INDIAN TERRITORY AND INDIAN SCHOOLS, From the 5 tribes of the Indian Territory proper no report for 1884-'85 has been received; but for many of the other tribes new and improved arrangements were secured by Mr. John H. Oberly, Indian school superintendent, with $992,800 from the general Government. The results of these arrangements were 84 boarding schools and 86 day schools under agency supervision, with an average attendance of 6,008; 7 Indian training schools, with an average attendance of 1,425; and 23 other Indian schools in the States and Territories, with an average attendance of 710, all at a cost of $887,276 to the Government, besides large amounts from friends of the red men in the States and Territories. MONTANA, The report from this Territory indicates advance at every point but one; 33 more school districts, 51 more public schools (the number of such graded reaching 76), while 45 more teachers were employed at fair pay, that of women lessened, that of men increased, the average for both sexes being better than in some large States. School property was rated $42,395 higher than in 1883-84. With only 1,714 more school youth, there were enrolled in public schools 1,632 more pupils, which, with 90 more in private schools, a little more than covered the whole increase of persons of school age. NEW MEXICO. The new school law of 1884, referred to in the last Bureau Report, shows some good fruits in 1884-'85, no full statistics coming yet from the Territory as a whole, but enough to give promise of fuller ones ere long, when the machinery of education shall be brought into better working order. It is something to have a report at all from a regular school officer (the Territorial auditor being ex officio superintendent), those of previous years, few and far between, having been from generous volunteers. UTAH. An increase here of $24,504 in expenditure for public schools and a still larger one in the estimated value of school property is hardly met by a corresponding advance at other points. There was indeed an addition of 1,749 school youth; but of this new material all that appears to have been utilized was 653 more such youth in the Territorial schools, the average attendance in such schools falling off by 395 from the reported number in 1883-'84, making a loss of .78 per cent. in youth enrolled and of 2.13 per cent. in average attendance. Under the domestic mission boards of the Presbyterian, Congregational, and Methodist Episcopal Churches, 60 day schools report 7 male and 99 female teachers, and 1,769 male and 1,637 female pupils; 43 of these schools report grounds and buildings owned and valued at $147,025, and 22 schools report apparatus valued at $2,232. Of the 60 mission schools thus reporting 32 are Presbyterian, 15 are Congregational, and 10 are Methodist Episcopal. All but two are doing clementary and intermediate school work; they are supported chiefly by the mission funds of their respective churches; nearly all have a nominal tuition fee, but, from the purpose of their work, do not collect much from their pupils. From the other mission schools among the Mormons nothing definite has been received; the Protestant Episcopal Church has a good school at Salt Lake City and another at Logan; there is a flourishing Baptist school in Salt Lake City; the Roman Catholic Missions are at work in Salt Lake City and other places, but of these efforts no authentic particulars are at hand. WASHINGTON, 1 Superintendent Kerr, in charge of Territorial school affairs, reports fair progress here, 71 per cent. of the school youth going into the public schools, and 66.31 per cent. of The schools in Oregon and Washington Territories have had from the first a wise and faithful riend in Rev. Geo. II. Atkinson, D. D., to whom this Office is specially indebted for information. those enrolled in these schools continuing their attendance in them, while children in private or church schools were 1,836 in number. Public school-bouses numbered 71 more than in 1883-'84, pay of teachers in them was from $2.20 to $2.60 greater, and though total expenditure for the Territorial schools fell off a little, the total school property of the Territory was rated at $163,742 more. The average time of schools remained as in the year before, 92 days. WYOMING. A fuller report than usual comes from this Territory for 1885, and shows a satisfactory increase in public school instruction. The number of youth enrolled is said to have been 4,405, an advance of 1,034 over the enrollment in 1882-'83, while school-houses reported numbered 39 more. Other evidences of progress in educational arrangements are presented, especially a fairly generous rate of teachers' pay, and an outlay of $13,075 for new school-houses. But the reports differ so much in plan in different counties that no complete presentation of results is possible till a uniform schedule of items to be presented shall be required of all school officers. States. EDUCATION OF THE COLORED RACE. Table showing comparative school population and enrollment of the white and colored races in the public schools of the former slave States, with total expenditure for the same in 1884-'85. a In Delaware, in addition to the school tax collected from colored citizens, the legislature appropriates annually $5,000 from the State treasury for educating the colored children of the State; in Maryland, there is a biennial appropriation; in the District of Columbia, one-third of the school funds is set apart for colored public schools; in South Carolina, the school moneys are distributed in proportion to the average attendance, without regard to race; and, in the other States mentioned above, the school moneys are divided in proportion to the school population, without regard to race. b In 1883-'84. c Outside of Wilmington. d Estimated. e State school census of 1882 as corrected. ƒ In 1882-'83. For 1881; this is the latest report on expenditure which includes colored schools. h United States census of 1880. i As far as reported; there were also enrolled 40,096 children whose race distinctions were not reported. j Actual expenditure not reported; the figure given is the sum of the State apportionment for the year and the amount paid teachers by cities and from private funds. * For 1883-'81; figures of total school population and enrollment in this State for 1884-'85 are given in Table I of the Appendix, but race distinctions are not reported. 1 Current expenses only. Statistics of institutions for the instruction of the colored race for 1884-'85. Augusta, Ga......... M. E. So 333 63 20 132 Normal department of the State University......... Holly Springs, Miss... Cong.. Non-sect... 5 191 Normal department of Rust University*. Jackson College........ Tougaloo University.. Lincoln Institute*............. State Colored Normal School Non-sect... 3 127 State Colored Normal School (Albion Academy).. Franklinton, N. C........... Salisbury, N.C....... Wilmington, N. C........... Wilberforce, Ohio... Philadelphia, Pa. Non-sect.. Knoxville, Tenn Maryville, Tenn.. Memphis, Tenn..... Morristown, Tenn Aiken, S. C..................... *From Report of the Commissioner of Education for 1883-'84. a For all departments. b Assisted by the college faculty. Statistics of institutions for the instruction of the colored race for 1884-'85--Continued. The African Methodist Episcopal High School*... Cartersville, Ga........ 103237 82 St. James Academy and Industrial Seminary*. Baldwin, La................... M. E......... New Orleans, La, (85 Derbigney st.). St. Joseph's Day and Boarding Academy for Opelousas, La.......... |