The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-01-11

second to none. Any action to be elective
must be immediate. for In the educational
world as in the business world. movements are
rapid in these days.
The biennial report of the university shows
that the wonderfully rapid increase in attend
ance mss made the present building entirely in
adequate to properly Garry on the work, and
that the income Is entirely too small TO hold
or obtain strong men among the rapidly in
oreaslng force OF instructors. As the impulse
In all educational development has always
been from above down ward, il j. the wsest pol
10y TO constantly cherish and make more e ect-
i've the highest educational institutions of the
state.
State Normal University.
This institution was never in so prosperous a
condition at the present time. The matriou-
lates have greatly increased in number, the
course of study made stronger, and the gradu-
ateS have little difficulty in ring the best
situations 1t is not necessary to argue the im-
pOrtanoe Of rendering all the aid the efficient
board of trustees asking at your hands,
that greater advantages may be afforded to the
students seeking instruction. The number OF
the total was I42.
Purdue University.
cannot too strongly commend the work be-
ing done by the Purdue university. Thesprog-
ress Of that institution is most gratifying 10 all
respects. The attendance was never large.
and the power of Purdue is extending TO every
state. There is need for more buildings. and
your attention 10 called to the requests set
forth in the annual report Recently Mr.. Amos
BeRyilon of Clinton county made gift of $780,,
600 TO Purdue university for the purpose of
contributing to the erection of an engineering
laboratory there This was given with the
hope that the state would appropriate an equal
amount and thus enable the trustees to build
one OF the best engineering laboratories in the
country.
number of the educational institutions of
the country have been the recipients of private
donations-notably at Ann Arbor. and few bet
ter monuments TO pOsterity can be left by our
wealthy citizens than in this way.
Indiana Institute for the Blind.
1t gives me pleasure to inform you that this
Well-mansgsd institution has bad prosperous
year. lived within its income, and asks for no
extra appropriation.
The following statement offered BY the eff
Client board OF trustees, will speak for itself;
For the fiscal year ending Oct. 81, 1871, there
was expended for maintenance and repairs the
sum OF S2S SS37l, and for the same period, end
in 1892, S30.24415, leaving an unexpended
! balance of SS,92214 which was covered into
the state treasury. The new building has been
| comfortably furnished and new enRine-roOm
| erected. Since the shops have been taken from
| contractors and put upon an educational basis
results are highly satisfactory in this depart
| ment There are now enrolled 40 young men
and women in the institute, all of whom are
making excellent progress.
Institution for the Deaf anu Dumb.
have carefully considered the report for the
last fiscal year regarding the needs of this
school. For four years | have advocated the
changes recommended by the superintendent
in this report. 1t seems uubusinesslike to hold
valuable lands thai are, from their surround
| Jugs, unproductive, when the institution to
/ which it belongs could reap immense advan-
| tGge from its sale. and with possible loss of
dollar to the state. The needs of the insti-
| tuition are great if not imperative. | trust If
i the present Jaw is not strict enough to compel
| the attendance of ell children who Bre 90 IN
| fortunate as to be bereft of hearing aud speech
that this legislature will enact one on the line
/ suggested by Prof. Johnson in his valuable and
/ exhaustive report.
Take 100 blind children aud 100 who are deaf
and dumb. and the per cent. of those desiring
an education would average higher in the
\ first oass.
| soldiers and sailors Orphans Home.
Six hundred and twenty-iour boys and girls.
nearly all children of deceased soldiers, are be-
ing cared TOR by the state.
| wish. gentlemen, you could as body, visit
this institution. To gaze into the faces of these
/
| who did as muoh--tO speak mOdestly-as suy
other class to make Indiana what she is today.
would cause you 10 rejoice in the redemption
of solemn promises. made in the long ago, as
well to realize that the state is to be the
gamer in having properly trained citizens,
| morally, intellectually and individually made so
| nnder It's own eve and by Its own authority.
| Every parent re alive and friend OF any child
in the soldiers aud sailors orphans home, the
| reform school for BOYS and the reform schoO |
| for girls, and the asylum for the feeble m i'd
ed. can feel perfectly assured that more con-
| sclentious or competent suDerlDtendents and
assistants in all departments cannot be found.
10 IL matter OF deep regret with me that all
| our public institutions are not like these-un-
! der nOn-Dartisan control. Peace aud harmony
| have ever prevailed, and the CRY of fraud or
extrAysgaDce in expenditure has never been
| raised. recommend grouping OF our insti-
! tutions-educational, benevolent and penal
| with fewer boards OF control. II we sim
| cere in our dec arations of reform and Tetrench-
| ment let US cease to parade our platitudss and
| begin the practice OF our profession at once.
| The people will applaud the slightest lndica-
! ton of sincerity on the part of their law
| makers in this direction. and will be as we'll if
not better served. and at less expense.
Ii is not the expenditure OF means actually
| required to conduct the business affairs of the
state in all it's departments the people rebel
| against-they are not parsimonious TO this de.
| Rree-but they complain of the useless drain
upon the public treasury to meet demands
upon it that might by common-sense business
methods be averted.
sincerely hope that you will not allow cruel
gossip, ignorance or prejudice TO divert your
mind from or cause you TO become indifferent
to the peace OF the state, and 80 neglect to take
due notice Of the needs of one OF the deservinQ
and pitiAble classes of our humanity. With
| the almost ubiquitous superintendent have
visited the feeble minded institution long after
| the inmates had retired for the night to see
how they were being cared for, well as 20
| notice If the helpers were faithful in the dis
charge Of their duty.
In their homes. or in poor houses, we have
here non-producing class Of citizens. IL ia
marvellous and would fairly challenge your be-
lief TO witness the changs that takes place in G
large per cent. of these unfortunate children
after they have been under the care of their in.
structors here for few months. They are
taught the common branches OF education,
drawing, music. various trades, oultivating the
soil and In many ways pay portion OF the ex
pense for their support All honor to the
| projectors OF this institution and to the state
In providing for this helpless portion OF our
population.
The pressing wants are set out in the very in
teresting report of the board of trustees, and
ask you to weigh the subject In your minds
with the thought before you that the state can
not be protected from fifteen hundred of THU
class OF citizens now OF school age, IL allowed
their freedom. 1t will be q hundred.foId
cheaper TO collect ~ least the teachable on .,
and place them under the destruction now re-
CURED by iaw. In the interest of economy and
posterity, it 10 urged that you grant the reques
OF the board which has so faithfully discharged
svsry duty toward class Of our humanity tc