...progress. Dr. Ruffner says : "As a means of educating the people, the superiority of public over private instruction is sufficiently demonstrated by the recent...Fund, and there were nine counties where there were borne public schools. For higher instruction the State supported two institutions. " The largest attendance...

...instructiou. Many poor children had their tuition paid from tbe literary fund, and there were niue counties where there were some public schools. For...institutions. The number of pupils attending schools of all sorU in tbe counties now composing Virginia was as follows : year 1850, 51,808 ; 1860, 67,024; 1870,...

...improvement of teachers. As a means of educating the people, the superiority of public over private instruction is sufficiently demonstrated by the recent...education in Virginia. Previous to 1870, the people wr re dependent chiefly upon private schools for primary instruction. Many poor children had their...