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STATISTICS OF EDUCATION, FURNISHED BY BUREAU OF EDUCATION, WASHINGTON, D. C.
Enrolment of colored youths, as far as reported by State school officers, for the year 1880, 784,709.
Per cent. of the colored youth of school age enrolled, about 48.
| Colored school teachers in U. S. A.: | |
| Males | 10,520 |
| Females | 5,314 |
| Total | 15,834 |
Normal schools for colored youth, 44; teachers in these, 227; pupils in them, 7,408.
High schools, or academic, for them, 36; teachers in them, 120; pupils, 5,327.
Universities and colleges for the race, 15; teachers in them, 119; students, 1,717.
Schools of theology for them, 22; teachers in them, 65; pupils reported, 880.
Schools of law, 3; teachers in these schools, 10; pupils in the same, 33.
Schools of medicine, 2, with 17 teachers and 87 pupils.
the religious advancement of the freedman.
Upon this topic Dr. Tucker gives us simply dogmatism and assertion. He neve to use his own language in reply to his critics—"undertakes to furnish proof" of his assertions. A man evidently of deep convictions, he is content to use frequent and most positive affirmations. "No one knows better than himself" the grave statements he makes! He "knows" what he asserts "to be absolutely true!" "The consensus of all authorities (?) establish them beyond the power of any man to overthrow them." This is Dr. Tucker's usual style.
All this, let me remind Dr. Tucker, is but opinion,
