LANSING:
JOHN A. KERR & CO., PRINTERS TO THE STATE.

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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT

Amendment of the School System,..
Other Reforms,...
State University,...
Number of Professors and Students,..
Colleges and other Incorporated Schools,.
The Normal School,...
Agricultural College,..
The Reform School,
State Teachers' Institutes,..
The Education of Teachers,
Normal Classes in Union Schools, &c.,...
Course of Instruction for Normal Classes,.
Primary School Statistics,..
Primary School Funds,..
University Funds....
Normal School Funds,
Concluding Remarks,..

APPENDIX.
REPORTS OF VISITING INSPECTORS,

The Township District System,.
School Libraries,...

Supervision of Schools,
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN-

Report of Regents,..
Report of President,..
Report of Finance Committee, .
Officers, Faculty, &c .......

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UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

Text Books Used,...
Number of Professors and Students,..
Roll of Honor-Department of Science, &c., ..
Department of Law,.....

Department of Medicine,....
REPORT OF State BOARD OF EDUCATION,

Agricultural and Normal Museum,
Statistics,...
Course of Study,...
School Library Contract,.....

Normal School Treasurer's Report, ..
COLLEGES AND SEMINARIES OF LEARNING-

Agricultural College—Report of President,...
Adrian College-Report of Trustees,...
Albion College--Report of Trustees,..
Grand Traverse College-Report of Trustees,
Kalamazoo College-Report of President,.
Olivet College-Report of Trustees,...

Report of Visitors,...
Dickinson Institute - Report of Principal,
Disco Academy-Report of Trustees,...
German-American Seminary--Report of Trustees,.
Raisin Valley Seminary—Report of Trustees, .

Michigan Female College--Report of Visitors,
STATE REFORM SCHOOL-

Description,
Report of Board of Control,.
Report of Superintendent,..
Report of Teacher,...
Report of Teacher of Primary Department,.
Chaplain's Report,.
Physician's Report,..

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NOTICE.

The Annual Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction is forwarded to the several County Clerks, to be distributed as follows:

To each County Clerk, one copy;
To each County Treasurer, one copy;
To each Township Clerk, one copy;
To the Director in each District, one copy.

It is believed that the Report of 1864 contains a large amount of matter that cannot fail to interest every friend of Education; and especially the patrons of our Primary Schools. The subjects treated of, are of vital importance; and the statistics of the Primary Schools and other Educational Institutions, are well calculated to awaken an interest in the public mind, without which all our educational machinery will fail to produce the desired results.

Perhaps few persons will be interested in everything in the present volume; yet it is hoped that no one can be found so oblivious of the vast interests involved in the subject of Universal Education, as not to find much that will claim his attention, awaken new sympathies, and lead to enlarged efforts in the great work. School officers may do a public service by placing the Report for perusal in the hands of Teachers; whose attention to its contents is respectfully solicited. Where there is a district library, all the Annual Reports of the Superintendent, sent to the district, should be considered as belonging thereto.