New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-02-02

Balance IN tfessur, 600
Total. IS7., al 81
The above smouDt is spportioDed a. :ol ows, VIZ:
For tho of School Conn oners salaries go oo %
For district quotas, As7~ Is
For pup, quotas as per tsole...''''' *S'9 dassS
For libraries a. per tsble.............. sass1o6
FSi sries, for Indians ..."......... st4
Balance for continent 1901 81
ro..l........................ sis7.,2n 81
espatisn of the Superintendent, frequently injured,
ard Injustice 70 teachers by lack OF the prompt
pByu eDt Of their wages when due, which usually
ero~t Of the practice of extending the time OF col
ectrg by special legissiioD practice TO winch
the SUI erinteI dent strongly objects.
Mr.. Val by ok also reIews remonetrance against
the practice Of lei ding the School Fund TO academies
and other Institutions Of learning throughout the State
The Dietrc, Libraries in parts OF the State, are
falling into dsuse and decay. From 604 30 volums
in 1853 the number had fallen 10 ,402 253 volames IN
1858, ana / 800, 5O7 in 1859.
The TEACHERS INSTITUTES
OF the various counties have been generally well
amended durig the past year. The report says;
TIE beneficial il huet Of these educationai gath
"sriDgs has become 30 generally felt and acknowi,
"edsec-their utility in conveying instruction AID
"awah ching q spirit Of emulation is generally con-
"cec.d-tbst they are no longer regarded as ephem.
ersl il n cir character or condition, but as eonstltu-
gent rsIt OF the educational system Of the State All
the counes IN the Sste, except Catarauyus, Dutch
Richmond, RocslaI d, aud Ulster, have been repre-
eepted at there institutes. The attendance at these
Institutes Numbered 6766 teachers and the expense to
the State was 81, s3l
The twenty. three schools for Indian Children are
in pIosI ervus condition.
OttLe
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL,
The report states that it the sixteenth year of
its exisienoe and is accomplishing all that is practical
bic to Undertaking SO difficult and arduous as that
which constitutes It's distinguishing feature. Since its
tsiabshn. mt IL has graduated l20 pupils the larger
portion OF " HON have rendered good service in the
aute Cf education. There is not city, and scarcely
large village in the Stale, in which It's graduates
Lot occupying poets Of responsibility and usefulness
either principals OF public schoos, or as instructors
in acad mice That there may have been individual
ares lot particularly cIedtabe to the school advan
aseous to tie public, is not improbable; yet compsr
icon Of graduates, the score of substantial worth
End usefulness, with those Of higher institutions OF
learning, will, it ia believed, result largely in favor of
the Normal School. In ADDITION TO its graduates has
also afforded instruction to l6S undergraduates who
sinners Of teaching and whore influence, more widely
extended though not more saluary than that of the
graduates, may be deemed even conclusive in
bt bsf OF the utility and efficiency Of the school, That
the number Of rgraduates should be large is
readily trsceabe the fact tina. many of the pupils re-
sort TO tie school for the express purpose of preparing
tbeuetlv TO teach in the Common Schools only; for
many Of which the range of instruction gwen 70 the
tbirgs, iu, adequate. Of this class Of teachers the
INSTITUTION is seLdDg annually into the service Of the
State average of 100. The graduates for the last
year numbered 63.
The current term commenced on the 10th of Septen,-
ter sst The whole number of pupils now in attend
aDce is 253 Nearly all of the counties in the State
AID Of these one third have in attendance
on the school more than their regular quota.
INSTRUCTION. DEAF hUTEs
During the year 1859, thrty-seven new appointments
have been issued TO persons DESTROYS of entering the
Institution for the Deaf and Dumb An extension OF
term bas, during the same time, been granted TO IS
pupils tho had DOT yet completed their OF in-
sifuetlon. The whole number of peysons holding un-
tired appointments according the records of this
Department, is 26S These are not all in attendance at
this tne-tle last quarterly bill making charge only
pupil liz $50 per annum. The Legislature at It's fast
tttsion sp ropriaed $4,000 for the support of the
State pupils of this institution. This is adequate the
susteDance OF OILY 200 Of the number appointed. Al
who may be appointed, the appropriation made by the
Legislature will be deemed expression of opinion IN
tins IectoD; and hence only tue number thus pro-
vided for will be retained. r.
INSTITUTION FOR THE BLIND.
The number OF State appointments in this Institution
amounts 10 u.s. Of which number. l46 were 10 attend
ance at the close Of the quarter end Dg Oct 81 Since
the fret Of April 1852 ~ pupils have been appointsd
and extepton OF time granted 10 To- The price paid
10 this institution b, the State for the mantei Of
lis beneic aries, $3.50 each change OF loo alton on
the part Of this INSTITUTION is in contemplation by the
BoeId Of Managers which, it IL hoped will result in
securing 10 it's inmates the benefit of purer air aud
nioie comfortable Accommodations than can be OBJ
tanned IN its Iresept circumpcroed condition. in the
! esIt Of g1eut city.
SCHOOL SUPERVISION.
Tie experience Of another ear, and wider range
OF obse' anon, enable 10 speak in renewed terms
Of connehda'on Of the system Of school supervision
IN operation IN this State. Two things are the nec.s-
saIy comitanis 10 this favorable expIession-snd
wieIe ore or both hacking, the general approval
above gwen NUT Ii rgardad qualified by Tho facts
OF The care. These conditions are proper dlscrim-
nation On the part Of the electors exerted 10 the choice
OF Stlool Commissioner, and willingness on the Oar
Of that officer 10 discharge bis whole duty. speak
advhediy III saying that whore these req aistes are
coiJom.d there no Substantial complaint again It the
'ytt m viii be heard. Under tho opposite slterna-
h',t 1t would he spDge indeed il popular disoontent
Wa Dot excited II the people elect either knsye
u fool 10 al Office Involving the discharge Of dii
ut and delicate duties they will have none but theu
selves 10 blsne II they fail 70 receive subsant al bene
lite from utts committed 10 such hands. Tue result
IA tuch case however inopportuDe or sincerely 70 be
smenied ould inyaldate the system undor which
,e election took place, render e appropriate Nd
ninstraii lees Beneficial. Improper and incompe-
eni persons are sometimes elected TO representative
atons hut the fact has not yet been adduced ~ al
.rp uInent IN favor of abohshpg constituent assemblies
II INTAKES IN this line have been heretofore sor,.