Litchfield enquirer., 1854-05-11

accommodation, which wss erscled-at . eosi
 incluai,sR fl,n prleo 0fa large and valuable lol
 on which it slands, e Oi5, ,sfo. 1hi9 bnild- ing would accamm9dsto about ono hundred
 nsSienss. rho socipiy has psfmaneni fuo1 ofn1O 200. vioIlinr an annual Income of aho1l eas0. The pafinnis are undaI the cnta of aix ernoticinw and lbug cnnaullin& pllyuic.anp ai'l
 rurgeons AlIfh6palisnls wls0 ku1e slodd in need of elinni6hI8.aid, hSve, toF mEny ycslt. received RFaiuilously constant attention, m. der the most favorable circumstances. from men of the tighsst cFdeT of talent and skill in the medical proGessiou. Sreh an insinnco,af the devotion of valuable tlme, and often sole deaying services. 10 the eause 0f humanilt is almost wish6ht parallel. " ~ t3lNJSa
 The income of the fund Ia exclusively ap- propriated to the care and sarpogt in me hos. Pirsls of patlpHss FeqniFing pecuaiary5 aasiul lance. Those who are able. are required to pay sum hare:y sullicienl 10 meel tha ex. pense of board, medicine and 1BMFMhSs The lsosplsas open for the reception of paaieals from every part of lhe State, who elispse so enter t on such terms.. But lhere is iahes Jclass Of persons who lave bees vislied &ith affective diepensdtions Of Prov i1eISe, and a'hai Fequro 0edical aid, bntags unable 0 pay yahis mallawacpts The aociegs would be Faicic6d to receive these obJscia ypf; cuyapeseiop, hnl cannot for Eantpf meara, .Aup;her important consideration connected with tlIis snbiesE, is the fact, that many patients who coms to New Haven to obtain the services Of the taisiihs guished physicians and surgeons residing hers preferi the snperiot aeceMm9dattsns flhe hos, pitAl to any which they can find elsewhere, and take up .heir abode at their own expense 
 lions of medical skill are open to inc ohsefva. iiani of all members of the profession who choose 10 attends und thus increase tho skilf belonging to the inst,sution. therefore, earn-j esily invite your attention to this subJscf, anc ask you 10 consider, whether such an exhibi- iics of private bene6eence ought nof to be re. sponded to, to . small extent at least, by the libeIality of the public, a!,fl, ss gsst1
 The condition of the great interest of popu- lar education, the means provided for it's sup DOT the agencies at work, and the measures proposed for its. advancement, will be set be. fore you in .he report Of the Commisssoners of tho School Fund, lhe Superintendent of the. Common Schools, and the Trustees of the
 State Normal School. From the representa-
 tor of ihe officers to me, personally, and from sources Of information accessible 10 any ciii.
 zen, it is evident, that, while the State has
 provided, on it's part, muni6cently tho means of General Education, and tho Common
 Schools continue 10 dispense the blessings 1f elementary education in every neighborhood,
 and while there is gratifying evidences of im-
 provcneni in the construction and furniture of school houses, in the character of textbooks, the range of studies, and tho qualification and compensation af teachers, there isyel pressing need of further action on the part of the Legis
 laiure and people.
 The capital of the School Fund, by wise Legislation, and faithful management by succession of public officers for nearly sixty years, now amounts to G2, ,046, 7S5 I9, while it has distributed aver four millions of dollars in ancual dividends for the support of schools The capital cannot be increased beyond i,s general amount from any resources now pro. vided. { The annual interest available for the support of schools, as divided tn March last, among the several societies. amounted to Si4l, ,295, or St 40 per every one of the 93, ,9SO children between n the ages tf four and sixteen years, as enumerated in January, 1854. The en,n, aithougb large in the aggregate, and as coinpared with the amount distrihuted in any 6theriSlaiein aid of local and iHdividGal effort is entirely, inadequate to suppert such schools as any child, poor pr rich, should receive, to mee, properly the duties of American citizen. ship, and ilIe compctition of society in every depattment of busiaess But ifadeo,iate Es irnow is, it.~iilbscsme every yearIiess, if the pnpDlatioq oflhe State iscreases at ,ffle rate ii has done for the Last fifs years. In yicwgor ihe increase of children enumerated. and the rela, tive dinluntion in the amount 10 be divided. the commisstonef renew 5 the recaninsendati0n 6fhispredecess0r, that some s0cietids and tIis. tricfs she llraise by taxation on she grandsiist asum equalto one,third the amount received from the State. M predecessor in office, after more thorough examination than 1 have been able to give the suhlsct, is, his mesa gc to your body. in 1852, expressed substantially the same opinion ,iu which, lfom my present knowledge pf the ' ants of iopr csn,moh achools, I fully concurs RaassIen4a ylIng $ T he Superintendent icf Common schools has called my attention to several defecte in tho present organization nf our school system, which in his judgment, make il less efficient sthan iE former years as compared lwitis the general si andafd oGpublic Eiucsi6n, and uD { less resnedied will cuniinuel 10 keep o,ig com.
 s,idh schools behind the improvements already
 attained in leighboring States, and below the high degree they are capable Q! rcac ching. Az these views wfll be fully expressed in his an- nual contamination 10 the General Assenl- sbiy, | sill aohly consmendsito Yoarefayora6ls ennsideratioh the mensures whiei he pfopos- es to ,pbviate these Jpfrcls Thcse arc lhs gradual merging. az far aud as fast as shsll
 he found practicable, of schcol socic,ies, as inaepcndeht corporations fcr school p6sposes. with the ordinary civil organizations of ioeAs
 and cifiea 3--fhe consolidation of erhoot dis-
 srlcis ip cisies, boropghe and pnpylous yll slages, SO far ss 10 facilitate ihe gradation of
 common schools and ihe iniroduclion ot .
 more ihosough, and exsen.sed course oi in- sirnetiob ;--she esisblislment 6f atlsast one l.cemmon school of higher grade ahan the dis
 trict school. il every aowst, where the psivilc-
 g~s of . good English edpcaiion shall be
 brought within the reach tf the poor as well
 as the rich ;--tke blending in one board the l financial aud sdpetsisiSg powers and duiiys
 now delegated t0Nahe committee, aud school
 sisiiors ia each saciely ;y-ths resssAh AhliahmeRi \ nf she duty pG ptopsF'y io oproyiae in part fay