The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-01-12
EDUCATION.

EDUCATION.
The school census of 1876 reports 457,785 chill
dren OF school age, of whom 343947 were en-
rolled-an increase i'll two years of Fl $50 in the
whole number and of 1906 in the enrolled num-
Der.
There are 5,917 school houses in the State, with
4l9 662 sittings icing rs, 7l5 more than the. enroll
ment. The value OF school buildings and grounds
ia 80, 1882 40; total expenditure for the year. 81,
1913, 707. Indebtedness OF school districts, sl,O14,
lT5-an increase in two years of S499,045. Number
of teachers, $4,000. Primary schooi fund held i'll
trust by The State Sept. 80, 1876 $31 9l7.73, pro
ducing an annual income OF S2l4 o6O.S3.
The statistics given herewith denote an annual
public expenditure of s5,OOO,OO0 for education by
the people Of this State.
NORMAL SCHOOL.
This department of our system OF education In
1876 for 1876, 630; for 1875, 722. The graduating
class in 1876 numbered 70. Over 5000 students
have attended, this institution since its opening in
1853. The condition of its funds, at the close OF
the fiscal year, was as follows:
Due from purchasers OF lands ut per
rrst finds in treasury drawing interest
at 8 per cent .......'................ oS,3ol.a2
Totai..................... .Sai. O1
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE,.
The management of the finances Of the college for
the past two has been careful and prudent II
is out Of debt and hope will keep ont. The board
submit very careful detailed estimate of receipts
and expenditures for the coming two years. They
estimate the current expenses at $30.077 per All
mum, and the receipts from interest and other
NJ $2l, $40, leaving deficiency OF $l6 Ala
for tho two years. They also subuit statement OF
wants for repairs, new buildings, improvements
library etc, amounting to s20,O6l, making total
of $36,53C, for which sum they ask appropra-
ion.
The college fund, Sept 80, 1876 was as follows
Trust fund in State treasury sl1S.s276 s due from
purchasers Of land, Sill 1884 65 ali drawing inter
est at per cent. Unsod lands belonging to college
at same date, l64 799 acres. The number Of stu
dents in 1877, 1856 in 1876, 166 an increase ovei
two a Graduates in la75-6
80; in 1894, SO. Inventory of property, s252 26s
an increase in two years Of 500, $780, am satisfied
that the college is in better condition, and doins
better work than ever before. II is not only edu
eating the students under it's roof but the Presiden
and faculty, through system of farmers institutes
held throughout the State, enlsting the goot
will and sympathy Of the peope. If 1t teaches Ia
Dor, IL IL mpresses upon our youth the dignity ant
nonor of labor, its establishment will prove sue
cess; If not, 1t will be failure.
THE UNIVERSITY.
Each succeeding year opens to the university
new fields of misunderstanding demands upon III
resouroes-and stronger claims upon our con
The number of students in 1875 was 1,193; il
1876, 1.12i. Degrees conferred in 1875. $40; II
1876. 40.
It's resources are:
Trust funds in the hands of the State .s344 1885, a
Due from purchasers of land. lO26 9S.8
Drawing interest at per cent. sl47, $40. 81
The Legislature of 1875, establishing school o.
mines, q chair Of architecture and design, and o
dental surgery, has already accomplished more thar
its most earnest advocates anticipated. The denta
school has 80 many students that an additional pro
fessor is needed. The class In mining, architecture
and design numbers Is. An impetus has been giveI
10 technical education that must in time be Of grea
practical value TO the State. The appropriation
TOR these new branches made in 1875 were for tw'
Years only. Their success demands their renewal
with An addition of 900 for another professor fo
be dental school.
EASTERN ASYLUM FOR THE INSANE.
work was begun upon this building IN 1875, b,
Nessrs Coots 4 Topping, who were the lowest bid
lars for the sum Of sos 1874, and has progressed
vsrv favorably up TO this time The brick and ston
rork ia completed and the roof nearly finished. j
"a expected that IL will be ready for occupancy b
A. this asylum will be ready for the reception o