a In eighty-nine cities. 101 114 215 23 27, 163 11, 228 108, 734 13, 561 6, 103 27,467 b Strictly normal students are not included. e In Boston, only the average number belonging is included. 1,944 196, 200 TABLE VII.—PREPARATORY SCHOOLS. Detailed statistics of preparatory schools will be found in Table VII of the appendix. The following is a comparative statement of the statistics of these schools as reported to the Bureau for 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, and 1879: The preparatory schools reported indicate an increase of 9 schools and, with the same number of instructors as in 1878, an increase of 1,023 students during the year 1879. TABLE VII.-Summary of statistics of preparatory schools. States. TABLE VII.-Summary of statistics of preparatory schools—Continued. Secondary instruction in this country as generally understood has included work done in academies and high schools and in a class of institutions, known as preparatory schools, specially devoted to fitting persons for the American college. Occasionally an institution of this grade is known as a seminary or institute. In a number of instances these institutions are well endowed, well furnished with appliances for illustration and with libraries, and employ none but able and scholarly instructors, and do a quality of work of the very first order. Generally they give more special attention to preparation in the classics. As yet there are few preparatory schools devoted to the preparation of students for admission to the colleges of science or of agriculture and the mechanic arts; but there is steady progress towards the remedy of these deficiencies. TABLE VIII. —SUPERIOR INSTRUCTION OF WOMEN. Statistics in detail of schools for the superior instruction of women will be found in Table VIII of the appendix. The following is a comparative summary of institutions, instructors, and pupils from 1870 to 1879, inclusive: Compared with the statistics for 1878, institutions reported for the superior instruction of women have increased by 2, their instructors have diminished by 155, and the students have increased by 966. ED-VII |