New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-01-14


state aid Of $4OO each has been apportioned
was forty mine in 1888, and fifty three IN
1884; an increase of fifteen since 1882.
Number of pupils enrolled 2,613. The SUI
perintendent expresses satisfaction with the
progress Of the work in this department. of
grade, furnish the facilities for thorough
business course, or prepare the pupil for col
lege or the university. Though the law I'M
der which these schools were established has
been in operation but three years, yet it
already receives the thorough endorsement
fest good results accomplished The high
school board indulge the hope that every
considerable community of the state may
avail itself of the privileges conferred by the
law. The president of the university assures
us that sthe period of two years covered by
his report has been one of steady growth" in
that Institution. The applicants admitted
were sixty three in 1888, and eighty seven
in 1884. The attendance was two hundred
and twenty three and two hundred and
and twenty six, for the same years respect
lively. There have been some changes in the
faculty, and the new department. of medi-
cine organized, which promises to become a
useful auxiliary to the general work Of the
after fourteen years Of faithful and efficient
work as president Of the university, resigned
the position in March, 1883, but continued
to serve until his successor, Prot: Cyrus
Northrop of Yale college, relieved him, at the
beginning of the current scholastic year.
The affairs of the university are generally in
very prosperous condition. The expendi-
lures for two years were $112, 47S.25 for
current account, and $50, 1895. So for per-
manent improvements. In this cOnnec-
tion may be mentioned the publication of
the first volume of the final report of the
geological and natural history survey of the
state, made under the direction of the board
of regents. This is the beginning of the end
of a work begun in 1872 by Prof. N. H.
Winchell, who still remains in charge. The
volume proves of very general as well as
scientific interest
HOSPITALS FOR THE INSANE.
During the twenty months ending July
81, 1884, there was an increase of $50 in
the population of the two state hospitals for
the insane. The number receiving care at
the date of the trustees report was 1, 193-
SO6 at St Peter and 1877 at Rochester. In
addition there are ~ out on parole, most of
whom are liable to be returned at any time.
The capacity of the hospitals during the past
two years has been increased by an addi-
tional wing at Rochester, nearly completed,
and a detached ward at St Peter, sufficient
together to accommodate 375 patients
making the present aggregate capacity OF
the hospitals 1875. The added capacity has
but little more than met the increase of pop
ulation of this class. 70 meet the demands
of the future, additional structures will be
required Undoubtedly the most economical
provision for immediate requirements will be
the addition of detached wards to the present
hospitals The one recently constructed at
st. Peter cost about $25, 5000, and will ac-
commodate comfortably 125 patients The
erection Of two of these wards at St. Peter in
1885, and one at St Peter and two at Roch-
ester in 1886, as recommended by the
trustees, would provide for 625 additional
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probably meet the requirements Of the next
three years. Desiring to obtain the benefit
of the best Judgment in the state upon this
subject, recently convened joint confer
ence of the trustees and superintendent of
the hospitals, the state board Of corrections
and charities and state lunacy commission,
to consider the general question of the future
care of the insane OF our state. It was the
unanimous expression of that conference,
formulated by resolution, that the detached
wards to the present hospitals be
added as recommended by the trustees,
islature at the approaching session to
appoint commission to report to the legis-
lature of 1887 a location and plans for
third hospital" MY Judgment accords with
the recommendation of this conference 1t
may seem best, two years hence, to defer the
construction of the third hospital YET it is
likely, think, to prove wise foresight to
take this initial step in that direction. The
trustees also recommend the reconstruction
of the center building at Rochester, at an
structure referred to is the old inebriate
asylum, which has proven lily adapted to it's
present use. While the force of the presen-
tation the trustees make in this matter must
perhaps be admitted and the deslrability of
replacing the old asylum with more sub
stantial and convenient structure conceded
yet the evident inability Of the finances Of
the state to meet the expenditure at this
time, offers substantial reason adverse to
its present undertaking.
The expenditures for account of the insane
the past two years have been as follows:
Hd riPss s sss9aa
Bldg and furnishing
md purchase Q
current nara, expenses, 04''io % Ss2s2o y
os ssss $685. tss55 g
Total. ]. J. !. :. $$3o6. 1851 ~ $les,397 4s
The estimated current expenses for the
next two years are:
Hospital Hospital.
1891 1882 1898 929 GO GO sgS4S 90 90
Repairs, etc.. 800 90 $500 90
The average weekly cost per capita has
been 1854 at St Peter, and 1914 at Roch-
ester, for the past year.
INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB AND TIE
II BLIND, AND SCHOOL FOR IDIOTS AND MBE-
GILES.
/ The third biennial report of the directors
and superintendent Of the instisute for the
deaf and dumb and the blind, and school fol
idiots and imbeciles, exhibits in detail the
4 affairs of these institutions. The same abil-
Il ity and success continue to characterize the
i management OF these schools, that have
given them the high standing they occupy
among institutions of their class throughout
the country. Minnesota occupies an ad-
vanced position in her work In behalf Of the