REPORT

OF THE

COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION

FOR

THE YEAR 1894-95.

VOLUME 2.

CONTAINING PARTS II AND III.

WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

CONTENTS OF VOLUME 2.

CHAPTER XXIII.

THE BELL AND LANCASTER SYSTEM-What there is in it for the schools of the South...

CHAPTER XXIV.

AT WHAT AGE DO PUPILS WITHDRAW FROM THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS..

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Institutions admitting students upon presentation of certificates from approved high schools,

but having no published list...

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CHAPTER XXVI.

TECHNOLOGICAL INSTRUCTION IN THE LAND-GRANT COLLEGES

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Federal laws regarding institutions created by the act of 1862 and modified or enlarged by those

of 1837 and 1890......

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Statistics for 1894-95 of land-grant institutions..

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CHAPTER XXVII.

INSTRUCTION IN SOCIOLOGY IN INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING...

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Statistics of instruction in sociology, including charities and correction....

A better education the great need of the profession.-Address of Justice David J. Brower to

the American Bar Association...

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CHAPTER XXIX.

MEDICAL SCHOOLS OF THE UNITED STATES.....

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CHAPTER XXX.-EDUCATION IN THE SEVERAL STATES.

Letter of Dr. J. L. M. Curry to the gubernatorial candidates of Alabama..

Educating girls...

The tendency of men to live in cities..

Address of Dr. Curry before the general assembly of Georgia..

Origin and development of the public school system in Louisiana..

Tributes in honor of the memory of Mrs. Mary Hemenway.

Why educate? What is the philosophy of education?....

The public education association of Philadelphia......

Address of Dr. Curry to the general assembly of South Carolina...

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CHAPTER XXXII.-THE SLATER FUND AND THE EDUCATION OF THE NEGRO.

Difficulties, complications, and limitations connected with the education of the negro..

Education of the negroes since 1860..

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Documents relating to the origin and work of the Slater trustees..

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EDUCATION IN ALASKA.

CHAPTER XXXIII.

CHAPTER XXXIV.-THE SOCIAL UNIT IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS OF THE UNITED

STATES.

The origin of the school district.....

Legal and political character of the school district..

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EDUCATION IN the NorthwEST DURING THE FIRST HALF CENTURY OF THe Republic, 1790-1840. 1513

CHAPTER XXXIX.

THE AMERICAN COMMON SCHOOL IN NEW ENGLAND FROM 1790 to 1840..

Introductory remarks

CHAPTER XL.-PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS.

General demand for religious instruction...

Educational conditions in countries furnishing immigrants..

High ratios of foreign parentage..

Current discussion in England............

Current conditions in the United States..

Want of uniformity in the use of terms...

Noted periods of discussion of religious education.

Recent discussions...

The so-called Bennett law.

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CHAPTER XLI.

EIGHTY YEARS OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF WASHINGTON, D. C., 1805-1885.....

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CHAPTER XLII.

EARLY EDUCATIONAL LIFE IN MIDDLE GEORGIA

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CHAPTER XLIII..

THE COTTON STATES AND INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION AT ATLANTA, GA., IN 1895..