, 1874-01-09

clildronin tho stato botwoon and 90 that 2A0
aro Attending school !, out Of lU0.S2l botwoon 4
and 7, thoro aro 90 405 attending; Out Of 200, $50
between 7 and 1t, tlioro arc 11S,2l0 attending, !;
attending school. Gratifying reports Of progioss
aro matlo by County Superintendent. It Ia
urged tint every. toactlor Hlloud bo required to
teach tle mutual sciences and few bugyos-
tom Of noot0d legislation hro mhdp. But n
amall minority of County Superintoudents wero
elected this fall
COMPULSORY EDUCATION.
An ASSEMBLY resolution OF 1873 requested tho
| Superintendent to 1nhko inquiry aH to tho pro-
priety Of compulsory attendance M . means Of
advancing tho cauBe OF education, Iii reply, MI
exhaustive report Of so1ne 40 pages Ia made ON
braclng fncts from United States Commissioner
Eaton'a report bearlng on tho subject, compul-
aory laws Of stetes where such oxfst. AMI, tho
vlews Of number Of .Hohool suporintondonts
md others, at homo and abroad mud Buperin-
tondont Falows concludes by saying;
1hayo como to the conclusion, from careful IN
u o s son
old mud over, in Wisconsin, unnbio 10 write. ind
scar to year, that, wlIlo tue lnstruconai nRcnccH
now onployed slouid be developed to tho highest
at e every eh3 within the Sons sAo of tne es ssso
ahall receive, lii tho public schools elsewhere at
euat tho elctncnts Of good common-school cduca-
EDUCATIONAL cosvExTloNs.
At tho Conventions Of ToacEors aud County
superutondonts held hero Inst woek, attended
by some 60 Of tho former mud rs Of tho Inter-
The papeis road and discussions lad on oduoa-
tional topics worc unusually valuable. ai'u 9il
participating and listening felt Il was good to DO
there. An impetus waB 1ivon to tito elevation
Of tho character Of public schools many prao-
tral methods wore suggested for improving
them; creator harmony between those spo-
cialy engaged in common schools mud
those In higher education WAS promoted +; alld
much good accomplished III various why's Tho
III NJ II r.
1t. Tho establishment OF County Academies, to
servo rs d Hulk hotWocn the district schools aud
highor schools, was advocated; and zealonn
efforts to got tuaciera to a.tend Institutes, and
to mako them valuable, wero favored.
A UNIVERSITY uNpLEAsANTsEss.
Trouble has boon browiuE Iii tho Stato Uuiver-
Bfty for somo timo, III regard to tho bend thore-
OF. President ]. H. Twombly was called hero
from Massachusetts somo two mud Q half years
ngo. aftor Il prottaced search for the best man
for tue plnco. Whilo It IL generally admitted
that he has considerable ability, is An eloquent
preacher. and has many good qualities, and TINT,
ln Ills prosent position, he las dono as vol! ns o
knew how, he has, for lack Of executive ability
md othor reasons failed to give satisfaction to
the 1legents, tho Faculty, anu the students, atd
tho former unanimously, aud the gront majority
Of the othorB, dos!ro change. At tle meeting
Of tho DoRru last Juno, at tho close Of ycur
when tloro had boon considerable difficulty with
the students aud nnpeaBantneHa botwocn tho
President aud some OF tho lcgonts, tue lattcr,
with ono consent, expressed tho opinion that tho
interests or tho institution demalted q change,
md 80 informed tho President. AlterconHidcrablo
talG, to lot him down as easy as possible, it was
agreed that ho should r sign In tho course Of
tho year, and leave tho Held clear for another
man. Il WAS intondod to keep thia secret, but
the fact leaked out, and those who learned what
Waa going Oh have boon waiting for something
to turn up. Soma weeks ago, tne prosidout WAS
reminded Of Ills promisc aud asked to fix q time.
After some delay, ho wrote letter to tho
+l.n4
ho did not desilo to remain at tho head Of tho
University, aud would resign either at tho end
of tho winter term or the year, as tho Regents
preferred. Thereupon tho Roy. john Bascom,
ablo mud honest man, wall auited FOR the post,
by President Chadbolirne, who Ind boon here and
know tho situation, mud others, WIS called to tho
Presidency. to como when DR.. Twombly wont,
which fact was mado public at the East, aud tray-
ecd westward till it reached here, and gave riso
to mnny rutnora. OF lute petitions have been
put in circulation asking DR.. Twonlbly's reten-
ton, md ho has shown disposition to hold on
Tho Regents, however, say that their determine
ton Ia unalterablo, and unless President 7. con-
||%s$Ss isE 4s:iayS ssssS ss aSz u
TIE NEW ADMINISTRATION.
On Monday, the 9th, without any speech maxi
ing OF powder, tic following State ollicora.
elected by tho Reform party last fall, wero
sworn into Office:
Gortrnor-Wiliiam Il. Taylor, Of Dane.
croiz. s"'e''"'''''F'"'' oAN''ts - fA'AeF' u '''
Secretary ef state-pcter Doyle, Of Crawford.
ntate 1reahnrer-Ferduanl Kuehn, Of Milwaukee.
4itiornev-t;cntral- SCAT soall, Of Dolgs.
State SUPERINTENDENT SeariEg Of Rock.
:, consm'sso'tr ef I"4iyrsfion-W. It. Argand. Of
Eau C.nire.
III the evening thoro was was an immense
crowd at L reception in tho Assembly Chamber,
whore Mrs. Taylor aud hor two daughters quiot-
" entered upon their duties, aud bora themselves
we'll
up to this evening IN the department Offices,
sonlo OF which hayc boon sent by telegraph, but
badly perverted:
Erseut.re-Lieut. George ". Bird, of Jefferson pr!-
Dsau ssn o Maon , Of pabe 'fpo
vice 1laJ 4. A. Meredith Francis alassing, Of MaI-
!son State brarian vice Prof. Q. II. Couover; Mich
ael Cosgrose, Of Madison, ssao Carpenter, yce David
ste1ciarpef state-John s. Dean, Of Madison, As
Tunls, Of Nu,is on, Dookkcerer rc,aincd; s. Gat-
wnllader .ot milwaukee,. Printing Clerk, ytce Leyi
Alden; A. D. Alden, us Portage Insurance Clerk. yice
ucneral Clerk, vice Col. Robert Slonteh Maj. G. W.
Ken,rf, Ct Ailwashso, GleEkahip, not asss assigned.
Of tho Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer, vice William
% Kstehan /; 4 Ms,ges, of Madison. noekkseper, re
.aan positions not asslgned the latter messenger
chst oea ast + o: e. q s.es axss cGps, w5s
keeper, retained D. +. CRAM Patent Clerk, reuinel
Julius Laache. Entry Clerk, retained Otto pcemfilcr
and T. J. Cunningham, Of Madison, Gabriel Erickson,
Of ocononlowoc, II. L. Hyde, of Middleton, desks not
Jet assigned.
ttorsey Gen<ral-rho 1Ion. I. C. Sloan, of Ja,,es-
Willy, bEother Of tle Attornoyaeneral Asss.uu Vice
i. l.. Spouner.
State upeantenlent- ROY. ]. u. pradt, Of AadI-
SOL, Assistant, retained.
PLUS.
THE FARMERS MOVEMENT,