Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1856-10-28
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Mr. EDITOR: Having observed that notice
had been posted by the Town Clerk stating that
petition had been Gled in his office asking the
citizens OF Mineral Point to vote for or against
loan OF 5000 from the School and Universi-
ty fund s,f the State, TO enable the friends ofthe
Mineral Point Seminary to build suitable school
buildings for their school wish to say word
concerning this loan. . -
presume many are yet unaequainted with
the plans devised to meet the wants felt by all
IN reference to our schools. The citizens of
school Dist No. l, which comprises the village
OF Mineral Point, unanimously agreed to and
did at their annual meeting authorize the School
Board TO borrow the sum of So 900, at a rate of
interest not to exceed ten per cent. per annnm,
Tor the purpose of building a Union School
building and further to pledge the property of
the DIST. as security, they also provided plan
not only to pay the int. arising the sum Dor
rowed, but TO create sinking fund toliquidate
the principal. After ali this had been. done on
the eve oi an exciting election, the Trustees and
trends OF the Seminary come forward and ask
the citizens of this town TO pledge their proper
ty, Issue bonds upon it as security so that they
"Ni'SH '1SsNpO IhoIe 10 puliu SCHOOL QUILL
ding for denominational school without Civ
ing the lei!st assurance that one dollar more
will be added to it by them, thus making it 4
g gift Of 5000 to the Methodist Denomina-
ton, While the wants OF the citizens are a. cry
ing aud as urgent in their demands rs the wants
OF any peculiar denomination. | claim that no
denomination has right to ask !" gift of that
description and thereby saddle an extra tax up-
on US at this time, that 1t is wrong to think tina
the members of any denomination can man
age the property Of the Town TO meet tie wants
Of our schools better than the citizens them
selves
During former years tie friends Of education
have met with decided opposition in attempting
to raise money by taxation for the benefit Of
schools and therefore think that not sufficient
change has been wrought in popular sentiment
TO make the people illingly tax themselves to
the amount of $4,000 Though perhaps abund-
antly sbleJ and consequently we as ardent mo-
vers in the cause in attempting TO get both
loans may defeat both The question then arr
ses, which do We most greatly need, Semina-
~ good Union School? ] answer Union
School First, because it is equally accessible
to all. 1t Is free from sectaran bias and requires
40 tuition from its pupils. The State viii con-
tribute nearly 81 900 per anrum for lis support,
which with the town and county contributions
are now expended at 4 very great disadvantage
and must ever be 50, whether We hive a Semi
nary not unless We build suitable public
school building Second. the Union School will
furnish the necessary instruction in all the ell
emeHts Of a sound English education, viii per-
form tie duties Of an Academy in preparing
students for college, and many of the branches
usually studied in Il Seminary may bs success
fully pursued in the ligher departments of d
school Of this drscripticn n, hence l Lhink such
school viii meet 10 q grea,el extent the wants
lels here than aSe'ninary, and should therefor
be f y provided for.
should lie pleased 70 SEQ n Seminary ker-
IN successful operation: IL i;.ct believe 1t wopd
be an ornament a..d Blessing to the place and
its friends deserve great praise for their indie
fa il able efforts to es ,ablisi oI.c All that Oh
Jet to Is ;he course pursued to get tic means to
build it. A TAX PAYER.
CoNGREssFoNAL ELzc1Iox.-'A deices from all
parts Of the District lead US to believe" that Mr.
Waslburn viii be reelected by a majority much
greater than he had two years ago. The people
have tried him and found him true.