Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-02-09
iClial Lu CIT # III IHjtut
OF the board of Normal
School Regents
Urgently Advocates Two Insti-
tutirns toi the upper Por-
zion of the State.
dOre Money Needed Badly-EX-
penses increase S64,347-
SO in. One Year.

The annual session of the board or
state normal school regents, which was
held during the past week in its rooms
at the capitol, has ended and yesterday
President John w. Hume submitted
his biennial report to the governor. This
is the fourth biennial report made by
the normal school regents. 1t is a very
complete document, giving a general
analysis Of all work done by the board
and detailed information concerning the
five normal schools now running full
blast in the state, located at Milwaukee,
Oshkosh, Platteville, River Falls and
Whitewater.
K gardlng the location OF the sixth and
possibly the seventh school, a bill for
the establishment of which is now pend
ing i'll the legislature, and which is a
subject which is agitahng especially
the northern part OF the state almost
more than any other,the president has
great deal to say He calls the attention
of the governor to the fact that lying
north of the parallel of Al degrees, 80
minutes, near the latitude Of Green
.Bay-StevenS Point, there is no normal
school or other state institution in Wis
consin; but that part of the common
wealth has tWo-thirdS of the area of
the State-haS one-third of its railway
mileage-haS more than one-siXth of
it's assessed yaluation-has one-third of
its population and, it may be said that
its inhabitancy makes the section in
question especially worthy of consider
alton. In interest of this section the
Legislation of 1891 was designed to To-
cate the sixth normal school within
specified limits, and the sense of JUS
ice of any citizen will scarcely fail to
plead now for such supplementary legis-
.lative action as shall admit of organic
ing at least two new normal schools,
under conditions that shall favor the
maintenance of the present schools and
the teachers Institutes at their present
state of efficiency"
Concerning he finances of the board,
the president says: The board has al
ways been hampered in operating the
chOOIS by reason or tn LACK OF sufficient
funds. 1t is hoped that your eXcellency
will see reasons for recommending the
next legislature such action as will add
to the present annual revenue of this
board a sum of not less than $50, 900,
to afford means for erecting buildings,
and for equiping and maintaining two
more normal schools
The total expenditures for the year
ending July 16, 1891, were Sill, ASSOC;
for the year ending July 16, 1892, they
aggregated S1S1, S36,13 an increase of
4,347 So. Of the expenses for the lat
ter year 47,422.75 were for building,
this item for the previous year being but
$1,12S.44, making the increase outside
of the item of building So, O53.52. The
largest item in this increase is the sal
airy list, which is augmented S6,132. 45;
the amount paid for repairs was 81
241.S1 more in the latter year than the
former; $2,49O.75 more is put into the
miscellaneous account. Every item in
the summary for the year ending July
16, 1892, shows an increase over the
former year except the items of appa-
ratus and stationery, which are slightly
less.
The revenue for the latter year was
64,347 .S3 greater than in the direct
war tax, amounting to $44, 1881, was
received the first year. The greatest
increase in the revenue was derived
from the income from investments,
which We're SS7, 529 greater the last
year. Besides this, there was an adj
ditional tax levy of $4,000 in the year
ending in 1892