Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-01-08

The following table shows the enoonr-
lging progress made BY our school system
Turing the past six years. also eompari-
ION between the last two years; .Fsa n %
tse q -a1-7aa baa 1855. 1859, 1880. |
So enrolled IN schools t5l,999 gl0QsS esl'lm |
Average daily attend nee alb.8bl t5o,S9e 4Ooro9z |
No. efteachsrs smployd Ileye4 l964i 20'ISl |
Amount paid teaehersl f15,Ies listi'e99 %StS'
Yaius of sehool horses. 2e9,eli 4Aoal2 47Ql. ~
No Of public aoh0als......i 81 l.ai lel div lel
rasahsrs in high Sohuols l9o rasi ~ - ~
sehooiS.....,............... 1852 lO5Is 1s,lss
These facts satisfactorily show that our
school System is rapidly demonstrating It's
excellences. The steady increase IN the
number Of children in attendance upon the
schools, the Improvement in the qualihea-
tion OF teachers, the number and charac-
ter Of the high schools Of the State and the
great improvement in the architecture Of
the school houses, are indicative Of Q per-
vading educational interest emOng the peo-
he .s41liei ss .t1's114s laaile
fdo not deem it necessary to recommend
any essential modification Of the school
law The small appropriation which the
Commissioners recommends for the encOur
agement Of Institutes in the more sparsesy
settled counties would, doubt not be pro-
duotiYe Of good. 9rifs8 u bn1. lg .4riilsa sa .aaI
Connected With the subject Of education
invite your attention to the report Tor
this year, Of the Commissioners Of the State
Library, in which they make some gugges-
ions which are entitled 10 your considera-
ton. dAoaIIAa
The State Library has now been ipstltu-
ted for forty-three years. The entire ex-
penditures for its increase and preserve
ton including salaries TO November 10,
1860, have been $5e, ,542, 81. The whole
number Of registered books is y, 49,
The people of Ohio having provided 5lib-
eral instruction for all the youth Of the
State, it seems not only appropriate but
imperative, that while the common school
furnishes that instruction necessary to a
fair knowledge Of the methOds--and means
Of intellectual service, sn Institution should
be fostered which is capable Of collecting
and preserving the appliances most approx
ed for the practical application Of those
methods and means.
Libraries are not merely respectable evi-
dences Of intelligence, nor are they only
places Of deposit for public records They
are workshops, wherein the highest achieve
ments Of the human mind are prepared for
or wrought out. Ths Ohio State Library
has become in & respectable degree, 3 work
shop for writers Of books Of historic value
and It would be source Of just pride tC
the people -of. the State if it we're SO sup
| piled with books as would afford an oppor
tunity for any citizen to execute whatever
Intellectual engagements his tastes or MI
! business might require.
Such appropria atoms as the finances ofth'
| State permit for the finishing Of the Libra
~ Hall and for the increase and preserVs
ton of the Library BY means Of aecessioni
and by catalogue, are respectfully recon
mended.
The suggestions Of the Library Commits
sioners respecting exchanges Of Ohio laws
reports and documents, with sister States
snd With governments and societies Of Eu
rope, deserve CoHsfd5rutfUu= The Libra
rian has given particular attention to tha
branch Of his duty, and onght not to be de
lpriYed of any reasonable means Of promo
ting such exchanged. Interchange Of law
and public documents encourages that in
teroourss efnati0ns which most emlneRtll
lcontri5uies 70 thorough acquaintauce viii
The eharacteristics Of their people. This
1.-The Fedora Government literally recog
nized when Il authorised the free transmits
sion of all public records between the States
and in that spirit We may encourag
thorough interchange, as we'll with foreigf
nations as within the Union. Many Of tn
lmost valuable accessions made 70 the Ii
brary within the last i've years have beei
Iby means Of an international exchange.
The benevolent institutions Of the Stat
continue to make ample returns for tn
patronage they have received. l take grea
pleasure in referring you TO the reports o
those entrusted with their administration
showing their operations during the pas
year, and their present condition. Accom-
panying these Reports, you will be graft
lfied 10 md the FIRST Annual Report Of tn
Hamilton County Lunatic Asylum, Whicl
promises TO be one Of the most valuable
and successful Institutions in It's kind il
the country. No provision having beel
made, By law, for printing this Report,
transmit It to the Senate in manuscript.
twill be seen by reference to CAREFUL.
prepared table Of institutions for the In
sane in the United States, IN connection
with the subject Of reeoYeries of lunstics
forming 6 part Of the very valuable RepOr
of the Superintendent Of the Central Luna
tic Asylum, that that Institution has fo
many years maintained position in ad
vance Of all similar institutions IN the Uni
ted States in the proportion Of its recover
les upon the number Of patients committed
10 Is care. This fact is attributed by thl
Superintendent In requiring all itsinmate
to be maintained ct the expense Of thu
State, and all chronic and inenrable0 case
to give place, when necessary, to those tina
are recent and hopeful.
Whilst this is gratifying evidence Of tht
wisdom Of our State policy in respect to thI
administrations of our Asylums for tn
Insane, does not the fact that the chroni
Land inourable cases must give place to thos
that are recent and more hopeful, sugges
the duty Of the State TO make GONE suita
bic provision for the custody and care o
the incurabls insane2 Would not th
erection and maintenance Of an asylum 70
so benifoent a purpose be in accordanc
with the humane spirit Of our COnstitu
ton, and the benevolent sentiments Of tn
peoples .
1 beg leave to call your particular atten
ton to theaceOmpanying Report Of the Trus
tees Of the Medical College Of Ohio. Th
finances Of that Institution are seriousi.
embarrassed, and legislation is asked 70
by the Trustees, to enable them to reliev
the college from it's difficulties.
| It gives me much pleasure to call you
attention to the Report Of the Directors an
Warden Of the Penitentiary. The man
aeementof the Institution during the pss
year has been highly satisfactory. Th
law rewarding the good conduct Of he con
} victs, by shortening their terms Of sen
+ tence, has been attended with encouragin
/ results upon the discipline Of the institU
) ton. Under its stimulating influence tn
prisoners, for the most part, cheerfully pei
: form the tasks assigned to them, and faitf
: fully discharge all the duties to the Institu
3 ton.
The number Of conViets in the Peniten
{ tiary on the first day Of November last wa
! 9S2; of whom $40 we're received durin
8 the year. In the same period 2S3 were diI
f charged by the expiration Of their senteI
-, ~ ro-1ou ouH Nv iudfaiol rrneara :