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Mihout materially affect ng the reyeuurs
81 the state. recommend i horizontal re.
,Nsthl o. nhc-e.shth of one per cent. 60
TAKE eject the coming year. ana a further
fcrucl on ut Unt-cigtth of ono per cent IA
take eject in 1904.
According to the estimates of the bank
eAam ntr. We may reasonably expect d
yearly Increase OF about $1,000 900 in saw.
lngs bank deposits. THIS In a few years
lhH loss sustn ned by he treasury on nc
cpHnt OF the reduction In the rate would be
made good.
Il should he remembered that these in
stitetlons are wholly mutual and no part Of
the pruht goes to the management The
banks nave made spend record for con
servatlsm and to the b CHEST degree enjoy
the confidence OF the public. They have en-
which otherwise would have been wholly
wasted ar frittercd away in needless ex.
penditures.
EDUCATION.
The state superintendent Of public schools
reports that there were 2l352I persons OF
school age In the state on April Ist 1902;
G.634 teachers were Employed. OF whom
L Lssl were graduates Of Normal Schools.
2s3 pupils enrolled
II l. gratifying to know that the parents
OF children who are In the schools, aud cit
liens generally are taking a greater inter.
est In school work, and that much is con.
stantly being done In the Improvement of
school grounds and buildings, and to make
,ne schools In every possible way more at
The state school fund and mill tax the
past year amounted to S562.4Sl. The school
fund raised by the towns was SS3S SO7 and
the amount derived from various local re.
sources SjS.042, making the total amount
ayaiiable for the support Of the common
schools 81. 439. 30
recommend tint the state school funds
be apportioned on the basis of average ut.
tendance, instead of on the basis OF the
number OF persons between four and TWEEN.
tV-nUp wears of in the different tpUpa
and cities. Ii Is only right that the state
should SO distribute these funds as to make
the wsest use of them, and in a way that
will accomplish the largest possible measure
or practical good. For this reason the al
lotment should be based not upon the
number Of persons Of school age, but rather
upon the number actually attending our
therein.
would WORK. to the benefit of our common
schools, and ! trust this matter will re-
celve your early and careful consideration.
Our academies, seminaries, and institutes
have the largest attendance In their history.
The children In the rural and village com.
mnn'ties at the present time show more
ardent desire for higher education than
was cvlnced by the boys and girls in the
days when many Of these institutions were
founded and when the men whose subse
Quent distinguished careers did so much to
give prestige to their state were laying the
foundation OF future greatness.
The normal schools have Increased Their
sthuuhEus OF hut1lSStOn. anu as II result tne
students are better trained. These schools
are In most satisfactory condition in every
way. and are making constant progress and
improvement.
The summer training schools are attended
by large proportion Of our teachers, from
which they der We many advanta ges. The
teachers institutes which have been large.
~ attended, have afforded parents. teach
ers, students and school officials an oppor
tullty 10 discuss the various questions re.
latlnr to the work Of the schools and have
been of inestimable value.
Under the provisions of the will of the
late Cecil Rhodes, two students from this
st9te may have the advantage OF scholar
ships at oxford University, England. and
receive Sl.i00 each year during n residence
there Of three years.
small appropriation may he necessary
tn enable the state 10 take advantage OF
tho opportunity Thus offered.
The general law provid ng for aid to
academies, enacted by the legislature OF
1901 appears to have fulfilled the expecta.
lions Of its advocates. and has apparently
proved an effective remedy for the evils
previously existing. while Mt the same time
giving aid To many worthy and deserving
institutions which are doing splendid work
In the various towns in which they are sit
uated.