The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1877-01-11
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there is a startling dearth of intelligent
f,rmexs, manufacturers, miners and
-,,ocbanics A few of the States have
started forward in the cause of industrial
education, by introducing into their public
schools, and providing museums and schools
Of design. The large and varied industries
Of Pennsylvania demand similar liberality.
The Centennial year has brought us the
onnortunity and placed the material for
beainning at our disposal. The Geological
Survey of the State has collected a ''mass
of specimens, which is now hid away in
boxes and wholly useless of being source
of instruction to the people" The Penn
evIvania Museum and School of Industrial
5rt. modelled after the celebrated South
Kensington Museum of London, has
socnred Memorial Hall in which to form an
art library special collections, illustrative
of industrial processes; and a thorough
system of instruction in the arts of design
as applied to manufactures, accompanied by
General and technical lectures. In this,
they are about to place the nucleus of a
collection gathered in the rich field of the
Centennial Exposition, intended to pro
mote the improvement Of American in
dustrial art | trust these efforts will not
escape YOUR notice Some means ought to
be devised to make available the rich collec-
ton of the Geological Survey. And you
will no doubt seriously condsider whether
an the case Of the Museum and Industrial
School. the State ought not to extend hand
10 place upon firm foundation work of
50 much ppbIie utility.
UIsoRIAL PUBLICATIONS.
The Centennial celebration has attracted
particular attention to State history with
The gratifying result that this Common
wealth has not been behind others in pro-
viding literally for the preservation of its
true sources. The twenty-nine volumes Of
Records and Archives (I681-1790)
published under the supervision Of the late
Samuel iIazard the fve volumes of Bates
History Of PENNSYLVANIA Volunteers (1S6I
-lS65) and the more recent publication
of four volumes of second series Of
Archives, contain large body Of valuable
materials, by that means, placed beyond
the possibility Of destruction. The labors
Of the Historical Society Of Pennsylvania
in this direction, are worthy Of especial
notice. It's we'll managed publication fund
las contributed to historical resources. the
Correspondence Of Penn and Logan the
History. by Acre.iuS or our Swedish set
tiers upon the Delaware belor the time Of
Penn; Iieckeweldcrs' Indian Nations, and
the Historical Map OF Pennsylvania, pub
lshed IN 1919.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.
The Board of Commissioners of the
Second Geological Survey Of Pennsylvania
will inform you Of the progress Of the work,
aad the funds deemed necessary to com
pcte It. Some surprise may be expressed
'hat the amount should 50 far exceed the
ori.inal estimates and the additional sums
already appropriated. Bat the work is,
40 doubt. being thoroughly and economi-
cally done, and, if finished, viii be of
inyaluable service TO the government and
people. Having been begun. the Survey
ought ccrtainal the be satisfactorily com
lIetad. With the present trained corsp of
surveyors and assistants, the work can be
done less expansiveiy and more perfectly
than if discontinued and commenced anew
after the lapse Of some years. The Board
proposed some modification in the law
controlling the distribution Of their reports,
aud ask for some disposal Of the specimens
collected by the Survey- 1 trust you will
see the wisdom Of granting their request
and providing a suitable place for the dis
play Of the collections. The propricty of
extending State aid to the United States
Coast Survey, in its triangulations Of thei
State, has already been referred TO in former
messages. At the present rate Of progress
Il will take, perhaps, twenty Years to COM
plete it. An appropriation Of three thou
sand dollars would enable it to be pushed |
forward with great rapidity, and materially |
AID the surveyors in their labor.
NATIoAL GUARD.
A much larger militia than the paesent
force has always existed on paper, but the
people Of the State, before this year, were
never able to Judge of its real strength and
availability. The policy of the present
administration has been to cut out all
inefficient organizations, and while reduc-
lns the cost and nominal numbers, to in
crease the effectiveness Of this necessary
department The aim has been to make
small, compact, efficient body Of troops that
could be quickly called together, and con
1denty relied upon in an emergency. The
prompt response of the soldiers on several
important occasions, and the numbers that
assembled in the Centennial encampment
and participated in the parade, are evidences
o. the success of the policy adopted Out
Of muster roll of SO officers and 1896
eoisted men, 1901, rank and file, took
part IN the military demonstrations of the
Centennial year Considering the voluntary
character Of the service, and that the men
gore all the expenses, except transporta-
'i0n, the exigeucies Of business, sickness
ana other causes Of enforced absence, the
targe attendance is in itself a most convinc-
.as proof Of the spirit and patriotism Of
the troops