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ANALES DE LA SOCIEDAD CIENTÍFICA ARGENTINA 



EDUCATION LITTLE AFFECTED BY BOER WAR 



At the ontset, the seriousness of tiie war was not siifficiently reali- 

 zed, and some of the effects of the war upon Great Britain appeared 

 towardvS its end rather than in the beginning-, as the principal efforts 

 were not made by Great Britain until the war had been proceeding 

 for some time. 



TABLK 5. — Education liitle affected iy Boer ivar 



University studeuts 



Primary pupils ia schools. . 

 Parliameutary grants in £. 



25.891 



5.159.951 



10.514.504 



South African War Time 



5.249.395 

 11.120.359 



25.313 



5.292.219 



11.387.325 



26.098 



5.368.285 



11.563.437 



25.091 



5.536.738 



11.867.769 



Peace 

 1903 



27.962 



5.699.508 



12.242.692 



In table 5 are given the number of university studeuts and of pri- 

 mary pupils attending their respective institution ' from 1898 to 1903, 

 including the years of peace (1898-1903) before and after the war 

 time (1899-1902). With the exception of a slight general decrease of 

 university studeuts, this war seems to have had little or no eff'ect upon 

 public education in the United Kingdom as far as oíiñcial statistics 

 indícate. In fact tliere is an increase of primary pupils and parlia- 

 mentary grants for them. As the middle class education was somewhat 

 unorganized, their statistical status is not indicated. 



EDUCATION IN ERANCO-GERMAN WAR 



As indicated in table 6, the universities in France as in other co- 

 untries suft'er most from war. In 1870 there was areduction of 15 per 

 cent of the studeuts. The Lycées show a much lower reduction(2 "/c), 

 but the effect upon them seems to extend further as there is a greater 

 reduction in 1871 of 4 per cent. Yet it must be noted in the year 1869, 

 previ ous to the war, the decrease is 9 per cent, so that the reduction 

 of 1870 mag be due to the same causes which operated in 1869 and 

 not to the war at all. 



Statistical Abstract, United Kingdom and Statesmen's Tea)' Book. 



