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SCHOOL STATISTICS. 
The following statistics are taken from the Report of 1871: 
mmceuse of school ea aio nsa 597,270 
colored 375173 
634,443 
No. of sub-districts reported 7,048 
No. of sony reported in 1871—white.... ... ssadvoape 6,730 
CINE nin naneresicak 212 
- 6,942 
No. of school houses 6,387 
— A aca in 1871—white 8,761 
Pt Se Pee eee 
—— 8,816 
Average monthly salary paid teachers $35.00 
Total teachers’ wages paid $887,019 
Building and other expenses 862,030 
Total disbursements for 1872. ......... $1,749,049 
Cost per ee —_ on Paterna tig diceavideaensesaceapanabedy $2.75 
endance .20 
Income from State fund for ac $339,568 
7 county fund for 1870 157,612 
“ township fund for 1870............ 188,644 
at $685,824 
School tax collected, 1870 $1,001,750 
School moneys received, 1871 atecene seese 1,687,573 
PARTICULAR INSTITUTIONS. 
Foremost among the educational institutions of the State, not 
under the government of the Common School Law, stands the 
STATE UNIVERSITY, 
Situated at Columbia, in Boone County. It was established by an 
Act of the Legislature in 1839, upon an endowment previously 
made by Congress, in the form of two townships of land known as 
the ‘‘Seminary Lands.’’ This endowment had grown by accumu- 
lation to the value of $100,000, when the institution was founded. 
The citizens of Booneville contributed the generous sum of 
$117,500 as a bonus for the location of the University at Columbia. 
The first President was J. H. Larurop, LL. D., elected in 1840. 
The present incumbent is DanieL Reap, LL. D., elected in 1866. 
The supervision of the University is vested in a Board of twenty- 
two Curators, two from each Congressional District (under the old 
apportionment), four from the County of Boone, and seven from 
the State Board of Agriculture. They are appointed by the Gov- 
ernor and confirmed by the Senate. The duty of appointing the 
President, Professors and Tutors, devolves upon the Curators. 
The University embraces at present, in its group of schools, 
besides the regular academic course, a Preparatory School, an 
Agricultural College, a College of Normal instruction, a School of 
Mines, and a Law School. All these Colleges are located at 
Columbia, except the School of Mines, which is established at 
Rolla, in Phelps County. The advantages of the University are 
extended to women on equal terms with men. All resident youth 
in the State, upon the payment of an entrance fee of ten dollars, 
are entitled to the benefits of the METRY, except in the strictly 
professional schools. 
The following constitute the University Faculty and Instructors : 
Danie. Reap, L.L. D., President, Professor of Mental, Moral, 
and Political Philosophy. JosepH G. Norwoop, M. D., Professor 
of Natural Science and Natural Philosophy. JosrpuH Fickuin, A. 
M., Professor of Mathematics, Mechanical Philosophy and Astron- 
omy. E. L. Riprey, A. M., Principal of College of Normal 
Instruction. Epwarp H. Twintnc, A. .» Professor of Latin 
Language and Literature. Joun M. Leonarp, Ph. D., Professor 
of Greek Language and Literature. GrorGcr C. Swatiow, A. M., 
M. D, Professor of Agriculture, Geology and Botany. Paut 
SCHWEITZER, Ph. D., Professor of Analytical and Applied Chem- 
istry. James K. Hosmer, A. M., Professor of English Language 
and Literature. Hon. PHILemon BuIss, Professor of Law. on. 
BoyLe Gorpon, Professor of Law. Major J. Witson McMurray, 
U.S. A., Professor of Military Science and Tactics, and Civil 
Engineering. Hon, Samue. Treat, U. S. District Court, Lec- 
turer on Admiralty and Maritime Law. Hon. ARNOLD KREKEL, 
U. S. District Court, Lecturer on the Jurisdiction of the Federal 
Courts. Mrs. C. A. RipLey and Miss L. Wyuir, B. S., Assistants 
in Department of Normal and Preparatory Instruction. Cuas. 
V. Ritey, State Entomologist, Lecturer on Entomology. Pro- 
fessor GEORGE C. SwALLow, Secretary of the Faculty. Professor 
. G. Norwoop, Librarian. 
NORMAL SCHOOLS, 
Besides the College of Instruction in Teaching connected with 
the University, the State has established three schools for the 
training of teachers for our common schools. Two of these schools 
are created by a special Act of the Legislature dividing the State 
into two districts for this purpose, with the privilege of competitive 
bids for their location. These institutions have already been 
established according to law, and located respectively at Kirksville, 
Adair County, and Warrensburg, Johnson County. They are con- 
trolled by a Board of seven Regents, consisting of the State Board 
of Education and two gentlemen from each of the two Normal 
Districts, appointed by the Governor for a term of four years. The 
State has made an appropriation for the annual current expenses of 
the schools, amounting to $5,000 each. 
The other school for the training of teachers is the Lincoln 
Institute, located at Jefferson City, and attended exclusively by 
colored students. For the support of this school, the State appro- 
priates an annuity of $5,000, 
The following are the Normal Regents : 
First District—E. B. NeEty, St. Joseph: W. G. FERcuson, 
Louisiana, 
Second District—A. E. Zuenvt, Jefferson City. J. R. MILner, 
Springfield. 
State Board and Executive Committee—J. MONTEITH, Superin- 
tendent Public Instruction. E. F. Weice, Secretary of State. 
A. J. Baxer, Attorney-General. 
Officers of the Board—E. B. NEEtY, President. E. F. WEIGEL, 
Secretary. H.C. Fixe (Warrensburg), Treasurer. 
THE KIRKSVILLE SCHOOL, 
Previously started as a private enterprise by Professor BALDWIN, 
was adopted as a State Normal School January 2, 1871. Kirksville 
is a thriving village of about 2,000 inhabitants, situated on the St. 
Louis, Kansas City & Northern Railway, thirty miles north of 
Macon City. An elegant and imposing building has been erected 
for this School, at a cost to Adair County and the State of about 
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