Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1894 — EDUCATIONAL NOTES. [ARTICLE]

EDUCATIONAL NOTES.

In Spain 80 per cent of the population is illiterate; in Austria it Is 84 pel sent’.; Hungary, 91; Mexico, 93; and ia Italy the percentage is 73. Thebe are officially estimated to b« to the United States 12,622,721 school phlldran, an increase of 26.54 per cent Jn the last ten years, or a gain of about v per cent, more than the increase •! population. The bequest of $200,000 from thelats Saniel B. Fayerweather to the Cooper nlon Art School for Women lias enabled that institution to double the number of ; upils it can receive, making an increase from 810 to 700. The top Boors ol the institute are being enlarged to accommodate new students The library of the institute is losb tor Rinate, and the trustees have made at appeal to the public for assistance.