Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-01-21

troll, or appearing III the annual appro
priatons, appears TO me to be cumber
some, expensive and misleading.
1t il the duty Of this legislature, us
! trust, it is It's purpose, to exercis,
wise discrimination, not only in tho
matter of specific appropriations, but
also in the consideration ofallquestion,
involving the expenditure Of the public
funds.
EDUCATION.
The report Of the state superintend-
ent will show that the total amount OF
money expended for the support OF
common schools during the past year
was 81, G,368.43, an increase of near.
ly $l4, 900 over the preceding year, and
that of this sum 81 ,567 ,870.32 Were
paid for teachers wages. The whole
number Of children within the state
Of school age, is reported mt 4S3,198, q
slight decrease from last year, but the
attendance Mt school has increased
nearly 5000, and il now reported al
299, 258. The number of teachers EN-.
ployed III the public schools Of the
state the past year WAS 10,l10. BY
the terms Of the compulsory cduca
ton law,' which went into effect Sep.
TENDER /, 1879, all children between
the ages of seven and fifteen years, moi
excused thercfrom for good reason
are required to attend public or pri
yatc school ut least twelve weeks il
each school year. The number o
children between these ages, in this
state, is found to be 229,076 and 10,
402, or nearly three-fourths Of them Mt
tended the public schools during tho
year.
The state superintendent has beer
most active in the discharge of the
varied duties of his Office during tn,
pnst year. and the impress Of his yea
and faithfulness will be felt fol many
years To come.
There is II healthy rivalry, but ne
unfriendly jealousies, between the pub
lie and private schools of Wisconsin
The friends and promoters Of either
recognize that the field is broad enough
for all who may come, and each en-
eourngcs and supplements the work o
the other The report ofthe state su
perintcndent will contain the mos
complete and reliable statistics Of tn,
condition of all the schools in the state
private rs well ns public, ever compiled
and in this and other respects will bn o
unusual interest.
The expenditures for the four Nor
nal Schools were $74, 0l5.33 for teach
crs' institutes, $7,2l0.79, and for cxpcn
SEES Of administration, $2,709.Il. Tho
amount paid TO teachers nj the school,
was $57 $4,000, and for repairs So ,0Sl IS
The whole number Of pupils in attend
ance was $50, ut an expense averag
ing SiO,Sl per pupil, The number ut
tending institutes was 1865, gain oil
512 over the attendance for the preyi
ous year, and the expense Of conduct
ing the institutes averaged less thar
81 80 for each member enrolled. The
management Of this most important
trust by the Board Of Regents is emf
ncntly satisfactory and merits high
commentator.
The number of students enrolled NJ
the State University in the different de-
partmcnts October /, 1850, was 1876
Tho total expenses for the fiscal yenl
were ~ O60,Oi, of Which sum $40
5O2.l0 were paid to instructors, Sl3.
lo2. i6 for completion Of Assembly Hall
S6,719.33 for repairs and other improve
mcnts, and So ,5S5. 50 for miscellaneous
purposes. The University has attained
conspicuous and well merited rank
among the higher institutions Of learn
ing in the United States. II is in fnct
Us wells ~ in name State university
and il aims to meet NIL legitimate pub
lie demands. Its corps Of instructors
and It's courses of study, rs cNemplitie1
in the character and success of its grad
yates, are not IN any respect inferior t.
the best. however much its methods
and purposes may differ from thos,
adopted IN institutions founded cen
tury or more ago. am glad to know
that its merits and advantages are be
coming better appreciated throughout
the State, and that, in consequence
very few counties arc unreprcscnted il
its catalogue of students.
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS.
The fiscal year of the Industrial Schoo
for Girls, in Milwaukee, closes Octobe
alst The managers forwarded M
thcirreport for the past year, request
ing that it might be published by tn
State Much to my regret, the Commits
sioners OF Public Printing could find II,
authority III the law for complying viii
this otherwise most reasonable re
quest. The buildings and grounds DC
cupicd by this institution are the prop
crty Of the state, and it is doing mos
noble work in most excellent way;
| wnrl; which hut FIR fin srlf.aCriticinl