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plates being by no means confined to the showing of externals, such as 

 dormitories and facades, but picturing also iu many cases library and 

 laboratory interiors. In compensation for the lack of absolute his- 

 torical completeness, full bibliographies of the sources of information 

 were to be appended to each chapter or great subject, so that future 

 students of our educational history might profit by the way-marks left 

 by pioneers. 



Although unaided by any special appropriations, and absolutely de- 

 pendent upon the slender resources of the bureau for the preparation 

 of circulars of information, the work has been extended from Virginia, 

 the oldest of American commonwealths, throughout all the Southern 

 States, where monographs are either completed, or well advanced. The 

 report on ISTorth Carolina has lately been published. The returns from 

 South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida are already in the hands of the 

 Government printer. The work has not been restricted to the South. 

 In anticipation of the historical interest connected with the observance 

 of the centenary of the settlement of the old northwest territory organ- 

 ized inquiry was early extended beyond the Ohio River. A monograph 

 upon the History of Higher Education in Wisconsin, prepared by Mr. 

 David Spencer, under the general direction of Prof. William F. Allen, 

 of the University of Wisconsin, has been accepted and sent to the Pub- 

 lic Printer. At a meeting of the American Historical Association, held 

 in the National Museum during the Christmas holidays, an introductory 

 paper ui)on the whole subject of higher education in the Northwest 

 was read by Prof. George W. Knight, of the Ohio State University at 

 Columbus, a graduate of the University of Michigan and author of a 

 scholarly monograph upon Federal Land Grants for Education in the 

 Northwest Territory, published among the papers of the American 

 Historical Association, vol. i. More elaborate monographs, based upon 

 pioneer work in a vast and unknown field, and representing the history 

 of colleges and universities iu the States of Ohio, Illinois, and Michigan, 

 will soon be completed. 



Here upon this desk lies a manuscri]>t History of Higher Education 

 iu the State of Indiana, mother of the President recently inaugurated. 

 This history was prepared by Prof. J. A. Woodburn, of the State Uni- 

 versity at Bloomington, who has studied for two years in Baltimore. 

 While no brief description can do justice to an exhaustive and laborious 

 work, it may be summarized as rei)resenting — 



(1) The services of the old Continental Congress and of the Federal 

 Government towards education in the old Northwest Territory. 



(2) The early beginnings of higher education in the Territory of In- 

 diana and the rise of State seminaries and academies, with their growth 

 into the State University. 



(3) The worli of the State normal school and of the various polytech- 

 nic and industrial institutions in the State of Indiana. 



(4) The organization and early history of the denominational colleges 

 and of other institutions of learning in Indiana. 



