POPULATION, EDUCATION
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Cities
Pop.
Cities Newburg . .
Pop.
Cities
Pop.
Buffalo . .
423,715
27,805
Ogdeusburg .
15,933
Rochester .
218,149
Watertown .
26,730
Ithaca
14,802
Syracuse .
137,249
Kingston . .
25,908
Water vliet .
15,074
Albany . . .
100,253
Mt. Vernon .
30,919
Corning . .
13,730
Troy . . .
76,813
Poughkeepsie
27,936
Horn ell . ,
13,617
Yonkers
79,803
Amsterdam .
31,267
Geneva . .
12,446
Schenectady .
72,826
Cohoes
24,709
Cortland , .
11,504
Utica . .
74,419
Oswego . .
23,868
Little Falls .
12,273
Binghaniton .
48,843
New Rochelle
28,867
Hudson .
11,417
Elmira . . .
37,176
Gloversville .
20,642
N.Tonawonda
11,955
Auburn . .
34,668
Lockport .
17,970
Plattsburg .
11,138
Niagara Falls ,
30,445
Rome . . . Dunkirk . .
20,497 17,221
Olean . . .
14,743
Jamestown
31,29/
In 1909 the death-rate in cities was 16 '3 per 1,000 of population, in rural districts 15 "6 ; in the whole State, 16'1.
The chief churches are Roman Catholic, Methodist, Presbyterian, Pro- testant Episcopal, and Baptist.
Education is compulsory between the ages of 7 and 16 years. In 1910-11 the children enrolled in the public elementary schools numbered 1,318,839, and the number of teachers was 38,622. There were 709 public high schools with 174,337 pupils, and 6,832 teacl.ers. There were 10 public normal schools with 279 teachers, and 6,965 students, and 6 schools of education connected with higher institutions. There were 86 universities, colleges, and professional schools with 4,663 professors and teachers and 36,215 collegiate and graduate students.
The Education Department is under the legislative direction of the Regents and the executive direction of the Commissioner of Education. This Department is quite similar to the Ministries of Education in Europe. It is charged with the general management and supervision of all public schools and of the educational work of the State including the operations of the University of the State of New York. The University is governed and all its corporate powers are exercised by a Board of Regents, whose members are at all times three more than the existing judicial districts ot the State — at present 9 districts and 12 Regents— who exercise legislative functions concerning the educational system of the State and determine its educational policies.
Within the State art many sectarian and non-sectarian colleges. The names, year of foundation, and numbers of instructors and students in all the departments of the chief colleges in 1910-11 were as follows : —
B'ounded
1896 1836 1889 1896 1854 1820 1754 1865 1855 1907 1812 1863
Adelphl Coll., Brooklyn . Alfred Univ., Alfred. Barnard Coll., Manhattan Clarkson Tech. Sch., Potsdam. City of N.Y. Coll., Manhattan Colgate Univ., Hamilton . Columbia Univ., Manhattan . Cornell Univ., Ithaca Elmira College Elmira . Fordham University, NewiYork Hamilton Coll., Clinton . Manhattan College, New York .
Professors, &c.
Students
27
434
37
272
78
547
12
70
150
1,412
44
246
644
5,fc93
627
4,412
16
250
116
508
19
178
14
92
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