New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-01-26

| TEACHERS INSTITUTE.
By an act of thr Legislature, passed November -
lsi7, upon the sane day that tAe Office OF Cont,
Srperintendeut was abolished provision was made 70
encourage the establishment Of Teachers Institutes in
| tLesoytIal counties Of this State.
TIE xii and experience of the best educators IN the
country were thus ifused among tie many who went
forth f. N the Institutes to their respective schools
clerehing a higher snd nobler ideal oI their chosen
y.caio and with the CONSCIOUSNESS that only constant
selmr rovement, increased watchfuess, aud untrng
devotion 10 H. would answer is high Semsnds.
have I'essure in rpoltiBg, that during Is51-5,
ttsre were orgarzed and successfully conducted 80
il dNutes in the counties That over 2,opo teach's,
ana those preparing TO teach were instructed IN them
in the theory and practice OF teaching. The expense
to the STATE has been less than - to each person thus
In the opirior o. the undersigned thc practical in-
siruc,ipu imuartCd in these institutes Is She cheapest
end for ire time devoted, the mot efficient, of dsy
encouraged by the State, and IS recommended the,
tho srrrri ton be increased 20 $50 10 each count
y which an Institute shall be established, and sus-
tanned according to the requirements OF the Act or
lsf5 Ii is bel sYed that this due to The rural dis
rics and TO the villages whore schools organized
uEder the provisions of the gensial school law.
By special acts Of ouaer Legislatures, the cities
and many of the lsrger villages enjoying the 3D.
vantages of Free 'hoos These Schools Offer steady
employ nent ard beral compensation forthC services
of the bet qualified teachers, and thus cause dcprs
vation OF good teachers in those portions of tire State
les favored by legislation. The Department has re-
ceivcd numerous lcttcrs whch bear testimony that
qualified teachers came, be found. 80 We must err-
" ploy those who quafed, or ho schoolhcuscs
mist be closed
II is also suggested III n in addition to the $3.50 or
so mvch a may be necessary under the provision of
the act Of Isf7 Spccs priyi,e-e mark Of Cts
tnction be granted 10 thos, teachers whosha aterd
COLLEGES AND ACADEMIES.
The Academies being dir city aud regularly aideC'
ly permanent grant of public money nom the Lite
due ,ff ba rna1 N
requre that he should invoke the attention OF the
Legislature the framing of so-Re Plan by which the
services to be rendered by tn I'm in return should be
6yed and determinae, and should, moreover, directly
subselve the general benefit instead of beng limited
TO the children of those who have the pecunaTy ability
to support them at the Academies. With TINS view
h, syain commended TO the consideration tthe Legs
latvre the proposition of former Superintendent of
Common Schools that the Academies should be re-
orirsd TO furnish free tuition to number of pHpis,
proportCnae to the public money received BY each.
Il was also proposed that the free scholarships IN the
Academi should be made prizes for distinguished
ability and requirements in the pupils Of the Common
Schools.
INSTITUTIONS FOR IHE BLIND AND DEAF AID DUHB.
The number of pupils in the Institution for the Blind
ia loo Of whom I2f are benetciaries of the state.
The amount expended during the past year for their
support and tuition s9 j3l So which exceeds the
epI rOpr!aiisns sol 50.
The health of the pupils has been excellent. When
il considered that blindness is frequently the effect
of disease which fingers in the ifecrTrents of the
constitution and manifests itself in returning affections,
This exemption from sickness may be regarded as the
strongest evidence that proper sanitary precautions
have not been neglected.
The pupils Of this institution are instructed in the
branches usually taught in the common schools, and in
some of the higher branches of science. They are
likewise taught TO manufacture baskets, mars mat
tresses brushes carpeting, and band-bo1ea The fe-
males re instructed in plain sewing, yar0rs kinds OF
fancy knitting and bead-work The study aud prac-
tice of music constitute an important feature in the
- ....k Of tla nt
this institution for $685. there were II pupils in the in
st,umenta department OF whom 81 were girls; and in
the vocal department there were 60 Nine pupils were
under instruction in the tuning of pianos. Tins De-
rartment was originated in 1859, and affords an addi-
tonal resource to the graduates Indeed. it must he
apparent that the profession OF music must ever be the
most available means for their self-support.
MANY of the graduates have found stuat IONS a.
organss choristers and professors Of music in differ
ent sections of the State employed as teach
r in similar institutions other States, and number
are retained in the institution, and have proved most
successful teachers. 1t Is pan OF the policy OF lts
managers to educate their own teachers.
Tho New-Yolk Institution for the Instruction 9f the
Deaf and Dumb maintains steadily It's claim to aVor-
able public gard, and Is but st 10 real character
To ,ay that It is model school, Itspan OF instruction
tLe result of critical and long continued examination
into the laws Of the human mind and the means neces
saw for its harmonious and patient development, and
II is executed with great and ndonitabe energy.
AT the time of making the last Annual Report the
number of resident pupils go of which 20s
State benefcares. einee that time SO have leit the
institution. The number admitted during the year
1853 was 49, of whom 35 were selected by the state
SUPERINTENDENT making the number now in attend
ence 800 The amount paid from the treasury for the
tuition and board of the benefciaries during the last
fiscal year was $50, $40 O6-ess than the apprOpra-
ton -, 1877 81.
The health Of the pupils has been good, no death
having occurred in the institution during the year.
This condition of such large number warrants the
conclusion that il il the result of special care and dill
gent attention to their physical wants.
The several branches of science and of the industrial
ants continue to be taught with such success. Cabinet
shoemakDg bOokbindng, and, in its season, garden
ing are all prosecuted. All the pupils are Instructed
in drawing, thus affording them an opportunity TO
develop whatever talent in the art they may possess
and instruction in the art of engraving on wood is
given TO select few, who manifest capacity and
taste for it. The young women are taught plain
sewing dressmaking, tailoring, the folding and stitch
inc of books, and the lighter household duties,
The experiment of organizing a class in the higher
branches of science, which instituted three years
since has proved entirely successful. The course OF
Instruction for this class embraces three years. and the
rst class was graduated at the close of the academic
wear last past. Their attanments, shown by their
Examinations and set forth in the report OF the Exam
lining Committee, were superior to those ever known
To be made by class of deaf-mutes The restoration
of the deaf and dumb 10 usefulness, and in great
decree o the society and sympathies Of their fellow
beings will be hailed as a bright feature in the march
of Chstian civilization.
THE INSTRUCTION OF THE INDIANS.
II i respectfully submitted whether the time has not
arrived for the State TO inaugurate thorough system
of instruction for all the Indians within her borders
Economy demands this if the work Is TO be attempted,
III interests of the contiguous white population no
ss than those of the Indians Themselves require that
+, .bould be done ct the earliest practicable period.
CITY SCHOOLS.
The cities have been especially favored by legise-
ton. Their schools as free to every child as the
air he breathes 1t is their mission to give practical
education alike to the rich and the poor and they ERE
fulfilling it in manner crediable 10 their peculiar 10
celti. and 10 the State. Thousands OF parents have