, 1863-08-15
THE SCHOOLS OF KANSAS,
INTERESTING STATEMENT 0F TIE So
PERINTENDEST Of PGBLIC 1NsTRUC-
:. iT10s OF KANSAS.

Editors Chicago Tribane:
-. CHICAGO, Ars. u, 1853
:. write to correct An error In the reports Of
the Teachers Convention for Friday evening,
relative to the endowment Of tie, Schools OF
Kansas. The Normal SCHOOL, located at En-
poria, has an endowment Of $1,000 acres of
land +; the University at Lawrence has 5000
acres, and s15, 900 in cash. Tie Kansas State
Agricultural College, located ut Manhattan,
has 5000 acres Of lind, and the Common
Schools Of the State $500. 900 acres.
';s.Whtls upon this topic It may not be
uninteresttng to your readers to know
that the same energy that has fharac-
terized Kansas in It's early settlement,
in It's devotion to freedom, in the triamphs Of
its soldiers: upon every hatt1a. field IN the
Southwest, Is also manifested In her devotion
to SCHOOLS.
WITH ali the obstacles incident to war, with
nearly as many soldiers in the army Us she
has voters, the number Of district schools this
support them, = direct tag of one
nill on the dollar is assessed upon all
the taxable property Of the State, amounting
to twenty thousand dollars. This has to be
divided among al the districts Of the State,
complying with the conditions Of law, &c.
cordipg 10, the relative number Of scholars
between the ages of and 81, in all amounting
to some IL, 600 scholars. To secure tho addi-
tional sum necessary for school OF three
months or longer, tax Is assessed by the
vcters In each district.
Ftom correspondents and personal ohser-
vatlon, hare found the County Superintend-
| ents and School Directors to be men OF
WORTH and energy, understanding their duties
! and resolved to do them.
To the second Empire State, Illinois, and
| ae1ac{111r+ IN ha ai+ +r t,f Thfcoro Tra
while we admire your system Of schools and
| youl goa, headatyeness, that kausaA is after
Jou and bound to catch up at the earliest pos
| eible moment.
Furthermore, Kansas is the great central
State Of oar territorial possessions, rs ard the
tan is very near the central point. This
Institution; with its several departments Of
literature and science, the mechanic arts, Of
military science, and that Of agriculture, has
| fine large three story building Of gray lime
| stone, capable Of faceommodating4 400 students.
Il. has q bell, good apparatus, aud the best
| library In the State, Ill with one hundred
acres Of 1ana, valued at $25 900; gift to the
| State from the Bluemont Central College.
The board Of Regents met July 23d, and hare
orgnBizsa fsntX a consisting Of P5esident
| picesthe school opens Sept. ID, 1868.
The easterndIyision Of the Pacific Railroad,
| connecting the Pacific Railroad Of Missouri,
and the Hannibal & st. Joseph Railroad with
the Grand Trunk by way Of the Kansas and
Republican Rivers, passes through Manhattan
blythe State College, and under the Presidency
Of John G. Fremont, is In process Of con-
struction. With the rebellion crushed out
| next spring, we expect to sec the whole route
to the Pacific completed in ten yeas.
| We beg leave, ID conclusion, to suggest that
the National Teachers Convention for 1878,
with representatives from Maine to California,
| from Florida to Minnesota, bare general
rally at the Kansas Agricultural College, the
GENRE o. 1T 11c Gnloa IL
! men Of our young State, we bespeak for the
! whole family Of Teachers social welcome.
! ISAAC 7. GoopSEw,
Kansas State Superintendent Of Public In.
Efruction