A.

Abbot Female Academy, Andover, Mass., infor-
mation relat
ing to, 597.

statistics of, 60 6, 616.

Academic departments, objectionable in normal
schools, 437

Academical studies, instruction in, in schools for
the blind, 968.

in schools for the deaf, 955-957.

Academies, provision for training teachers in, in
New York, 131.

proportion of teachers educated in, 401.
claim to distinction of, 481.

statistics of, 483, 484, 485, 494-501, 507-582.
functions of, in France, 1019.

legal provision for, in Maryland, 1105.

See also High schools and Secondary schools.
Academy of Mount St. Vincent-on-the-Hudson,
statistics of, 600, 618.

Academy of the Sacred Heart, Albany (Ken-
wood), N. Y., statistics of, 610, 618.
Academy of the Sacred Heart, New York (Man-
hattanville), N. Y., statistics of, 610, 618.
Academy of the Sacred Heart, New York (49 W.
17th street), N. Y., statistics of, 610, G18.
Accommodations, for the Bureau of Education,

13-16.

excellence of, in Dakota, 97.

need of increase in, in District of Columbia,
102.

inadequacy of, in Idaho, 108.

overcrowded condition of, in New Jersey,
128.

inadequacy of, in Utah, 148.
lack of, in Utah, 150.

statistics of, in cities, 258-270.

remarks relating to comparative statistics of,

338.

comparative statistics of, in cities, 339-361.

See also Buildings and School buildings and
Sittings.

Accounts, science of. Scc Business instruction.
Accuracy of attainment, discussion relating to,

197-199.

Adams, Dr. Charles Kendall, president of Cornell
University, quoted, 51, 663.
mentioned, 740.

Adams, Dr. Herbert B., mentioned, 35, 36, 39, 40,
45, 47, 59, 1039, 1045, 1115.

Adams, Mass., common school statistics of, 244,
262, 278, 299, 320.

comparative statistics of common schools of,
346, 367.

Adelbert College of Western Reserve Univer-
sity, statistics of, 610, 707.
information relating to, 669.

Adger College, statistics of, 692, 709.
Adler, Dr. Felix, mentioned, 827.

Administration, of schools, discussion of ques-

tions relating to, 157-159.

methods of, in Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, 741.

of manual training schools, 896, 897, 899.

of California reading circle, 1C51.

of Illinois reading circle, 1054.

of Indiana reading circle, 1059.

of Iowa reading circle, 1064.

of Kansas reading circle, 1065.

of Mississippi reading circle, 1068.
of Ohio reading circle, 1070.
See also Organization.

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Admission, to primary schools, age for, 210.
to normal schools, objectionable require-
ments for, in New Jersey, 437.

to Wisconsin normal schools, scheme of ex-
amination for, 456.

to schools of theology, examinations for,
761-769.

to schools of law, examinations for, 778-780.
to schools of medicine, etc., examinations
for, 788-799.

Admission requirements, of William Penn Char-
ter School, 505.

of colleges, relation of New York regents'
examinations to, 506.

of Harvard Annex, 587.

of schools of art of Smith College, 591.

of schools of art of Wellesley College, 592.
of schools of art of Vassar College, 593.
of Mt. Holyoke Seminary, 599.

of Lake Erie Female Seminary, 602.

of Nashville (Tenn.) College for Young La-
dies, 602.

of Yale University, changes in, 639.
of Wesleyan University, 640.
uniformity of, in Iowa, 648.

of University of Kansas, 649.

new scheme of, in Harvard University, 654.
high standard of, in American colleges, 662.
uniformity of, in New York, 663.

of Cornell University, 663, 664.

of manual training schools, 898, 899.

Adrian, Mich., common school statistics of, 246,
263, 280, 301, 322.

comparative statistics of common schools of,
348, 369.

Adrian (Mich.) College, statistics of, 684, 703.
Adult population, in the North and in the South,
statistics of, 23, 24.

See also Population.

Afognak, Alaska, statistics of schools of, 181,
189, 190.

school-house in, 182.

public school in, 183.

new school-house needed for, 193.

Age, for admission to primary schools, discus-
sion relating to, 210.

of teachers, need of law limiting, 175.
of pupils receiving Slöjd instruction, 849.
for admission to manual training schools,
898, 899.

for admission to industrial schools, 922.

for admission to Swiss secondary schools,
1027.

Ages, average of, of pupils of Minnesota normal
schools, 431.

average of, of pupils of Philadelphia (Pa.)
Normal School, 446.

of college students, 741.

of deceased educators, 1075.

Aggregate attendance. See Total attendance.
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Ken-
tucky, statistics of, 724, 726, 727, 732, 734.
effect of Hatch bill upon, 728.