The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-07-23
Wealth OF Mind. Education In
Indiana.

lhVtAna.
hhf"RT or sUrEKINrgsDFST SMART TO
riit STATE BOARD OF EDroATIoN.
The following timely au.i important
suggestions were presented in the form
OF ar"pori TO the Stale Board Of Educs.-
tlon by Superintendent Smart at ihel
, meeting:
OFFICE OF SrPT PrnLIC IxsrRrcrIeN,
INDIANArOLIS. July IL, 1875.
To the State iIosrd 81 Fdusafian.
7 desire 10 make few suggestions 10
YOU In regard TO the proposed repre-
sentation of the educational interest. of
Indiana nj the coming centennial. The
other states OF the Union are already
moving IN The matter. and unless we are
willing 10 b. ouislriDpeS by them. i'm
mediate steps must be taken 10 effect A
thorough organization and 10 prepare
plans bv winch wc may iitIy represent
our educational progress and condition.
4 do not doubt but TINT ny reasonable
effort on eur part We can make show
Ing thar will be creditable. not only 10
ourselves but 10 the whole country as
well
i. The first step TO be taken. in my
Judgment. IS TO appoint nn efficient
working committee who shall assume
general control OF the entire matter.
This committee should devise means for
awakening an interest in The subject on
the part of the educators OF the state.
IL should decide what produce, are to
be exhibited. prcscriic rules and regn-
lati0ns by which sach work as may be
done by the children Shall be executed,
L . III
dents aud school officers as 10 the best
method of arranging these specimens so
that they may bc easily and safely shown
TO the public. The committee should
also see to the transportation OF The ma
teria 10 Philadelphia, and to lis proper
display and care.
H. Ii Is obvious that IL will be useless
TO attempi to make display without
money. IN uiSny Of the states The
uunount 10 be spent for this purpose will
vary from $1,000 10 $4,000. Lam sat-
listed, after inaking careful estimates.
that IL we make showing that W i'll be
'at all WORTHY 90 u. il will take at hast
$500. think this amount ahsnlutelv
essential o complete success. Ii will
he ihe duty OF ilis comnliifee. then. 10
csnrult with The board uf centennial
ma ayers ul the sinr. anal see ii ,his
aiDudut can noi he apporiionrd 10 las.
Ill. 4 respectfully suggest the fellow
itig scheme or inntrrb,i Tor the consid-
csasion oi his bulri:
l. All the prodrcts for display upon
thc wall should br siIimountrd with 4
piac3rd. or orIIanrntrd scroll. on " hich
should Z. placed the most prominent
educational statistics oi The stare. Tor
example:
School fund $4,000 o
School population 6oS,tU
Enrolimcnt lu schools 10000
~ lumber Uf tcsrhcrs l2.5tD
Annual eNpenh. tor education I.OpltOo
Number Of Sshsol houses 90
Value OF >clOui property l2OiDsuo
The scroll should bear ipon I, the sca
of the stale. " it'll cnblematic aud lli.io-
ric designs and should ba in it~rlf a
work o.. art. ~ addition to this other
charts might be prepared " liith would
show nj glance nir educational ltisior,
aud progrcss.
2. Our educational literature would
make no irconsideiable feature OF the
exhibition.
A A brici history should be prepared
showing our educational progress a.
well a. tie condition of The schools nj
the present tine. II should give u brief
outline OF our system aud OF the law
which governs il. IL should explain the
mode of raising and appl, ing the school
revenne and th" means adopted to sup
ply the state v iih teachers. The work
of the state board OF education and Of
the State Teachers Association shoNld
lie briefly outlined. This history might
be prepared ~ part OF the next biennial
report vi The -iatc superintendent To the
legislature. ami could probably bc paid
for by the usual appropriation for that
report.
II. The various cities should be called
upon To prepare their reports for the
year 1878 with particular reference To-
the centennial. These reports should
g ontan brici history OF the schools in
the respective cities. and should show
the distinctive features of the system as
il is worked out 10 each Of them. They
should also show The elevation aud
ground plans OF the most prominent
school buildings in use. The city re-
ports should be limited rs to the number
of pages. and should be uni form in size,
so that they can be bound in u volnmc
CITY SCHOOL REroHTs or INDIANA roK
1876.
At least five hundred OF these reports
should be sent ia from each OF tho morc
prominent cities, and it should be the
work OF the committee " SEQ that they
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