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Colleges of agriculture and the mechanic arts endowed by national land grants— Attendance in 1890 compared with that of all other institutions for higher education.

Colleges of agriculture and the mechanic arts endowed by national land grants— Regular technical students pursuing degree courses in 1903.

Colleges of agriculture and the mechanic arts endowed by national land grantsAnnual income compared with that of all other institutions of higher edu

Colleges of agriculture and the mechanic arts endowed by national land grantsValue of property owned, 1903.

COLLEGES OF AGRICULTURE AND THE MECHANIC ARTS.-II.

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Colleges of agriculture and the mechanic arts endowed by national land grants— Increase in the value of buildings, grounds, and apparatus.

Colleges of agriculture and the mechanic arts endowed by national land grantsValue of buildings, grounds, and apparatus of land-grant colleges compared with that of all other institutions of higher education.

Colleges of agriculture and the mechanic arts endowed by national land grantsGrowth of libraries compared with that of all other institutions of higher education.

Theology

Law

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES.

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Sex of students in professional and allied schools, 1902.

Medicine (all classes)

Medicine, regular

Class of schools.

Professional education in the United States-Growth in twenty-two years, 1880–

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EDUCATION OF TEACHERS IN THE UNITED STATES.

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Enrollment of normal students in the several classes of institutions in 1902.

In addition to the professional training given in regular normal schools of various grades to those preparing to teach, many cities and almost all the liberal-arts colleges have established teachers' training departments or courses. This chart presents the numbers attending normal schools, high schools, and universities and colleges for the year 1902, by geographical divisions, and shows for the United States approximately 72, 18, and 10 per cent in attendance in the three classes of schools, respectively. It is interesting to note in this connection the fact that the North Atlantic States show the largest attendance in high schools, while the North Central exceed in normal school attendance.

The realization on the part of the public as to the needs of normal training for teachers in the public service is shown by the yearly increase in public appropriations during the last thirteen years. This increase in the sums for maintenance, although subject to slight fluctuations from year to year, is very marked, and registers a true growth in popular appreciation of this branch of professional training. The amount appropriated for buildings, from the nature of the case, is subject to greater variations from year to year.

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Students pursuing certain studies in public normal schools in 1902.

It must be understood that the list of studies presented here does not cover all the branches taught in normal schools, or normal courses, but those named have more to do with the theoretical side of pedagogic preparation, while the more practical features may be said to be studied all the time by all classes during the course. It is necessary, too, to consider the relative length of the periods devoted to each study, some requiring a full session and others being completed in a single term, after which other of the shorter studies are taken up in their place.