The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-10

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Toaf number Of blacks .....,... ........ S,oV7
Total population ~, ,182
No report for 1855 from the popolous county
| of Winneshiek has been furnisAsd, and ~
return for 1853 being taken for this county, q
heavy increase ID thereby onitted ia die above
icalculstiou. The Csosss of 1855 alse having
4 been taken in the early portion Of the
year, the spring and fall Immigration Is ne
\ ceesari1 lefa out. In Ill peo6abiiky there
are now oves $4,000 poop1o, runidents Of
Iowa, nj inclsded for thsse reaspgp T. tie
abovt ebssuseat vhisA vusi1 nvU Z ~
popuI Ikoa q absat n .0o4 kNe eSA-
servdot othat oar increase has beenn nnncH tueaEer
during the last two years than the former
periods. If the increase coatmes in the
same ratio during the residue Of this decade,
We may justly anticipate the next national
| million.
! II is observable that the ratio Of our in
crease keeps pace with the sdvance of rail
road enterprises, furnishing, as they do, in
creased facilities for travelling, and additional
| means for improving and developing the re-
sources Of the State.
The large amount Of unoccupied and fertile
lands within our borders, our vast Agricultaral
resources, and our healthy climate, furnish 20
great Inducements TO the surplus and enter
prising population of the older States, that
We may reasonably expect this r.pid incrsass
| Of population TO conipus for years to come.
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| By reference to the clear and compreheu.
sive report of the Superintendent Of Public
! Instruction, it will be observed that the
1 schools of the State are in healthy and
Hourishing condition. The system il working
well, and Is - far perfected as to require but
little additional legislation.
The average sttendapcs Of pupils during
the year 1854 vas III, ,e76. ord The number
i 324, 1888 enumefnted school children in 1865.
pupils.
Nothing committed 70 your care is more
far preaching in its importance than the educa-
ton Of our youth. To carry oat this exalted
duty successfully, We need not only the mu-
ni6cent school fund aa oar disposal, but We
/ need especially m increasing corps of thor
4 oughly trained and competent teachers. This
is manifes.ly great educational demand
To supply this pressing want, Normal
Department has been added to the State Uni
I versity but il is questionable whether this
provision is or can we'll be adequate 10 the
i purpose. would therefore most earnestly
| invite your attention to the importance and
necessity Of establishing special school for
| the exclusive purpose Of training teachers,
| with rs little delay as possible. The value of
| special preparation for all professional avoca-
! tions cannot be easily over estimated, and
| should certainly not be disregarded in the in
| hnitely important work Of educating the
young. l therefore cordially approve and
recommend 10 your favorable consideration
the suggestions Of the Superintendent Of
/ Public instruction, bearing on the subject Of
| . Normal School
| STATE UNIVERSITY.
! The State I niversity, located ut Iowa City.
1 is meeting with most gratifying success. Es-
! tablished by the Constitution. mnnifcentIy
| endowed by grants Of lands, centrally situa-
ted in the midst of cultivated and enterpri.
sing community, With the growing confidence
of our people, and conducted by faculty OF
laboring and competent professors, il bids
fair In time to equal in usefulness and re-
nown the famed seats of learning in the older
4 States.
1 An Appropriation Was made at your last
session for the erection of an additional and
much needed building. Owing to the unex-
i pected and rapid advance in the price Of ma
! terial and labor, . farther appropriation of
, about $l1 900 will be necessary to complete
the structure as designed, which l earnestly
recommend be granted. The wants of this
/ important institution should always be
| promptly provided for.
University is properly an institution in
which oil departments Of learning are taught
/ A branch for instruction in the science OF
medicine is now established at Keokuk. In
4 order to obviste the necessity our young men
are nox under of going out Of the State to
pursue regular course Of studies in juris-
prudence, and to promote sound legal learn
ing, recommend the organization Of . Law
Department, with power to confer diplomas
upon graduates which shall entitle their pos
sessors TO practice in all the Courts of the
State.
While in some respects 1t would be desia-
BILE to have the Law School, when establish
J ed, located at the same place with the collegi-
ate department Of the University, yet the fac,
u that the United States and State Supreme
!. Courts, attracting At regular periods the m 3ss
T eminent legal talent of the susie, sit ct Des
j Moines. and that the State Law Library, a
valuable auxiliary to Law school, is also
located there, present peculiarly strong reA,
sons for the location Of this school 1t the Cap
j itAl. Law students win naturally seek Coar,
centers, where, while studying the prineipies
of law, they can also observe its practical
workings in the conduct Of causes.
4 PERMANENT SCHOOL FUxD.
The Auditor in his able report has called
your attention TO the present condition of the
permanent School Fund. This subject should
receive your early and serious attention. The
plan originally adopted Of Distributing this
fand among the counties, vesting the school
, fund commissioners with authority to loan il
out to individuals, always Of doubtful expe-
diency, has caused much embarrassment, and
resulted in . material diminution of the fund.
Through the ipcompetency and mismanager
ment Of county officers large amount re-
mains unaccoanted for, and although strenu.
Gus efforts have been made by the Auditor Of
State to obtain satisfactory adjustment o
the accounts, great discrepancies still ssis in
/ many iastances between the sums cAAfled tC
counties and the amounts accounted for il
their returns Unless . careful settlement
can be obtained with those delinquent conn
ties, and the remedies sgainst them strietlt
enforced, the ultimate loss to the School
Fund will amount to many thousands of dol
! lars.
The last General Assembly, by the Act ap.
proved March -, 1854, attempted TO provide
for the gradual return of the School money
to the Stale Treasury but this not leaves 4
discretionary With the County Supervisors to
retain and loan it in their counties, or direct
it to the State Treasurer for the purpose o1
being invested in U. s. Stocks, ~ they MAY
deem ,sdyisable. If il should be considered
expedient to withdraw this fund entirely from
the counties, and invest il in safe and svaila.
BE securities. il viii be necessary 70 modify
the ID section Of this Act, and make It obli9
story upon Couaty Treasurers To transmit thi,
fand promptly as received, to to the Treassr.
er Of State for Investment cordially
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