St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-01-12

Total $248O90 IS
Which is invested Us follows:
Here follows table which shows
that the amount of $245,2OO invested
in bonds, is now increased to $24G,ol2..
SO by the accumulated interest. There
is balance of s7S07 in the treasury.
The balance remaining due upon lands
sold and bearing I per cent. interest,
is 1894 ,994.82. The total amount Of
permanent fund, on the sOth Of No
vcmber, 1864, was ss41.O07. .32.7
l a'so subjoi" a gratifying exhibit
from the statistical tables of the School
Department
No. Of persons between
and II years Of age 64810 s4065
No pupils In attendance S677 447S7
xss5'ss ., sses.;, ssi,g attendance sss essl
teachers d.rinE Tie year *ssos 81 *,loea q
No Of school hpusoas $50 .' 90&
Value Of school houses *lso6ois2 s2.4,soo q
EDUCATIONAL.
The lucid and able report Of the Su-
perintcndcnt Of Public Instruction,
contains many suggestions>which I rec
o'nn'e"d to your favorable cons,dcra-
tion. In sev ral Of the counties the
policy Of School Supcrinteodcnts has
bee" adopted with encouraging results.
and the State Normal School has re.
Gently been "pe,ed ut Win,,na under
the supervision Of an experienced gen.
'lc"a" from New Jersey. l repeat
the co"victio" expressed in my inaus.
"ral address, which is warmly seconded
By the Superintendent, that the whole
subject Of education should be commit
ted to the charge Of a separate bureau,
to be established for that purpose ex.
clusively.
So vitality important an interest re.
quires the undivided attention of an of.
ficer thoroughly qualified in every re.
spect t" manage it through all its va.
rious rami6cations.'
The success achieved under the su.
pervi<ion Of the present Superintend.
cnt, is sufficient to demonstrate the
value Of still more thorough organi.
zation, which, can only be effected by
relieving bim from his other duties, o,
by placing some one Of equal ability in
that position, whose entire energies can
be devoted to its labors and response.
bilitics. Should you, however, deter.
mine that a separate department is in.
expedient, I would suggest that rrovis.
ion be made for the appointment Of an
Assistant Superintendent. I lea:u
4 that the services of Professor Phelps
of the State Normal School at Winona
can be secured in that capacity during
certain portions of the year.
b The sum Of four thousand dollar.
was pledged by the last Legislature 70,
the support Of the State Normal Schoo
during the current year, aud l recon
mend that it be appropriated from tht
School Fund. The institution mus
be chiefly relied on to furnish teach
ers for our common schools. So muct
depends upon the employment Of per
sons fully qualified to guide and in
struct the children Of our State, tn.
no necessary expense shoule be sparee
to secure the services Of such a class
1t is not only esseutiai:: to the welfare o
Minnesota that her prairies should b.
dotted with the farm. house and oottas,
but that the school-house and church
the evidences Of still more re6uet
civilization, shall ever bc found keep
ing pace with her. advancing settle
ments. .-a-.s
Tho Agricultural College Of Mime
|sota, which was incorporated in 1858