The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-01-16
IN UMBER 33.

APPOAGlOhCo ny buO pupCTlQ-
tendent of public instruction. 1865. 619.T
-Four hundred and thirteen thousaD
eight hundred and ninety-seven acres {
school land remain unsold
The town organization of schools, rocon
mended by the Superintendent, seems to b
well calculated to secure more efficien
and economical management of school al
fairs, and, as it will render taxation for ed
ucatioDal purposes more equitable, provid
for graduation OF schools, aud better svs
tenn OF classification, commend it to YOU
favorable consideration,
The Normal School at Platteville contin
ues III a prosperous condition, and the schoo
building is being greatly enlarged to meet
the wants of pupils The building in pro
cess of erection al Whitewater will be com
pleted earl the coming spring, when the
school will be opened. The regents have
resolved to establish Normal School in the
city of Oshkosh as soon as bnilding suit
able for the purpose can be erected
Total productive Normal School
Iunu Observation-Disclosures. $G02. T9l 81
Receipts OF the income fund last
fiscal year: -: ..;.:...... Ss,925, 81
Amount of income fund in the
Stale Treasury at the disposal of
y t,SS
-Four hundred and eighty thousand, FIVE
hundred and twenty acres of Normal School
lands remain nusold.
/ The State University, freed by the Just
action OF the last Legislature, from what
has III the past greatly retarded its pro
gress, gives cheering evidence of renewed
life and vigor aud is now receiving. without
stint, the confidence Of the people, so long
withheld, and without which no State Uni
versity Can he more than a partial success
The institution has been filled to overflow
during the past year. and the Regents ask
the erection of an additional building for
the accommodation of Students which
trust will soon be done. Wisconsin is
rapidly growing in wealth and resources,
her common school system is one of which
she may we'll be. proud, and thsre is no rea-
SOD why the University should be either an
absolute or comparative failure A liberal
policy toward the institution, alone, is es.
sential to the accomplishment Of the great
object sought. Such policy has. rejoice
to say, already been inaugurated, and |
nope, for the honor Of the State, will be perma.
1ently adopted. | recommend that the Su
of Public instruction be made
~ law an eT-o6Gcio member Of the Board of
Regents That officer should be officially
with every State educational
BOARD. Of the University lands, 1881
Icres of the agricultural lands 223, 500
ores. remain unsod. The total produc-
i've fund belonging to the University is
S2l5, 298, 80. The receipts of the income
und for the last fiscal year amounted to
5I8,338,24
BENEVOLENT INSTITUTIONS
The benevolent institutions of the State
are all IL admirable condition rejecting
great credit upon the gentlemen who have
been Entrusted With their management, and
we'll calculated to inspire the people with
bride and. satisfaction An inspection, dur
pg the past summer, Of several like institu-
.ions at .he East, confirmed me 10 the opin-
ON tba Wisconsin ia in uOwise behind her
lister States III kind aud fossering care of
Ter unfortunate citizens
Two wings have been added to the State
Hospital for the Insane, rendering that in
'titutlon adequate TO the care of about $50
patients There are now l78 inmates, and
10 more can no received uatil the Legisls ture
provides the means of fitting up the new
wings, aud for the payment of the necessar-
ly Increased current expenses Humanity
eems to require that all insane persons of
he State should be furnished with a retreat
md proper care. 1t is a harsh necessary
which compeIs the confinement of beings
lot criminal, but simply unfortunate, in
ails and Prisons. There are not less than
90 such within our borders, for the care
nd treatment Of whom no provisions have
'een made Either new asylum, or an
edition to the present one, is necessity.
The original building of the Institute for
he Education Of the Blind, being unsafe,
las been removed and in its stead a wing |
must DO erected for the accommodation of
upils. The whole number of pupils in
tructed during the past year is fifty four
The additions, heretofore authorized, to |
he Institute for the Education of the Deaf |
nd Dumb have been completed in a salts
actory manner. Eighty five pupils have
'eeu inmates of the institution during the |
,ast year.
In my last annual message suggested to |
he Legislature the importance of State |
,chool for the instruction of imbeclle and i'd |
otto children. > careful examination of the |
eports OF > number of such schools already |
established IN the country, together to one in
uccessful operation in an Eastern State, has |
convinced me of their entire practlca bility.-
There are many such children in the State, |
lone of whom can receive an education except |
II a well-appointed institution, especially |
dapted to their wants. The opinion OF those |
Who are devoted to the mental advancement |
md we'll being of youth, is entitled to weight |
4 this connection, and is expressed in the fol-
owing resolution adopted at the last meeting
ii the State Teachers Association "ReSolUed
ha4 &c In nj ha "a
he State of Wisconsin ought to take imme-
late steps to found an ASYLUM for the edu
alton OF it's imbecle and idiotic children. y
The appeal Of these children for your aid in
eceiving intellectual developement,i is strong
me, and will not, | know, be lightly disre-
,arded.
The Soldiers Orphans Homo is filled to its
Utmost ca pacity, an average of $50 children
'eug present. Frequent applications for ad
mission are made which must be denied 1t
S the opinion of the Trustees that if q school |
building should be erected, all who will de-
ire admission can be accommodated. The |
Itate should furnish home for all such chill |
Iren as need it, and | trust such an arrange |
nent as will insure the desired result will be |
promptly made, Left by the patrio tism of
heir fathers in the defense of our common
country, with none to care for aud protect
hem. it is the duty, and a pleasant one, of
he State to assume their guardianship; and
Until the people cease to hold in grateful rec
election the gallan; deeds OF those who died
our counrry's honor, they will
gladly provide these helpless orphans with
homes and education | need not commend Z
hem o your kindly care. recommend that
you make ample appropriations to defray |
he current expenses of the benevolent insti- |
buttons, and provide for such additions and
pairs as may be necessary. Also q reason
able appropriation to the orphan assylums
md hospitals in the city of Milwaukee.
STATE PRISON.
The report of The n,aso Prisoner gives the
aggregate number of prisoners under his
;harge during the year as 294. That The tinan-
,ial condition Of the prison could not have
been improved, is clearly shown by the follow.
ng brief extract from the report:
Total expenditure during nc last
year, S04, 800 10
Value of permanent i'm
pfoYemeuts made by
cOnVici labor. .......o 90, LIS VA
Increase of supplies dur
ing the year, 1902 20
Actual cost less value of improve :.
meuts and supplies. ............. Sfo9 %
Tia. nr1rpyrFnpufs made were i OF n very