A.

Absenteeism, in Connecticut, 25; extent of and
remedy for, in New Hampshire, 162.

Abstracts of reports of school officers, note relating
to, 3.

Academies. See Secondary instruction.
Adams, Mass., schools of, 107.

Adams, Prof. Samuel, obituary notice of, 52.
Agnew, Dr., remarks of, concerning defective san-
itation of New York City schools, Ixii.
Agricultural College Convention, 303.
Agricultural colleges, hourly compensation paid
by, to students who work on the college farm,

Altoona, Pa., schools of, 214, 215.

Baden, educational condition of, clx.
Baltimore, Md., schools of, 97.
Bangor, Me., schools of, 88, 89.

Barrett Gymnasium at Amherst College, descrip-
tion of the, cxi.

Barton, Prof. John G., obituary notice of, 187.
Barton, Mrs. John R., gift of $50,000 to the Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania by, 222.
Bavaria, educational condition of, clx.
Bay City, Mich., schools of, 123.

Belgium, statistics respecting secondary instruc-
tion in, xc; educational condition of, clvi-clvii.
Bell, President, remarks of, respecting instruc-
tion for the blind, exlix.

Belleville, Ill., schools of, 45, 46.

Benefactions, summary of educational, cl-clii;
statistical table, 592-617.

Berlin, Germany, education in, clxi.
Bicknell, Thomas W., address of, as president of
the American Institute of Instruction, 299-300.
Biddeford, Me., schools of, 88, 89.
Binghamton, N. Y., schools of, 176.
Bledsoe, Albert T., obituary notice of, 261.

Blind, institutions for the. See the heading
Special Instruction, under the respective States.
Blind, summary of schools for the, cxlvii-cxlviii.
statistics, 590-591.

Bloomington, Ill., schools of, 45, 46.
Boston, Mass., schools of, 107.

Boston University, eviii-cix, 112, 114.

Botanical and zoological collections for common
schools advocated, 169.

Bowdoin College, 91, 92.

American Institute of Instruction, 299-300.
American Philological Association, 302-303.
American Printing House for the Blind, cxlix.
American Public Health Association, 304.
American Social Science Association, 301–302.
Ann Arbor, Mich., schools of, 123-124.

Apgar, Ellis A., State superintendent of New Jer-
sey, 173.

Argentine Confederation, educational condition of,
clxx.

Arizona, Territory of, 275.

Arkansas, summary of the educational condition
of, xxix-xxx; abstract, 9-12.
Arkansas Industrial University, 11.
Art, progress of instruction in, clxxv-clxxvii ;
statistics of museums of, clxxviii-clxxix; statis-
tics of institutions affording instruction in, clxxx-
clxxxi; State director of, in Massachusetts, 105;
facilities for instruction in, in New York State,
184; in Philadelphia, Pa., 221; in Providence,
R. I., 230.

Ashley, Prof. George H., obituary notice of, 152.
Association of New England Superintendents, 300.
Associations, educational. See the heading Edu-
cational Conventions, under the respective
States.

Atchison, Kans., schools of, 70-71.
Atlanta, Ga., schools of, 39-40.

Attendance, average, and enrolment compared
with school population, xviii-xix.
Auburn, N. Y., schools of, 176, 177.
Augusta, Ga., schools of, 39, 40.

Australasia, educational condition of, clxxiii-clxxv.
Austria, condition of education in, clv.

B.

Brenham, Tex., schools of, 246.
Bridgeport, Conn., schools of, 26-27.

British Columbia, educational condition of, clxxii.
Brockenbrough, Prof. John W., obituary notice
of, 261.

Brooklyn, N. Y., schools of, 176, 177.

Brooks, Lewis, obituary notice of, 186; gifts of
$80,000 and $25,000 by, to the University of
Virginia and Washington and Lee University,
respectively, 261.

Brooks, William Hathorne, obituary notice of, 118.
Brown, Prof. S. Emmons, obituary notice of, 188.
Brown University, 229.

Buffalo, N. Y., schools of, 176.

Bureau of Education, library of, cxxxiv; sup
port of Bureau urged by National Educational
Association, 298, 299; by American Institute of
Instruction, 300.

Burlington, Iowa, schools of, 64.
Burlington, Vt., schools of, 251.

Burns, J. J., State superintendent of Ohio, 207.
Burt, David, State superintendent of Minnesota,

137.

Business colleges, summary of statistics of, lxxv-
lxxvi; statistical table, 366–375, 390.

C.

California, summary of the educational condition
of, xxx; abstract, 13-20.

Cambridge, Mass., schools of, 107-108.
Camden, N. J., schools of, 169.

Canada, educational condition of, clxxi-clxxii.
Canton, Ohio, schools of, 197, 198.

Capital and labor, bearing of education on the con-
flict between, vii-viii.

637

Caton, W. E., territorial superintendent of Dakota,

277.

Charities, miscellaneous, statistics of, for 1876,
cxciv-exeviii; additional institutions in 1877, ecii.
Charleston, S. C., schools of, 234.
Chattanooga, Tenn., schools of, 239.

Cheever, Dr. Henry S., obituary notice of, 128-129.
Chelmsford, Mass., high schools of, 110.
Chester, Pa., schools of, 214, 215.
Chicago, Ill., schools of, 45, 46-47.
Chillicothe, Ohio, schools of, 197, 198.
Cincinnati, Ohio, schools of, 197, 198-199.

Cities, summary of school statistics of, xlvi-lvii;
statistical table, 314–355.

Claflin University, 235.

Clarke, Dr. Edward Hammond, obituary notice of,

119.

Cleveland, Ohio, schools of, 197, 198, 199.
Coeducation in American colleges, cv.
Coelln, C. W. von, State superintendent of Iowa, 68.
Cogswell, Dr. E. R., remarks of, on the hygienic
condition of Cambridge, Mass., lxv.
Colby University, library of, cxxxi-cxxxii.
College of New Jersey, 171-172.

College students, health of, as affected by gym.
nastic exercise, cxi-cxv.

Colleges, summary, xevi-c; entrance examinations
of, ci-cii; statement respecting American, civ-
eviii; statistics of, 503-534.

Colorado, summary of the educational condition
of, xxx; abstract, 21-23.
Colorado College, ex, 23.

Colored race, schools for the, with statistics,
xxxiii-xxxviii; educational provisions for, in
Kentucky, 75-76; in Maryland, 96; in Tennes-
see, 238; in the District of Columbia, 278, 279,
280; in Wyoming, 296.

Colored teachers, convention of, in Missouri, 151.
Columbia, District of, 278–282.
Columbia College, 181.

Columbus, Ga., schools of, 39, 40.

Columbus, Ohio, schools of, 197, 198, 199.

Commercial and business colleges, summary of
statistics of, lxxv-lxxvi; statistical table, 366-
375, 390.

Commissioner of Education, Report of the:

Condition of education during the year, vii.
Conflict of capital and labor, and bearing of
education thereon, vii-viii.

Statistics of Oflice correspondence, ix.
Characteristics of the work done in the Office
and objects toward the accomplishment of
which its energies are directed, x-xi.
School reports and their value, xi; sale of school
reports, inapplicability of the law of supply
and demand to education and its instruments,
opinions of the historians Lecky and Macaulay,
xii.

School and college catalogues, proposed im-
provements therein, xii-xiii.

Statistics, and the way in which the Office col-
lects them, xiii.

Summary of institutions, instructors, and stu-
dents for 1872 to 1877, inclusive, xiii-xiv.
Remarks on the summaries, with view of Dr.
Ficker as to the value of educational statis-
tics, xv-xvi.

State and territorial systems of public instruc-
tion-school age, population, enrolment, at-
tendance, &c., xvi-xvii; diagram representing
the different school ages in the States and
Territories, and remarks thereon, xviii; dia-
gram showing the percentage of school popu
lation in attendance, with remarks, xviii-xix;
teachers and their salaries, with diagram, xix-
xx; annual income and expenditure for in-
struction in the States and Territories, xx-xxi;
per capita expenditure, xxii; comparative sum-
mary by years and by topics of school popula-
tion, enrolment, attendance, number of teach-
ers, income and expenditure, &c., xxii-xxiii;
educational condition of the United States in
1877: New England States, xxiv-xxv; Middle
Atlantic States, xxv-xxvi; Southern Atlantic
States, xxvi; Gulf States, xxvi-xxvii; North-
ern Central States, xxvii-xxi Southern Cen-
ti states, XXIX-XXX; States on the Pacific
Slope, xxx; the Territories, xxx-xxxi; the
District of Columbia, xxxi; Alaska, xxxi-
xxxii.

Commissioner of Education, Report of-Cont'd.
Schools for the colored race-difficulties to bo
met by education in States in which slavery
has been recently abolished, xxxiii; table
showing the comparative enrolment of the
white and colored races, xxxiv; statistics of
institutions for the instruction of the colored
race: normal schools, xxxiv-xxxv; institu-
tions for secondary instruction, xxxv; univer
sities and colleges, xxxv-xxxvi; schools of
theology, law, and medicine, and schools for
the deaf and dumb, xxxvi; summary of fore-
going statistics, xxxvii-xxxviii; table showing
the number of schools and enrolment without
reference to States, xxxviii.

The Peabody fund, xxxviii-xxxix.
Comparison of township and district systems,

XXXIX.

Advantages of free text books in free schools,
xxxix-xl.

Development of supervision in educational af-
fairs-education at first under the control of
the church, efforts of Frederick II, xl; the
development of supervision traced in the his-
tory of the movement in New York State, xli-
xlii; in Maine, xlii-xliii; titles, appointment,
and term of service of State and territorial
superintendents, xliv-xlv.

School statistics of cities-summary of popula
tion, enrolment, attendance, and income and
expenditure, &c., in cities containing 7,500
inhabitants and over, xlvi-lv; per capita
expenditure, lvi-lvii; extracts from report of
Dr. Philbrick, lvii-lix.

Hygiene in the public schools, lix-lxv.
Education vs. police, lxv-lxvi.

Wages of janitors of school buildings, lxvii-
lxviii.

Normal schools-comparative summary of
schools, instructors, and pupils, lxix; sum-
mary of statistics of normal schools, Ixix-lxxi;
appropriations for normal schools, lxxii-xxiii;
professorships of pedagogics at home and
abroad, lxxiv-lxxv.

Commercial and business colleges-comparative
summary of schools, instructors, and students,
1xxv; statistical summary, lxxvi.
Kindergärten-comparative summary of institu-
tions, instructors, and pupils, lxxvi; statistical
summary, progressive Kindergarten methods,
lxxvii.

Secondary instruction-comparative summary of
schools, instructors, and students, lxxvii: sta-
tistical summary of institutions for secondary
instruction, lxxviii-lxxix; statistical sum-
mary of pupils receiving secondary instrue-
tion, lxxx; the high school question, lxxxi-
lxxxviii; secondary instruction abroad: in
Prussia, lxxxviii-lxxxix; in France, lxxxix-
xe; in Belgium, xe; in England, xc-xei.
Preparatory schools-comparative summary of
schools, instructors, and pupils, xci; summary
of statistics of preparatory schools, xcii-xeli.
Superior instruction of women-comparative
summary of institutions, instructors, and pu
pils, xciii; statistical summary of institutions
for the superior instruction of women. xciv-
xcv; degrees conferred by institutions for the
superior instruction of women, xevi; diagram
showing the relative number of regular and
preparatory students in colleges for women,
xevi-xevii.

Universities and colleges-comparative_sum-
mary of colleges, instructors, and students,
xevi; statistical summary of colleges, xevii-
xcix; summary of students, c; summary of
college entrance examinations, ci-cii; diagram
showing the relative number of classical and
scientific students in preparatory departments,
cii-ciii; summary of students in preparatory
courses, ciii; statement respecting American
colleges: college nomenclature, civ; character
of collegiate instruction, civ-ev; professional
instruction, cv-cvi; colleges of agriculture and
the mechanic arts, independence of the Amer
ican college, evi; degrees in course, evi-evii;
honorary degrees, cvii-cviii; scholarships.
admission, appointment of professors, general
remarks, cviii; condition of superior instruc
tion: Boston University, cviii-cix; Johns Hop

Commissioner of Education, Report of-Cont'd.
kins University, cix; Vanderbilt University,
cix-cx; Drury College, Colorado College, cx;
health of Amherst College students considered
in Dr. Hitchcock's address before the Public
Health Association, cxi-cxv.

Schools of science-comparative summary of
schools, instructors, and pupils, cxv; sum-
mary of statistics, cxvi-cxviii; review of the
work of colleges of agriculture and the me-
chanic arts, cxix-cxx.

Vacation schools, cxx-cxxi.

Schools of theology-comparative summary of
schools, instructors, and pupils, cxxi; statis-
tical summary, exxi-cxxii.

Schools of law-comparative summary of schools,
instructors, and students, cxxii; statistical
summary, exxiii.

Schools of medicine-comparative summary of
institutions, instructors, and students, exxiii;
statistical summary, exxiv-cxxv; medical li-
braries, schools of pharmacy, cxxvi.
Degrees statistical summary of degrees con-
ferred by American colleges and professional
schools, cxxvii-cxxxi.

Public libraries-improvements in library man-
agement, cxxxi-cxxxii; Library of Congress,
cxxxii-cxxxiv; library of the Bureau of Edu-
cation, cxxxiv; statistical summary of addi-
tional public libraries, exxxiv-cxxxv; statis-
tics of additional public libraries in 1876,
cxxxvi-cxli; summary of the condition of
American public libraries, early American
libraries, cxlii.

Schools for the deaf and dumb-National Deaf-
Mute College, cxlii; statistical summary,cxliii-
cxliv; method of instruction to be preferred,
cxlv-cxlvi; course of study in institutions for
deaf-mutes, church work among the deaf and
dumb, cxlvi.

Schools for the blind-statistical summary
cxlvii-exlviii; visit of the President and Cabi-
net to the Kentucky Institution for the Blind,
cxlix.

Educational benefactions-statistical summary,
exlix-clii.

Educational publications-statistical summary,

clii.

Schools for the feeble-minded-statistical sum-
mary, cliii.

Patents for improvements in school furniture-
statistical summary, cliii-cliv.

Education in foreign countries-documents con-
sulted in making up reports, cliv-clv; Austria-
Hungary, cly-clvi; Belgium, elvi-clvii; Den-
mark, Finland, clvii; France, clvii-clviii; Ger-
many, elviii-clxi; Great Britain and Ireland,
clxii-clxvi; Greece, Italy, clxvi; Netherlands,
clxvi-clxvii; Portugal, Russia, clxvii; Spain,
clxvii-clxviii; Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey,
clxviii; Japan, clxviii-clxx; Egypt, Argentine
Confederation, clxx; Brazil, clxx-clxxi; Can-
ada, clxxi-clxxii; Jamaica, clxxii; Mexico,
New South Wales, New Zealand, clxxiii;
Queensland, clxxiii-clxxiv; Tasmania, clxxiv;
Victoria, clxxiv-clxxv.

Instruction in art-condition of institutions,
progress of industrial art, increase of art train-
ing in colleges, clxxv; art museums, clxxv-
clxxvi; schools in which art instruction is
given, clxxvi-clxxvii; statistics of museums
of art in 1876, clxxviii-clxxix; statistics of in-
stitutions affording art instruction, clxxx-
clxxxi.

Statistical abstracts from the report of the Com-
missioner for 1876-orphan asylums, clxxxii-
clxxxix; soldiers' orphans' homes, exc; infant
asylums, exci; industrial schools, excii-exciii;
miscellaneous charities, exciv-excviii; reform
schools, excix-cci; additional orphan asylums,
industrial schools, miscellaneous charities, and
reform schools reporting in 1877, ceii-cciii.
Crime and education, eciii-cev.
Recommendations, cev-cevi.
Conclusion, cevi.

Compulsory education, in Englan clxiv; in Scot-
land, clxv; in Brazil, clxxxi; its results
abroad mentioned, 26; in Iowa, 63-64; enforce-
ment of law respecting, in New York, 175; ad-
vocated for the Indians, 285; in Wyoming, 20",

tive States.

Deaf and dumb, summary of institutions for, cxliii-
exliv; statistics, 586-589.

Deaf-mutes, discussion as to the relative merits of
the sign and articulation methods of imparting
instruction to, cxlv-cxlvi; church work among,
cxlvi.

Dean, Philotus, citation from, respecting a school
system suited to the wants of the country,
lxxxviii.

Decatur, Ill., schools of, 45, 46, 47.

Degrees, American collegiate and professional,
evi-cviii; summary of, conferred in the United
States, cxxvii-cxxxi; statistics, 568-582.
Delaware, summary of the educational condition
of, xxvi; abstract, 32-35.

Delaware Association for the Education of Col-
ored People, 33.
Delaware College, 34.

Denmark, educational condition of, clvii.
Dentistry, schools of. See the heading Profes-
sional Instruction, under the respective States.
Dentistry, summary of schools of, cxxv; statis-
tics, 561, 565.

Denton, James L., State superintendent of Arkan-

sas, 12.

Denver, Colo., schools of, 22.

Detroit, Mich., schools of, 123, 124.

Dickinson, John W., secretary of State board of
education in Massachusetts, remarks of, on the
high school question, lxxxiv-lxxxv.
Didactics or pedagogics, professorships of, lxxiv.
District of Columbia, remarks concerning educa
tion in, xxxi; abstract, 278-282.

District officers. See the heading Officers of the
State School System, under the respective States.
District system, comparison of, with township
system, xxxix.

Districts, school, consolidation of small, urged, in
Maine, 88; in New Hampshire, 161.
Downs, Charles A., State superintendent of New
Hampshire, 166.

Drawing, schools for, in the Netherlands, clxvii;
provision for special teachers of, urged, in New
York, 175; normal institutes for instruction in,
in Ohio, 202; introduction of, into the public
schools of Vermont, 250.
Drury College, cx.

Dubuque, Iowa, schools of, 64.

Duncan, Dr. James A., obituary notice of, 261.

E.

East Saginaw, Mich., schools of, 123, 124.
Educational journals, in California, 17; in Illinois,
48; in Indiana, 57; in Iowa, 66; in Kentucky, 78;