mankind, may be relied upon to keep abreast with the other members of the great Aryan race, in its peculiar domain, the realm of intellect.

THE PEABODY FUND.

No sketch on education would be complete without some mention of the Peabody fund, that lasting monument to the greatest philanthropist of his age. By the will of George Peabody, several million dollars were given in trust to a Board, for the education of the children of the South. The fund is carefully guarded. The interest annually accruing is devoted, not to helping the destitute, but to building up and improving schools already in a healthy condition, or to fitting young men and women to become skillful and intelligent teachers. For several years aid was given directly to the public schools; but recently the greater portion of the revenue is expended upon Normal schools, and Normal Institutes. The report of the U. S. Commissioner of Education, for 1880, shows that since 1868, the trustees had expended $1,191,000, of which South Carolina, owing to the inefficiency of her school system, between 1872 and 1876, had received but $38,200, while $223,250 had been given to Virginia, $220,150 to Tennessee, and $118,000 to West Virginia.

In 1881, this State received $4,050, and 1882, $5,375, making in all $47,625.

PEABODY SCHOLARSHIPS

for deserving young white and colored persons, of both sexes, desiring to become teachers, are established, for whites, at Nashville, for the colored, at Hampton, Virginia. Eight students at Nashville and ten at Hampton were enjoying this bounty in 1881. The scholarships are for two years. Applicants are appointed after competitive examination, and. these are required, after graduation, to teach at least two years in the public schools of the State.

APPENDIX.

Tabular Statements Copied or Compiled from the Tables of the United States Census and the Report of State Superintendent of Education, for 1882.

TABLE I. A Comparison of White Population, School Expenditures and White Illiteracy in Thirty-three States in 1860. Scholastic Population of South Carolina in 1880.、 Population and Illiteracy in South Carolina in 1880. Scholastic Population and School Attendance between the Years 1869 and 1882.

TABLE II.
TABLE III.

TABLE IV.

TABLE I.

Showing, in 1860, 1st, the Total White Population of thirty-three States; 2d, the total Expenditures for Education of all kinds; 3d, the Per Capita Expenditure; 4th, the adult White Illiteracy; 5th, the rate per cent. of Illiteracy. (Compiled from statistics of the U. S. Census.)

TABLE II. SCHOLASTIC POPULATION.

Showing the number of persons in South Carolina between the ages of 6 and 16 according to the United States Census of 1880.