Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1859-01-12
OPENING AND CLosING OF MAILS.
GOVERNORS MESSAGE
Ealor cil.sens etf The Senale

ES<foH Neee~Sf1S NeS OeseoS
and Of Lte House Of Representatives:
At the commencement of your regular session
year ago, transmitted to you in ODE elience TO
the Constitution, FIJI exposition of the gencsal
condition of the State. together with such recon-
me Idatoas in res ect To legislation, as the pub
lie good seemed TO me 10 require.
/ iIai communication | eldeayored to set in
cl a. ght the industrial progress. the material
resources ald tbs fiaa Ical strength of our great
c0mmo Iwealth. 1t seems not inappropriate,
nov, before roceeding TO more special state
m m.its u ID particllas suggestions. 10 submit To
ypI Isone geiie.al views of our social eondit on,
as affected by other elements tha those TO which
iheI invited your atteition.
Segenty-ole yea 20 What is now Ohio was
un )rtk.l Wilderness. Seventy wears ago the
wack of America civilization within her limits
was just b gun b, the setllsments of Marietta
y ID Ia rel ntlati. Fifiy-f1ur yeas a5O she be-
ca ne stat. of the America UhiOi.. Her sub
s.Iueit social progress ha, been sublime tri-
um; h. To-day a poweful- commonwealth,
Numbering nea ly two millions a I'D halt oi
peoiile exists upol her sOI with INSTR sed
e legsie- rsoarces, agencies of Development. and
mea n of ha opi less. Fronihe einieiice al. eady
rsa ned ~. ! rvey, with ca itideat rel:a ce upon
the favor of Divine Prov deace I'd the inspira-
tiol .f re- Ilst.tutlo1s, the loftier heights yet
10 be alta ned.
-Prolri ,es II among the elements which deter
mine soc al co Iiiti0l, Is the numerical Iva alce
or decline of populaiio !. The rate al charae-
ter of this movement, the absence of census,
m st ;pe gathered f'om the number of marriages;
of biths of death of innlgra is; of emf grants
a ,d of new Eabiiatio as For ascerfaining the
number ofiheSe with reasonable certainty. suffi-
en-; aIea ss are sup, liel State I'd Feieral leg
islat.aa a C riding to the estimate of the Com
miS-io ser of 81 a. ST cS. tine IA ria -t-s Ia Ohu
dari 1885 were a 400; the natiralizatio IS
5.003; the new structur,s 10 90. he incrt aSt
by births according 10 til, estimate, 3500J
an ally a ad the evea7ls inmigratioi fom for
eiyIl co lItreS I'd oths: States estI'raied ia
exceed the wa l. emig. atioI by 2O305, giviag
al aggregate increase of % 00J ally, o- 440,
003 i eight yea s The new structures. allow
ing Il persons for each, Indicate ly the s'ne
rate of n-o yress The pops latIon of Ohio in 1850
was $50 329 and is aow, if the estimate JTst
frrred TO- be coer,,ct. 1920 3a1.
Th- f,seiiost coacern of intelligent and
prosperous people Is P bic Instruct on. The
mind af every cenmunity Is the motive power
of is Vi ceneat; and the meaSi re of It's eiu-
cation is pa ticallg the measure of production
a ID of all suhsia tial progress. IN Ohio the
Crlsfsfufioa wisely ,nnirps the General Assem-
bly to secure a tho ough and e.fici mt system ID
g ,sn.no1 Schools th.oSgnoat the State. The
hoao- of the first act in I'LL neut of the duty
thas eljoiaed. b llgs to the Legislature Of H.
52-3 That Legislature re-orsanized common
school educat oa in Ohio. 1t does not at all de-
tract from the honor justly due 10 it. 10 say thai
much had bcel done by preyioEis legislation I'd
by the Intelligent and zealons labo-s of the first
State Superintendent a I'd the State Teache. s
Association. TO prepare the way for the compre-
he,lsive and beireficieat measure then ado ted
n lder which the Common Schools of Ohio have
attained their present state of excellence and use
faliess.
A brief comparison between the condition ei
our Co nmo Schoasls the year before this enact
meat ald at the present time, will illustrate, in
some degree, its happy effects.
The nainb sr of Common Schools In 1853 was
5.95l; in 1855. l250J; the number of youths
over five wears If aye and under twenty y-One
enumerated in 1853 was SOC. 1872; in 1858, 49,
80: the youth enrolled as attending school In
1853 were 35S. IL Z: in 1858, 601.343; the aver
re num5eri da ly afteada ice in 1853 was 27l, :
1856: in 1853, 355.S53; the number of teachers
employed in 1853 was 1854; in 1865, 1888
the mount aid teachers in 1858 was SS09.l45
Ol; in 1858. 81 ,975 S32; the number of schoul
houses in 1853 was 6.S50: in 1885, l0.497: the
value of school hoases ia 1853 was estimated al
S2,993OJ0; in 1858. at 50 S46.420.
These figures exhibit a er1tifying progress
but they by no mea IS furnish a complete view
of our educational condition.
There has been 4 coasta It and rapid progress
which figures ca mot measure The character
and condition of school houses and school roonl-
has been greatly bettered; the standard af ugali-
fcations for teachers alva iced; the methods oil
t,ach ng improved; the range and scope of IN
structio enlarged; and the res Its. in acuuisi.
tiol i'd capacity. la gely augmented
A great ed acational work is prosecuted. also
outside of the Common Schools. The Colleges
and Fe male Senna.ies in the State, send forth
yearly numerous young men a I'd women To take
up al carry fIrward. ia its various departme ats
the work of mosal, social ID pol teal improve
ment. Daring the past year attended the Com
me1cemeiIts of as any of the Colleges as wa
practicable and was grat.fe1 10 observe ths
na1rkei a5il ty and proficiency displayed by
the graduates.
It's to be regretted that the requirements fol
al nissi IN I'd the course of instruction way 81
greatly the Coll sges aud Seminaries; aud
woald suggest the expedIency of establishing
BY law some class fication of these institutions
sad sone ed lcatio Ial ialdards TO which uni
vers.ties. Colleges aid Sc nila-ies shall be re.
qaired respectively TO co form. in the admission
destruction q I'd gra iuatioa of students, as con-
ditto s of iacorporatio 1.
Besi les these Colleges and Semi7areis, there
are maly Schools. Corresponding IN genera
character with oar Common Schools, but sus-
tanned by deaominational o. private resources
IN which large number Of youth receive insiruc.
tons.