Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 January 1894 — EDUCATIONAL NOTES. [ARTICLE]

EDUCATIONAL NOTES.

In Spain 60 par oent of the population is Illiterate; ia Austria It ia 84 pei sent.; Hungary, 91; Mexioo, 96; and ia Italy tho percentage la 76. Thebe are officially estimated to be in the United States 12,622,791 aohool children, aa inoroase of 26.64 per oent In the last ton years, or a gain of about 6 per oent more than the Increase «i population. Tan 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 aumbor of pupils it can reoeive, making an increase from 360 to 700. The top Boors of the institute are being enlarged to aooommodate new students. The library of ths Institute is less fortunate, and the trustees have made as appeal to tho publlo for assistance. 1