Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-01-14

~ W your iAsoFabie cOnSiuSEaJiuu
The Normal School of Platteville
continues IN prosperous condition,
and the school building is being great
ly enlarged to meet the wants eff pu-
pills. The buildings in process OF
erection al Whitewater. will be COM
pleted early the coming spring. when
the school will be opened The Re.
gents have resolved 10 establish a
Normal 81 b Dol in the city of Oshkosh
as soon as building suitable for the
purpose can be erected. 49,
TOT productive Normal School fund soo27 pi o.
ksce OF the incs me fund last fiscal year. ssSS 81
Amour. income fund in the State Treas
ury att disposal of Regents Jan. d 1855, 40 227 a
-Four hundred and eighty Thousand
five hundred and twenty acres Of
Normal School lands remain unsold
The State University, freed by the
just action of the last legislature from
many OF the pecumary embarrass,
ments which have in the past greatly
retarded its progress, gives cheerful
evidence OF renewed life and vipor,
and IS now receiving, without stint,
the confidence of the people, so long
withheld, and without which no
State University can be more than a
partial success. The institution has
been filled to overlooking during a
portion OF the past year. and the Re,
gents ask for the erection of an addi-
tional building for the accomm oda-
ton of students, which [ trust will
be granted as soon as practicable. -
Wisconsin is rapidly growing in
wealth and resources, her common
school system is one of which she
may we'll be proud, and there is no
reason why her University should be
either ali absolute or comparative
failure. A liberal policy toward the
institution. alone, is essential to the
accomplishment of the great object
sought. Such a policy has, | rejoice
to say, already been inaugurated, and
hope, for the honor Of the state,
will be permanently adopted. rec>
ommend that the Superintendent OF
Public Instruction be made by law
er'ot'clo member of the Board of Re
gents. That officer should be official
ly connected with every State Edu-
cational Board Of the University
lands, IA, 991 acres, and of the agri-
cultural lands, 223, 1863 remain unsold.
The total productive fund belonging
to the University is $2I5 ,298 So
The receipts of the income fund for
the last fiscal year amounted to sl8,
1884.
BENEVOLENT INSTITUTIONS.
The benevolent institutions of the
state are all in admirable condition,
rejecting great credit upon. the gen.
tlemen who have been Entrusted
with their management and we'll
calculated to inspire the people with
pride and satisfaction. An, inspec>
ton, during the past summer, of sew
eral like Institutions at the East, con
firmed me in the opinion that Wis>
consin is in nowise behind her sister
states in kind and fostering care OF
her unfortunate citizens.
Two wings have been added to the
State Hospital for the Insane, rem
dering that institution adequate to
the care of about $50 PATIENTS
There are now about 17S inmates,
and no more can be received until
the Legislature provides the means
for Citing up the new wings, and for
the payment of the necessarily in>
creased current expenses. Humans
ty seems to require that all the In
sane persons in the State should be
furnished with a retreat and proper
care. 1t is a harsh necessity which
compels the confinement of beings
not criminal, but simply unfortunate,
In jails and prisons. There are not
less than 700 such within our bor-
ders, for the care and treatment of
whom no provision has been made.
Either new asylum, Or an addition
to the present one is necessary.
The original building of the Insti
tute for the Education of the Blind,
being unsafe, has been removed, and
in its stead a wing must be erected
for the accommodation of pupils
The whole number of pupils instruct
ed during the past year is fifty four.
The additions heretofore authorized,
to the Institute for the Education of
the Deaf and Dumb, have been com
pleted in q satisfactory manner.-
Eighty-fve pupils have been inmates
OF the institution during the past
year.
In my last annual message | sug>
gested to the Legislature the impor-
tance of State school for the instruc-
ton of imbecile and idiotic children.
A careful examination of tho repor..s
of a number of such schools alresAdv
established in the country, toge.ther
with visit to one in successful oper.
alton in an Eastern State, has con-
vinced me of their practic'Ability.-
There are many such child rem in the
state, none of whom can receive an
education except in a W ell appointed
institution especially adapted to their
wants. The opinion of those who
are devoted to the mental advance
ment and we'll being of our youth is
entitled to weight in this conn ection.
and is expressed in the following res
olution adopted at the last meeting
OF the State Teachers association:
"Resoiued, That it is the sense I
this association that the State Of Wis.
ought to make immediate steps to
fonnd an asylum for the education
OF imbecile and idiotic children"
The appeal of these children for
yonr aid in receiving intellectual de-
velopment is strong one, and will
not, | know, be lightly regarded
The Soldiers Orphans Home is
filled to its utmost capacity, an avs
erage of $50 children being present.
Frequent applications for admission
are made which must be denied. Ii
is the opinion of the trustees that il
a school building should be erected
all who desire admission can be acs
commodated, The State should fur,
nish honse for all such children rs
need it, and | trust such an arrange