The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-01-19

terials, manufacturing and selling The man
utactured articles experience has taught
other States that it is much more profitable
to let the labor of convicts, by contracts. to
individuals, (the labor to be performed with
III the prison yard, under the control of the
Prison Commissio r. these individuals
furnishing the raw material taking the ar
ticie manufactured, and paying the State
for the labor bestowed upon them thus re-
lieving the State of the outlay for raw ma
tema3, the labor in obtaining it, keeping
accounts of purchases and sales, and of 9TH
er expenses necessarily attending the sale of
the manufactured articles Whether the
labor of convicts may not be so organized
and systematzed as to make it pay the ex-
penses of the prison is subject worthy Of
your careful consideration, and as such |
commend it to you. .-........
The number of prisoners confined in the
the State, prison since its organization, is
906; number discharged from prison since
its organization 1885, number in prison Oct. (
lst 1864, 120. For further details you are
respectfully referred to the report of the
Commissioner, herewith presented
Your attention is invited to the able and
interesting report of tile Superintendent of
Public INSTRUCTION. Ehis report contains
many valuable suggestions concerning the
management OF our schools and is evidently
the result OF much care and thought And |
especially would | call your attention to the
views expressed therein upon the subject Of !
Normal Schools Our system Of common
schools u.s. perhaps, not surpassed by any;
but common school system can have but lit |
tie vitality without competent teachers to I
carry them into execution. Many of those
who have heretofore been engaged in teach
ing our common schools are now in the |
military service of the Government Others |
have sought employment III different direct |
IONS and there seems to be at this time |
special necessity for the adoption Of some
means to supply their places. The measure |
proposed by the State Superintendent of es
tabllshing State Normal School, at which !
advanced pupils from our common schools
may be further educated and fitted for teach |
ers IS worthy OF your careful consideration. |
There Is no subject Of more vital Importance |
To the interests of the State and nation than
the subject OF Education. AS no people can
be enslaved with ltso no people can become
great and powerful without it. We see
deplorable instance Of the want of it in the |
Southern States to-day. Want of general
intelligence among the masses of the people |
OF the South, is q prominent reason why |
they are now endeavoriDg to subvert this
government. Ii has been too much the
custom in those States to educate the few.
while the great mass Of the people havebeen
kept i'll ignorance, and hence are easily de-
luded and led astray by designing leaders
in free governments particularly, is educa
ton the great means OF self preservation |
Every man, to be a good citizen, must un-
| derstand the duties of citizenship. Educa- !
ton, mental and moral, is the means of Civ
ing him this understanding. 1t is not alone |
useful in the school room, at the bar in the |
counting groom, and at the bedside of the |
sick man, but Is all important at the ballot !
box and in the Legislative halls. The wis
est government is not one that governs most /
that Furnishes most criminals. but the one
that by its judicovs laws, enlightens its peo-
pie and thus prevents most crime. and as a
consequence Furnishes least. That which by
educating its people avoids the necessity |
Of punishment. Every forward step, there.
fore, in the cause of education drives a nail
in the coffin Of despotism increases the
strength OF free governments, tends to fix
more firmly in the minds of the people the
principles of eternal justice, and thus pro-
mote the best interests of society.
Ere whlie number of persons in the
tate between the ages Of tour and
Z t~eoy years s..--... 329 ,906
N0mDer vi tomales between the ages
I, Of Jour apd twenty years 1853 056 |
Number engaged III teaching during
the lasl year..----.-,-c-... 1856
Average number Of months schools
have been taught. --...--. 81 |
Number Of school districts in the
state. .-.---...-.--....-.---. 1890
Vaine OF all the school houaes in the
stale. ....-...,-.,..,-. sl,4s7.4s5 %
Average wages paid maze teachers
per inoatt, $2s 80
Average wages paid iemG'e teach
ers per month----------..----.-- SO 10
NHmber Of pupils ia attendane8 Gu>
rang the last Observation-Disclosures $40 59l |
Whole amount raised tor teachers
ages during the last year.. S4l5 S34 az |
ieraI tax for school pugp .--..- $6l3S9l SO |
The State University, as shown by the re-
port from this institution, is now entirely
free from debt; has fine and commodious |
buildings erected, excellent professors ap-
pointed, aud is, in all respects, ia coa- |
dition for greater usefulness.
The alhnunt expended by this institu-
;iqn during the last year for current
expenses aa.s-;,.-,-.;-..---.,----; $lo,3l3 "a
Amount paid in iqudating the debts
OF the institutions ----.---...-..24 900 col
Amour tpaid for improvements on
bul!dingS---- 1913 7Si
Amount paid tor furniture-- 80 OF |
Number of students attending the
institution during the last year y 36S |
average attendance during the
year -----,------------- 49,
Among the institution worthy of your es
pecial attention is the State Ref0 rmS ,SghooL. |
This school commends itself to the kind
consideration ofeveIy lover of good morals
1t is intended, as its name imports as a !
place of reformation and Instruction, and |
not as has been supposed by many, a
loathsome prison, and place of punishment
for juvenile offenders 'Phe object is to
make Its inmates, wiser and happier and not
more wretched and miserable. In short it I
is intended as a school ard not prison; to |
furnish home fer the homeless child, re-
form the erring and by the laws of love and
Kindness, teach them the way of holiness
and truth and induce them to walk therein.
When the character of the children sent
to this school is considered many of them
homeless, friendless, and with no visible |
means Of support driven almost by necessi |
ty. to the commission oftetime and when we
consider the influence Upon fthe community |
ofallowing these children to grow up in |
lidleness,- ignorance and crime iae benefits
OF this institution IN moral point of view |
cannot be too highly estimated. But aside |
from tlsa beaefcial results to the pupils
themsel yes, and the cornraupity,in a moral
point of view, if we look sc it peouniariiy, it |
is far cheaper to educate and reform the
children and teach tim some useful trade
by which they eau earn a livelihood, than to .
bear the burdens they will necessarily inn
pose upon society, ifleft to become hardened
criminals and paupers. sa
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ter Institution for reforming the young,than |
can Wisconsin, beautiful and commodious
buildings and well conducted, it is the pride /
OF our State. and worthy of the people who !
established it. AS the beautiful building
| erected for this institution Stands ont as a |