Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-01-10
Balance in treasury Dec.1,
1877. ..............A 133271 AZ
Total receipts during fiscal
tsS''A's'' 1S417S637 81
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the year. ............... iiyss2, los 81

Total receipts during fiscal
'oaf'' '.'...'..........: A417;bS7 81
Total disbursements Tor o'
the year. ............., i,ss2, los 81
Leaving balance III Sle...
9Iv Dec. !, 1878. A 4s499 90
Inc treasurer states that in consequence of prompt
;aA couecuons, he was enabled to redeem in August
ia s OF the temporary seed grain loan which
aaa Deen negotiated in March preceding leaving but
as interest bearing warrants outstanding at
the close Of the year.
EDUCATOR.
The superintendent Of public instruction has rem
dered excellent service to the of general edu
cauon by giving such shape to his list report as
makes 1t substantially educational history of the
odte' II Is resume In which will be found concise
statements OF the Congressional land grants the va
rlous formative and amendatory acts Of State leps-
.anon, and the practical trials and triumphs out of
wnlon mas been evolved our present educational sys-
tenn. Intermngled with the recital OF facts are per-
lnent observations touching the causes and effects
OF the successive changes, evincing discernment at
tes OF the widening future. 1t is with the relnem-
brance of the early difficulties and dangers with
which our educational interests repeatedly be-
set that their present firm footing aud assured future
are cause Of SPECIAL qualification The good effects
OF me law apportlohing current funds upon enroll
ment rather than upon numerical basis, continues
Teachers institutes amounting I thirty-one weeks
have been held III eighteen different counties with
an aggregate attendance Of 1858 teachers Of our
public schools. 1t is noticeable that some twenty
county superintendent spoke in their reports of the
beneficial results of these institutes commend the
plan OF the and instructors of the
normal schools to teach in them in connection with
other experienced institute instructors. The super
ntendents report contains full account of this inn
portant work. which will be read with interest by the
friends of progress in public school teaching.
Under the so-called Merrill text book law as
amended last winter about onethrd of the districts
had ordered books of the contractor to the 18th of
Mod Gov l,~o,.
districts come to replace wornout books in prior USE
The introduction Of the new books is thus gradual,
and is estimated that in about fortyfour districts
IN one hundred they have been more less intro
duced Ihey give general satisfaotion and there is
reason to believe they will come into general use
within the time prescribed by law. Their average
cost per district has thus far been $27.61.
The act for the encouragement of higher educa-
ton enacted by the last legislature favoraby no.
ticed by the superintendent who gives cogent rea-
sons for It's support as well orneeded amendments
winch are commended to your attention. Charles s.
Bryant, Esq, was appointed to complete the .'hgh
scnooi board and was also selected it's secretary.
He entered jealousy upon his duties for the faithful
performance of which he is fitted by long experience
and rare devotion to educational interests. In the
superntendents report tables given showing that
pupils have undergone examination In sixteen
schools applying for the benefits of the act and that
applications from twenty additional schools await ex-
animation. The operation of the law bids fair to
Justify the most sangune hopes of its friends, in
filling the gap which has prevented the connecting
grades and efficient unity 80 long desired in edu-
Oat1Onal system.
The effects of the improved courses of studies and
of tue more thorough work in our normal schools
continue to be seen in the more practical results
achieved The report of the State normal board rep
resents that an increasing proportion of the gradu
stes of these schools is being annually sought for to
fill positions in the highest grades of teaching; and
it is claimed that while none of our sister States ex-
hibit more economical or efficient management of
these schools, in State are they more advanced.
earnestly request your attention to the represent
atoms Of the board, respecting the ne essity for
certain repairs in the school building at Winona.
Nothing has been expended upon this building for re-
pairs since it's erection ten years ago. and if this ne
gect endapgers the whole structure as is reported
in consequence of the decayed and leaky condition
OF the roof, it would to be but the dictate of
wise precaution to take that prompt action which will
avoid the large expenditures to be demanded to
rescue valuable property from needless destruction.
Your attention is asked also to the wants of the
schools at Mankato and ST. Cloud set forth by the
board.
deem It unnecessary at present to add ANYTHING
to the statements heretofore made relative to the
condition of the State university. The stable foot
ing The institution has now attained and the annually
enlarging sphere of its usefulness give promise that
with the broad groundwork afforded by our richly en-
lowed common schools, the educational facilities of
our young State will keep pace with the proud march
OF her material development.
STATE PRISON.
The report Of the State prison inspectors shows an
the year.
The current expenses were $4e,2ss.74 and the
earnings W., 36 being net cost for maintenance
crease from the cost Of the preceding year. and
hibits . continuance of the economical management
which has heretofore characterized the institution.
The improvements for which appropriation was
made by the asst legislature have been completed
and there are now accommodations for 296 convcts,
an excess of over the number in actual
expenses for the next two Years are estimated a
$105, in addition to which sum exceeding &45-
000 is requested for various purposes specified
While no reasonable expenditure requisite to the
best management of the existing prison should be
withheld, feel renewed convection that steps look
ing to the erection of another prison should not be
longer delayed, and therefore earnestly renew my
recommendation of last year upon this subject. The
reasons tnen urged for this action remain in unim-
paired force For due attention to all considerations
involved in matter of such Importance, much time
s required for preliminary work in testing the rela
tive merits of prison improvements, in the selection
OF site, adoption OF plans and other preparations,
while the process of construction is necessarily
work of time. If it be not commenced at this ses-
sion two years must eapse before any action can be
taken, which cannot but believe will prove an un-
wise delay as the full capacity of the present prison
will probably then have been nearly or quite reached
Another consideration worthy of mention is the op-
portunty which another prison will afford for the
greater separation of the more hardened criminals
from new offenders. which has been followed by
sautary results in other States. The ad. antages of
site before recommended for the structure,
proximity to abundant timber supplies, are obvious.
The situation is at CENTRAL safe and convenient
afordng an opportunity for the employment of con-
vct labor in the heavy work of preparing and moving
building materials, without bringing it into that
petition with honest labor which is justly felt to be
grievance. The employment of convic' labor great
~ reduced the cost of the Illinois State prison at
Chester, and the Iowa prison at Anamoea; and it
has moreover been found that certain classes of con-
victs can be advantageously employed in raising veg
etables and other products where the site affords
land and opportunity for the purpose.
STATE INSTITUTIONS.
Tho condition OF the several eleemosynary and
otherinshutons supported by the Stale is thorough
y set forth by their respective annual reports which
afford ample classified statistics and statements OF
their transactions, wants and prospects.
The State refo'.4 school makes is twelfth annual
repor from which it appears that has received 1874
boys since its commencement in 1868, of which 143
were inmates the past year. The increase of facl-
ties for teaching the useful arts attended with
tary results, large portion of the discharged in
mates being not only reformed in conduct but fort
fed against temptation by mechanical instruction
which speedily enables them to find honest employ
ment. 30 far as known at least IS per cent of all
who go out of the institution saved from criminal
lives. The corrective snd durable Influences and the
admirable financial management of the Institution
renew my former Recommendations that it be placed
footing similar to that of the other institutions
owned and controlled by the State.
The sixteenth annual report of the institution for
the deaf, dumb and blind shows that the total attend
ance during the year was 129, of whom 1O8 were in
the department for deaf mutes and 81 in that for the
blind. The new pupils admitted in both departments
during the year numbered eighteen. The general
health has been excellent, and no death occurred
during the year. The report shows that the school
is divided into six intellectual and five industrial
classes, and the beneficial results of varied and
practical instruction. afford additional proof that to
"unite q thinking brain with skillfu hand is the
way to elevate labor There is continued evidence
that class of unfo tunates who peculiarly touch the
sympathies of the humane, receive competent and
faithful care under the present management of the
institution.
The rapidly increasing necessities for the proper
care of the insane will again claim your prompt at
shows that $50 patients under treatment at the
close Of the year, being increase of 81. OF the
whole number of inmates 100 remain in the temporary
hui]iinPa. leaving in tha Iermanant hnanital 66N