Legislative Documents

OF THE

SUPERINTENDENT

OF

PUBLIC INSTRUCTION,

TO THE

NINETEENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

OF THE

STATE OF IOWA.

PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

DES MOINES:
F. N. MILLS, STATE PRINTER.

STATE OF IOWA, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION,

DES MOINES, December 31, 1881.

To the General Assembly of the State of Iowa:

I have the honor to transmit, herewith, the twentieth regular report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, for the period commencing September 16, 1879, and ending September 19, 1881; together with the reports of the State University and State Normal School.

Very respectfully,

C. W. VON COELLN, Superintendent of Public Instruction.

CONTENTS.

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GENERAL SUMMARY OF STATISTICS FOR 1879-80-81 .

TABULAR EXHIBIT OF IOWA SCHOOL SYSTEM FROM 1847 TO 1881 .

SHOWING OF LOSSES OF SCHOOL FUNDS FROM 1873 TO 1881

INTRODUCTION

PRACTICAL EDUCATION

True object of elementary education..

Kind of instruction most needed...