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interesting relation to these institutions and to the great object of learn- 
ing and education, and to the people who enjoy the benefits. They 
speak in this manner to the whole people every year, and their report 
is the index of the healthful action of these institutions upon the public 
mind. 
Such an annual report must abound in statisties, and must be exam- 
ined to be fully comprehended. It is widely spread over the state, and 
the regents are understood to be liberal in sending it to other states. We 
give the following abstracts. 
Seven colleges and medical schools, and one hundred and forty six 
academies made their annual reports to the regents. 
Number of students in the colleges, 3 2 é 675 
S a in the medical schools, . ‘ 858 
Increase of students in the former in the last four years, 22 
¢ in the latter ¥ ts Ce NZS 
The colleges and medical schools received from the state during the 
last year, $20,500. 
The fostering care of the state has been shown in the last year in 
substantial pecumiary aid. It was merited, and will prove a public ben- 
efit. 
To the several academies the state distributes, through the regents, 
annually, the sum of $40,000, being one portion of the literature fund. 
This sum is equally divided among the academies of the eight senato- 
rial districts, in the proportion of the number of students engaged in 
classical studies or in the higher branches of English education. As 
the first district has only five academies, and claimed a part of the fund 
for only 765 pupils, and the fourth district has twenty six academies 
and claimed for 1914 pupils, and the eighth district has twenty two 
academies and claimed for 1876 attendants, it is obvious that this mode 
of distributing this fund is exceedingly unequal, and does not comport 
with the benevolent and republican principles of the plan in general. 
It needs only a thought to force the conviction that the division can be 
made republican by being made equal over the state. It may be expect- 
ed from the generous policy of this noble state, that this inequality will 
not be suffered to continue another year. 
Whole number of students in the academies in the year, 22,782 
Distribution of literature fund allowed for . : 12,257 
Of this number, were of females, about . 3 . 5,700 
The heart rejoices over this fact, that nearly one half of all those, 
who were pursuing classical or higher English studies, were females, 
the daughters of the rich and the poor, proposing to exert a more pow- 
erful and kindly influence on our citizens. 
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