; of the 99 towns from which returns were made, 201,681. Whole number of towns and districts in the Commonwealth, 305; towns from which returns have been received, 99; so that from one-third of the towns and nearly one-third of the population, returns have been received. The condition of the schools in the whole Commonwealth may, therefore, be thus stated: Pay of instructors of academies and private schools.....$243,883 17 30 The amount of compensation paid to male instructors, by the month, is from $10 to $25. The average is probably about $15. Females are generally paid by the week, from 75 cents to $3, average, $1 25. The price of wages is higher in Worcester and the counties east, than it is in the four western counties. There is no school fund in this State. The number of public schools in Boston, in January, 1830, was as follows: 9 grammar and 9 writing schools; one Latin and one English high school for boys; 57 schools for children between four and seven years of age, and denominated primary schools; 2 schools in the house of industry, and one school denominated the house of reformation; the three last in South Boston, making together 80 public schools. The whole number of scholars at the above schools was 7,430. The total expense for the year 1829, of the public schools, was $65,500. The whole number of private schools in the city, was 155, the whole number of pupils, 4,018; the expense of tuition, &c., $107,702. The whole number of schools, public and private, was 235; whole number of pupils, 11,448; total amount for tuition, fuel, books, &c., $196,829 25. ACADEMIES AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS.-The academy at Williamstown was incorporated in 1828; we have not learned its present condition. The Pittsfield female academy was incorporated in 1807. The Berkshire gymnasium was established in Pittsfield in 1827; it is under the care of the Rev. Chester Dewey, formerly professor in Williams college-he is assisted by a number of teachers in the English branches of education and in the languages; three large and elegant buildings have been erected on a commanding site north of the town; the whole expense of the board, tuition, &c., of lads, is from $195 to $250, according to their age. The Stockbridge academy was incorporated in 1828. The Leno academy, incorporated in 1803, has prepared a large number of individuals for college, and is a very useful institution; the average number of scholars, 60 or 70; the Northfield academy has 107 students, and the annual expense for instruction, &c., is $800. At Greenfield is the 'Fellenburg institution,' under the instruction of Mr. James H. Coffin; the students are essentially aided by provisions for manual labor; Mr. Coffin is an experienced instructor. At the same place is a female seminary of considerable reputation, under the care of the Rev. Henry Jones. Deerfield academy is one of the oldest in the State, and was incorporated in 1797; it has a valuable chemical and philosophical apparatus. Amherst academy was incorporated in 1816, and is under the care of Rev. Simeon Colton; in the autumn, a class of school teachers is instructed; beneficiaries receive their tuition gratuitously; the number of scholars is from 90 to 120, all males; a class of 20 or 30 are fitted for college each year; it has been ever since its establishment one of the principal academies in the State. The operations of the Mount Pleasant classical institution in the same town, we believe, are for the present suspended; a change in its character is contemplated. In the same place is a flourishing female school under the care of Miss Hannah White. At Conway is a valuable private school, taught by Mr. John Clary. At Ashfield is an academy, called the 'Sanderson academy,' incorporated in 1821, not now in operation. At Hadley is * Shows that it has had a tract of land from the legislature, six miles square in Maine. Hopkins* academy, incorporated in 1816, under the care of Mr. Lewis Sabin and Miss Louisa Billings; the income from the funds amounts to about $400 per annum. At South Hadley, four miles below Hadley, is the 'Woodbridge school,' under the care of the Rev. Vinson Gould and Mr. D. R. Austin; it is for lads only; it has usually 30 or 40 scholars. One great object of the school is to exert a correct moral influence. At Northampton is the Round Hill school under the care of Mr. Joseph G. Cogswell. It is after the model of the German gymnasia, and embraces a course of very thorough English and classical instruction. At Southampton, eight miles south of Northampton, is the 'Sheldon academy,' incorporated in 1829. Samuel Hunt and Mahlon P. Chapman, principals. A small philosophical apparatus is connected with the institution. lectures are given on various interesting subjects. Particular attention is paid to school keeping in the autumn. The expenses are, board, from $1 to $1 50 per week, fuel and lights included. Tuition, $3 per term, with a small charge for fuel. The summer term commences May 29, and the fall term September 4, 1833. The whole number of scholars in 1832 was 91 males, and 63 females. Gratuitous Westfield academy was incorporated in 1793. Number of scholars during the year ending Nov., 1832, 186 males, 217 females; tuition is paid in advance, $3 in summer, $3 25 in autumn, winter, and spring; students in languages pay fifty cents a quarter more than students in English studies. The academy is provided with a chemical and philosophical apparatus. Lectures are given on a variety of subjects; board is from $1 33 to $1 75 a week; the academy has a fund, the income of which is applied to the payment of teachers in part; the location is delightful; Rev. Emerson Davis is the principal, Miss Harriet J. Messer, preceptress, with nine assistant teachers. There has been an academy or high school at Southwick, furnished with a respectable building for a number of years. At Springfield $600 is paid annually for the support of a high school. There are 26 schools in the districts, besides three private ones on the United States territory; the whole amount paid for public and private instruction, is $6,100; the number of scholars is about 2,000. At Wilbraham,* is the Wesleyan seminary, incorporated in 1824, and a flourishing institution, embracing males and females, and a various course of study. At Monson* is a very flourishing institution, under the care of Rev. Sandford Lawton; the half township of land given to this academy was sold for $5,000; attached to the institution is a general fund of $6,000, a premium fund of $500, and a charity fund of $6,500, making in all $13,000; the charity fund is designed to aid young men in preparing for the ministry; facilities are enjoyed at this academy for manual labor; board is very reasonable. At West Brookfield is a female academy, incorporated in 1826. At Leicester is one of the oldest academies in the State, incorporated in 1784; the funds amount to $19,000; average number of scholars, 60 or 70; it is in contemplation to erect a new building for the use of this academy. At Dudley is Nichols academy, incorporated in 1819; Rev. William S. Porter, principal. At Milford* is an academy, incorporated in 1828, which has about 35 scholars each quarter. At Westminster is an academy, incorporated in 1833, which has 25 scholars, about one-half from the neighboring towns. The Baptists are adopting measures to establish a literary institution of a high order in the county of Worcester, and on a system affording opportunity for manual labor. It is proposed to raise the sum of $5,000 in shares of $25 each, of which $2,700 have been raised. The academy* at New Salem was incorporated in 1795: the Gates, in Marlboro', in 1830; funds, $2,000; the Framingham* in 1799, funds, $7,000; the Billerica in 1820; the Groton* in 1793, James Towner, principal. The female seminary at Uxbridge, is not incorporated; board. $1 40 a week. The Lancaster academy was incorporated in 1828; the Lerington in 1822; the Westford* in 1793; the Middlesex female at Concord, in 1806. Haverhill, incorporated in 1828, is under the care of Mr. Ebenezer Smith, Jr., and Miss L. S. Batchelder; tuition, $4 a term; board from $1 50 to $2 a week. Central village academy in Dracut, incorporated in 1833; the Bradford academy in the west parish of Bradford, was incorporated in 1804; tuition from 4 dollars to 6 dollars a quarter; Benjamin Greenleaf, principal; Miss Hasseltine, Miss Kimball, and Mrs. Harris, in the female department. The Dummer* academy at Newbury, incorporated in 1782, has large funds, given by the gen The tleman whose name it bears. The Newburyport academy, incorporated in 1807. At Byfield is a female school, established chiefly as a preparatory school to the Ipswich female seminary, yet advanced classes are received; it is under the care of Miss Louisa Packard; tuition, 5 dollars a quarter; board 1 dollar 75 cents a week. The Ipswich female seminary, was incorporated in 1828. Misses Z. P. Grant and Mary Lyon, teachers; 11 assistant teachers; whole number of pupils in 1832, 221. It is the leading object of the seminary to prepare young ladies of mature minds for active usefulness, especially to become teachers; none are received under the age of 14 years. The winter term commences on the last Wednesday in October, and continues 25 weeks, including a vacation of one week. The summer term commences the last Wednesday in May, and continues 16 weeks; Miss Grant is now temporarily absent on account of ill health; board, including washing and lights, is 1 dollar 75 cents a week; tuition for the winter term, 15 dollars, for the summer, 10 dollars, to be paid at entrance. At Topsfield is an academy incorporated in 1828; Marblehead in 1792; at Lynn, incorporated in 1805; at North Andover, the Franklin academy, incorporated in 1803; at East Bradford, the Merrimac, incorporated in 1822. Phillips,* at Andover, south parish, was incorporated in 1780, and has two departments, classical and English; the first is under the care of Mr. Osgood Johnson. John Adams, Esq., who was for many years at the head of this school, has lately resigned his office; he educated a very large number for college; the institution is provided with a respectable building and with a library of several hundred volumes; the English school was commenced in the autumn of 1830, under the care of Rev. Samuel R. Hall, who is well known by the publication of several important school-books; it has an excellent building of stone, is furnished with various apparatus, and is altogether a very eligible place for acquiring an education; a boarding establishment is connected with both institutions, with land and mechanical accommodations for manual labor; a student, by laboring three hours in a day, may pay a considerable portion of his expenses. A short distance from the two institutions just named, is the Abbot female academy, incorporated in 1829; Samuel Lamson, A. M., principal, Mr. T. D. Smith, Misses L. Tenney, M. P. Abbot, and Mrs. H. W. Everett, assistants; number of pupils, 74; board from 1 dollar 50 cents to 2 dollars a week; a convenient boardinghouse will soon be erected; tuition from 4 dollars to 5 dollars a term. At Woburn is the Warren academy, incorporated in 1830; funds, $8,000, and accommodations for manual labor. The South Reading academy was incorporated in 1828, and is 10 miles north of Boston; the building cost 2,700 dollars, defrayed chiefly by the Baptist society of South Reading; two departments, English and classical; Rev. Harvey Ball and Mr. Samuel Randall, instructors; the number of students averages from 50 to 60; about one-half are destined for the Christian ministry, a large proportion of whom prepare for college, or directly for the Newton theological institution; a chemical and philosophical apparatus belong to the institution. At Charlestown is a female seminary, incorporated in 1833. In Boston, in addition to what was stated on a preceding page, we notice the following schools: the Mount Vernon female school, kept in the masonic temple, Tremont street; Mr. J. Abbot, principal, assisted by Miss R. Leach and others; number of teachers in the winter quarter of 1833, 10; scholars, 135; Professor E. A. Andrews of New Haven, Connecticut, took charge of the school May 1st; in Bowdoin street is a school for lads, under the care of Mr. Alfred W. Pike; in Salem street is an academy, incorporated in 1816; in Phillips place is a female school under the care of Mr. E. Bailey; in Tremont street, another female school, under the care of Mr. George B. Emerson; in Chauncy hall, is a large school of lads under the instruction of Mr. Thayer; at South Boston is a female seminary, superintended by Rev. J. L. Blake, and incorporated in 1833; Mr. F. Leverett keeps a select classical school; the Latin grammar school is under the care of Mr. Charles K. Dillaway. In addition, there is a great number of excellent schools, where the course of instruction is substantially the same as that pursued at the country academies. In the counties south of Boston are the following institutions: at Dorchester a school under the care of Mr. Parish; in Weymouth, the Braintree and Wey |