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 256 MASSACHUSETTS ing are the statistics of these schools for the year ending Dec. 1, 1874 : WOTRE SITUATED. EiUb- lUhed. No. of iu- itructon. No. of pupil,. Cost of iup- port. 1S39 1889 1840 1854 1874 11 9 10 12 5 152 204 200 277 69 $11,088 81 18,500 00 12,998 18 12,07T 10 4,81628 Westfleld Bridgewater Salem Worcester Total 47 902 $54,424 82 To those above named may be added the girls' high and normal school and the training school in Boston. Teachers' institutes are held under the direction of the secretary of the state board of education, for which the state appropriates $4,000 annually. The sessions are from three to five days each, and from six to ten are held annually. Nearly 2,000 normal school gradu- ates are teaching in the public schools of the commonwealth. The state agricultural col- lege in Amherst, established with the aid of the national endowment, was opened in 1866 ; it has an extensive farm, well supplied with thor- oughbred animals, and with the buildings and apparatus necessary for imparting a thorough industrial education. The course of study oc- cupies four years, on the completion of which the degree of bachelor of science is conferred. There are agricultural, botanical, and veteri- nary departments. Applicants for admission must be 15 years of age and pass an examina- tion. The tuition fee is $50 a year. .The or- dinary annual expenses of the institution are about $30,000, while the regular income is about $25,000, including $10,000 from tuition and room rent and $15,000 from the permanent cash fund of $233,333. In 1874-'5 it had 11 instructors and 121 students, a library of 1,500 volumes, and extensive collections in natural history. Of the leading institutions of learn- ing not under the patronage of the state, Am- herst college, Harvard university, and Williams college are described under their respective titles, while Boston college and Boston univer- sity are mentioned in the article on that city. The colleges and professional schools of the state are represented in the following state- ment for 1874-'5, the number of instructors and pupils in the colleges including also those in the professional departments : TITLE. Where utuated. Denomination. When founded. Number of initructon. Number of pupil.. Amherst college. . . Amherst Boston 1821 1863 1869 1848 1638 1855 1798 1807 1847 1816 1867 1866 1826 1S67 1872 1817 1868 1878 1867 1828 1782 22 8 90 14 114 17 13 11 11 5 4 3 6 7 12 4 10 82 15 8 29 831 155 439 165 1,196 88 160 67 89 20 13 72 27 121 189 25 180 88 83 192 Boston college ... Roman Catholic Methodist Boston university Worcester Cambridge... Medford College of the Holy Cross Harvard university Tufts college Universal! st Williams college Williamstown THEOLOGICAL SCHOOLS. Andover theological seminary Boston university school of theology Boston Cambridge. . . "Waltham ..'.'.. Newton Medford Methodist Episcopal.. Unitarian Episcopal Divinity school of Harvard university Episcopal theological school New Church theological school (1878-' 4) New Jerusalem Baptist Universalist Newton theological institution Tufts college divinity school LAW SCHOOLS. Boston university school of law Boston Law school of Harvard university Cambridge MEDICAL SCHOOLS. Boston dental college Boston Boston university school of medicine . Dental school of Harvard university H Massachusetts college of pharmacy (1878-'4) Medical school of Harvard university ....... .1." ! il Pharmaceutic Regular " The number of instructors and pupils above given for the Boston university do not include those in the preparatory departments in East Greenwich academy and the New England con- servatory of music in Boston. The school of medicine of this university receives pupils of both sexes. The institute of technology in Boston, which is fully described in the articles BOSTON and EDUCATION (vol. vi., p. 431), is one of the most complete institutions of the kind in the United States. The charge for tuition is $200 per annum. In 1874-'5 it had 34 instruc- tors and 283 pupils. The "Worcester county free institute of industrial science was organized in Worcester in 1868, for practical education in the arts, agriculture, manufactures, mercantile business, &c. It was founded in 1865 by John Boynton, who gave for the purpose $100,000; $200,000 was also contributed by Stephen Salis- bury, and a large sum was given by Ichabod Washburn. No charge is made for tuition to residents of Worcester county, and but a small charge to others. In 1869 a grant of $50,000 was made by the state, in consideration of which the institution will receive 20 pupils annually for the entire course of three years, free of charge. In 1874-'5 it had 10 instruc- tors, 99 pupils, and productive funds amount- ing to $367,000. Besides these institutions and the agricultural college, special instruction in science is afforded by the Lawrence scientific school and the mining school of Harvard uni-