Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-01-09


Of doubtful sspediency.
81 ~ $50 rcpULAsfon.
The population Of foxa, according 10 The
Census Of 1868. was ~ follows:
Total number Of whites. .......7 0O.s49
Total number Of blacks ......... 1870
Totsl population. ......... .7O2. l62
According to the Census Of 1865, the
population Of Iowa is as follows
Total number Of whites. ........ ISL. 1875
Total number Of blacks. 1907
Total population ..759,732
No report for 1865 from the populous
county oi W,nneshick has bee" furnished.
aud the return for 1868 being tsken for this
county, heavy increase is thereby omitted
in the above calculation. Tue Census Of
1865 also having been taken in the eaily
portion If the year, the spring and fall iu.
migration is Necessarily left out. In all
probability there ave now over 20 900 pco-
pie, residents Of Iowa. not included tor
these reason in the above statement, which
" .uld give an actual population Of about
$4,000. 1t will be observed that our in
crease has been much greater during the
last two years than the former periods. II
the in crease continues in the same ratio du-
ring the residue Of this decade, We may
justly anticipate the next Nat onal census
viii give Us . population Of nearly one
million.
crease keeps pace with the advance OF rail
road enterprises, furnishing, as they do, in
creased facilities for traveliny, and addition
81 means for improving and developing the
resources Of the State.
The large amount Of unoccupied and fer
tile lands within our borders, our vast az
ricvltural resources, and our healthy eli
mste, furnish so great inducements to the
surplus and enterprising population VI the
older States, that We may reasonably expect
this rapid increase Of population to continue
for years to come.
BY reference to The clear and comprehen
slvc report Of the Superintendent Of Publ c
Instructions, it will be observed that the
schools Of the State are in q healthy and
hourishing condition. The system is work
ing well, and is so far perfected rs to require
bu' little additional legislation.
The average attendance of pupils during
the year 1864 was 1873, aud the number
Of youth of school age, 23i,9l2. Out Of
8 - 1913 enumerated school children in 1868
there was an average attendance Of ll9, 1913
pupils.
Nothing committed to your care is more
in its importan e than the cdu
cstion Of our youth. To carry out this tx
allied duty successfully. we need not only
the munificent school fund at our disposal,
but we need especially an increasing corps
OF thoroughly trained aud competent teach
ers. THIS is msnitestly great educational
demand
To supply this pressing want, Normal
Department has been added to the State
University; but it is questionable whether
TINS provision is or can W, II be adequate to
the purpose. would therefore most earn
estly invite yonr attention to the importance
and necessity Of establishing special school
for the Exclusive purpose Of training teach
ers, with rs little delay NJ possible The
value Of special preparation for all profrs-
-ional avocatlons cannot lie easily over csti
mated. and should certainly not be disrc-
garde in the infinitely important work Il
educating the young. therefore cordially
approve and recommend to your favorable
consideration the suggestion OF the Super :
'ntendent Of Public l. struciion, bearing on
the subject Of a Normal School.
STATE UNIVERSITY
The State University, located ut Iowa
City, is mcetin with most graft, ing sue
cess. The present year opens with large
ly increased attendance IN all the depart
ments. Established bv the Constitution.
munticen,y endowed 10y grants Of lands,
centrally situated in the midst of cultivat-
ed ana cnterprising community. with the
growing confidence OF our people. and con-
Quoted by n faculty Of labor,Eg and compe-
tent professors. it bids iair in time to equal
in usciuln IS and renown the famed seats
ot learning IN the oder States
An appropriation was made at your last
session Tor the erection OF an additional AMI
much needed building. Owing to the IN
exp ct,d and rapid advance in the price OF
material and labor, farther appropriation
IF about 81 900 will be necessary to com
pletc the structure ms designed, which
earnestly Commend be granted. The
""ttS VI tiIts iuPVTtatL Insult ltlOn SnOuI0
always be promptly provided for
"A University is prop rly an institution in
which all departments of learning arc
taught A branch for the instruc ion in the
science Of medicine is now established al
keokuk. IL order to obviate the necessity
our young men are now under Of going out
oi the State u purs G u regular course oi
stu lies in Jurisprudence. and to promote
sound legal learning, recommend the or
ganixttion ot n Law Department. with pow
er to confer diplomas upon graduates which
shall cEt,'le thtr rOsse>SorS To- practice in
Ill the Courts of the State
W bile IN some respects il would be de-
>irablc to have the Law School, when es
tabishcd, l,ca;ci at the same place wit
the collegiate department OF the Univ, rsity,
vet the tact that the United States ana
State Supreme Courts, attracting at regular
periods The most eminent legal talent If the
State, sit at Dcs MONIES, AMI that the State
Law Library, vausbie auxiliary to a Law
School, is also located there, present pecn-
llarly strong reasons for the location Of this
school at the Capital. Law students will
naturally seek Court ccnicrs, wh,rc, while
studying the principles Of law, they can also
observe its practical workings in thv cons
duct Of causes.
PERMANENT SCHOOL rrSD.
The auditor in his able report has called
your attention to the present. con,l ton OF
the permanent School fund Tins subject
| shOalu receive your early and serious atten
;ion. The plan originally adopted Of dis
tributing this fund among the counties
vest,ng the schoo, .und commissioners with
authority to loan it out to individuals. nj
ways Of doubtful expediency, has eau c4
| much embarrassment, and resulted IL ma
| terial dminution Of the fund. Through
the incompctcncy and Encouragement 81
county officers u large amount remain.
unaccounted for, and although
strenuous Efforts have been male by tn,
Auditor If State to obtain satisfactory al
Justment Of the accounts, II eat ,.iscrrpan-
c'es still exist in many instances between
the sums charged to counties anil the
amounts accountc for in their returns. :
Unless careful settlement can be obia,nc,
with those delinquent counties, and til,
remedies against them strictly enforced, III,
ultimate loss to the School Fund will
amount to many thousands of dollars.
The last General Assembly, by the Ac