Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1893 — EDUCATIONAL NOTES. [ARTICLE]

EDUCATIONAL NOTES.

In Spain 80 per cent of the populaion is illiterate; in Austria it is 84 pci :ent.; Hungary, 91; Mexico, 93; and in Italy the percentage is 73. There are officially estimated to be in the United States 12,522,721 school ihiklren, an increase of 26.54 per cent, n the last ten years, or a gain of about . per cent, more than the increase of jopulation. The bequest of $200,000 from the late Daniel B. Fayerweather to the Cooper Onion Art School for Women has enibled that institution to double the lumber of i upils it can receive, making in increase from 350 to 700. The top ioors of the institute are being enarged to accommodate new students. The library of the institute is less fortunate, and the trustees have made an ippeal to the public for assistance.