The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-01-20
GOVERNORS MESSAGE.
PDCCATIOS.

EDUCATION.
The report of the State Superintend
ent will show that the total amount OF
money expended for the support of com
mon schools during the past year was
3. 166 1868 43, an increase of nearly S14.
600 over the proceeding year and that of
this sum 81 ,567, ,S70.32 were paid for
eachers' wages. The whole number of
! children within the State, of school age,
| is reported at 4S3, 1893, slight decrease
from last year, but the attendance at
school has increased nearly 5000 and is
now reported at 299, ,25S The number
ofteachers employed in the public schools
of the State the past year was 10, l10. By
the terms of the "compulsory education
law" which went into effect September
|, 1879, all children between the ages Of
seven and fifteen years, not excused
therefrom for good reason, are required
TO attend a public or private school at
least twelve weeks in each school year.
The number of children, between these
ages, in this State, is found to be 220,- :
076 and 179, 402, or nearly three fourths
OF them attended the public schools dur
ing the year.
The State Superintendent has been
most active in the discharge of the varied
duties of his Office during the past year,
and the impress of his zeal and faithful
ness will be felt for many years to come.
There is healthy rivalry, but no un-
friendly iealousies. between the public
and private schools of Wisconsin. The
e@ands and promoters of either recognize
that the field is broad enough tor ali VINO
may come, and each encourages and sup
plements the work Of the other. The re-
port of the State Superintendent will
contain the most complete and relic ole
statistics Of the condition of all the
schools in the State, private as well as
public, ever compiled, and in this and
other respects will be of unusual interest.
BENEVOLENT INSTITUTIONS.
The Wisconsin State Hospital has Civ
en- treatment to 753 patients during the
year, with daily average of $50, and $50
under treatment at it's close. The mum
ber discharged from this hospital recov-
cred is reported at ~, the number i'm
proved at AZ, and the number unimprov-
ed at 13. The total expenditures were
S178, 8,317,59; of which S4S, ,963 90 were
paid for previous years liabilities, and
81, 53S. 81 on account of special appropri-
atoms. The current expenditures for the
present year are estimated at Sl34, $50. 90
requiring an appropriation of $50, 326 90
in addition to funds on hand and amount
to be received from counties. The trus-
teees of this hospital also request special
appropriations for the purposes set forth
IN their report in amounts aggregating
S27, 900.
La obedience to joint resolution in
that behalf, adopted by the last Legisla-
ture, I appointed Senators Sutherland,
McGrew and Smith, committee to in
vestigate the affairs of this hospital
This committee has, / believe, most faith
fully and thoroughly performed the du-
ties assigned them, and their report, with
the accompanying testimony and papers,
was filed in the Executive office Decem-
Der %, where they now remain subject to
such disposition as you may be pleased
to make of them. There seemed to be
| such general desire TO be informed con-
| corning this report that, with my per-
mission, copies OF it we're made, and il
has been published in many newspapers.
1t is therefore unnecessary that should
occupy any considerable time in present
ing the conclusions arrived at. or the re-
| Communications made by this committee
1t sufices to say that the committee find
many things to criticise and some to con.
| demD, in the methods and manner IN
WHICH tiic UuSlU5SS matters OF luo nos
| pitai have been conducted, and in the alb
sence of order in the management of its
multitudious details. Much of this, in
the opinion of the committee, was Incl
dent to, if not inherent in, the system OF
government provided by law, audi they
accordingly recommend radical change
in the manner of supervising and govern
ing the States charitable institutions, by
substituting for the several local boards
OF management one general board of con
| troll for all. The subject is on of grave
! importance, involving the conservation
Of the high and widely diverse purpose
! for which these institutions were estab-
lished, as well IS systematic and econ
omical business management. While,
! therefore, the recommendations of the
committee should receive your most con
Siderable attention. the practical Difficult
ties surrounding the administration OF
| these sacred trusts by single board of
cuutEui strould not be ovR8ootssd.