The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-01-17
STATE UNIVERSITY.

253. The estimated cash valuA NJ
ihe property of the institutions Ia
1924, 000, exclusive OF 46, $50 acres OF
land donated By the General Gov
ernmeDt for an endowment fund.
The amount expended on the hew
building Is $13S,50O This struc-
lure is believed 70 be the best Col
iege building which has ever been
erected in our country. The money
appropriated has been wisely and
economically expended. The aSai.
ton of a Law and Medical depart
men, is now in contemplation, ana
it is evident that our University will
soon take rank with the frat insti.
tutiOus of learning in the Union. :
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
The President reports a'rapid ia
crease lis the. hummer of students,
re ~hni'' number being Az. saitlsi
2y3 ih pr ious tes,. T%eHly-
sciI COIN lie u the ST. have.
been represented during the, year.
Students have ALSO been present
from Colorado, Iowa, Illinois.
Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska,
Ohio and Texas. The President
states as among the immediate
wants OF the College; 8 new. build
Ing, the cost of which will be $1OO,-
QUO.
The Treasurer OF the College re-
ports interest bearing securities in
his hands amounting to $50, 29S. Sc !;
cash on hand, $7,541.l9. These
sums are realized from the sale of
land donated by Congress aud be-:
longing TO the endowment fund Of
the College.
The reports OF the different Oh
GERS of the institution, accompany.
ing the report of the Board Of Re-
gents. are unusually instructive and
valuable. - :. :.
NoRlAL SCHOOLS !.
The number Of students enrolled.
within the year in the State Normal
School at EmpOriA, was 100. The
President reports the compietioa Of
the new school building provided
for by the appropriation Of Iast year.
It IL Q cOmmOdious and elegant
structure and well adapted 20 the
wants OF this popular institution OF
learning. -
The Leavenworth Normal School;
Is also in . very proSPefOus condl.
lion. The number OF students en-
rolled during the year was IS. The
Principal asks an additional .appro:
priation for four more teachers, ona.
of dr. 'Wing, and one of physical
sciences, and two assistants.
The Normal Schools ssem to BE-
well managed and are doing good
service TO the State in producing
competent teachers for the young.
INSANE ASYLUM. -
The trustees OF the Insane Asylum
report lob persons in the Asylum.
They say Iht capacity of the instiIu-
ton has been crowded TO it's ut
most limits, aud that not more than
one.halI the applicants have been
admitted tor want of ROOM" They
recommend the erection OF q center
building, with two wings, which
will accommodate one hundred per-
sons. and ask tor the appropriation
of 100000.
From u personal inspection ofthe
Asylum, am convinced that thks
present building Is entirely made
Quate to the wants of the Slater
The insane are the most unfort1!
nate class of society, and it is our
duty to see that they are properlS
cared for. and such additions to the
building as are necessary to secure
thi, end should be made,
BLIND ASYLUM.
The Superintendent reports that
the past year has been one of gen-
eral prosperity to the institution.
The current expenses for the year
were S1U,l aud the Superintend-
Gilt estimates that the expenses for
the present year will be $13 400.
DEAF AND DUMB ASYLUM.
The Deaf and Dumb Asylum, at
Oluihr, seems TO be au admirably
conducted institution. There have
been 6S pupils enrolled during the
past year. There are Go now in: at
tendance, being an Increase of Il
during the year. This is the sixth
year of its establishment as State
Asylum. The Trustees in their re-
port strongly urge an appropriation
for the erection of an additional
building. From a personal inspeo-
ton recently made, learned the in-
adequacy OF the present Accommo-
dations.
PKEITESTIAnT.
The report of the directors OF the
Penitentiary shows that there are
confined therein 1913 prisoners, and
that l59 of them had been received
dnrinE the past year. The rapid III
crease in the population Of the State
brings with it 3 corresponding In
crease In subjects for the Peniten-
tiary. The demand is already i'm.
perative for an increase OF thesco.
pacity Of the prison, and recon-
mend that mea.urcs be taken to
speedily complete the south wing;
All the available force Of the prison
should be used on this work.
Complaint has been made that the
labor at the Penitentiary has been
brought into competition with the
labor of the mechanics Of the State.
The report OF the Warden shows
that part of the Penitentiary force
has been engaged in the manufac-
ture OF carriages, hugg es and WI &.
Ons, and in making repairs. The
institution pays no taxes, and its
capital is furnished by the State. 1t
is apparent that honest mechanics
and artisans would be driven from
the State by such competitions Sksl
q remedy for this evil other States
have provided that convict labor
should be employed in the prOduc.
ton OF common articles requiring
little mechanical skill. This course
has also proved profitable, and the
institutions are fast becoming self
sustaining.
REVORN SCHOOL. -
Nearly all the States have found |
IL necessary to establish institutions |
for the punishment and reform of |
juvenile Offenders. The system of |
assuciating boys and girls, guilty
often OF only slight offences, with |
old and hardened criminals, has |
been .Ound to be false and Wrong.i
iuasmuch as it confirms the young
In their evil courses inatead of re-.
forming them and preparing them
for lives of usefulness. The records |
Of the various peuitentiaries show
that very few eonvicts have any
knowledge of mechanical labor. |
They have not been apprentices, and
have never learned . tEAde1 A large!
proportion Of them eaii Neither read
nor write 0fthe l52 persons COM
rpited TO the peniieniisry last year
there were ninefy-three convicIs
under the age of twenty-five years.
A lack OF education and Of moral |,
training in early life is khc mos, i
fruitful source OF crime. Is II sur
prising that these waits. whose ear
ly training has been such as To make
them have little regard for the
rights of Others, in property which
they may covet, should soon find
Themselves in the clutches of the
law? II is from this class that our-
are made. Thrown into
prison, they become the associates
OF those who are graduates in crime.
Ii is these Soung viOlstOrs of the