New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-04-17
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A recent report Of a Committee OF the Legisla.
ture Of Massachusetts. on Education, presents
some facts in regard 70 Mr.. MAINS selt-sacrifcns
efforts in behalf Of the cause OF Education. which
are worthy of wider PRONUNCIATION The order
which occasioned this report Was passed IN Jan
uary, without any consultation with NJ. Mann
but al the instance Of certain members, who were
acquainted with the fact Of the States Pecunisry
Indebtedness TO him. The Committee were EN-
powered to send for persons and papers, and the
result was a report. of which we find convenient
abstrsc, in the Springfield Republican
when Mr. Mann entered upon the Office Of secre-
ary to the Board Of Education provision made
for pos,sges and stationery These heavy bills be paid
from his private purse. And when provision vac
made for these items he charged the State half
their cost, les, the expense Nigh, excite opposition to
the Office During the whole twelve years he served
no, cen, was allowed him for oce-rsn, clerk hire
uurins the first five years be paid from his salary
the expenses incurred in travelling over the State for
Educational purposss-Oceupying aoou, four months
each year When the Normal School-house erected
at Brdsevster the f1ndf proved insufficient and Mr..
Mann advanced $40 from his own purse. When
money was wanted to the amount OF ave or ak hun.
Lexington Norman School, Mr. Mann sold his law libra
~ and furnished the required He also forwarded
money for the establishment of the School at westfsd
to what smonnt I, IL not known. But Josiah Quincy,
Jr testes that at the time Nj Mann borrowed of him
$4,000 for which he 10 still liable, saying that he wanted
/, for the schools a, Brdsews,er and westheld. Mr..
Quincy demonstrated against his making so large sac
rfce, but Mr. Mann insisted upon the loan, gave him
a.. lvsD 20, lpiir fA
ais or to the State the subject Other items of bis
voluntary outlsys. amounting to upward of $500 are
enumerated.
Dutton Wentworth, stats Printers, testify that
whenever Mr. Mann wanted extra copies Of bis own
Annual Reports he invariably had them charged to bis
private account that be scrupulously careful to
hsve the printing in his department. for which the
State paid, executed in the most economical manner
and that he himself paid them s75 500 for printing
Educational documents be circulated gratui,ously-
It s also added tina. he very careful always to pay
the postage and express charges letters and proof
sheets while bis Reports were printing The testimony
is remarkable as showing his Of honor In regard
10 the most trivial matter 10 the words which he him
self applied to another be has been careful to shake
the d.dust from his garments whenever be had
cssion IL 20 into the public mint.
THE deficit from the publication OF the Common
School Journal supplied from Mr.. Msnn's well
drained purse He has paid for many copies to be dis
tributed grstuitousy, and has continued to edit the
work without compensation When he went TO Europe
for educational researches and information his
penses exceeded his salary OIL 900 or $500. But the
results Of bis travels sivtn to the State In bis
Seventh Annual Report
Such imperfect sketch Of the peeuniary sacri'
fees made BY Mr.. Mann. During all this time II should
be remembered that the entire salary he received from
the State was $500 per snnum; although the Com
mit,ee have discovered that Hon. Edmund Dwight,
ever liberal patron Of the cause OF edzcstion was 10
the habit Of making generous addition to this mesgre
salary ard ths, he continues to do for the present
Secretary
Appended to the Report OF the Committee Is re-
solve ordering the payment to Mr.. Mann oil s2,OVo