------+----------+------------+---------+----------------+---------- Year. |Societies.| Membership.| Active | In classes for | Teachers | | | members.+--------+-------+ employed. | | | | Boys. | Girls.| ------+----------+------------+---------+--------+-------+---------- 1866 | 96 | 6,320 | 3,240 | 3,317 | 120 | 1868 | 148 | 10,200 | | | | 1872 | 187 | 9,920 | 4,500 | 4,770 | 394 | 1877 | 167 | 11,653 | 3,906 | 6,318 | 1,069 | 1878 | 162 | 11,313 | 3,799 | 7,307 | 1,795 | 1879 | 178 | 12,376 | 3,044 | 6,972 | 2,083 | 1880 | 186 | 13,387 | 4,199 | 8,337 | 2,388 | 1881 | 188 | 14,885 | 5,586 | 9,286 | 2,701 | 1882 | 183 | 16,349 | 7,357 | 10,141 | 3,040 | 97 1883 | 187 | 17,537 | 7,372 | 10,312 | 3,186 | 111 1884 | 199 | 19,713 | 8,439 | 11,392 | 3,572 | 106 1885 | 213 | 21,809 | 5,117 | 12,228 | 4,005 | 98 1886 | 231 | 23,823 | 5,562 | 13,161 | 3,888 | 95 ------+----------+------------+---------+--------+-------+---------- During the same period national _Turnfeste_ were held as follows: XV. 1865, September 2-6 Cincinnati. XVI. 1867, June 10-13 Baltimore. XVII. 1869, August 7-11 Chicago. XVIII. 1871, August 5-10 Williamsburg (now Brooklyn, E. D.). XIX. 1873, June 26-29 Cincinnati. XX. 1875, New York. XXI. 1877, July 18-23 Milwaukee. XXII. 1879, August 2-6 Philadelphia. XXIII. 1881, June 4-7 St. Louis. XXIV. 1885, June 20-24 Newark, N. J.