Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-01-04
Governors Message.
FslIo,o Citizens of the Senate

eat CO1LnOlN6dltu. 1T seSHls HOb
late, now, before proceeding to more specia
.ratements and particular suggestions, to sub
= to YOU some general views of our sOcia
'ition, as affected by other elements thai
to which then invited your attention.
sventv-one years ago what is now Obi,
unbroken wilderness. Seventy years agC
work of American civilization within he
nits was Just begun by the settlements al
darietta and Cincinnati. Fifty four years age
he became a State of the American Union :
EIf subsequent social progress has been sub
Ic triumph. To day a powerful Common
numbering nearly two millions and 4
~ people, exists upon her soil, with unsur
pas i energies, resources, agencies of devel
and means of happiness. From the
+. Is already reached We survey, with con
! lance upon the favor of Divine Provi
ms the inspiration of Free Institutions
- Hn. heights yet to be attained. II
lent among the elements which deter
-ial condition, is the numerical advance
line of population. The rate and char
r of this movement, in the absence of q
sus, must be gathered from the number o.
marriages; of births; Of deaths; OF immigrants
migrants, and of new habitations For as
=ininq the number of these with reasona
certainty, sufficient means are supplied by
and Federal legislation. According to the
iatcs of the Commissioner of Statistics
carriages in Ohio during 1858 were "a, 600
aths As. 900; the births $4,000; the natu
1ns 5000; the new structures 10000
rease by births, according to this esti
$4,000 annually, and the yearly immi
from foreign countries and other States
IS as. sated TO exceed the yearly emigration
= y 10000; giving aggregate increase oi 90
D .snualy, or 100000 in eight years The
a,F uctures, allowing six persons for each,
t. 'ulatiOn OF Ohio in 1880 was l,9SO,3
@-. if the estimate, just referred to, be
20.329.
sost concern of an intelligent and
people is Public Instruction. The
fsery community is the motive power
advancement; and the measure of its cd
ion is practically the measure of production
81 I'll of substantial progress In Ohio the
-, titution wisely requires the General Assem-
% secure a thorough and efficient system Of
r amon Schools throughout the State. The
E-4lor of the first act, in fulhlment of the duty
thus enioined belongs to the Legislature oi
= 1923 That Legislature re organized common
5~cl education in Ohio. 1t does not at all de-
rom the honor Justly due to it, to say that
had been done b-previous Legislation and
Intelligent and jealous labors of the irs
1tsta superintendent and thn State Teachers
- 81 .4tion, 70 prepare the way for the compre
We and benefcent measure then adopted
nd which the Common Schools of Ohio have
rstal ,ed their present state of excellence anC
4 ness.
i -ief comparison between the condition o
ps 1mmon Schools the year before this enact
,ent and at the present time, will illustrate, II
.mf degree, its happy effects.
Mo number of Common Schools in 1853 wa
"a; in 1858, IL 500; the number of youths
.ger five years of age and under twenty on
enumerated in 1853 was SOC, 1872; in 1858, SAB,
10. the youth enrolled as attending school il
\ $50 were 35S, Az; in 1858. 609s s343; the averag
'uber in daily attendance in 1853 was 81 /,
in 1858, 355, ,s63: the number of teacher
loved in 1853 was Is 3464; in 1858, l9, S63
AMOUNT paid teachers in 1853 was $500,
Q; IN 1858, 81 975, 1872, the number o
houses in 1858 was G, $50; in 1858, 10,
i value of school houses in 1858 was es
~ $4,000, ,O00 in 1858, at So sac, ,420.
II figures exhibit a gratifying progress
by no means furnish complete view
sk1cational condition.
3 Mas been a constant and rapid progress
Il - cures cannot measure. The chaTacte
eisition of our school houses and schoO
Is4e been greatly bettered: the STANDARD
NficatiUn for teaNh0zs advanced; tn,
A. ~ of teaching improved; the range an
~ instruction enlarged; and the results
IsItfOn anu capacity
at educational work is prosecuted, also
,,,,s;de of the Common Schools. The College
i Fema,e Seminaries in the State, send fort
numerous young men and women to Ia <
s5-carry forward in its various depar
the sork of moral, social and polItIc'
During the past year attende
ements of as many of the COlegt
.s.!cable, and was gratifed to ObserN
arked ability and proficiency displayed
iuates.
% be regretted that the requirements f
.-,aa and the course OF instruction. vary
these colleges and seminarles; al
suggest the expediency of establishlI
zome classification of these institution
educational standards to which III
alleges aud seminaries shall be I
sgctively to conform, in the ADM
ruction and graduation OF students,
a. of Incorporation
5hese Colleges and Seminaries, the
many Schools, corresponding IN genel
character with our Common Schools, but su
ID BY UNCONVENTIONAL or private resource
Sch large number OF youth receive
lion.
arret that I have no means of ascertain
q n,Inber of these various educational lnstll
- the number of their teachers, students
-.s. or their schemes of instruction; or tn
=: and respectfully suggest the exPedi'
such legislation as will secure the coll
If this information, so essential TO
S,tanding of the condition of our Popuau
ss impor ant respect. ,,
sssiwiu not escape your observation u
the actual progress and condition oil I
-lmon Schools may well CRAFTY and enco
sbe friends of popular education, there
f5airlssa work to be accomplished which I'm
- Grave responsibilities and must needs ex'
hest solicitude The whole number OF 20
4s-7sshooI age, as has already been stated
ziEhiIe the number enrolled is $685.
isae number not enrolled 234,491.
srity Between the whole number and
.flber. 355. 500. in daily attendance, is n
sing The difference Is 4S5,91I. Max
en- allowance for the number taught IN
4rdenominational schools, there must
lin a considerable number who attend
ssol at all, while of those who do
INT themselves altogether, very il
-oportion attend so HIegularly or for S
met periods that they derive little bel
n 1t.
sext to this absenteeism, the most serious
riiee to the prosperity of the Common sen
Sc want of a sufficient number OF well
d teachers. Not few indeed OF our lie
spssess eminent qualifications Tor then
s5ibie office. To such we owe not only n
ient district schools, but also the
als which adorn many OF our cities
rs, and afford opportunities for educa
? fch would have been sought In vain
), sars ago in most of our Academies and
sezSes A very large number, however, ar
remey deficient both in knowledge and IN
bility to teach which mere knowledge
never give