The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-01-17

nd your committee therefore recommend In
nat her salary be increased to $500 q
ear.
Miss q. <. Pitmsn. upon the came con-
!itions. was engaged as Principal of the
Model School, and took charge of this
at the beginning of the pres
mt term. January Bib. 1868.
In this con nection i, gives the commits !,
lee pleasure TO report entire unanimity of
feeling and harmony among the different !
Of the Faculty respecting the ,
of the school. OF the sue
GEES of the teachers We shall not need to
do more than refer to the uniformly fa-
yorable testimony of all prominent edu-
Gators ard public men VINO have visited
the institution during the year. The
earnestness of teachers and pupils. the
clearness and vigor Of the reeitations. the |
manly and womanly department of the
students. and. pervading al. the mani
fest devotion 10 the teachers profession.
are among the points most noticeable to
visitors. and such points as Indicate
healthy growth of the school.
For further information respecting the
management aud present condition of the
institution, and for complete report OF
the Model School. you are respectfully
referred 80 the Principals Report for
1867.
+ BY direction Of the Board of Directors,
Hon. II. D. Preston. of Usage county,
was employed to classify the lands be.
longing to the school and report With re-
spect TO their quality, si.ustion and prob
able value-noting particularly the up
lands and bottom lands, timbered sections,
stone quarries. coal veins, water privile-
ges, anG other indications of value. This
minute classification seemed 10 be neces-
sary TO an intelligent disposition of the
lands. The work has been faithfully
done, and the report is herewith submit.
ted. The expenses of the classification
have not been paid, for want Of funds
Your committee. under authority of ths
Board, advertised the lands for sale. with
a view. more particularly. of receiving
propositions to lay before the Board at the
January meeting. but. as YET, no proposi.
tions have been received.
In section three of the act Of Marct
81. 1868. under which the institution
was located aud endowed, the language
is such IS does not clearly define tbs
particular sections to which the school il
entitled. Il reads: .es
2 SEC 3. That all lands gran led to the Stat 9
of Kansas. an / selected by said State, adjoin
} ing, o as contiguous may. be TO each OF 81
salt springs belonging to said State, ans
granted by the fourth cub division of the tn irt
+ section of an act of Congress entitled, An &C
, for the admission of Kansas into the Union
] approved, January 29.h. 1861, save and ex
cep, the salt springs. and the seci ion of la NJ
upon which each of C. 9 said salt springs ar
Q located, and one additional section1 are here
, by set apart and reserved as q perpetu al en-
dowme Mt for the support and maintenance o
y the Normal School established and located By
, this act.
y Il thus appears that the act gives. a
an endowment. all the salt lands granted t
e the State by Congress. except the section
e upon which the salt springs are situate
}. and zone additional section" Your com
% mittee would recommend that the Boar
D unite in requesting the Legislature
r give that "one additional section" to th
1t school as a futtber endowment, leavin
70 to the State the sections containing Ii
i springs. thus clearly designating she pal
/. liculsr sections which bslong to The Sra,
d as we'll as those which belong 10 the il
o s,itution.
n Ia the 9th section of the act above r.
:. ferred to, it is provided that the pre-
n ceeds derived from the sale of the land
o with which she school is endowed ball /
invested in United States, Safe or oth1
d reliable stocks. yielding Mt less than 81
!. per cent. upon their par value, and Il
). money so invested is to constitute q pc
h petual fund, the principal OF which is
!, remain forever undimiuished, and the il
= teres' invoilsbly appropriated for. the SUI
port aud maintenance of the school. an
to no other purpose whatever. The iute
est. therefore, being all that the institu
Of ton can rely on for its support, which
o upou careful estimate based upon tt
most satisfactory ssle of the lands will t
y found hardly suficien. TO defray the el
: penses Of the school. when the salaries
I teachers are included. But knowing tt
policy OF the Board of Directors to be th,
b which will most speedily result in estsn
+ fishing the institution upon self-suppor
f ing basic. your committee have not orl
Administered the affairs Of the school
. an economical way. but have been ALL
DESTROYS of placing the institution upo
an independent footing. relyiDg upon il
own proper means. and not upon the treas
ury of the SAFE. To this end your oou1
mrtee earnestly recommend ,ha. th
. Board unite iu requesting the Legislator
y to release the institution from lite obl;ea
Q tious to re imburse the State for appro
. priaiions heretofore made. Next TO Oh
. common schools in importance. and con
O nected wilh them as their fountain bead
o is the State Normal School. Without
It our educational system is incomplete
With it cur common schools grow 10 in
tereet and teaching becomes profession
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