Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 November 1892 — EDUCATIONAL NOTES. [ARTICLE]

EDUCATIONAL NOTES.

In Spain 80 per cent of the population is illiterate; in Austria it is 84 per cent.; Hungary, 91; Mexico, 93; and in Italy the percentage is 73. Thebe are officially estimated to be in the United States 12,522,721 school children, an increase of 26.54 per cent, in the last Jen years, or a gain of about 2 per cent, more than the increase of population. The bequest of $200,000 from the late Daniel B. Fayerweather to the Cooper Union Art School for Women has enabled that institution to double the number of i upils it can receive, making an increase from 350 to 700. The top floors of the institute are being enlarged to accommodate new students. The library of the institute is less fortunate, and the trustees have made an appeal to the public for assistance.