The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-10

tnht the accountant snail DOT De petd mora Ile0
So day fer his services The services OF no s.
countant of the highest skill and ability, nor In
deed of any skill, could be procured for that sum
III you desire that the states moneys saall BE-
kept in its treasury you should Immediately pro-
Woe Tor the purchase OF q proper sale, and, II
deemed netdfuL for the building OF u vault IN
which the safe shall be placed and you should
greatly amend the requirements intende1 I'd &C.
cure tDelr being kept IN the Treasury. Tie ex
peuse OF securing such a safe and constructing
with the risk 10 which the taxpayers are * DOsed
every year by the practice Of lending tue states
II. however. you prefer as 7 can not believe you.
Gotta the States moneys shall DC placed o. gen
eIal deposits ia banEs. o. lo9red 10 individuals,
YOU should provide. under the most particular
and rIrOTOus requirements. that ais interest or
profit received for The use of them shall be turned
on eocourt OF the calanities that have recently
tefslHen some leading banking 1ns ttutinns IN
Indianapolis, and the disturbance OF credit. [
r.Comn cud that al examination shall be made
by persons of competent skill Of the condition o.
the State Treasury. IL two substantial bushes
men. killed Ia accounts. were appointed aud en-
powered IN employ an experienced bOOg-keeper
al q competent salary, an Investigation could be
speedily MADE which would shOg whether the
State : moneys are certainly safe, and would tend
10 enlighteD YOU respecting the legfslatiOl needed
for future protection of the Treasury. No harm
could ensue from such investigation. Much good
might come from II.
COMMN SCHOOLS.
The permanent fund for the support of the COM
mon schools of the State amounts nov to 81. Ss9,-
327.t5. The increase of the fund during the last
year from fines, forfeitures and other sources was
Sos, 1881. The occasions TO the fund during the
last ten years from the SAN sources have aver
aged S62 $3.50 a year. The revenue derived from
IaxatCn Tor the support OF schools aud from IN
SASS 9I. Sd. The outlay for the msintensnce OF
schools not including the cost Of new scnOOl
houses-was about 1000. 600. The number Of
public school houses IN the state Is 9,664.
The number OF children of school age, accord
ing TO last years enumeration. is ~ sol. TIE
number who actually attended school was SOL
152. The number OF children of school age VINO
do not attend school. as indicated oy these hg-
Cres. shows the grave necessity for more energetic
MEASURES to secure a greater proportiOnate attend
snce. A compulsory attendance should not be
exacteG until all Other means fail. Would not q
law that would grant q reasonable bounty 70
teachers who would secure the largest attendance
within their districts. in proportion to school pop
ulatlon, provide q means OF ludielous expert
ment?
The condition of our public schools. except in
the respect above mentioned. Is regarded by the
superintendent of Public instruction as highly
satisfactory. A uniform course of study and OF
final examination OF pupils IS now pursued in all
the public schools of the State. This uniformity
has been adopted under a recommendation made
last year BY a state meeting OF County Sdpsrin-
t~endeDts, and not III pursuance OF any require
ment OF law.
4 contInUsl Improvement is being made In
SchGOl architecture, Including mode of heating
ana ventilation. The embelishm ent OF schOOi
grounds BY The cultivation OF trees and flowers,
through the efforts OF teachers and pupi &. witnO AZ
eXl ense TO the state. as also beco ming general.
Since the iass meeting OF the General As EN- ply
q serious calamity has Defsllen the state Universi
~ by he destruction by FIRE of the newer of the
two college butldfags. and tae valuable geo .ngie1t
ana icbthyO Oglcal collections, museum aad Lap
Oraiory.
ment made 90 an Insurance poucg, atfd by 4 very
generous contribution 10y the cit zens O MOu re
County. Bat large sum more would be REG II rel
TO rep zee The loss.
The trustees of the University have done them
selves much credit. and greatly inc eazsd the op-
poftunity OF the University for usefulness b.
electing from within the state tor its heat PROBES
scr David :. Jordan a young man of fae natural
abilities. whose atfainmentS IN the natural SCI
euces hsve made his name fsvorably known -
scientists OF eminence ia tae United States ana
ia Europe.
The report OF the trustees is commended to your
serious and earnest attention.
PURDUE USIvEBsITY.
I invite your attention, also. with pleasure, to
tie very able and interesting report OF the tG1s-
tees and faculty OF Purdue University. II pre-
cents, with q condolences and perspicuity De
serving special common 3asion, the eonti-
ton, the work. q q the needs of the several d.
OF tLat institution. Its new President
has entered uDOn bis work with great zeal 81
energy, and with a wise eomprshanslon of the
sphere of this universi' y ia the stats system o.
fdUcstiUn. | hope that IT will be your pleasure
prom ptly to provide for the payment of the deb
necessarily inc1Trcd oy the Trustees on account o.
& want of means occasicned by the failure, two
years ago, of the General Appropriation bil,.
STATE NoRNa SCHOOL,
The State Normal school. under its efficient Sd
perinte ndent and able corps of instructors. eon-
is notable for its thoroughness, and the number OF
students steadily increases.
STATE LIBRARY.
The subject OF the State Library is one that
should be of special interest to the Legislature.
The BOOKS are provided with peculiar reference 80
the wants of the members and officers of that
body, and OF the State officers. The selection of
new books should not be confined TO a single per-
son, but TO q competent number of persons
W., Tsosf kn oSelT9st,On which i1dicS Weu,s a po;session 1sa OF
To make a j~udicious selection. A mem
Der OF the legislature needing information during
the session 10 enlighten him with respect TO MS
duties. or q Stste officer needing like information.
should have the assistance. when practicable. OF "a
librarian who can instantly refer 10 whatever las
been written upon the subject which he desires to
! Tead or iHvestigate. Librarians, in all the great
libraries. are trained persons, chosen for the va
faculty OF finding. with Instantaneous facility,
whatever is contained in the books In their charge.
The State Library should, in my OoiuiOn, be
placed in charge OF the State Board OF Education.
and that board should select the Librarian. TIE
board was established in 1875. and is composed of
the Governor, the Superintendent of Public In
strucu0n. the President OF the State University,
the President of Purdue University, the President
of the State Normal School, ana the Surerintend-
ents OF Common schools of the three largest cities
In the State. Its fitness for an intelligent per
Torrance OF the duties viii. / believe, be recog-
nized by you and by the people OF the State gen
orally.
The trustees of the Indiana Hospital for the
Insane report the cost per capita for maintenance
OF the insane during the last fiscal year as S.77.C2 4
patient. a. against sI9i q patient during the Yeas
1852 and 1883. and as against slS5a patient duriug
the years 1881 and 1882. Most OF this reduction /,
sscribed TO the reduced price OF provisions durln.
the year l83s
At the last session OF the Legislature ] urged
UDon that body the importance OF defining the
elements that snell he regarded as making M tn
per capita expenses OF TIE inmates of our beneyu
lent aud penal institutions. sometimes al re
pairs Of a merely temporary character have been
treated a. 4 part Of the per capita expenses: 4
other times they have not bsea so Teearle1: ana
no uniform rule OF estimation has ever exis e.
In the Asylum for Feeble Minded Children IN,
"a aries Tor officers and teachers. school book
medical stores and fuel end lignt. which a.
obviously n part of such expenses, are omitted. a.
VIII az repairs at every kind. Unti
a 1xed and intel igible rule shall hav.
been pr~. cribsd by the legislature th
relative expense per capita of maitaintn,
the inmates OF the several institutions can neve
BE- Sscertainef, and the reT orts viii in most case.
DC misleading. Ia6Y4se, on account OF the d'fi
Guilty IN Distinguishing between temporary an
permanent repairs. that repairs shall not be takes
into the account.