Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-01-07
,srs and payment as far as the money soul
sbzt4d from the Treasury. by drafts in exc
I2s NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. do not do nbt vow
MESSAGE.

sul! exposition of h general condition
Of the State, together with such recon
ia respect TO Legislation. a.
1As public good seerned to me 20 require
In that Communication L e~ndeavorel
to set in 8 clear ligE. the industrial prog
ssss, the material resources, and the f.
nancial strength of our great common
wealth. 1t seems not inappropriate, now
before proceeding to more special state
and particular suggestions, to snp-
sait to you some general views of our
social condition, as affected by other Ell
smsnts than those to which l hen insl-
ted your attention.
Seventy one gears ago what Is now
Ohio was an unbroken wilderness. sey-
enty wears 4 the work of American
civilization within her limits was just oe-
eun by the settlements at Marietta and
Cineincinnati. Fifty four syerrs age she
became = State of the American Union.
Her subsequent social progress has been
. sublime triumph. To-day . powerful
esmmonveaIth. numbering nearly "
millions snd a half of people, exists mp
on her soil. with unsui passed energiess
resources, agencies of development, AMI
means OF happiness. From the eminence
already reached, we survey. with conf
dent reliance upon the favor of Divine
Providence and the inspiration Of Free
Institutions. the lof'isr heights yet to be
attained.
Prominent among the elements which
dstermine, social condition, is the numer7
zeal Advance or decline OF population
The rate and character of this movement
insthe absence of a census, must be gath
cred frem the num- Der of marriages; Of
deaths; of immigrants; of e~migrants, and
of nav .habitations. For aseertaining
che number of these with reasonable GER
tainty, sufficient means are supplied by
State and Federal legislation. Accord
ing 10 the estimates of the Commission
ar of Statistics, the marriages in Ohio
during 1858 were "a 900; the deaths A.
600; the births SO. 900; the aaturaliza-
lions 5000; the new structures l0,9007
The Increase by births. according to this
estimate, is IS, 900 annually and thu
yearly immigration from foreign eoun-
Eis and other States is estimatedto ex-
cssd the yearly emigration by 70 1000
Giving "a aggrega's increase of 53.00t
Annually, or 440, 600 in eight years.
The new structures, allowing six persons
Cor zach, indicate nearly the same rate o
progress. The population of Ohio il
1850 was ], 9S0.329, and is now, if tn.
estimate just referred to be correct. 2,
0.329.
The forem ost concern of an intelligen
and prosperous people is Public Instruo
ton. The mind of every community il
ths motive power of its advancement
and the measure of it's education is prac
italy the measure of production and o
all substantial progress. In Ohio. tL'
Constitution wisely requires the Genera
Assembly to secure a thorough and eff
eient system of Common SCHOOL,
throughout the State. The honor of TIN
first act, in ful6llment of the duty thu
snjeined. belongs to the Legislature o
1888. That Legislature re- organize,
common school education in Ohio. !
does not ut all detract from the honor s,
justly due to it, to say that much ha
been done by previous Legislation and b,
the intelligent and Jealous labors of tn
6rst State Superintendent and the Stat
Teachers Association, to prepare tn
way for the comprehensive and benafi
eient measure then adopted, under Uhicl
che Common Schools of Ohio have at
tainsd their present state of txcellenc
and usefulness.
A brief comparison between the con
dition of our Common Schools the yea
before this enactment and at the presen
time, will ~illustra tie, in some degree, it
happy effects.
The number of Common Schools i
1858 was 1894; in 1858, IL, 500; tn
number of youths over five years of ag
and under t~wenty-one enumerated in 'S'
was 806, 1872; in 1868, S43, $40; th
youth enrolled as attending school in IS
were 358,417: in 1858, COG, 343; the av
erage number in daily attendance in 1875;
was 271 log; in 1858. 355, 1858; tho mum
Der of teachers employed in 1853 wa
1864: in 1858. 1888; the amount pal
teachers in 1853 was $500, 145, 90; i
1858, ,S32; the number of schoo
houses in 1853 was $3.50; in 1858, 10,
491; the value of school houses in 1875
Wal estimated at %, 00o, o0e;# in 1855
%, SD, 420.
These figures exhibit a gratifying pro
Grsss; but they by no means furnish
complete view of our educational con
dition.
There has been a constant and rapi
progress which figures cannot measur,
The character and condition of OF
school houses and school rooms hs
been greatly bettered; the standard {
qualification for teachers advanced; Il
methods ef~teaching improved; the rang
and scope of instruction enlarged; an
the results. in acquisition and capacit.
largely augmented.
A great educational work is prosecl
ted, also, outside of the common school
The Colleges and Female Seminaries
che State, send forth numerous your
men and women to take up and cal
forward, in its various departments, Il
work of moral, social and political in
p~royement. During he past year. | a
tended the Commandments OF as mai
Colleges as was practicable, and WI
grati6ed to observe the marked abilit
and proficiency displayed by the grad
ates.
II is to be regretted that the requil
meats for admission and the course
instruction vary Sc greatly in these CO
legas and seniiRaries; and l would su
gess the sxpediency of establishing
law some classification of these instit
lions, and some educational standards
which universities. colleges and senlin
rtes shall be required respectively
conform, in the admission, instructit
and graduation of students, as eont
lions Of incorporation.
Besides these Colleges and Seminar
there are many Schools, corresponding
general character with our Commt
SeRdals. but sustained by denominatio
al or private resources, in which a lar,
ber of youth receive instruction.