, 1863-01-08

The resources arc thus shown to be 1884,
13. T.. In excess Of the liabilities Of tho State,
or, increasing the estimate for Legislative TX.
pcnditurcs, so1ne SG0, 900 over. It Is not sup.
poBcd, however, that tho $e5o, GOO due from tic
year, 10 thai there would remain about Sloo,.
Goo 10 be provided by tax. On the other hand
tho $50, ,O00 of State Bonds will probably be rc-
Issued, and the estimate for aid to volunteers
families to l'ay when It required last year
Ses3 ,814.7 n is generally regarded as consider
ably too high 50 that the additional tax to be
leyIcd need not exceed 500, coo, making M
aggregate Of not more than 100 900, which on
some 500, COX. 200 Of property will not be bur-
dcnsome for these times.
The. report Of our faithful aud excellent
School Superintendent, Hon. J. L. Pickard,
makcs, with the tables Of statistics By coun.
flying fact Is shown that III spite Of the bur
dens, sacrifices and absorbing excitement
caused by the war, the cause Of popular edu-
cation has moi gone backward, but In many re-
spects there has been all advance. The aver
agc number Of day schools is 100. The ayer-
oge Of teachers wages Is higher than fe15r some
years, and the quality Of te'shers better. The
hlty.slx;; Simmer fifty three. Theamount ap-
..:ortioncd per scholar from the State fund
was fifty cents-thc amount rnised bv local
taxation for tenchcrss wages S223, the lowest
amount being sixty-two cents in Ozaukee and
The highest SOS in Shawanaw county.
year he has visited thirty zone different conn
ties, held twelve local conventions in Feb
rua1y and March, and one general convention
the Inst Of July, for consultation with county
superintendent, was delivered, either him
self or BY his assistants, fifty public lectures,
and been present at twenty Teachers 1usti-
| tutes where 1,500 teachers were gathered. At
no time has he found SO much interest mani
Tested In the cause Of popular education as
! dnripg the last year. The people everywhere
seem disposed to labor for its promotion with
| new energy
system Of saperlntensdcney has proved most
district system, SO as to have each township
| constitute one district, instead of being diyf-
| ded into several, as now, is strongly urged.
| The report embraces several interesting con1-
| munications from county superintendcnts,
giving information in detail as to school inte.
| pages Of the report arc occupied by an elabo-
rate and conclusive argument, showing no
little research, advocating tho claims Of the
| High School as necessary part Of the public
school. system, against those who object to
providing instruction In the higher branches
Of education at the public expense.
The claims Of the colleges Of the State, and
| their relation to schools Of lower grade, art
well set forth, and very philosopfacally ar
ranged course Of instruction for public
schools Is suggested.
The neglect Of go many. parents to avail
themselves Of school privileges tor their chill.
dren, is spoken Of a, . great evil. The reporte
show this gear thirty y-eight per cent. Of the
children Of the State US not attending the pub.
lie schools for a day, which, after making al.
loTance for all otherwise educated, shows
too many growing up in ignorance. OF the
seventy per cent: are regular attendants. -
Tho productive school fund Of the State Il
stated at about g ,000, 900, and the total fund,
If al the lands Of the Statewere sold, would
be S,4S0, ,197. There have been considerable
losses from loaning the fund on securities
| proving Insult !, Its Investment In thu
bonds Of the State, Is now required, will pre-
vent its further depletion.
There is much other matter of interest Ii
this report, but will only give, further tht
following.