REPORT

OF THE

COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION

FOR

THE YEAR 1889-90.

VOLUME 2.
CONTAINING PARTS II AND III.

WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

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1889-90

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Society for the History
of the Germans,

IN MARYLAND.

CONTENTS OF VOLUME II.

PART II.

CHAPTER I.-CITY SCHOOL SYSTEMS.

Page.

Introductory remarks

Relative importance of city school systems (Table 1)...

Comparison of city and country schools (Tables 2 and 3)

Comparative statistics for four years of all cities reported (Table 4)..

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Comparative statistics of attendance, teachers, accommodations (Table 5).

Comparative statistics of school property and expenditures (Table 6).

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Number and population, by States, of cities of over 4,000 inhabitants (Table 7).

Explanation of the foregoing table

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Summary by States of school enrollment and attendance in cities and villages of over 4,000 in.

habitants (Table 8).

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Summary of superintendents, teachers, property, and expenditures (Table 9)

Summary of public high schools (Table 10)..

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Summary of public evening schools (Table 11).

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CHAPTER II.-SALARIES OF TEACHERS IN CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

Annual salaries of teachers in 69 of the principal cities of the United States...

617

Detailed statement of salaries paid in Baltimore, St. Louis, Boston, New Orleans, and Cincinnati

eacli year since the establishment of public schools in those cities...

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CHAPTER III.-SCIENTIFIC TEMPERANCE INSTRUCTION IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

Historical sketch, text-books, course of study, topical outline of study, standard of enforcement,

duties of school boards, etc...

695

Effects of alcohol on the system, and the method of teaching them, by Prof. A. C. Boyden....

The legislation effected

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Reports of school officials on the enforcement of the law

Objections to scientific temperance instruction stated

Answers to some false notions

Questions on physiology and hygiene, alcoholic drinks, and narcotics

714

Report of State Agent George H. Martin upon results in Massachusetss

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CHAPTER V.-COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES OF THE UNITED STATES.